Deformation Response and Safety Evaluation of Buildings Affected by Subway-Station Construction by Chunlei Feng, Dingli Zhang, Hualao Wang, Xuan Zhang

“…Finally, by establishing a relationship among the comprehensive deformation index Dj, surrounding environmental safety evaluation index Sj, and scheme safety grade Lj, a multiangle safety evaluation method for buildings affected by foundation-pit construction is formed, which can provide a reference for the research and design of similar projects.…”
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An Unbridgeable Gap? The Treatment of Definiteness Restrictions in French and Chinese Presentational Constructions by Ludovica Lena

“…Availing ourselves of a parallel corpus – composed of two written and spoken subcorpora –, in this study we adopt a contrastive perspective to explore the (lack of) correspondence between French il y a-constructions with a definite pivot and Chinese yǒu-constructions. …”
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Construct α′ corrected or loop corrected solutions without curvature singularities by Peng Wang, Houwen Wu, Haitang Yang, Shuxuan Ying

“…Abstract For the bosonic gravi-dilaton system, we provide systematical approaches to construct non-perturbative string cosmological solutions without curvature singularities, which can match the perturbative solution to any order in α′ expansion. …”
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Spirituality as a Positive Youth Development Construct: A Conceptual Review by Daniel T. L. Shek

“…The concept of spirituality as a positive youth development construct is reviewed in this paper. Both broad and narrow definitions of spirituality are examined and a working definition of spirituality is proposed. …”
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Optimization in Construction Management Using Adaptive Opposition Slime Mould Algorithm by Pham Vu Hong Son, Luu Ngoc Quynh Khoi

“…The purpose of this research study is to solve a four-objective optimization problem in the construction industry using a hybrid model that combines the slime mould algorithm (SMA) with opposition-based learning. …”
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Discovering causal models for structural, construction and defense-related engineering phenomena by M.Z. Naser

“…This paper presents one of the first works at creating causal models in the area of structural and construction engineering. To this end, this paper starts with a brief review of the principles of causality and then adopts four causal discovery algorithms, namely, PC (Peter-Clark), FCI (fast causal inference), GES (greedy equivalence search), and GRaSP (greedy relaxation of the sparsest permutation), have been used to examine four phenomena, including predicting the load-bearing capacity of axially loaded members, fire resistance of structural members, shear strength of beams, and resistance of walls against impulsive (blast) loading. …”
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A Corpus Based Analysis of Sympathy in Language: Constructed Victimhood in Fiction by Azka Khan

“…The study investigates how language constructs victimized characters to evoke sympathy in the reader. …”
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Construction of Mutually Orthogonal Graph Squares Using Novel Product Techniques by A. El-Mesady, Omar Bazighifan

“…As a direct application to the proposed different product techniques, mutually orthogonal graph squares for disjoint unions of stars are constructed. All the constructed results in this paper can be used to generate new graph-orthogonal arrays and new authentication codes.…”
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Constructing the Fuzzy Hyperbola and Its Applications in Analytical Fuzzy Plane Geometry by Seçil Özekinci, Cansel Aycan

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THE IMPACT OF MARKET TIMING ON CAPITAL STRUCTURE: EVIDENCE FROM VIETNAM CONSTRUCTION by Nguyễn Hữu Thao

“…Using Ordinary Least Square (OLS) technique to analyze a data-set of 102 Vietnamese enterprises in the construction industry for the period from 2006 to 2014, we conclude that, in the short-term, the impact of equity market timing on capital structure is relatively low. …”
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Construction and characterization of bioluminescent Salmonella Reading outbreak and non-outbreak strains by Abubakar Shitu Isah, Reshma Ramachandran, Anuraj Theradiyil Sukumaran, Aaron S. Kiess, Claudia D. Castañeda, Timothy Boltz, Kenneth S. Macklin, Hossam Abdelhamed, Li Zhang

“…The chloramphenicol acetyltransferase gene was cloned into the plasmid pBS-slpGFPluxABCDE, which carries luxABCDE operon and an ampicillin resistance gene. The newly constructed plasmid was then transformed into the outbreak and non-outbreak strains of S. …”
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Implementation of TQM and the Integration of BIM in the Construction Management Sector in Saudi Arabia by Mohammad Abazid, Hüseyin Gökçekuş, Tahir Çelik

“…Total Quality Management (TQM) is based on the conceptions of managing and enhancing the success of construction projects. When applied, TQM improves execution of time management of project, satisfies clients’ needs, minimizes the expenses and increases the profit of contractor, and fulfils safety regulations on the construction site. …”
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Entertainment Architecture: Constructing a framework for the creation of an emerging transmedia form by Konzal Woitek

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Efficiency Evaluation of Construction of Steam-Turbine Power Plants at Industrial Enterprises by A. L. Starzhinsky

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PROBLEMS OF MIGRATION OF WIRES OF THE METAL CORD INSIDE LAYERS OF COMPACT CONSTRUCTIONS by A. V. Vedeneev, Ju. V. Feoktistov, B. A. Birjukov, V. I. Gritsaenko

“…It is shown that at manufacture of metal cord of compact constructions there is a possibility to control by various processing methods the inclination of metal cord layers to migration.…”
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Using the Intermediate Data Structure (IDS) to Construct Files for Statistical Analysis by Luciana Quaranta

“…This article proposes an extension to the IDS, which allows the standardization and storage of constructed variables. It also describes how to produce a rectangular episodes file for statistical analysis from data stored in the IDS and presents programs developed for such purpose.…”
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Peculiarities of construction of local self-government models in the modern slavic states by A. Djordjević, A. Seregin, M. Cherkasova, I. Milkina

“…The peculiarities of construction of local self-government models in the modern Slavic States, which in the 90-s of XX century abandoned the socialist path of development, – have been examined. …”
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An occupational risk assessment approach for construction and operation period of wind turbines by M. Gul, A.F. Guneri, M. Baskan

“…Results reveal the most important hazards both for construction and operation period of the wind tribune. …”
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Using the Intermediate Data Structure (IDS) to Construct Files for Statistical Analysis by Luciana Quaranta

“…This article proposes an extension to the IDS, which allows the standardization and storage of constructed variables. It also describes how to produce a rectangular episodes file for statistical analysis from data stored in the IDS and presents programs developed for such purpose.…”
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Current management of the stability of organizations of the investment and construction complex in crisis situations by A. V. Kozlovsky, N. A. Moiseenko, O. E. Astafyeva

“…The problems faced by enterprises and organizations of the investment and construction sector of the economy have been considered. …”
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