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Biomimetic approach for enhanced mechanical properties and stability of self-mineralized calcium phosphate dibasic–sodium alginate–gelatine hydrogel as bone replacement and structural building material
(Processes, 2024)Mineralized materials are gaining increased interest recently in a number of fields, especially in bone tissue engineering as bone replacement materials as well as in the architecture-built environment ... -
The unintended consequences of childcare regulation: evidence from a regression discontinuity design
(Journal of Applied Economics, 2016)In several countries governments fund childcare provision but in many others it is privately funded as labor regulation mandates that firms have to provide childcare services. For this later case, there ... -
Credit constraints in higher education in a context of unobserved heterogeneity
(Economics of Education Review, 2016)This article tests the existence of credit constraints on higher education access by estimating actual marginal returns in the context of unobserved heterogeneity. We estimate higher education returns ... -
Landscape conflict assessment based on a mixed methods analysis of qualitative PPGIS data
(Ecosystem Services, 2018)The paper presents a public participation GIS (PPGIS) approach designed to support landscape decision-making by spatially identifying and describing conflict. This method is based on participatory mapping ... -
From metropolitan rivers to civic corridors: assessing the evolution of the suburban landscape
(Landscape Research, 2019)The sustainability of metropolitan regions is closely related to the transformation of rivers into civic and ecological corridors. While river rehabilitation in the inner city has been widely reported, ... -
River rehabilitation: preference factors and public participation implications
(Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 2020)Human activities have caused the degradation of rivers and streams, and consequently, the disruption of the provision of valuable services. Therefore, the rehabilitation of these ecosystems can provide ... -
Evaluating a web-based PPGIS for the rehabilitation of urban riparian corridors
(Applied Geography, 2020)The need for public participation is gaining increasing attention in environmental management in general, and specifically in the rehabilitation of degraded river corridors. Web-based Public Participation ... -
Women’s safety perception assessment in an urban stream corridor: developing a safety map based on qualitative GIS
(Landscape and Urban Planning, 2020)Perceived safety influences women’s use of green environments (GE) for physical activity with considerable implications on health. In order to address gender inequality in GE use, the effects of physical ... -
Perception assessment of environmental factors related to leisure-time physical activity in an urban stream corridor
(Leisure Studies, 2020)Leisure-Time Physical Activity (LTPA) in green environments is influenced by various social and physical environmental factors. A better understanding of how green environment users perceive these factors ... -
Promoting citizen-based river groups at sub-basin scale for multi-level river governance in the Barcelona Metropolitan Region
(Local Environment, 2021)There is a gap between the increasing social use of urban rivers and limited citizen participation in river management under the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD). A pilot participatory process aimed ... -
Short-term effects of air pollution and weather on physical activity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
(Environmental Research, 2024)Introduction: Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) accumulate low levels of physical activity. How environmental factors affect their physical activity in the short-term is uncertain. ... -
Biowelding 3D-printed biodigital brick of seashell-based biocomposite by pleurotus ostreatus mycelium
(Biomimetics, 2023)Mycelium biocomposites are eco-friendly, cheap, easy to produce, and have competitive mechanical properties. However, their integration in the built environment as durable and long-lasting materials is ... -
Jane Jacobs’s criteria for urban vitality: a geospatial analysis of morphological conditions in Quito, Ecuador
(Sustainability, 2023)Urban vitality, understood as a key factor in the achievement of cities’ sustainability, shows a strong relationship with urban morphology. The city theorist Jane Jacobs suggested morphological aspects ... -
The new standard Is biodigital: durable and elastic 3D-printed biodigital clay bricks
(Biomimetics, 2022)In a previously published study, the authors explained the formal design efficiency of the 3D-printed biodigital clay bricks 3DPBDCB: a project that aimed to change the conventional methods of clay brick ... -
3D-printed biodigital clay bricks
(Biomimetics, 2021)Construction materials and techniques have witnessed major advancements due to the application of digital tools in the design and fabrication processes, leading to a wide array of possibilities, especially ... -
Hacia un urbanismo holístico: legado y topicalidad del pensamiento de John F. C. Turner en los asentamientos autoconstruidos del Cono Norte, Lima. El Ermitaño y Pampa de Cueva como casos de estudio para la activación de memoria urbana
(Ensayo: Revista De Arquitectura, Urbanismo Y Territorio, 2021)La creciente fragmentación urbana y la falta de una visión holística e integradora de las grandes aglomeraciones latinoamericanas son, al mismo tiempo, sus principales retos contemporáneos. El potencial ... -
Arquitectura i societat a través de l’expansió de Barcelona
(Anuari d’Arquitectura i Societat, 2021)El present article reflexiona entorn de les complexes relacions que s'estableixen de manera habitual entre arquitectura i societat. Per a això s'exemplifiquen quatre situacions que transcorren a la ... -
Patterns of physical activity progression in patients with COPD
(Archivos de Bronconeumología, 2021-03)Introduction: Although mean physical activity in COPD patients declines by 400–500 steps/day annually, it is unknown whether the natural progression is the same for all patients. We aimed to identify ... -
Bóvedas tabicadas en la ingeniería militar española (s. XVIII)
(Informes de la Construcción, 2021)El Duque de Belle-Isle y el Conde de Espié habían conocido en sus campañas de la Guerra de Sucesión (1701-1715) la voûte à la Roussillon. Estas bóvedas tabicadas obtuvieron una buena crítica en toda ... -
Biomanufacturing the future: biodigital architecture & genetics
(Procedia Manufacturing, 2017)Biomanufacturing is a type of manufacturing or biotechnology that uses biological systems to produce biomaterials and biomolecules for using in medical and food industry. Biomanufacturing products are ...