Retrofitting cities: Local governance in Sydney, Australia

Retrofitting Housing with Lightweight Green Roof Technology in Sydney, Australia, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The built environment contributes around half of total greenhouse gas emissions and with 87% of residential buildings that we will have by 2050 already built, it is vital to adopt sustainable retrofitting practices. The question is: what are the viable solutions? One answer may be green roof retrofitting. The environmental benefits include reduced operational carbon emissions, reduced urban hea...

GPS Interference detected in Sydney-Australia

Radio frequency interference affects the integrity, continuity and availability of the GPS system. These are the highly important parameters for critical applications like aviation. Interference also has an adverse impact on accuracy. Continuously operating reference stations (CORS) networks are employed to improve the accuracy of GPS position measurements used by surveyors. Interference can af...

Comparative Study of Master’s Critical Care Nursing Program in Iran and Sydney, Australia

Introduction: The Master of Critical Care Nursing is responsible for training specialized and professional graduates. Comparing different curricula improves the content and quality of the curriculum. This study aimed to compare the curriculum of critical care nursing in Iran with the University of Sydney in Australia. Methods: This descriptive-comparative study was conducted in 1400. Iran's cri...

Lareau CLT , Macquarie University Sydney , Australia francois

Importing key concepts from explanatory combinatorial lexicology, we revisit the notion of grammeme and show that it is an entity of the same level of abstraction as a vocable. Grammemes are polysemic and one of their acceptations is the basic one from which the others are derived. We propose criteria to identify it, and show how it can be used to guide the grouping of grammemes into inflection...

Urban Development and Central – Local Governance Relationships in Two Ukrainian Cities: Kiev and Odessa by