Transcalar project of nature-based solutions for the 2030 Agenda. Innovations and interconnections by Roberta Ingaramo, Maicol Negrello, Lousineh Khachatourian Saradehi, Arin Khachatourian Saradehi

“…The authors emphasise the importance of holistically approaching the NbS project at different scales, seeing the urban fabric as a fertile ground that can accommodate adaptive solutions designed strategically and on a site-specific basis. …”
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Giving ourselves the edge: capitalising on collaboration by Jill Hanson, Alison Pope, Carolina Salinas

“…We conclude that an evolving framework of third-space professionals which is firmly part of the real institutional fabric leads to less reliance on project-based reinventions and instead fosters a steady rate of beneficial progress for the entire learning community. …”
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Dyeing with extracts from Amaranth plant by Hwanhee Lee, Boris Mahltig

“…For this, the actual paper reports an extraction process from Amaranth and the application on textile fabrics. Different mordanting processes are considered. …”
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BENEATH THE CHURCH EPITAPH “TO THE GLORY OF GOD” SCREAM THE VOICES OF THE UNEMPLOYED by K.T. Resane

“… The unemployment crisis is a growing threat in the socio-economic fabric of South African society. Close to fifteen million people live on social grants, while seven million are registered as unemployed. …”
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Synthesis of Silver Abietate as an Antibacterial Agent for Textile Applications by A. Yıldız, M. Değirmencioğlu

“…The new Ag abietate complex has no environmental hazard, its antibacterial activities were evaluated after being applied to cotton fabric by padding process according to the JIS L 1902-2008 agar diffusion test method and against three Gram-negative and three Gram-positive bacteria, respectively. …”
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Fluid-Structure Interaction Analysis of Parachute Finite Mass Inflation by Xinglong Gao, Qingbin Zhang, Qiangang Tang

“…To predict the opening phase of a parachute, a computational FSI model for the inflation of a parachute, with slots on its canopy fabric, is developed using the arbitrary Lagrangian-Euler coupling penalty method. …”
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Approvisionner les villes en briques et en tuiles : les carrières urbaines d’argile en France by Bruno Comentale

“…Moreover, the presence of clay quarries very close to cities and their incorporation into a growing urban fabric seems more uncertain than in the case of hard rock quarries about which more is known. …”
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Investigation of Flexible Textile Antennas and AMC Reflectors by M. Mantash, A.-C. Tarot, S. Collardey, K. Mahdjoubi

“…In this paper, two different methods for fabric characterization are presented: a single frequency method and a broadband method. …”
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Mastering the TPACK framework: Innovative approaches by mathematics teachers by Amelia Defrianti Putri, Dadang Juandi, Al Jupri, Turmudi, Sitti Busyrah Muchsin

“…Educators have adeptly woven TPACK principles into the fabric of mathematics instruction, meticulously integrating technological tools across all stages of the pedagogical journey. …”
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Towards Washable Wearable Antennas: A Comparison of Coating Materials for Screen-Printed Textile-Based UHF RFID Tags by Tiiti Kellomäki, Johanna Virkki, Sari Merilampi, Leena Ukkonen

“…It was found that the uneven fabric surface caused discontinuities and breaks in narrow conductors, and thus hard coatings may also be needed to keep the tag from breaking in laundry.…”
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Reducing the Environmental Impact of Denim: A Comparative Study of Green and Conventional Manufacturing Practices by Kazi Rezwan Hossain, Mohammad Faizur Rahman

“…Notable findings reveal that yarn and fabric production contribute to 56% of greenhouse gas emissions and 45% of terrestrial acidification, while cotton cultivation accounts for 92% of water consumption and 69% of land use. …”
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Contaminantes en el Medio Ambiente Urbano: Los Perfluoroalquilos by Ignacio A. Rodriguez-Jorquera, Gurpal S. Toor

“…Feature image credit: iStock/Thinkstock.com (non-stick pan, waterproof fabric, and fire fighting foam)/Digital Vision/Thinkstock.com (fast food) SL418-Span/SS644: Contaminantes en el Medio Ambiente Urbano: Los Perfluoroalquilos (ufl.edu) …”
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Entre precariedade e resistência: a cidade como espaço de produção e luta no capitalismo cognitivo by Carolina Salomão Corrêa

“…Therefore, contemporary production happens, extrapolating the otherwise confined factory spaces, disseminating through the entire social fabric in a cooperation between networks and streets. …”
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Back to (the Future) School. Reshaping the Relationship Between Mobility and Schools by Fabrizia Cannella, Samuel Fattorelli, Maria Chiara Tosi, Valentina Rossella Zucca

“…The project tries to rethink the relationship between school and city, between school spaces and urban fabric, through the development of educational and participatory processes aimed at the school system. …”
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Contaminantes en el Medio Ambiente Urbano: Los Perfluoroalquilos by Ignacio A. Rodriguez-Jorquera, Gurpal S. Toor

“…Feature image credit: iStock/Thinkstock.com (non-stick pan, waterproof fabric, and fire fighting foam)/Digital Vision/Thinkstock.com (fast food) SL418-Span/SS644: Contaminantes en el Medio Ambiente Urbano: Los Perfluoroalquilos (ufl.edu) …”
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Exploration of Unggan weaving in Minang culture: An ethnomathematics study by Kusno, Gelvia Yolanda, Sri Supiyati

“…The research results show that Unggan woven fabric contains mathematical elements of geometric transformation (translation, reflection, dilation, symmetry) and arithmetic number patterns. …”
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Exploring Ethno-Religious Identity and its Impact on the Struggles of Democratic Consolidation in Nigeria's Fourth Republic by Mahmud IDREES Gana

“…The study concludes that ethno-religious identity is an integral part of Nigeria's social fabric and that its politicization can pose significant challenges to democratic consolidation. …”
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Macro–Microscopic Mechanical Study of Clay–Structure Interface Shear Behavior Using Direct Shear Testing and DEM Simulation by Tingting Sun, Jingnan Yang, Kuang Shi, Shufeng Lin, Jixing Yang

“…Subsequently, a discrete element method (DEM) numerical analysis was employed to study the contact network, soil fabric evolution, shear zone, coordination number, and void ratio variations in the interface shear. …”
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The Coarse-Grained/Fine-Grained Logic Interface in FPGAs with Embedded Floating-Point Arithmetic Units by Chi Wai Yu, Julien Lamoureux, Steven J. E. Wilton, Philip H. W. Leong, Wayne Luk

“…Specifically, it presents an empirical study that covers the location, pin arrangement, and interconnect between embedded floating point units (FPUs) and the fine-grained logic fabric in FPGAs. It also studies this interface in FPGAs which contain both FPUs and embedded memories. …”
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Distance-Ranked Fault Identification of Reconfigurable Hardware Bitstreams via Functional Input by Naveed Imran, Ronald F. DeMara

“…At design time, a diverse set of functionally identical bitstream configurations are created which utilize alternate hardware resources in the FPGA fabric. An ordering is imposed on the configuration pool as updated by the PageRank indexing precedence. …”
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