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Ward-Lasher, Allison, Jill Messing, and Jillian Stein-Seroussi. "Implementation of Trauma-Informed Care in a Housing First Program for Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence: A Case Study." Advances in Social Work 18, no. 1 (September 24, 2017): 202–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.18060/21313.
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The intersection of trauma with the need for safe, stable, sustainable, and long-term housing is important when working with survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV). IPV advocacy agencies are advised to use a trauma-informed approach to help practitioners understand the impact of IPV on individuals. Housing First, a model addressing homelessness that provides permanent housing without preconditions, has been found to increase housing stability for survivors of IPV. Thus, we used a case study approach to examine how practitioners and administrators implement trauma-informed care in a Housing First program for IPV survivors. Trauma-informed care principles and the Housing First model were found to be complementary. The majority of clients in this program retained housing up to 3-months after services ended and increased their safety and knowledge of domestic violence. Combining Housing First with trauma-informed care may increase success for survivors of IPV.
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Sullivan, Cris M., and Linda Olsen. "Common ground, complementary approaches: adapting the Housing First model for domestic violence survivors." Housing and Society 43, no. 3 (September 2016): 182–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08882746.2017.1323305.
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Maza, Adolfo. "Internal Migration in Spain: A Complementary Approach." Economies 8, no. 3 (July 16, 2020): 59. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/economies8030059.
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This study examines the determinants of internal migration of working-age population among provinces in Spain in the aftermath of the economic crisis. It pays special attention to two features of migration that have not been sufficiently studied so far: (a) Distance, namely the differences between the determinants that are behind short-distance and long-distance movements; (b) Age, that is to say, whether young and adult migrants hold different motivations. To accomplish this aim, an extended model is used in which, apart from a variable capturing distance, both economic and non-economic (amenities) variables are included. Findings reveal that both economic factors (mainly unemployment and income) and amenities (measured by a climate condition variable) are more important for adult population and long-distance movements than for young population and movements between neighbouring provinces. Additional findings seem to convey the message that, as far as housing prices are concerned, they play a significant role when migration takes place between neighbouring provinces, but lose importance when all migrations are studied together. Moreover, the paper’s results do not cast, as expected, any doubt on the importance of distance regardless of the type of migration or age of the migrant.
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Yuan, Wei, Shuying Gong, and Yimin Han. "How does rising housing price affect the health of middle-aged and elderly people? The complementary mediators of social status seeking and competitive saving motive." PLOS ONE 15, no. 12 (December 15, 2020): e0243982. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243982.
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Under the backdrop of China’s aging population and continuous rising housing price and base on theories pertaining to social status seeking, marriage matching and intergenerational family relationships, use the 2010 and 2014 CFPS national survey micro data, we examine the impact of rising housing price on the health of middle-aged and elderly people and the underlying mechanisms. Rising housing price has a significant negative impact on the health of middle-aged and elderly people, and this effect is also reflected in their physical health, mental acuity and emotional well-being. The internal mechanism is that social status seeking motivation plays a significant mediator role. Through further analysis, we find that competitive saving motive is another intermediate mechanism that causes rising housing price to affect the health of middle-aged and elderly people; it is complementary to the social status seeking motivation. What’s more, the mediation effect of the competitive saving motive is notably heterogeneous, as it exists only for middle-aged and elderly people with male or noncollege educated child but does not exist for those with female or college educated child.
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Rebhun, Uzi. "Housing Adjustment Among Immigrants in Israel: Application of Complementary Non-Metric and Metric Techniques." Social Indicators Research 92, no. 3 (September 3, 2008): 565–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11205-008-9307-7.
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Szumilas, Agnieszka. "Car-free housing estate project – opportunities, possibilities, perspectives." BUILDER 276, no. 7 (June 26, 2020): 40–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0014.1616.
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The number of cars in Polish cities increases every year. Despite the coexistence of other means of transport, such as public transport or cycling - the car is still the favorite means of transport for many residents. The significant increase in the number of registered cars, which can be observed consistently since the beginning of the 1990s, has left its mark throughout the city, especially in the human residence zone. Car-free housing estates are an alternative. Residents consciously give up parking space deciding on the city's communication system. The main purpose of the article is to analyse the system of functioning of car-free settlements in Europe and in the world as well as to determine the factors favoring such investments. The complementary goal is to present the possibilities of implementing this type of housing estates in Polish cities, taking into account possible social, planning and spatial barriers.
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Putra, Budi Arlius. "Cultural Representation of Vernacular Housing in Melayu Jambi Traditions." JOURNAL V-TECH (VISION TECHNOLOGY) 2, no. 1 (May 23, 2019): 10–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.35141/jvt.v2i1.454.
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The study examine the relationship of architecture, conservation and tourism in representing a cultural character. The study in particular assesses a building code which is the product of a collaborative government strategy between tourism planning and cultural conservations. The research directive study focus on approach in tourism planning and regulation in maintaining cultural representation. Study using a casestudy of Jambi, evaluates of legally binding guidelines in maintaining traditional architecture and investigates how local values are resilient to the vernacular identity. The findings indicate that in Jambi there is an emerging transformation towards the commercialization of local cultural products as potential tourism attractions and modernity effects. The study also provide a significant example of how to reach a desirable strategy of conservation, where a pragmatic approach can be complementary to the cognitive framework of local cultures and beliefs.
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Levesley, M. C., and R. Holmes. "Experimental Investigation into the Vibration Response of an Aero-Engine Rotor-Damper Assembly." Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering 208, no. 1 (January 1994): 52–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1243/pime_proc_1994_208_252_02.
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This paper presents experimental results on the non-linear vibration response of a rotating assembly comprising a rotor, flexible bearing housing and oil film damper. For the latter, due consideration is given to the effects of oil-supply pressure, film-rupture pressure and end sealing. The results are compared with predictions based on the Harmonic Balance principle described in a complementary paper (1).
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Nae, Dumitrache, Suditu, and Matei. "Housing Activism Initiatives and Land-Use Conflicts: Pathways for Participatory Planning and Urban Sustainable Development in Bucharest City, Romania." Sustainability 11, no. 22 (November 6, 2019): 6211. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11226211.
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This paper presents a geographical perspective of the phenomena of housing activism and land-use conflicts per se. It focuses not only on their spatial manifestations, but also on the complexity of the perceived meanings, values, and the power relationships among the involved parties, rooting into activist geographies. The research methodology was based on two complementary methods: frame analysis to observe the emergence, sources of land-use conflicts, and nature of the relationships between the actors involved; and discourse analysis to explore the social interactions and power relations between structures and practices related to housing activism. For a more inclusive perspective on the sources of land-use conflicts and housing activism initiatives in Bucharest, we used a combination and triangulation of various sources and modes of data collection. Compared with other European cities with active civic engagement, this phenomenon is still emerging in Bucharest. Although conflicts are numerous, the civic initiatives are still fragmented and fail to generate a vision and implementable public policy. However, multiple assaults on urban spaces (green areas, historically protected areas) have resulted in more actions and actors (individual or organised) becoming civically engaged. The article contributes to the environmental debates that stress housing activism as a pathway to participatory planning initiatives.
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Wang, Justine, Alla Koblyakova, Piyush Tiwari, and John S. Croucher. "Is the Australian housing market in a bubble?" International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis 13, no. 1 (April 12, 2018): 77–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijhma-03-2017-0026.
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Purpose This paper aims to explore principal drivers affecting prices in the Australian housing market, aiming to detect the presence of housing bubbles within it. The data set analyzed covers the past two decades, thereby including the period of the most recent housing boom between 2012 and 2015. Design/methodology/approach The paper describes the application of combined enhanced rigorous econometric frameworks, such as ordinary least square (OLS), Granger causality and the Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) framework, to provide an in-depth understanding of house price dynamics and bubbles in Australia. Findings The empirical results presented reveal that Australian house prices are driven primarily by four key factors: mortgage interest rates, consumer sentiment, the Australian S&P/ASX 200 stock market index and unemployment rates. It finds that these four key drivers have long-term equilibrium in relation to house prices, and any short-term disequilibrium always self-corrects over the long term because of economic forces. The existence of long-term equilibrium in the housing market suggests it is unlikely to be in a bubble (Diba and Grossman, 1988; Flood and Hodrick, 1986). Originality/value The foremost contribution of this paper is that it is the first rigorous study of housing bubbles in Australia at the national level. Additionally, the data set renders the study of particular interest because it incorporates an analysis of the most recent housing boom (2012-2015). The policy implications from the study arise from the discussion of how best to balance monetary policy, fiscal policy and macroeconomic policy to optimize the steady and stable growth of the Australian housing market, and from its reconsideration of affordability schemes and related policies designed to incentivize construction and the involvement of complementary industries associated with property.
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Porotto, Alessandro. "Utopia and vision. Learning from Vienna and Frankfurt." Joelho Revista de Cultura Arquitectonica, no. 7 (December 25, 2016): 84–103. http://dx.doi.org/10.14195/1647-8681_7_7.
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The article identifies and observes critically two emblematic cases of modern utopia of 1920s: Das rote Wien and Das neue Frankfurt. These two architectural experiences correspond to two alternative but complementary spatial and social models, the courtyard block (Hof) and the settlement (Siedlung). Through the historical distance today we can observe in critical way these experiences, analyzing the effects of utopian character within the contemporary city.Referring to the theoretical concepts of “utopia” and “realism” by Tafuri, the analysis tries to show the spatial elements that characterize these examples. The comparative approach highlights that today their solutions produce spatial quality at the urban and housing scale. In this way, Höfe and Siedlungen represent a “vision”.The actuality of utopia of social housing in Vienna and Frankfurt is the starting point to reflect to the contemporary architecture and collective living.
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Alkay, Elif, and Hasan Serdar Kaya. "Socio-spatial distribution of urban residents in a small-sized city." Journal of European Real Estate Research 11, no. 3 (November 5, 2018): 399–426. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jerer-01-2018-0006.
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Purpose This study aims to explore the pattern of urban residents’ socio-spatial distribution in a small-sized city where the local housing market capacity and variety is limited. Design/methodology/approach Spatial variation was reflected by two different analysis. First, factor analysis was applied to determine the major dimensions of the social, economic and housing environment in the investigation area. Second, Kriging maps, which depict the socio-spatial distribution pattern of the households according to major dimensions, were produced by interpolating factor scores on a continuous surface. Those were supported by complementary exploratory analysis to deepen the discussion. Findings Homogenous distribution of similar groups to housing areas and low inner differentiation particularly within lower income neighborhoods are the noticeable results of the analysis set. Ethnicity and income differentiation are the principal determinants of socio-spatial distribution pattern in our case. The constraints of the local housing market are seemed to facilitate spatial separation. Disadvantaged population groups are limited to small niches within the urban fabric; they are relegated to poor quality neighborhoods or to unpopular inner-city housing estates. Research limitations/implications This research has been performed for the small size city in Turkey and may not hold for other areas, even though the methodology can be replicated and the mechanisms at play are quite similar elsewhere. Practical implications The internal differentiation of urban residents’ is worth investigation to develop consistent housing and planning policies to overcome prospective social exclusion problems. This study has a potential of remarking the importance of policy-based economic and housing development in smaller cities in Turkey. Social implications Analyses displayed a sectoral structure of the distribution of urban residents but lower inner differentiation within neighborhoods. Limitations of the housing stock facilitate substantial level of isolation to the extent of ethnicity. Two different ethnic groups are confined to small niches, and they are ethnically and economically tied down to their neighborhoods. The physical properties and the quality of both dwellings and the housing environment are the poorest in these areas, and these are unpopular housing areas by the majority of the population. These findings are supposed to give direction of setting consistent housing policies in the case area. Originality/value This research is one of the initial research on socio-spatial distribution of urban residents to housing areas in Turkey. It is also one of the rare examples of socio-spatial differentiation study in small-sized city in the literature. The authors have shown that socio-spatial differentiation would be severe even in small size housing markets as opposed to expectation.
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Meyer, Desneige, Wanda Martin, and Laura M. Funk. "Symbiotic care between residents in service-integrated housing." Housing, Care and Support 22, no. 3 (September 5, 2019): 141–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/hcs-10-2018-0029.
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Purpose Sustainable solutions for meeting the physical, emotional and social health care needs of individuals may be realized by shifting the care landscape; for instance, through innovative models of service-integrated housing (SIH). By diversifying populations in these settings, care recipients can choose to engage their skills and abilities toward assisting co-residents, and vice versa as a form of symbiosis. The purpose of this paper is to define attributes of the concept and practice of symbiotic care. Design/methodology/approach The authors drew on firsthand field experience and secondary data from a literature review to conduct a conceptual derivation and analysis, using Walker and Avant’s methodology. The term symbiotic mutualism was derived from the field of biology as an analogy for care exchanged between non-peer co-residents. Attributes, antecedents and consequences of symbiotic care were identified and illustrated using model, borderline and contrary case descriptions. Findings Four defining attributes of symbiotic care were identified: first, cohabitation: care recipients live closely together in SIH settings. Second, non-peer: co-residents have distinct, complementary needs and abilities. Third, mutualism: co-residents experience mutually significant benefits as a result of the activities of their co-residents. Fourth, agency-sponsored: the professional SIH agency or organization attends to unmet resident needs. Research limitations/implications Symbiotic care is a relatively rare phenomenon for which little research exists. This analysis provides a starting point for empirical research, policy and program development and critical evaluation. Originality/value This paper fills a wide gap in the research literature and offers important terminology. It is the first to define the attributes of symbiotic care.
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Foryś, Iwona, and Jan Kazak. "“Absorption” or “Carrying Capacity” of Areas – Assessment Methods on the Example of Detached Housing Real Estate." Real Estate Management and Valuation 27, no. 2 (June 1, 2019): 5–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/remav-2019-0011.
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Abstract The concept of market absorption and carrying capacity in economic terms are adequate to the real estate market, even though the legislator uses only the concept of the absorptive capacity of the area in the planning process. The aim of the study is to discuss the concept of carrying capacity and absorption of the real estate market in economic and planning terms as well as the application of conclusions from literature studies and determination of capacity and absorption on a specific selected local market. In the empirical part, a model of demand for space for detached housing development (market absorption) was built as a function of price, income and expenses for complementary goods. At the same time, as a complementary good for the purchase of land for the construction of a house, the purchase of a flat and purchase of a real estate built-up with a detached house were accepted. On the other hand, reference was made to absorption understood adequately to planning documents. It was discussed whether the concept, interpreted in two ways, leads to the absorption of the same area on the local market. The analysis uses data from the Register of Prices and Values of Starosty County Price and Value Register, planning documents as well as data resources on statistics, and public information and own research.
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Veselý, Martin, and Lukáš Vacek. "TO THE PROBLEMS OF REVITALIZATION OF PUBLIC SPACES IN EASTERN BLOC HOUSING ESTATES." JOURNAL OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM 37, no. 3 (October 1, 2013): 165–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/20297955.2013.841332.
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The article is a contribution to the discussion about the revitalizations of over-dimensioned and characterless public spaces in housing estates areas in the Eastern Bloc. The Central Park in Southern Town I – the largest housing estate in Prague – is a significant example of such public space. The article presents the main results of two different but complementary analysis of the Central Park. Analysis “from bellow” (the user's perspective) is based on the results of anthropological research in the area. Analysis “from above” is based on personal experience of an urban planner. According to the authors only the triangulation of anthropological and architectural/urban planning methods of reading place allows to come near to complex understanding of place, its character and identity. The authors point out the importance of participation of the users in the revitalizations, which is an important condition of the broad acceptance of the result. Most of the Czech municipalities are still mistrustful of participatory processes. That brings many unnecessary problems.
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Meijer, Frits, Ad Straub, and Erwin Mlecnik. "Consultancy Centres and Pop-Ups as Local Authority Policy Instruments to Stimulate Adoption of Energy Efficiency by Homeowners." Sustainability 10, no. 8 (August 3, 2018): 2734. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10082734.
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The housing sector is responsible for a more than a quarter of the total final energy consumption in the EU. As the majority (70%) of the EU-housing stock is owner occupied and largely consists of single family dwellings it is understandable that many countries focus their energy saving policies on homeowners. Complementary to the national policy frameworks, regional and local authorities implement locally based policy instruments targeting specific groups and individual homeowners. In order to enlarge the effectiveness of their policy instruments and to reach the energy saving goals, frontrunner local authorities in particular are searching for ways to reach homeowners. Consultancy centres and pop-ups can be a way to make individual homeowners more aware about their energy use and stimulate them to apply low carbon technologies. The research results not only show that a wide range of business models are available to develop, structure and organise these consultation centres and pop-ups, but also that they indeed could play an important role in accelerating the energy performance of owner occupied housing. Through a pop-up or consultancy centre, public and private parties can join their forces to reach, stimulate and support the individual needs and wishes of homeowners during their customer journey to realise an energy efficient dwelling.
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Dayyala, Niharika, Faruk Arslan, Kent A. Walstrom, and Kallol K. Bagchi. "Co-Diffusion Effects in Software Sourcing Arrangements." Information Resources Management Journal 33, no. 4 (October 2020): 33–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/irmj.2020100103.
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This study analyzes the temporal diffusion of software sourcing arrangements by applying innovation diffusion theories. The study tests the co-diffusion effects 1) between onshoring and offshoring and 2) between insourcing and outsourcing. The results from the analysis indicate the existence of one-way complementary co-diffusion effects between on-shoring and offshoring and between outsourcing and in-housing. Positive, significant effects of innovation were found for in-housed, on-shored, and offshored software projects. Furthermore, a negative, significant effect of imitation was found for outsourced software projects. Indications were co-diffusion effects are stronger than diffusion effects.
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Miu, Luciana, Natalia Wisniewska, Christoph Mazur, Jeffrey Hardy, and Adam Hawkes. "A Simple Assessment of Housing Retrofit Policies for the UK: What Should Succeed the Energy Company Obligation?" Energies 11, no. 8 (August 8, 2018): 2070. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en11082070.
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Despite the need for large-scale retrofit of UK housing to meet emissions reduction targets, progress to date has been slow and domestic energy efficiency policies have struggled to accelerate housing retrofit processes. There is a need for housing retrofit policies that overcome key barriers within the retrofit sector while maintaining economic viability for customers, funding organizations, and effectively addressing UK emission reductions and fuel poverty targets. In this study, we use a simple assessment framework to assess three policies (the Variable Council Tax, the Variable Stamp Duty Land Tax, and Green Mortgage) proposed to replace the UK’s current major domestic retrofit programme known as the Energy Company Obligation (ECO). We show that the Variable Council Tax and Green Mortgage proposals have the greatest potential for overcoming the main barriers to retrofit policies while maintaining economic viability and contributing to high-level UK targets. We also show that, while none of the assessed schemes are capable of overcoming all retrofit barriers on their own, a mix of all three policies could address most barriers and provide key benefits such as wide coverage of property markets, operation on existing financial infrastructures, and application of a “carrot-and-stick” approach to incentivize retrofit. Lastly, we indicate that the specific support and protection of fuel-poor households cannot be achieved by a mix of these policies and a complementary scheme focused on fuel-poor households is required.
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Rybina, N. M., and A. N. Luzhina. "On the Protection of Consumer Rights in the Field of Housing and Communal Services." Rossijskoe pravosudie 5 (May 25, 2021): 38–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.37399/issn2072-909x.2021.5.38-42.
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This article is devoted to certain topical issues of consumer protection in the field of housing and communal services, using the example of the ratio of forms and methods of protecting the rights of HOA members and ordinary owners of apartments in apartment buildings.
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Ding, Fei, Xichun Luo, Wenlong Chang, and Zhengjian Wang. "In Situ Measurement of Spindle Radial and Tilt Error Motions by Complementary Multi-probe Method." Nanomanufacturing and Metrology 2, no. 4 (November 11, 2019): 225–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41871-019-00051-5.
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Abstract This paper presents a complementary multi-probe method for measurement of radial and tilt error motions of a spindle. Neither indexing of artefact nor rotating of spindle housing is required and thus make it suitable for in situ evaluation of spindle performance effectively. In order to minimize the harmonic suppression problems commonly encountered in the multi-probe measurement approach, three sets of probe angle combinations were optimized and the harmonics of the three measurements were extracted and composed to reveal the true artefact errors in a complementary way. The exact probe angles were identified by the correlation function of the probe signals after the sensors are mounted onto the fixture and the requirement of high-precision fixtures was alleviated. The evaluation of measurement results showed that the erroneous harmonics were greatly reduced by 70%. Using this method, the radial error motions of the precision air bearing spindle were measured at seven axial positions and then the synchronized tilts error motions were calculated. This demonstrated an effective approach for measuring four degree-of-freedom error motions in one setup with a small number of displacement sensor probes.
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Knight, Terry, and Lawrence Sass. "Looks count: Computing and constructing visually expressive mass customized housing." Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing 24, no. 3 (March 15, 2010): 425–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0890060409990126.
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AbstractThis paper introduces new research that seeks to develop low-cost, high quality, mass customizable building assembly systems that provide visually rich design variations for housing or other small structures. The building systems are intended to be tailored for particular cultures and communities by incorporating vernacular decorative design into the assembly design. Two complementary research areas are brought together in this work: shape grammars and digital fabrication. The visual, aesthetic aspects of the research are explored through shape grammars. The physical design and manufacturing aspects are explored through advanced digital design and fabrication technologies, and in particular, build on recent work on monomaterial assemblies with interlocking components that can be fabricated with computer numerical control machines and assembled easily by hand. The long-term objective of this research is the development of formal, visual–physical grammars with rules that generate complete computer-assisted design/computer-assisted manufacturing data for fabrication of full-scale components for assembly design variations. This paper reports on the first phase of this research: pilot studies for prototype assembly systems that incorporate vernacular languages from different parts of the world. The results of these studies are very promising, and demonstrate a spectrum of strategies for embedding visual properties in structural systems. Important next steps in this research are outlined. If successful, this work will lead to new solutions for low-cost, easily manufactured housing, which is especially critical in developing countries and for postdisaster environments. These new housing solutions will not only provide shelter but also support important cultural values through the integration of familiar visual design features. Beyond the specific context of housing and building assemblies, the research has the potential to impact the design and manufacture of designed artifacts on many scales and in many domains, especially in domains where visual aesthetics need to be considered jointly with physical, structural, or material requirements, and where design customization and variation is important.
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Verschuere, B., C. Autissier, A. D. Degryse, P. Gallix, B. Gottis, J. Laurent, M. Leinoe, and I. Peyclit. "Ethics committee recommendations for laboratory animals in private research in France." Laboratory Animals 34, no. 3 (July 1, 2000): 236–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1258/002367700780384690.
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Complementary to existing legislation, non-public research companies in France have been working together voluntarily within an organization known as Grice (Interprofessional Working Group on Ethics Committees for Laboratory Animals/Groupe de Réflexion Interprofessionnel sur les Comités d'Ethique appliquée à l'animal de laboratoire) with the objective of creating institutional ethics committees in an effort to promote animal welfare and good scientific procedures. Each company's commitment to the creation of these committees has been expressed by signing the Charter. Each ethics committee is composed of at least three members, including one who is not a scientist; a veterinarian is highly desirable. The committee examines all procedures and protocols involving animals and hands down a favourable or unfavourable opinion, or requests improvements, especially concerning animal well-being. Consensual approval of the protocol is an essential requirement before the purchase or allocation of animals. The committee examines every aspect of laboratory animal housing and care, and inspects all temporary or permanent animal housing facilities. Grice will continue its efforts in relation with public research organizations as well as with groups and in other countries whose objectives are in line with its own.
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McLaughlin, Dorothy. "Art Therapy with Homeless Women and Children in a Bridge Housing Program in Scranton, Pennsylvania." Art Therapy 7, no. 2 (July 1990): 55–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07421656.1990.10758894.
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Alankar, Sandeep, Hemanshu Ahire, and Atul R. Kolhe. "To Identify The Different Parameter Feasible For Application Of Ppp In Real Estate For Private Construction Firm." Think India 22, no. 2 (October 23, 2019): 394–402. http://dx.doi.org/10.26643/think-india.v22i2.8741.
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In developing India, we faced with the problems of infrastructure and shelter to due to increasing migration rate from rural India to urban India. As per government data more than 2 million low cost houses required for peoples, but for this very huge fund required which is not possible for government, so Public-Private Partnership (PPP) is right approach to address this problem.PPP is very broadly use for infrastructure project but this concept is not use in private housing project. Private Private Partnership have now become a preferred approach for inter firm business relations. As there are good business and accounting reasons to create Private Privat Partnership with a company that has complementary capabilities and resources
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Ксеневич Михаил Яковлевич. "ПРЕДЛОЖЕНИЯ ПО АКТИВИЗАЦИИ СОВРЕМЕННОГО РАЗВИТИЯ АРХИТЕКТУРЫ ГРАДОСТРОИТЕЛЬСТВА УКРАИНЫ." International Academy Journal Web of Scholar, no. 2(44) (February 28, 2020): 41–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.31435/rsglobal_wos/28022020/6917.
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The effective and decent living conditions provides for the supplies work and housing for the broad population in Ukraine. By the way, the mass construction of housing and infrastructure is the real sphere of providing work for the population of Ukraine, especially in the economic crisis conditions. The urban architecture contemporary practice in Ukraine is a multi-sectoral, basic, social-economic and economic existence of human societies, in Ukraine particularly. First of all, it concerns population life, the cities development, towns, and villages. Architecture and urban planning in Ukraine is manifested as a complementary combination of different settlements types: cities, towns and villages located near dominant natural formations: rivers, beams and roads of different types and types. Formed formations have varying degrees of clumps intensity of settlements: cities, towns, villages, agglomerations, settlements systems and the whole country. In order to activate the modern development of urban architecture in Ukraine, it is advisable to use the basis of conceptual model, normative and methodological proposals, developed and tested in the cities-centers of agglomerations in Ukraine. It is necessary to renew the earlier legislative requirement in Ukraine concerning administrative and criminal personal responsibility for official inactivity and violations in the field of urban development.It is especially important to carry out broad organizational, explanatory and promotional work by executive bodies and local self-government among the population in Ukraine on a new targeted. It will approach to ensure activation and promotion of mass housing construction at the present stage of the revival and development in Ukraine.
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Clausen, Bjørn, Christopher R. D’Elia, Michael B. Prime, Michael R. Hill, Joseph E. Bishop, Kyle L. Johnson, Bradley H. Jared, et al. "Complementary Measurements of Residual Stresses Before and After Base Plate Removal in an Intricate Additively-Manufactured Stainless-Steel Valve Housing." Additive Manufacturing 36 (December 2020): 101555. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2020.101555.
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Spadola, Christine E., Rebecca E. Rottapel, Eric S. Zhou, Jarvis T. Chen, Na Guo, Sat Bir S. Khalsa, Susan Redline, and Suzanne M. Bertisch. "A sleep hygiene and yoga intervention conducted in affordable housing communities: Pilot study results and lessons for a future trial." Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice 39 (May 2020): 101121. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ctcp.2020.101121.
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King, Eunice S., Theresa Benincasa, Christine Harrop-Stein, and Linda Crossette. "Using Peer Volunteers to Promote Mammography Education in Senior Citizensʼ Housing Facilities." Holistic Nursing Practice 14, no. 1 (October 1999): 12–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00004650-199910000-00005.
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Hidalgo-Betanzos, Juan, César Escudero-Revilla, Eider Iribar-Solaberrieta, Iván Flores-Abascal, and José Sala-Lizarraga. "Combination of Diagnostic Tools for the Proper Identification of Moisture Pathologies in Modern Residential Buildings." Infrastructures 3, no. 3 (September 14, 2018): 37. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/infrastructures3030037.
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A study of moisture pathologies in a modern residential multifamily building is presented. The housing block was designed under the regulation NBE-CT of 1979 in northern Spain. After the appearance of some moisture problems in the façades, three complementary studies were conducted to analyze the situation of the envelope and diagnose the best improvement possibilities. First, indoor conditions of temperature and humidity of the apartments with moisture pathologies were monitored. During 40 winter days, the occupancy, heating operation, and natural ventilation were analyzed. Second, the inner and outer surface temperatures of the studied façades were measured. Thermal insulation degree, thermal capacity, and thermal bridge effects were measured to assess the risk of interstitial condensation under the real conditions of use. Third, an infrared thermographic survey was carried out, which allowed the detection of irregularities and the assessment of moisture problems. The wrong interpretations, which would have been made if the complementary studies had not been done, are exposed. The key towards the accurate diagnosis was the combination of tools. Finally, some technical solutions based on ventilation or thermal insulation enhancement are proposed as different ways to reduce the high levels of relative humidity indoors and minimize the risk of condensation in the future.
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Hamzah, Hasniyati. "The ‘reverse bamboo network’: Sociocultural dialectics of China’s FDI in housing (FDIH) in Iskandar Malaysia." Urban Studies 57, no. 8 (July 16, 2019): 1786–802. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0042098019853480.
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The ‘bamboo network’ is used to conceptualise the investment flow into China from the Chinese diaspora, particularly those who resided in South-east Asia. However, global economic events have decimated the wealth of overseas Chinese whilst mainland Chinese businesses prospered, resulting in what is now reimagined as the ‘reverse bamboo network’. In Iskandar Malaysia (IM), which is a transnational economic region bordering Singapore, the foreign direct investment in housing (FDIH) from China has surpassed that of IM’s more prosperous neighbour Singapore, yet the interscalar interactions between market and actors in FDIH have yet to be unpacked. The aim of this paper is to examine how mainland Chinese developers operate within a bamboo network country by arguing that the similar socioculture helps in moderating institutionalised barriers, such as the unfamiliar legal framework and local personnel management. Framed by the ‘reverse bamboo network’ argument and underpinned by the sociocultural explanation, this paper explains the spatial and business transformations caused by FDIH from China. Data and information from desk research and fieldwork are used to construct macro-, meso- and micro-level dialectics in the paper. Ultimately, this paper argues that the sociocultural dialectic provides a complementary explanation of transnational shapers of the urban space in IM, and having political and cultural allies in the host country could tremendously improve business operations of international developers.
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HENNING-SMITH, CARRIE. "Where do community-dwelling older adults with disabilities live? Distribution of disability in the United States of America by household composition and housing type." Ageing and Society 37, no. 6 (March 11, 2016): 1227–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0144686x16000210.
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ABSTRACTThere is limited research on the living arrangements of older adults with disabilities, especially research that combines household composition and housing characteristics. This paper addresses that gap with two complementary sets of logistic regression models: first, estimating the odds of disability by household composition and housing type and, second, estimating the odds of disability by living arrangement within gender and age sub-groups. Data come from the 2012 American Community Survey (N = 504,371 respondents aged 65 and older), which includes six measures of disability: cognitive, ambulatory, independent living, self-care, vision and hearing. Living alone, with children or with others was associated with higher odds of any disability, compared with living with a spouse only. Compared to those living in a single-family home, living in a mobile home or other temporary structure, or large apartment building was associated with higher odds of disability. Having a disability was associated with lower rates of living with a spouse only, alone, in a single-family home or in a small or mid-sized apartment building and higher rates of all other living arrangements. Sub-group analyses revealed differences in the relationship between living arrangements and disability by gender and age group. This information provides a baseline from which to observe trends in living arrangements and disability for older adults in the United States of America.
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Borgersen, Trond Arne. "The optimal LTV-ratio, mortgage market variability and monetary policy regimes." Journal of Financial Economic Policy 9, no. 02 (May 2, 2017): 225–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jfep-06-2016-0044.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, it derives the optimal loan-to-value (LTV)-ratio for a mortgagor that maximizes the return to home equity when considering the capital structure of housing investment. Second, it analyses the demand-side contribution to mortgage market variability across monetary policy regimes. Design/methodology/approach The paper endogenizes both the relation between the LTV ratio and the mortgage rate and the relation between LTV and the rate of appreciation. When we consider LTV-variance and the demand-side contribution to mortgage market variability, three stylized regimes is considered. Findings The paper finds an intuitive ranking of the optimal LTV-ratios across regimes, and the optimal LTV-ratio peaks during a housing boom. When, however, monetary policy ignores asset inflation the demand-side contribution to market variability is highest during normal market conditions. Hence, there is a potentially hump-shaped relation between the risk exposure of individual mortgagors and the demand-side contribution to mortgage market variability. Originality/value The paper finds a potentially hump-shaped relation between the risk exposure of individual mortgagors and the demand-side contribution to mortgage market variability, which, to the best of our knowledge, is novel. The paper shows how macro-prudential and monetary policy are complementary tolls for preserving financial stability.
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Domasevitch, Konstantin V. "4,4′-Bi(1H-pyrazol-2-ium) tetrachloridoaurate(III) chloride: a three-dimensional cationic cooperite-like framework with multiple pyrazolium–chloride hydrogen-bonding interactions." Acta Crystallographica Section C Crystal Structure Communications 68, no. 7 (June 13, 2012): m169—m172. http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/s0108270112024389.
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In the title compound, (C6H8N4)[AuCl4]Cl, the 4,4′-bi(1H-pyrazol-2-ium) dication, denoted [H2bpz]2+, is situated across a centre of inversion, the [AuCl4]−anion lies across a twofold axis passing through Cl—Au—Cl, and the Cl−anion resides on a twofold axis. Conventional N—H...Cl hydrogen bonding [N...Cl = 3.109 (3) and 3.127 (3) Å, and N—H...Cl = 151 and 155°] between [H2bpz]2+cations (square-planar node) and chloride anions (tetrahedral node), as complementary donors and acceptors of four hydrogen bonds, leads to a three-dimensional binodal four-connected framework with cooperite topology (three-letter notation pts). The framework contains channels along thecaxis housing one-dimensional stacks of square-planar [AuCl4]−anions [Au—Cl = 2.2895 (10)–2.2903 (16) Å; interanion Au...Cl contact = 3.489 (2) Å], which are excluded from primary hydrogen bonding with the [H2bpz]2+tectons.
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Acasandre, Andreea. "Community quality of life. A case study of the new Popești Leordeni, Ilfov." Revista Calitatea Vieții 31, no. 4 (2020): 335–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.46841/rcv.2020.04.03.
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This paper is concerned with the analysis of some worrying present tendencies of urban sprawl in the large, important economic centers of Romania. It focuses on the tendency of building new residential apartments on the outskirts of the big cities. Most of these developments target young people that belong to a still-developing middle class. Big problems emerge, however, when real estate investors take advantage of the buyers’ lack of experience and of the authorities’ poor management, offering small, badly-built apartments in new residential areas which are designed around only one function: housing. The absence of complementary functions that could support the development of communities gravely impairs the inhabitants’ quality of life. At the local level, I was able to identify two main problems: the absence of the necessary infrastructure to support such a massive increase in population, and the absence of local amenities. On a larger scale, the consequences are significant as well: chronic traffic jams due to the large number of people who commute to Bucharest daily, for work. Even though at first Popeşti-Leordeni (a satellite-town of Romania’s capital) was considered a good housing option, the people living there are rapidly becoming highly unsatisfied with their quality of life. In their opinion, the biggest problems of this urban area are the absence of green spaces, of leisure services, of parking options, and of means of public transportation. To these complaints, the inhabitants add dissatisfaction with the general problems caused by the endless building sites, which also represent one of the main causes for the lack of cleanliness, bad roads, noise and pollution plaguing the area. This paper, based both on the analysis of statistical data and on empirical research, aims to show that Popeşti-Leordeni, especially the New Popeşti neighborhood, is an example of bad housing caused by corruption, investors’ greed, bad management on the part of the authorities, and the young buyers’ inexperience. Keywords: quality of life; urban sprawl; satellite-town; mono-functionality; community.
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Machtinger, Erika T., and Edwin R. Burgess. "Evaluation of Filth Fly Species Composition and Abundance Using Two Monitoring Methods in Swine Confinement Housing." Journal of Medical Entomology 57, no. 6 (June 9, 2020): 1812–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjaa104.
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Abstract Concentrated swine production can produce large amounts of accumulated waste that may serve as development sites for pest flies. Filth flies are not only a nuisance but can also interfere with animal growth and production and are capable of mechanically transmitting many pathogens to swine on confinement facilities. In addition to production and health concerns, high populations of filth flies developing on concentrated animal facilities may subject producers to nuisance litigation. While litigation against livestock producers associated with pest filth flies has become more frequent and high profile, information on the filth fly fauna in swine facilities in the United States is limited. In this study, filth fly species diversity and population fluctuations were monitored with spot and sticky cards in one sow facility and two finishing facilities in North Carolina. House flies Musca domestica L. (Diptera: Muscidae) were the dominant species followed by black dump flies Hydrotea (Ophyra) aenescens Weidemann (Diptera: Muscidae). A difference was seen in total spots on cards placed in more central barn locations than towards the outer walls in the sow facility but not the finishing facilities. Mean spots at only one of the finishing facilities exceeded the conventional control threshold of 100 spots/week, in May and June. Fly numbers decreased naturally in the following months, suggesting that standard control thresholds may not accurately inform filth fly control efforts in swine production. Due to their complementary nature, both spot and sticky cards placed in representative locations throughout barns are recommended. However, more swine-specific information is needed for optimizing monitoring methods.
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Bhatti, Muhammad Azher, Lars Olav Eik, Geir Steinheim, Tormod Ådnøy, David L. Hopkins, and Leif Jarle Asheim. "Management Strategies to Improve the Economics of Sheep Farms in Norwegian Coastal and Fjord Areas—The Effect of Animal Size and Capacities for Rangeland Utilisation." Sustainability 12, no. 9 (May 4, 2020): 3713. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12093713.
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The morphological and productive aspects of Norwegian sheep have developed over time and adapted to the diverse environment of the country. Before 1900, native Norwegian sheep were crossed with UK breeds to attain higher body weight and reproductive efficiency. Subsequent selection programs eventually led to the creation of the heavier (adults often >90 kg) Norwegian White Sheep (NWS), today constituting 70% of the recorded ewes. The modern Norwegian (White) Spæl (NS) sheep, mostly <75 kg and accounting for 10% of the recorded ewe population, originated from the native short-tailed breeds that are smaller and are believed to prefer grazing at higher altitudes than NWS. Other registered breeds of the short-tailed spæl type account for another 12% of the recorded sheep. Rugged Norwegian terrain with rich summer pastures makes the NS a complementary breed to the NWS. Increasing demand for year-round fresh meat requires changes at the farm level. Efficient use of local feed resources by extensive feeding of smaller size ewes is an opportunity for attaining economic gains and for year-round fresh meat production. The NS has a lighter bodyweight, requiring less housing space, is efficient in grazing rangeland and local pastures, and is better suited to outdoor winter grazing in coastal and fjord areas. In this paper, we compare the farm profitability (gross margin) of two Norwegian sheep breeds (NS and NWS) using a linear programming model designed for the coastal and fjord areas. The impact of ewe body weight, housing capacity, and meat produced per unit of concentrate are discussed.
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Bird, Neil. "SEQ 2001, RPAG, PROP and other Alphabet Soup." Queensland Review 1, no. 1 (June 1994): 79–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1321816600000532.
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The lid of Pandora's Box has been lifted. Queensland, which takes pride in being different, is considering adopting a relatively conventional planning system — and in the process is raising issues which might never be adequately resolved. Until now, development in Queensland has been largely buffered against intervention by State planners, contributions towards social facilities and consultation with the public but all this could be about to change. In December 1990, a meeting at Parliament House convened by the then Minister for Housing and Local Government, Hon Tom Burns, set in train a process to investigate South East Queensland's needs for the coming decades — SEQ 2001. A Regional Planning Advisory Group (RPAG) was established which utilised a number of task forces and public consultation to canvass a wide range of topics while RPAG itself produced a ‘preferred pattern of urban development’ (PROP) and a complementary set of proposals for institutional change. The task force findings and the draft regional outline plan were presented to the public in July 1993 in a set of 19 reports with a request for comments by October 1993.
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Páez Esteban, Astrid Nathalia, Claudia Consuelo Torres Contreras, María Stella Campos de Aldana, Sonia Solano Aguilar, Nubia Quintero Lozano, and Olivia Lorena Chaparro Díaz. "Direct and Indirect Costs of Caring for Patients with Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases." Aquichan 20, no. 2 (June 30, 2020): 1–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.5294/aqui.2020.20.2.2.
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Objective: To determine direct and indirect non-medical costs derived from caring for patients with chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in three health institutions located in the metropolitan area of Bucaramanga, Colombia. Methods: a descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted with 77 patients with NCDs and their family caregivers, who were selected through systematic sampling between 2018 and 2019. Results: Most people with NCDs are women (55 %) at an average age of 70. Four out of five caregivers are women, at an average age of 40, who deliver care for an average of 14 hours a day. The total monthly cost for patient care was on average 324,207 COP. The most significant costs are related to health, food, housing, transport, and communication. 60.5 % of NCDs patients were responsible for household finances before becoming ill. About half of them stopped working and the other half experienced a reduction of 33 % in their monthly income after becoming ill. Conclusion: due to the need for complementary and comprehensive treatment, care, and interventions, costs related to care of NCDs patients increase despite the income of NCDs patients and their caregivers do not.
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Baah-Ennumh, Theresa Yaaba, and Martina Owusu Adoma . "The Living Conditions of Female Head Porters in the Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana." Journal of Social and Development Sciences 3, no. 7 (July 15, 2012): 229–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.22610/jsds.v3i7.707.
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Migration of the economically active population from northern to southern Ghana is an old age phenomenon sustained by the incessant perception of abundant job opportunities in the south. Recently, young girls and women who migrate to work as head porters have dominated the phenomenon. The purpose of this paper was to examine the reasons for their continuous migration to the Kumasi Metropolis and the conditions under which they live and work. Complementary data from 100 head porters and five institutions revealed that most of the head porters were children (under age 18) living in harsh and hazardous conditions which include poor housing, health care delivery, nutrition, and water and sanitation. The authors conclude that the relentless desire of young girls and women to work as head porters in the south and the associated poor living conditions could be minimised if youth policies are implemented with direct focus on capacity building for the head porters. The long-term remedy to the menace, the authors maintain, lies with socioeconomic development of the rural-supplying areas to bridge the development gap between the urban and rural areas.
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Guidi, Stefano. "El Poblado Dirigido de Entrevías en Madrid: El Proyecto y la Construcción en los documentos de los Archivos del Instituto Nacional de la Vivienda = The “Poblado Dirigido” of Entrevías in Madrid: Project and Construction in the Documents of the Archives of the “Instituto Nacional de La Vivienda”." Territorios en formación, no. 15 (October 10, 2019): 97. http://dx.doi.org/10.20868/tf.2019.15.4003.
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Resumen El Poblado Dirigido de Entrevías es un barrio de promoción pública de mitades del siglo XX, que tuvo un papel muy relevante en la arquitectura española de aquella época. A pesar de tener un gran interés patrimonial, este conjunto de viviendas mínimas y edificios complementarios no está protegido por la Administración Pública, y ha sufrido muchas transformaciones que están produciendo la progresiva desaparición de sus elementos originales. En el presente estudio se profundiza el conocimiento del proyecto, y de la construcción de este barrio, con la ayuda fundamental de los documentos originales encontrados en los Archivos del INV. Estos documentos, en parte inéditos, revelan muchos detalles sobre el método “experimental” utilizado en estas viviendas mínimas por Sáenz de Oíza, que alcanzó en este proyecto una relación muy estrecha entre arquitectura y urbanismo. También se descubren, a través de los documentos originales encontrados, unos edificios complementarios, cuya autoría de Oíza era totalmente desconocida.Abstract The “Poblado Dirigido de Entrevías” is a public promotion neighbourhood of halves of the 20th century, which played a very important role in Spanish architecture at that time. Despite having a great patrimonial interest, this set of minimum housing and complementary buildings is not protected by the Public Administration and has suffered many transformations that are producing the progressive disappearance of its original elements. In the present study the knowledge of the project and the construction of this neighbourhood is deepened, with the fundamental help of the original documents found in the INV Archives. These documents, partly unpublished, reveal many details about the "experimental" method used in these minimal dwellings by Sáenz de Oíza, which achieved in this project a very close relationship between architecture and urbanism. They are also discovered, through the original documents found, complementary buildings, whose authorship of the same Oíza was totally unknown.
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Martínez-Gracia, Amaya, Sergio Usón, Mª Teresa Pintanel, Javier Uche, Ángel A. Bayod-Rújula, and Alejandro Del Amo. "Exergy Assessment and Thermo-Economic Analysis of Hybrid Solar Systems with Seasonal Storage and Heat Pump Coupling in the Social Housing Sector in Zaragoza." Energies 14, no. 5 (February 25, 2021): 1279. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en14051279.
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A real case study of an energy system based on a Solar Assisted Heat Pump (SAHP) fed by hybrid photovoltaic-thermal solar panels (PVT) and seasonal storage (SS) is presented in this paper. Exergy and exergy cost analyses are proposed as complementary methods for the assessment and better understanding of the efficiency of this cogeneration solar configuration. The system performance takes advantage of storage heat in summer, when the solar resource is high in Spain, and is then later consumed during the cold winter (heating season). The building is devoted to social housing, and it is currently under construction. The assessment is based on simulations developed using TRNSYS, a dynamic simulation software for energy systems. Results show that the unit exergy cost of the solar field is around 6. The cost of the seasonal storage is higher, about 13, and its formation is affected both by its own irreversibility and by the irreversibility of the PVT solar field. The cost of the heat delivered by the heat pump is around 15, being affected by all the upstream units and even by the grid. Besides, the analysis points out strategies for improving the system efficiency, such as increasing the size of the storage tank or improving the control strategy of the boiler.
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Palmas, Pauline, Raphaël Gouyet, Malik Oedin, Alexandre Millon, Jean-Jérôme Cassan, Jenny Kowi, Elsa Bonnaud, and Eric Vidal. "Rapid recolonisation of feral cats following intensive culling in a semi-isolated context." NeoBiota 63 (December 29, 2020): 177–200. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.63.58005.
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Invasive feral cats threaten biodiversity at a global scale. Mitigating feral cat impacts and reducing their populations has therefore become a global conservation priority, especially on islands housing high endemic biodiversity. The New Caledonian archipelago is a biodiversity hotspot showing outstanding terrestrial species richness and endemism. Feral cats prey upon at least 44 of its native vertebrate species, 20 of which are IUCN Red-listed threatened species. To test the feasibility and efficiency of culling, intensive culling was conducted in a peninsula of New Caledonia (25.6 km²) identified as a priority site for feral cat management. Live-trapping over 38 days on a 10.6 km² area extirpated 36 adult cats, an estimated 44% of the population. However, three months after culling, all indicators derived from camera-trapping (e.g., abundance, minimum number of individuals and densities) suggest a return to pre-culling levels. Compensatory immigration appears to explain this unexpectedly rapid population recovery in a semi-isolated context. Since culling success does not guarantee a long-term effect, complementary methods like fencing and innovative automated traps need to be used, in accordance with predation thresholds identified through modelling, to preserve island biodiversity. Testing general assumptions on cat management, this article contributes important insights into a challenging conservation issue for islands and biodiversity hotspots worldwide.
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Reimer, S., C. J. Pozniak, F. R. Clarke, J. M. Clarke, D. J. Somers, R. E. Knox, and A. K. Singh. "Association mapping of yellow pigment in an elite collection of durum wheat cultivars and breeding lines." Genome 51, no. 12 (December 2008): 1016–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/g08-083.
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Association mapping (AM) is an alternative or complementary strategy to QTL mapping for describing associations between genotype and phenotype based on linkage disequilibrium (LD). Yellow pigment (YP), an important end-use quality trait in durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. var. durum), was evaluated to determine the ability of AM to identify previously published QTL and to identify genomic regions for further genetic dissection. The YP concentration was determined for 93 durum wheat accessions sampled from a variety of geographic origins. Analysis of population structure using distance- and model-based estimates indicated the presence of five subpopulations. Using subpopulation assignments as covariates, significant (P < 0.05) marker–trait associations for YP were detected on all chromosomes of the durum genome. Using AM, genomic regions housing known YP QTL were confirmed, most notably the group 7 chromosomes. In addition, several markers on the group 1, 2, and 3 chromosomes were identified where QTL have yet to be reported. A phytoene synthase gene, Psy1-B1, a potential candidate gene for YP, was significantly associated with YP and was in strong LD with microsatellite markers on the distal end of 7BL. Our results demonstrated that AM complemented traditional QTL mapping techniques and identified novel QTL that should be the target of further genetic dissection.
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Roach, Kent. "Dialogic remedies." International Journal of Constitutional Law 17, no. 3 (July 2019): 860–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icon/moz056.
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Abstract Remedies have in the past and should in the future occupy a central place in constitutional theory. It is a sign of its maturity that dialogic theories of judicial review have produced new remedies such as suspended declarations of invalidity and declarations of incompatibility. Dialogic remedies, like dialogic theories in general, are vulnerable to critiques from judicial constitutionalists that they weaken the role of courts. This article responds by outlining a two-track approach to remedies inspired in part by Alexander Bickel. In the first track, successful litigants should generally receive some tangible remedy from a court, but in the second track, courts should generally defer to the superior ability of legislatures and the executive to select among a range of systemic remedies to produce better compliance with rights in the future. Such an approach follows the aspirations of dialogic theories in drawing on the distinctive and complementary strengths of judicial and political constitutionalism. The two-track approach is applied to remedial decisions involving both laws and executive actions. Examples include a Canadian decision that employed a suspended declaration of invalidity but also allowed judicial exemptions from an assisted suicide offense and South African cases that prevent evictions and provide remedies for individual students while ordering engagement to achieve systemic housing and educational remedies.
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Herrera-Limones, Rafael, Antonio Millán-Jiménez, Álvaro López-Escamilla, and Miguel Torres-García. "Health and Habitability in the Solar Decathlon University Competitions: Statistical Quantification and Real Influence on Comfort Conditions." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 16 (August 14, 2020): 5926. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17165926.
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Medicine and architecture are disciplines with the main objectives of satisfying the fundamental needs of human beings: health, comfort, well-being, safety, and ensuring an acceptable quality of life in a sustainable habitat. In both areas of knowledge, the advances and the most innovative proposals in the fields of research and teaching are focused on transversal knowledge and the use of learning methods through problem solving (learning by doing). The student competitions called “Solar Decathlon” are focused on the development of these concepts, in which prototypes of sustainable and, as far as possible, healthy social housing are tested. In these university competitions, the design of energy-efficient and comfortable living environments that contribute to the health of the occupants are encouraged; however, the methodology for evaluating the “comfort conditions” stipulated in the competition rules considers only parameters that can be monitored by sensors. For this article, the prototypes presented by the “Solar Decathlon Team of the University of Seville” to the editions of said competition held in Latin America and Europe (in 2015 and 2019, respectively) are being studied. The present research starts from the fact that the unique consideration of measurable indices (such as temperature, humidity, etc.), is clearly insufficient when it comes to evaluating the real conditions of habitability and comfort that a domestic architectural space presents. For this reason, a theoretical–practical analysis is carried out by means of surveys, with the final objective of determining a methodology for evaluating comfort—complementary to that of the competition—which assesses other relevant issues and which, in short, takes into account the repercussion on people’s health. From our analysis, we conclude that at least these two methodologies should be used to evaluate comfort because they are individually considered incomplete in terms of the data provided by each one of them. The survey-based methodology provides complementary information on comfort and health that could be taken into account in future editions of Solar Decathlon.
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Blavi, Laia, David Solà-Oriol, Pol Llonch, Sergi López-Vergé, Susana María Martín-Orúe, and José Francisco Pérez. "Management and Feeding Strategies in Early Life to Increase Piglet Performance and Welfare around Weaning: A Review." Animals 11, no. 2 (January 25, 2021): 302. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani11020302.
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The performance of piglets in nurseries may vary depending on body weight, age at weaning, management, and pathogenic load in the pig facilities. The early events in a pig’s life are very important and may have long lasting consequences, since growth lag involves a significant cost to the system due to reduced market weights and increased barn occupancy. The present review evidences that there are several strategies that can be used to improve the performance and welfare of pigs at weaning. A complex set of early management and dietary strategies have been explored in sows and suckling piglets for achieving optimum and efficient growth of piglets after weaning. The management strategies studied to improve development and animal welfare include: (1) improving sow housing during gestation, (2) reducing pain during farrowing, (3) facilitating an early and sufficient colostrum intake, (4) promoting an early social interaction between litters, and (5) providing complementary feed during lactation. Dietary strategies for sows and suckling piglets aim to: (1) enhance fetal growth (arginine, folate, betaine, vitamin B12, carnitine, chromium, and zinc), (2) increase colostrum and milk production (DL-methionine, DL-2-hydroxy-4-methylthiobutanoic acid, arginine, L-carnitine, tryptophan, valine, vitamin E, and phytogenic actives), (3) modulate sows’ oxidative and inflammation status (polyunsaturated fatty acids, vitamin E, selenium, phytogenic actives, and spray dried plasma), (4) allow early microbial colonization (probiotics), or (5) supply conditionally essential nutrients (nucleotides, glutamate, glutamine, threonine, and tryptophan).
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Moghaddas, Omid, and Irana Behravan. "A new classification of the sagittal root positioning of the mandibular anterior teeth in relation to their anterior buccal bone using cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT)." Journal of Advanced Periodontology & Implant Dentistry 12, no. 2 (December 10, 2020): 65–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.34172/japid.2020.014.
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Background. This study aimed to develop a classification for the sagittal root positioning (SRP) of mandibular anterior teeth in terms of their anterior buccal bone for use before placing immediate implants. Methods. A retrospective review of CBCT images was conducted on 150 patients (75 males and 75 females; mean age: 47.5 years) who met the inclusion criteria. The root position of the tooth samples was classified as buccal, middle, or lingual types according to their respective sagittal position and subtypes a, b, c, or d, according to the morphology of their osseous housing. Results. The frequencies of the root positions of each classified group of the sample teeth were as follows: 14% buccal type, 77% middle type, and 8% lingual type; 18.0% subtype a, 4.33% subtype b, 75.55% subtype c, and 2.11% subtype d. As a complementary procedure for data collection, the sagittal position of the apex was classified into Class I (buccally angulated apex: 4.6%), Class II (apex with no angulation: 78.2%), Class III (lingually angulated apex: 0.7%) and Class IV (exposed root: 16.3%). In addition, the results of the examination of the buccal undercut showed that in 1.6%, 32.0%, and 66.3% of the sample teeth, the undercut was located coronally, medially, and apically, respectively. Conclusion. Considering these results, the newly proposed SRP classification system can be used to study the mandibular anterior buccal bone morphology as a diagnostic tool for immediate implant treatment.
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Georgiadou, Maria Christina. "An overview of benefits and challenges of building information modelling (BIM) adoption in UK residential projects." Construction Innovation 19, no. 3 (July 7, 2019): 298–320. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ci-04-2017-0030.
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Purpose This paper aims to present a state-of-the-art review of building information modelling (BIM) in the UK construction practice. In particular, the aim is to examine the scope, value and practical implications of BIM implementation in residential projects by evaluating practitioners’ perspectives working in the Greater London Area (GLA). Design/methodology/approach The paper outlines the general status quo of BIM adoption and maturity in the UK. It then discusses the feasibility of BIM use in residential projects drawing on an online survey and complementary semi-structured interviews with building professionals. The cross-comparison between the evidence base and literature review uncovers the specific benefits, challenges and risks to BIM implementation in the house building sector. Findings BIM is an evaluation methodology that helps the management of digital information throughout the project lifecycle. At a conceptual level, a BIM-enabled project offers quality assurance and on-time delivery, collaboration and communication improvement, visual representation and clash detection and whole lifecycle value. The findings, however, suggest that the most frequently reported benefits are related to collaboration and the blend of product (software) and process innovation, whilst lifecycle thinking and waste reduction are often overlooked. At present, there is widespread awareness on BIM but with a financial barrier to invest in developing digital capabilities, particularly for small- and medium-sized enterprises. Practical implications The paper concludes with a critical commentary on the lack of strategic leadership in both the supply and demand side. The role of policy to streamline commercial drivers for whole lifecycle costing in procurement is endorsed to drive the change management required to address the short-term mind-set of senior management and wider fragmentation of the construction industry, also serving as a research question for further research and development in the field. Originality/value There are relatively few studies evaluating BIM perspectives in UK residential projects. This paper explores the feasibility and “real-life” value of BIM in housing practice, drawing on views and experiences of building professionals in GLA. In particular, the research findings provide an evidence base evaluating the extent to which the house building industry has the expertise and capability to operate in a BIM environment and to comply with the Level 2 mandate and explore which of the generic barriers and drivers of BIM-readiness are more relevant to the design and construction of housing projects.
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Santos, Leonor Maria Pacheco, Fernando Ferreira Carneiro, Maria da Graça Luderitz Hoefel, Wallace dos Santos, and Thaissa Quintas Nogueira. "The precarious livelihood in waste dumps: a report on food insecurity and hunger among recyclable waste collectors." Revista de Nutrição 26, no. 3 (June 2013): 323–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s1415-52732013000300007.
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OBJECTIVE: This study estimated the prevalence of food insecurity, social vulnerability factors, and health risks in recyclable material collectors who work at the dump. METHODS: A census was performed of the collectors' families living on five blocks near the dump of the Complementary Industry and Supply Sector, Brasília, Federal District, known as Cidade Estrutural. Sociodemographic data about sanitation, social programs, housing, labor, and food security were collected during home interviews. RESULTS: A total of 204 households composed of 835 residents and 286 collectors was studied. Ninety-three percent of the households had piped water, 65% had sanitation and almost all had electricity. But the presence of rats and cockroaches occurred in 90% of the households. A third of the workers reported being sick, but 44% of the families were not visited by community health workers because not all blocks were covered. Based on the food insecurity scale and the reporting of eating foods picked from the garbage by 55% of the respondents, a total of 75% of the households were exposed to food insecurity. According to the criteria of the Bolsa Família Program, 52% of the households were eligible, but not all were enrolled: the undercoverage was 44%. The need of other inclusion criteria for social programs, in addition to income, to identify populations surviving precariously in extreme poverty, hunger, and demeaning work is discussed. CONCLUSION: The social and environmental vulnerability of this population, subject to hunger and disease, is serious. The Brasil sem Miséria (Brazil without Poverty) program will not be capable of eliminating poverty while these subhuman conditions remain unresolved.
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O’Connor, Sofia, Carl Bruch, and Miko Maekawa. "Legal and Practical Measures for Environmental Migrants." Journal of Disaster Research 14, no. 9 (December 1, 2019): 1254–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.20965/jdr.2019.p1254.
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Recent years have seen dramatic growth in people migrating due to environmental shocks and changes. Many of these shocks and changes are climate-related. Environmental migration can occur due to sudden-onset events, such as hurricanes, floods, and heatwaves and slow-onset events, such as coastal erosion, sea level rise, and droughts. Migrants may move to temporary or permanent new housing, either locally or abroad, depending on the options available to them. They may return; many do not. Currently, there are few legal mechanisms that allow environmentally displaced persons to move or stay in new safe locations. Moreover, social and economic support that would allow them to adapt to their new surroundings is similarly scarce. As climatic events displace an increasing number of people, the search for legal mechanisms to protect and support environmental migrants has intensified, as has the search for complementary tools that ease the migrants’ transition in their countries of destination. While there is no international agreement that protects environmental migrants, there are legal tools and practical policy measures that countries can take on their own or in collaboration with others to alleviate struggles of environmental migrants. This article reviews a number of the available legal and policy measures. It starts with a brief review of the dynamics and scope of environmental migration. It then surveys legal options for managing environmental migrants, considering both the prospects for a comprehensive legal approach and the options for a toolbox approach. The article then turns to policy approaches for supporting livelihoods of environmental migrants, before taking a broad view of policy options.