Academic Articles & Research Papers

Spatial Prioritizing of Integrated Management Systems in Urban Districts (Case Study: Tehran municipality districts)

The city as part of a hierarchy of spatial systems and divisions of political-geographical in each country based on various criteria such as type of governance, management, knowledgement, social interest and public participation in decision...

SOUNDCSAPE AND THE UNDERSTANDING OF HISTORIC DISTRICTS IN BANDUNG

According to UNESCO Convention 1972, cultural heritage consists of tangible and intangible heritage. Soundscape has been considered as a part of the intangible heritage, and it refers to the perceptual quality. In the realm of built environ...

Assessment of Urban Resiliency Concerning Disaster Risk: A Review on Multi- Dimensional Approaches

Measurement the Mentality of Residents of the New Districts and Planned in Relation with the Guality of Life Components (Case Study: Jahed neighborhood of Mashhad)

Paying attention only to the growth of cities and to avoid developing developmental approaches toward cities has led to the emergence of macrocosmic phenomena, which has a direct impact on the quality of life in cities. A remarkable point i...

Le dispositif de pédagogie de projet intervention/insertion transposé à l’école élémentaire de l’Unité 26 des Parcelles Assainies de Dakar

Cet article rend compte d’une expérience vécue avec des élèves d’une école primaire au Sénégal dans le cadre d’une recherche-action sur les stratégies pédagogiques adaptés aux grands groupes. Pour ce faire, nous avons transposé le dispositi...

The Pandemic Storm and the Design Culture’s Rafts: A Review of the Main Italian Architecture Magazines during the 20th and 21st Century’s Major Health Threats

While the Covid-19 emergency has launched a widespread debate about the role of architecture, it is not the only health crisis to have impacted the 20th and 21st centuries. A survey of the leading Italian architectural magazines was perform...

Future Protein Supply and Demand: Strategies and Factors Influencing a Sustainable Equilibrium

A growing global population, combined with factors such as changing socio-demographics, will place increased pressure on the world’s resources to provide not only more but also different types of food. Increased demand for animal-based prot...

Techno-economic feasibility analyses of grid- connected solar photovoltaic power plants for small scale industries of Punjab, Pakistan

The globally soaring energy prices and electricity shortfall are major hurdles in the economic development of Pakistan. To cope with periodic power outages, small and medium enterprise (SME) business owners have to fall back on alternate po...

Selective green removal of arsenic from wet-process phosphoric acid using marine-derived Neptune ball Fibres

Abstract Phosphoric acid is the second most widely produced mineral acid worldwide and is predominantly manufactured via the wet process. However, wet-process phosphoric acid (WPPA) contains significant levels of dissolved and suspended imp...

Effect of Closed Cycle Economy for Sustainable Development of Russian Regions: Reserves and Prospects of Import Substitution

The article studies the concept of circular economy as an alternative of traditional linear model oriented to efficient use of natural resources, cutting wastes and development of closed material cycles. The basis of circular economy is for...

Effect of Short-term Treated Wastewater Application on Physiological Traits and Stress-related Genes (CaCAT2, CaDREB32, CaLOX1) in Pepper

This study investigated the effects of treated wastewater irrigation on physiological traits and gene expression in pepper (Capsicum annuum) plants during early development. Control (tap water) and treated wastewater treatments were compare...

Preclinical ex-vivo Testing of Anti-inflammatory Drugs in a Bovine Intervertebral Degenerative Disc Model

Discogenic low back pain (LBP) is a main cause of disability and inflammation is presumed to be a major driver of symptomatic intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD). Anti-inflammatory agents are currently under investigation as they demonst...

Genetic Manipulation of Plants: A More-than-Human Ethical Challenge

The central argument of this article is that the genetic manipulation of plants raises profound ethical questions that cannot be adequately addressed within a purely anthropocentric framework. Drawing on Hans Jonas’s philosophy of responsib...

A call for congressional action: revisiting the U.S. coordinated framework for the regulation of biotechnology

Since the 1986 release of the Coordinated Framework for the Regulation of Biotechnology almost 40 years ago, there have been two whole of government updates that made only minor changes, while new regulations and guidance from individual ag...

Functionalising Collagen-Based Scaffolds With Platelet-Rich Plasma for Enhanced Skin Wound Healing Potential

Porous collagen-glycosaminoglycan (collagen-GAG) scaffolds have shown promising clinical results for wound healing; however, these scaffolds do not replace the dermal and epidermal layer simultaneously and rely on local endogenous signaling...

Berlin Pankow: a 15-min city for everyone? A case study combining accessibility, traffic noise, air pollution, and socio-structural data

Abstract Cars are dominating urban traffic in cities around the world, even though daily trips in many cities are often realized with active modes of transportation or public transport. Urban transport planning processes need to adapt to th...

A novel sandwich ELISA method for quantifying CHI3L1 in blood serum and cerebrospinal fluid multiple sclerosis patients using sustainable photo-irradiated zero-valence gold nanoparticles

The widespread occurrence of chronic demyelinating MS presents a significant challenge for ongoing research aimed at comprehending its progression, diagnosis, and treatment. In our research, we have devised a novel approach to quantify CHI3...

Analysis of the status and framework design of intelligentcoal mine auxiliary transportation system

This paper introduces the development and application status of intelligent auxiliary transportation technology in open-pit coal mine and underground coal mines at home and abroad. The intelligent auxiliary transportation system of open-pit...

The Effect of Health Literacy on a Brief Intervention to Improve Advance Directive Completion: A Randomized Controlled Study

Objective Completion of an advance directive (AD) document is one component of advanced care planning. We evaluated a brief intervention to enhance AD completion and assess whether the intervention effect varied according to health literacy...

Evaluation of Indicators for the Realization of the Development of Public-Oriented Urban Transportation (Study Case: District 11 of Tehran)

Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) represents a significant facet of sustainable urban planning aimed at addressing urban traffic challenges through the strategic expansion of public transportation systems. District 11 within the municipali...