Structural Response to Blast Loading: The Effects of Corrosion on Reinforced Concrete Structures by Hakan Yalciner

“…Structural blast design has become a necessary part of the design with increasing terrorist attacks. …”
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Broadband Waveguide Feed for Parabolic Reflectors by P. Bhushan Mital

“…In the present case, a five stepped chebyshev transformer has been used. Complete design required for horn feed as well for the ridged waveguide components necessary for testing has been carried out. …”
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Seismic Passive Control of Cable-Stayed Bridges by Hosam-Eddin M. Ali, Ahmed M. Abdel-Ghaffar

“…The impact of various design parameters on the seismic response of current and future bridge designs is studied. …”
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Shigemori Mirei : un regard créatif sur l’art des jardins by Murielle Hladik

“…As a landscape designer as well as a garden historian, Shigemori Mirei (1896-1975) played a major part in the new creation and reinvention of the Japanese gardens design, at the dawn of the twentieth century. …”
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Digital geocomputational technologies for the metaproject of urban green infrastructures by Valeria D’Ambrosio, Ferdinando Di Martino, Marina Rigillo

“… The paper presents a model to evaluate the ecological efficiency of urban green areas to support the meta-design of ‘green infrastructures’. The model was implemented with a GIS-based framework to extract ecological efficiency maps. …”
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A systemic analysis of container terminal layouts by Jean-Paul Rodrigue

“…This is mainly attributed to site characteristics constraining terminal design and operations with clusters arranged along terminal rectangularity level. …”
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3D Modeling of Mine Protection Complex Steel Structure Based on BIM Technology by Fenhong Li, Zaisheng Wang, Chongan Pang, Haiping Yang

“…The experimental results show that the maximum displacement of the design model is reduced by half compared with that before optimization, which can meet the design requirements.…”
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Observer-Based Sliding Mode Control for Stochastic Nonlinear Markovian Jump Systems by Xiaohan Yin, Quanxin Zhu

“…The main mission is to design the observer-based sliding mode controller for such a complex system. …”
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Usability as Speculum Mundi: A Core Concept in Socio-technical Systems Development by Mikko Rajanen, Dorina Rajanen

“…This article aims to bring forth three fundamental attributes of usability that originate in classical architecture design, namely, utilitas, firmitas, and venustas. …”
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Towards a cultural transition of energy landscapes – Between responsibility and necessity by Giorgio Peghin

“…Finally, the third point involves the temporal dimension and, more generally, the design of time as a system of relationships. This contribution aims, therefore, to reflect on the role of architectural design in complex contexts, providing operational indications and establishing the need to ‘read’ the present world and interpret it critically, avoiding exclusive technocratic dominion in issues that affect the future of the next generations and the destinies of our landscape.   …”
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The creative approach of the South African advertising industry towards the black consumer by Carla Enslin

“…The need for a receiver oriented creative perspective is established and reinforced through the design of two communication models which high light practical guidelines to be implemented by the advertising industry …”
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A Framework for Multidisciplinary Optimization of a Balancing Mechanism for an Industrial Robot by Johan A. Persson, Xiaolong Feng, Daniel Wappling, Johan Ölvander

“…The paper presents a framework that can be used to design and optimize a balancing mechanism for an industrial robot. …”
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Effective Width of the T-section Flange of Ribbed Slabs by F. S. Zamaliev

“…Based on the analysis of the stress-strain state of a bent tee section, analytical ex-pressions are written and formulas are obtained for determining the design flange width.…”
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Cisterns to Collect Non-Potable Water for Domestic Use by R. A. Bucklin

“…It covers the types of cisterns, catchment systems, sizing considerations, location, sanitation, design, construction, and maintenance. By efficiently collecting rainwater, cisterns offer a sustainable solution for domestic water needs beyond human consumption, contributing to water conservation efforts in areas facing scarcity or high costs of potable water. …”
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A Fuzzy Logic Enhanced Environmental Protection Education Model for Policies Decision Support in Green Community Development by Sung-Lin Hsueh

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Research, project, implementation. The case study of the former Riganti Tannery in Rome by Andrea Grimaldi, Valeria Sansoni

“…Between conservation tout court and radical changes, this research proposes a third way: the addition of a new design ‘level’ as a device to link history with contemporaneity. …”
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THE USE OF WEB-BASED TASKS AND INTERNET SOURCES TO ENHANCE TEACHING ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES (ESP) by Svetlana Toropovienė

“…Nowadays, English for Specific Purposes (ESP) becomes as important as other professional subjects taught such as Physics, Mechanics, Graphic Design, Material Science, etc. This paper aims at examining the application of web-based tasks and Internet resources for subject revision in English for Specific Purposes (ESP), motivating students for challenges in their real professional field and drawing conclusions about the application of the suitability of the above-mentioned tools for language learning. …”
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Enquête sur l’implication des habitants dans la conception d’un petit lotissement parisien des années 1920 : le square de Montsouris by Lucie Prohin

“…In the light of this information, it analyses the way in which the project was run — between the architect's pre-design of the dwellings and the adaptations to the residents’ needs. …”
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Radiation Characteristic Improvement of X-Band Slot Antenna Using New Multiband Frequency-Selective Surface by Elham Moharamzadeh

“…The proposed FSS comprises three conductor-based split ring resonators, connected together. In this design, two unit cells of the FSS with different lengths are employed side by side to design the FSS. …”
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Facile one-pot reduction of β-nitrostyrenes to phenethylamines using sodium borohydride and copper(II) chloride by Laura D’Andrea, Simon Jademyr

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