Research on the Carbon Reduction Potential of the Life Cycle of Building Roofs Retrofit Designs by Dawei Mu, Wenjin Dai, Yixian Zhang, Yixu Shen, Zhi Luo, Shurui Fan

“…This study examines existing buildings in Haikou in China under tropical island climate conditions. It presents three retrofit design models for greenhouses roofs (GHR), green roofs (GR) and photovoltaic roofs (PVR). …”
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Modelling Shallow Water Wakes Using a Hybrid Turbulence Model by Clemente Rodriguez-Cuevas, Carlos Couder-Castañeda, Esteban Flores-Mendez, Israel Enrique Herrera-Díaz, Rodolfo Cisneros-Almazan

“…The numerical experiments were carried out on an experimental case under controlled conditions, consisting of a channel with a submerged conical island. The numerical scheme is based on the Eulerian-Lagrangian finite volume method with four turbulence models, three mixing lengths (ml), and one joining k-ϵ on the horizontal axis with a mixing-length model (ml) on the vertical axis. …”
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Overtourism: The Impact of Tourism on Madeira’s Social and Economic Environment by Piotr Majdak, Jakub Mosz, António Manuel Martins de Almeida

“… The main goal of the analyses presented in the article is to identify the phenomena and consequences concomitant with the phenomenon of overtourism in the economic (with particular emphasis on energy) and social dimensions, regarding the Portuguese island of Madeira. The starting point for considerations includes a review of the issues that define the theoretical framework of “excessive tourism”, as well as a discussion of the most important determinants of the socio-economic development of Madeira. …”
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The Effect of P-Cymene on Glucose, Insulin, Antioxidant Power, and the Level of AKT Gene mRNA in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetes Model in Male Wistar Rats by Maryam Arabloei Sani, Zahra Hajebrahimi, Parichehreh Yaghmaei, Nasim Hayati Roodbari

“…Results: Streptozotocin increased serum levels of glucose and decreased serum levels of insulin, the antioxidant power of serum, pancreas levels of AKT mRNA, and β island size. Administration of metformin or p-cymene improved the levels of glucose, insulin, AKT mRNA, β island size, and antioxidant power in an independent manner of dose. …”
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A slab window in the south rim of the Parece-Vela Basin by Zhang Zhen, Xu dong, Zhao Lintao

“…Additionally, a common Island Arc Basalt (IAB), denoted as C21-2, was also observed in the island arc region. …”
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Latino Family Childcare Providers’ Beliefs, Attitudes, and Practices Related to Promotion of Healthy Behaviors among Preschool Children: A Qualitative Study by Ana C. Lindsay, Judith A. Salkeld, Mary L. Greaney, Faith D. Sands

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Current status of African swine fever by Mary Louise Penrith

“…In the second half of the 20th century it had caused outbreaks in the majority of African countries where pigs are produced, as well as in a number of European countries, two of the Caribbean islands, and Brazil. By the turn of the century it had been eradicated from all non-African countries except the Italian island of Sardinia. …”
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Bioinspired interfacial engineering for highly stretchable electronics by Osman Gul, Myoung Song, Chang-Yeon Gu, Jihyeon Ahn, Kichul Lee, Junseong Ahn, Hye Jin Kim, Taek-Soo Kim, Inkyu Park

“…Here, we introduce a bioinspired interface-engineered flexible island (BIEFI), which effectively facilitates the creation of highly stretchable electronics by optimizing the interface with flexible mechanical interlocking mechanisms, resilient to physical deformations. …”
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Improving daily reference evapotranspiration forecasts: Designing AI-enabled recurrent neural networks based long short-term memory by Mumtaz Ali, Jesu Vedha Nayahi, Erfan Abdi, Mohammad Ali Ghorbani, Farzan Mohajeri, Aitazaz Ahsan Farooque, Salman Alamery

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Needs Assessment and Tailored Training Pilot for Emergency Care Clinicians in the Prehospital Setting in Rwanda by Naz Karim, Jeanne D’Arc Nyinawankusi, Mikaela S. Belsky, Pascal Mugemangango, Zeta Mutabazi, Catalina Gonzalez Marques, Angela Y. Zhang, Janette Baird, Jean Marie Uwitonze, Adam C. Levine

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Passé en utopie by Caroline Saal

“…If time seems to have ceased there, they nevertheless find root in the past. Why, in an island guardian of prosperity and in a narrative that justifies the ideal, are historical vibrations necessary? …”
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A Scientific Framework for Managing Urban Natural Areas by Frank J. Mazzotti, Carol Morganstern

“… The purposes of this paper are: to present a scientific framework for managing urban natural areas; to discuss general ecological issues and management concerns identified from our early efforts at applying this approach to Broward County ESL sites; and to discuss the Pine Island Ridge ESL site as a case study. …”
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L’extension du domaine des littératures insulaires : le cas de la Corse by Sébastien Quenot

“…The emergence of Corsican French-speaking authors challenges Corsican authors in their literary choices and the process of institutionalizing the island literary field.…”
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Beamforming Techniques for Wireless MIMO Relay Networks by Athanasios G. Kanatas, Demosthenes Vouyioukas, Gan Zheng, Laurent Clavier

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Lattice normality and outer measures by Panagiotis D. Stratigos

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Applesnails of Florida Pomacea spp. (Gastropoda: Ampullariidae) by Thomas R. Fasulo

“…There are four species in Florida, one of which is native and considered beneficial. Both the island and channeled applesnails are potential threats to Florida’s aquatic ecosystems. …”
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Hemodynamic Monitoring by Antoine Vieillard-Baron, Anthony McLean, Paul Mayo, Philippe Vignon

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A variação ontológica de raça na modernidade: Brasil e Cabo Verde by José Carlos dos Anjos

“…The empirical core of the analysis is double and both in the twentieth century: on the one hand, the dissolution of the category of race in the interior of Santiago Island, Cape Verde, despite the insistence of the most powerful landlords, and, on the other hand, the persistence of race in Brazil despite the insistence of the State to erase that category in the official discourses by authoritarian governments.…”
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Adaptation aux cyclones et au risque de submersion marine dans les communes littorales de Guadeloupe by Michel Desse, Monique Gherardi, Simon Charrier

“…Depending on the local and global economy, cyclones create positive or negative disruptions for island societies and economies. Adaptive forms remain the most numerous at all scales of the territory at the initiative of local authorities, production sectors and inhabitants. …”
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A Computer-Directed Geographic Coastal Use Classification System for Ecologic Planning: The Case of the Florida Keys by Gustavo A. Antonini, Leonard Zobler, Robert Swett

“…Antonini, Leonard Zobler, and Robert Swett, presents a baywater assimilation-capacity approach to coastal zone management, using the Florida Keys (Stock Island) as a case study. Originally published April 1992 by the Florida Sea Grant College Program. …”
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