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Abstract Finding common ground between theories that have never or seldom spoken is a necessary first step to bridge-building, particularly concerning their foundational bases. This article proposes to develop such a fo...

Abstract This article reflects on transnational feminist organising by drawing on the experiences of the African Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET) during the consultations leading up to the 2030 Ag...

In Vietnam today, digital transformation is identified as a national strategic orientation. The goal is to form and develop a digital economy and digital society with a focus on building high-quality human resources and ...

 The article examines the development of diverse forms of activism within Ukrainian society and how citizens have been mobilised in response to oppressive authorities and war. Although the war has triggered a profound ...

AbstractThe digital mental health (DMH) industry has grown drastically over the last decade; yet, many DMH products have failed to demonstrate meaningful clinical outcomes, in large part due to lack of scientific evidenc...

The article substantiates the fact that several approaches should be considered when building an organizational and economic mechanism for the development of woodworking enterprises, in particular: process-based, innovat...

Abstract Building energy consumption is dominated by lighting and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, whose operation is often inefficient due to inadequate control strategies and unreliable occupa...

The paper discusses a simple methodological tool for supporting the participatory elaboration of future urban scenarios through successive approximations. It systematizes one possible way to build answers to a set of cri...

The Smart Building paradigm promises a future where buildings are intelligent, adaptive, and sustainable, offering real-time information retrieval that supports decision-making to enhance energy efficiency, occupant comf...

Nowadays, performing multi-objective optimizations of actual building designs is one of the most challenging problems of the building energy efficiency area. This paper aims to propose an efficient method to solve multi-...

The results of a predictive analysis of the mock-up of a reactor containment building, based on computer numerical simulation, are presented in this paper and compared with the results obtained in the context of the VeRC...

Social aspects are an integral part of sustainable building alongside environmental and economic aspects. While current Green Building Rating Systems such as LEED, BREEAM, and SBToolCZ address primarily technically quant...

IntroductionCitizen science presents a critical pathway for advancing biodiversity monitoring and conservation globally, yet local and indigenous engagement remains limited in many developing countries.MethodsThis study ...

Abstract This study investigates how Supportive Leadership (SL) influences Eco-Friendly Building Adoption (EFBA) through Sustainability Cognition (SC) and Perceived Managerial Capability (PMC) within the Stimulus–Organ...

O autor procura entender por que processos de paz não são eficazes em estabelecer uma paz estável e duradoura depois que conflitos intra-estatais são encerrados. Ele argumenta que a insistência na construção de Es...

This study evaluates the cost implications of green building practices in low-rise residential housing by analyzing three sample houses in Kayseri, Türkiye. It compares traditional construction systems with green altern...

As urbanization and high-rise living increase, frequent delivery of goods in the building to higher floors from the ground level is becoming a pressing issue. We introduce a drone-based vertical delivery system aimed at ...

The shift toward sustainable and intelligent buildings has accelerated the demand for advanced maintenance strategies that reduce energy waste, downtime, and improve reliability. Traditional maintenance approaches (react...

Abstract Background Education institutions promptly implemented a set of steps to prevent the spread of COVID-19 among international Chinese students, such as restrictive physical exercise, mask wear, daily health report...

Abstract Abstract: Between 1975 and 1988, the Southern African regional system was marked by high levels of systemic conflict involving direct and indirect armed confrontation between South Africa and its neighbours. Th...

As a key element of human settlements and fundamental features in maps, buildings play a critical role in urban planning and environmental monitoring. Automatically extracting buildings from remote sensing images is of s...

Globally, several countries have begun to promote the application of building information modeling (BIM) technology and implement BIM-based building e-Permit systems. Despite the relatively rapid updates in the field of ...

Office buildings have frequently changed from the past to the present due to historical factors (the collapse of empires, colonialism and expansionist policies, the industrial revolution, wars, the development of technol...

The article focuses on the impact of loads from railway rolling stock on the condition of the ballast prism, the propagation of vibrations in the foundation, and their effect on the dynamic behavior of a high-rise reinfo...