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Char Layer Thickness Evolution During Structural Timber Fire Experiment and Final Density Profile
Fire and Materials, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper evaluates several non‐destructive experimental methods for determining the char layer thickness and its density profile in structural timber samples exposed to standard ISO 834 fire curve experiments. Microwave echo pulse, ultrasonic echo pulse, X‐ray computed tomography, and resistance drilling were evaluated.
Fernando Pérez Pérez +4 more
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Biodiversity as a Dominant Force in Shaping Ethnic Music Styles 生物多样性:塑造民族音乐风格的主导力量
Integrative Conservation, EarlyView.Our findings show that plant, bird, and mammal diversity considerably shape musical features such as vocal range and ornamental sounds, more so than geography or lifestyle. Our study provides the first empirical evidence linking biodiversity to ethnic music styles. Protecting biodiversity, the musical and cultural will be protected.
Wenchen Song, Yifan Xue, Rui Li
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Nature‐Based and Community‐Level Responses to Climate Distress in Young People: A Systematic Review
Journal of Adolescence, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction Climate change is both an environmental crisis and a growing source of psychological distress for young people, calling for responses that nurture emotional resilience and collective engagement. The emerging response to climate distress has mainly focused on formal psychological and individual‐level interventions.
Meghana Bhupati +3 more
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Membership‐Making in Diverse Societies: Revisiting the Idea of Society as a Common Possession
Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The traditional aim of Western social democracy has been to create a society that is a ‘common possession’ of its members (in T.H. Marshall's words). Social democratic politics has therefore been both society‐making and membership‐making, orienting people to a shared society as an object of attachment and loyalty, and nurturing membership ...
Will Kymlicka
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Journal of Applied Toxicology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aristolochia species have long been used in traditional medicine for their presumed anti‐inflammatory, analgesic and antimicrobial properties. However, extensive toxicological and epidemiological evidence now demonstrates that these plants contain aristolochic acids (AAs) I and II, highly potent nephrotoxic, genotoxic, and carcinogenic ...
Victor Ventura de Souza +2 more
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Historical Anatomy of Sacred Statuary in Brazil: Wood Anatomy and Physical Properties
BioResourcesWood was a principal source material used in the making of sacred statuary in Brazil during the 16th and 19th centuries. Artisans used timber in the sacred carpentry based on the singular properties of the wood and the locally available forestry ...
Joao Carlos Ferreira de Melo Júnior
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Authenticity as fact or feeling: A dual‐process framework of consumer authenticity judgments
Journal of Consumer Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Authenticity is highly valued in the marketplace, yet consumers often disagree on what is authentic and even attribute authenticity to “fake” marketplace entities. Although prior research has advanced understanding by identifying multiple types and components of authenticity, it remains loosely connected to broader psychological theory ...
Rosanna K. Smith, Katherine Du
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The Indigenous Woods of The Carving Art in the Sarawak Malaysia Forest
BioResourcesIn many human societies, trees are an essential component of creative expression. The native people of Borneo, an ethnic group who formerly inhabited a large portion of Borneo, combine technology, art, and traditional knowledge of trees and their forests
Sinin Hamdan +3 more
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Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Termites are landscape geo‐engineers whose nesting activities substantially modify the physical and chemical properties of soils. Fossilised termite nests commonly constitute the only identifiable evidence of ancient termite activity and represent valuable trace fossil archives for reconstructing past environments.
Miengah Abrahams +7 more
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