Indicadores de Bem-estar Humano para Povos Tradicionais: o caso de uma comunidade ribeirinha na fronteira da Amazônia brasileira by Luiz Felipe Barbosa Lacerda, Luis Eduardo Acosta

“…The set of Human Wellbeing Indicators for Traditional Societies presented is supported in five main capacities: collective control of territory, autonomous cultural agency, food security guarantee, the construction of a peaceful environment to live in, and self-care and reproduction. …”
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Survey on terminology extraction from texts by Kang Xu, Yifan Feng, Qiandi Li, Zhenjiang Dong, Jianxiang Wei

“…Abstract Automatic extraction of domain-related terminology from natural language texts is an important research topic with many practical application scenarios, such as text summarization, knowledge graph construction. It has a great impact on improving the quality of topic construction and the accuracy of semantic retrieval. …”
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Comparison of mechanical properties of recent and 400-year-old European larch wood by Enej Lipovec Zupanc, Gorazd Fajdiga, Miha Humar

“…Wood has several advantages over other construction materials, which also makes it one of the most promising materials of the future. …”
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Building a Knowledge Base of Bridge Maintenance Using Knowledge Graph by Yang Zhang, Jia Liu, Kepeng Hou

“…To facilitate the construction of the BMKG, a hybrid method combining a top-down approach and a bottom-up approach is proposed. …”
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Fixed start method for repetitive project scheduling with simulated annealing by Francisco Moreno, Eric Forcael, Francisco Orozco, Felipe Baesler, Duzgun Agdas

“…Finally, the proposed FSSA method for construction scheduling was validated in a case study using Discrete Event Simulation.…”
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Human–Structure System Coupled Vibration Test and Human Body Model by Xiaotong Chen, Yaofa Lin, Mao Ye, Liqin Wu

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Engagement of Facilities Management in Design Stage through BIM: Framework and a Case Study by Ying Wang, Xiangyu Wang, Jun Wang, Ping Yung, Guo Jun

“…Considering facilities management (FM) at the early design stage could potentially reduce the efforts for maintenance during the operational phase of facilities. Few efforts in construction industry have involved facility managers into the design phase. …”
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Evolution Game Model of Travel Mode Choice in Metropolitan by Chaoqun Wu, Yulong Pei, Jingpeng Gao

“…This confirms that fast construction of the urban rail transit would be an effective means of alleviating traffic congestion. …”
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دور المجاورین فى بنیة مکتبات مکة المکرمة خلال العصر الایوبى:دراسة تاریخیة by د. منصور سعید محمد

“…The Present study employs the historical approach to identify therole of Al-Mujawirin in the construction of Mecca's libraries during theAyyubid Period. …”
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WBS-Based Method in Teaching Management Information Project by Yuling Su

“…With the background of education under the new normal, this paper briefly analyzes the current situation of education informatization construction in colleges and universities from the perspective of education managers, and addresses the current situation and problems of teaching management informatization construction, such as organizational structure dominated by pyramidal functional departments, inefficiency, inability to connect work, difficulty in work gap, difficulty in horizontal coordination, and closed information. …”
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Influence of Utility Tunnel on the Lower Part of the Existing Double-Track Shield Tunnel in Loess Soil by Min Yang, Hongru Li, Ning Li, Shun Yang

“…Increasing the buried depth can reduce the impact of the upper construction disturbance more than increasing the clear distance ratio. …”
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Manufacturing of Ecofriendly Bricks Using Microdust Cotton Waste by Mebrahtom Teklehaimanot, Haregeweyni Hailay, Tamrat Tesfaye

“…This paper presents an experimental study, which investigates the potential use of cotton microdust to produce new and lightweight brick for construction industries. The physical and mechanical properties of brick mixes having different levels of cotton microdust ratio were investigated. …”
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An Innovative Conceptual Model to Structure Financing Package of Infrastructure Projects by Hanieh Soleymani, Mehdi Ravanshadnia, Mehdi Montazer

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Effects of an Applied Load on the Chloride Penetration of Concrete with Recycled Aggregates and Recycled Powder by Zhiming Ma, Zhenhua Duan, Guangzhong Ba

“…Recycled aggregate (RA) and recycled powder (RP) are the primary products of the reclamation of construction and demolition (C&D) wastes, and the question of how to use them to prepare recycled aggregate concrete (RAC) and recycled powder concrete (RPC) has been a hot topic in the construction industry in China. …”
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Adopting a QCA Approach to Investigating the Risks Involved in Megaprojects from Auditing Perspective by Liang Ma, Bing Zhang, Miao Cui, Ruoyu Jin

“…There is an increase of megaproject construction worldwide. At the same time, risks involved in megaprojects have also become a wide concern. …”
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Design and circular economy. Architectures that regenerate the built fabric by Gerardo Semprebon, Kevin Santus, Stefano Sartorio, Arianna Luisa Nicoletta Scaioli

“…However, the circular economy opens up new operational frontiers beyond the scale of the construction detail. It embraces more complex social and cultural fields that ultimately question the changing relationship between man and inhabited space. …”
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Contribution of Daylighting to Saving Electrical Energy in Cameroon: Case Study of a Classroom in a Public School by Merimé Souffo Tagueu, Lionelle Adelaїde Madjou Tanekou, Benoît Ndzana

“…The solutions proposed so far relate to the construction of new hydroelectric dams and solar power plants, but this requires a lot of time and enormous financial resources. …”
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ANTHROPOLOGICAL INTENTION OF PHILOSOPHIZING OF RENE DESCARTES AND ITS MANIFESTATION IN THE TEXT «THE RULES» by Anatolii Malivskyi

“…The main manifestations of ambivalence of basic directivity of philosophizing of Rene Descartes to construction of an objective picture of the world and self-creation of person were described. …”
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Machine Learning and Statistical Test–Based Culvert Condition Impact Factor Analysis by Ce Gao, Zhibin Li, Hazem Elzarka, Hongyan Yan, Peijin Li

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Analysis and Optimization of Thermoplastic Polyurethane Infill Patterns for Additive Manufacturing in Pipeline Applications by Benjamin Lazarus S., S. Raja, Shanmugam K., Simon Yishak

“…This research focuses on identifying the most suitable 3D printing infill pattern process parameters for thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) material, specifically for applications in pipeline construction. The criteria considered for process parameter selection include printing time, ultimate tensile strength, ultimate flexural strength, and surface defect minimization. …”
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