When home and work are not enough. The challenge of international migrants’ agency in the Italian Alps by Andrea Membretti, Fabio Lucchini, Monica Gilli, Mia Scotti

“…The territorial context in fact, especially in rural and mountainous areas such as the Alpine ones analysed here, seems in many ways to represent a limit to the development of capacities and exercise of rights. …”
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Trajectoires territoriales d’un nouveau centre extractif mondialisé. L’exemple des Andes argentines septentrionales by Marie Forget

“…As such, it raises questions about North-South relations and the development of mountain territories, which are often peripheral, poor and sparsely populated. …”
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Preparation and Properties of Non-Crosslinked and Ionically Crosslinked Chitosan/Agar Blended Hydrogel Films by Mohamed Mahmoud Nasef, Esam A. El-Hefian, Sariah Saalah, Adul Hamid Yahaya

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Development of Similar Materials for Liquid-Solid Coupling and Its Application in Water Outburst and Mud Outburst Model Test of Deep Tunnel by Yanhui Guo, Yi Yang, Zhijun Kong, Jin He

“…In order to explore the evolution mechanism of water and mud inrush, based on the fluid-solid coupling similarity theory and a large number of matching tests, fault similar materials with mountain sand, gravel, and red clay as raw materials and surrounding similar rock materials with mountain sand, red clay, cement, and water as raw materials are developed. …”
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Shelters in the Night. The Role of Architecture in the Process of Understanding High-Altitude Areas by Roberto Dini, Stefano Girodo

“…Such shelters act as catalysts in the transformation of the alpine region from an ancestral space to an outpost of scientific knowledge, the “playground” of mountaineers, a place of symbolic and political conquest and, successively, a site of loisir for tourists.In just a few decades, mountain guides and mountaineering associations played a decisive role in this process, initiating the progressive physical alteration of high-altitude areas and paving the way for a widespread building and infrastructural colonisation that has been constantly evolving to this day.Structurally, mountain huts and bivouacs reflect the ways in which the space, landscape and time have been conceptualised and used over the ages, forming an interesting area of study: from the early structures, which were self-contained and impervious to the surrounding landscape, serving merely to provide protection from the outside, up to today’s landmark structures.…”
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Shock Protection of Portable Electronic Products: Shock Response Spectrum, Damage Boundary Approach, and Beyond by Suresh Goyal, Jim M. Papadopoulos, Paul A. Sullivan

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When home and work are not enough. The challenge of international migrants’ agency in the Italian Alps by Andrea Membretti, Fabio Lucchini, Monica Gilli, Mia Scotti

“…The territorial context in fact, especially in rural and mountainous areas such as the Alpine ones analysed here, seems in many ways to represent a limit to the development of capacities and exercise of rights. …”
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Territorial Trajectories within a New Centre for the Globalised Mining Industry: the Andes of Northern Argentina by Marie Forget

“…As such, it raises questions about North–South relations and the development of mountain territories, which are often peripheral, poor and sparsely populated. …”
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Optimization of Reasonable Finished State for Cable-Stayed Bridge with Steel Box Girder Based on Multiplier Path Following Method by Jiapeng Shi, Yu Tao, Qingyun Xu, Jie Dai, Jin Di, Fengjiang Qin

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Comparative Analysis of Global Solar Radiation Models in Different Regions of China by Qingwen Zhang, Ningbo Cui, Yu Feng, Yue Jia, Zhuo Li, Daozhi Gong

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Design and Verification of a Deep Rock Corer with Retaining the In Situ Temperature by Zhiqiang He, Heping Xie, Mingzhong Gao, Ling Chen, Bo Yu, Yunqi Hu, Jianping Yang

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DESESTABILIZACIÓN DE LADERAS Y PELIGRO DE PROCESOS DE REMOCIÓN EN MASA. CASO DE ESTUDIO: FALDEOS DEL CERRO CURRUHUINCA. SAN MARTÍN DE LOS ANDES. NEUQUÉN. by Carla S. Urra Matus, Elsie M. Jurio

“…It is necessary to deepen studies of risk on the slopes of the mountains, build public works and increase environmental monitoring, in such a way of mitigating the damage that may occur to removal processes in mass.…”
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A solution at the doorsteps: Improved biofertilizer enhances soil fertility and yield of Chili ( Capsicum an-nuumL.) in Bhutan by Sonam Tashi, Kesang Wangchuk, Erica Udas, Sonam Gaki, Kamal Aryal

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Optimal distribution modeling and multifractal analysis of wind speed in the complex terrain of Sichuan Province, China by Cun Zhan, Renjuan Wei, Lu Zhao, Shijun Chen, Chunying Shen

“…The multifractal spectrum width of the mountain shuffle series, which slightly exceeded 0.05, further highlighted the determinative influence of long-range correlations. …”
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Characterizing large deformation of soft rock tunnel using microseismic monitoring and numerical simulation by Yuepeng Sun, Nuwen Xu, Peiwei Xiao, Zhiqiang Sun, Huailiang Li, Jun Liu, Biao Li

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Erratum to “Streamlined Approach for Infrapubic Placement of an Inflatable Penile Prosthesis” by Edward Karpman

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Assembly mechanisms, not species pool, shape β-diversity of soil methanotrophic communities in steppes of China by Yongping Kou, Zhe Feng, Huan Li, Yanjiao Liu, Yanjiao Liu, Lin Xu, Lin Xu, Xiangzhen Li

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Accés à la terre et transhumance en Grèce : bien commun et conflits sociaux by Stavriani Koutsou, Athanassios Ragkos, Maria Karatassiou

“…The central question that arises is to what extent these hazards and conflicts determine the sustainability of mountain rangelands and the sustainability of transhumance. …”
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Évolution des paysages arborés dans les montagnes de Thừa Thiên Huế (Việt Nam) by Amélie Robert

“…The objective is to identify the relations between trees and mountain communities by conducting a dynamic investigation of the links between forest landscapes and the various services. …”
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Population Genetic Analysis of Lobelia rhynchopetalum Hemsl. (Campanulaceae) Using DNA Sequences from ITS and Eight Chloroplast DNA Regions by Mulatu Geleta, Tomas Bryngelsson

“…The study was based on eight populations sampled from two mountain systems in Ethiopia. A total of 20 variable sites were obtained, which resulted in 13 unique haplotypes and an overall nucleotide diversity (ND) of 0.281 ± 0.15 and gene diversity (GD) of 0.85 ± 0.04. …”
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