Lightweight monitoring of distributed streams

By: Lazerson A., Keren D., Schuster A.
Published in: ACM Transactions on Database Systems
SDGs : SDG 11  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: As data becomes dynamic, large, and distributed, there is increasing demand for what have become known as distributed st (more…)

The circles building (Granary) at Tel Bet Yerah (Khirbet el-Kerak): A new synthesis (Excavations of 1945-1946, 2003-2015)

By: Greenberg R., Ashkenazi H., Berger A., Iserlis M., Paz Y., Rotem Y., Shimelmitz R., Tan M., Paz S.
Published in: Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research
SDGs : SDG 11  |  Units:   | Time: 2017 |  Link
Description: New excavations conducted in the Circles Building (Granary) at Tel Bet Yerah, first excavated in 1946, form the basis fo (more…)

Heavy metal contamination of soil and tree-ring in urban forest around highway in Shanghai, China

By: Xu J., Jing B., Zhang K., Cui Y., Malkinson D., Kopel D., Song K., Da L.
Published in: Human and Ecological Risk Assessment
SDGs : SDG 11  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2017 |  Link
Description: The heavy metal (HM) pollution of forest soil has been known as one of the most challenging pollution issues due to thei (more…)

Household earthquake preparedness in Serbia: A study of selected municipalities [Pripravljenost gospodinjstev na potrese v Srbiji: Študija izbranih občin]

By: Cvetković V.M., Filipović M., Gačić J., Jakovljević V., Ronan K., Shaw R., Mano R.
Published in: Acta Geographica Slovenica
SDGs : SDG 11  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: This article presents the results of a qualitative study of household earthquake and communitylevel preparedness in Serb (more…)

Tracking pollution and its sources in the catchment-lake system of major waterbodies in Kazakhstan

By: Krupa E., Barinova S., Aubakirova M.
Published in: Lakes and Reservoirs: Research and Management
SDGs : SDG 11  |  Units:   | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: The objective of the present study was to identify the sources and routes of entry of heavy metals and nutrients into se (more…)

Short Ozonation of Lignocellulosic Waste as Energetically Favorable Pretreatment

By: Rosen Y., Mamane H., Gerchman Y.
Published in: Bioenergy Research
SDGs : SDG 11  |  Units:   | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: Lignocellulosic waste (here municipal trimmings) is a promising sustainable feedstock for ethanol production, but requir (more…)

Governance relations in small nations: Competition vs. cooperation and the triple role of big cities

By: Beeri I., Magnússon M.Á.S.
Published in: Lex Localis
SDGs : SDG 11  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: This article examines and compares governance relations of big cities in relatively small nation states in Reykjavík, Ic (more…)

Community-based organizations motivated by religious ideology as a driving force behind shaping urban governance: the israeli case

By: Dahan Y.
Published in: Politics, Religion and Ideology
SDGs : SDG 11  |  Units:   | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: This study analyzes and highlights the political culture of community-based organizations (CBOs) as a powerful mechanism (more…)

Ethnic differences behind home price disparities in a Midsize city: The city of Akko, Israel as a case study

By: Kheir N., Portnov B.A., Khamaisi R.
Published in: Journal of Real Estate Literature
SDGs : SDG 11  |  Units:   | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: The study focuses on intra-urban disparities in home prices in the city of Akko in Israel, historically divided into the (more…)

The Ottoman period shipwrecks of akko Harbour, Israel

By: Cvikel D.
Published in: Archaeologia Maritima Mediterranea
SDGs : SDG 11  |  Units: Marine Sciences  | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: The historic walled port city of Akko, a unesco world heritage site, is located at the north-eastern extremity of Haifa (more…)

A cargo of lead ingots from a shipwreck off Ashkelon, Israel 11th–13th centuries AD

By: Galili E., Rosen B., Arenson S., Nir-El Y., Jacoby D.
Published in: International Journal of Nautical Archaeology
SDGs : SDG 11  |  Units:   | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: Shipwreck cargo of lead ingots, some marked, discovered off Tel Ashkelon, weighed about four tonnes. C14 analysis of cha (more…)

A relative radiation normalization method of iss nighttime light images based on pseudo invariant features

By: Wei S., Jiao W., Long T., Liu H., Bi L., Jiang W., Portnov B.A., Liu M.
Published in: Remote Sensing
SDGs : SDG 11  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: The International Space Station (ISS) offers a unique view from space that provides nighttime light (NTL) images of many (more…)

Helping behavior by bystanders: Contrasting individual vs social contextual factors

By: Kirschenbaum A.A., Rapaport C.
Published in: International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
SDGs : SDG 11  |  Units:   | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: The behavior of bystanders in emergencies and disasters have been examined for over 50 years. Such behaviors have been c (more…)

Shipbuilding and maritime activity on the eve of mechanization: Dendrochronological analysis of the Akko Tower Shipwreck, Israel

By: Lorentzen B., Manning S.W., Cvikel D.
Published in: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
SDGs : SDG 11  |  Units: Marine Sciences  | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: The 19th century was an era of increasing mechanization and globalization, which transformed maritime networks and shipb (more…)

Characterization of Localities with a High Likelihood of Illicit Connections between Runoff and Sewage Systems

By: Levin R., Housh M., Portnov B.A.
Published in: Environmental Management
SDGs : SDG 11  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: Flooding of the sewage system is an environmental hazard often caused by illegal connections between drainage and sewage (more…)

Mobility scooters in urban environments: A research agenda

By: Isaacson M., Barkay D.
Published in: Journal of Transport and Health
SDGs : SDG 11  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: Introduction: As our society ages, mobility scooters are a fast-growing mode of transportation. The growing prevalence o (more…)

Byzantine-Early Islamic resource management detected through microgeoarchaeological investigations of trash mounds (Negev, Israel)

By: Butler D.H., Dunseth Z.C., Tepper Y., Erickson-Gini T., Bar-Oz G., Shahack-Gross R.
Published in: PLoS ONE
SDGs : SDG 11  |  Units: Marine Sciences  | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: Sustainable resource management is of central importance among agrarian societies in marginal drylands. In the Negev Des (more…)

Interactive scenario-based assessment approach of urban street lighting and its application to estimating energy saving benefits

By: Portnov B.A., Saad R., Trop T.
Published in: Energies
SDGs : SDG 11  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: If excessive and misdirected, street lighting (SL) causes energy waste and might pose significant risks to humans and na (more…)

Microplastic distributions in a domestic wastewater treatment plant: Removal efficiency, seasonal variation and influence of sampling technique

By: Ben-David E.A., Habibi M., Haddad E., Hasanin M., Angel D.L., Booth A.M., Sabbah I.
Published in: Science of the Total Environment
SDGs : SDG 11  |  Units: Marine Sciences  | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) serve as an important route of microplastics (MPs) to the environment. Therefore, mo (more…)

Extreme energy poverty in the urban peripheries of Romania and Israel: Policy, planning and infrastructure

By: Teschner N., Sinea A., Vornicu A., Abu-Hamed T., Negev M.
Published in: Energy Research and Social Science
SDGs : SDG 11  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: Extreme energy poverty results from a mix of conditions including lack of access to a reliable and affordable grid-based (more…)