Characteristics of Yalimo Papua Kinang Jingkion powder as filler in HRS-WC mixture by Bahtiar Bahtiar

“…Kinang Jingkion is the name of an area in Yalimo Regency, Papua, that has unique material deposits with specifications that make it suitable for use as aggregate in pavements, including as filler in powder form. The high cost of construction in the Yalimo region and generally in the Papua Mountains is due to logistics, where materials such as cement and asphalt are mobilized by airplane. …”
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Testing Methods for Masonry Cores: A way forward to increase reliability of mechanical properties evaluation by Rita Esposito, Francesca Ferretti

“…Among other factors, the estimation of mechanical performance of masonry in existing construction is of importance. However, the characterisation effort does not always satisfy the requirements from structural analyses point of view, i.e. need of elastic, strength and toughness properties, and/or from technical point of view, i.e. use of conventional technical expertise and limited invasiveness. …”
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‘I should like to see a woman smoking while she was nursing her baby’: The New Woman, Crossdressing, and Humour in Horace William Bleackley’s Une Culotte (1894) by Mariam Zarif

“…First I suggest that humour is generated in the novel by the New Woman protagonist’s comic attacks of the rigid construction of gender differences. Then I examine how as a male New Woman writer Bleackley successfully uses female cross-dressing to humorous effect in order to empower the New Woman with opportunities that extend beyond the parameters of home. …”
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Hilda Sabato: itinerarios, horizontes y problemas para la historia política by Hilda Sabato, Margarita Garrido, Franz Hensel, Francisco A. Ortega

“…We also talked about her concerns and theoretical approaches in the political sphere, as well as her view of the configuration of the republic after the monarchical fracture and the construction of political communities throughout the nineteenth century. …”
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The Impact of Resource Optimization on the Economic Development of the Marine Industry by Tingting Wang, Xiulian Yang

“…The resource optimization path given by the research can be further applied to the construction process of marine and industrial economic development in other provinces and cities so as to comprehensively improve the quality and effect of marine economic growth.…”
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Rancang Bangun Mesin CNC 2 Sumbu by Firman Ridwan, Arif Novriheldi

“…Therefore, it is then to be the backdrop of designing a simple construction and its control system for a low cost CNC plasma cutting machine. …”
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Mechanical Behavior of Reactive Powder Concrete Subjected to Biaxial Loading by Ziruo Yu, Zhiguang Li, Yuran Jiang, Yue Wang

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The Integrated Development Strategy of Coastal Industrial Areas and City Based on Underground Space Development by Feng Shao, Pingyang Shi, Yusheng Ding, Ce Dong

“…As a crucial node of Qingdao’s construction of a modern international metropolis, a topnotch marine port, a demonstration zone for local economic and trade cooperation of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), and an international shipping trade financial innovation center, the Qingdao Cruise Port warrants transformation to adapt to the future development of Qingdao city. …”
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Experimental Assessment of a Skyhook Semiactive Strategy for Seismic Vibration Control of a Steel Structure by Nicola Caterino, Mariacristina Spizzuoco, Antonio Occhiuzzi, Antonio Bonati

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Improving Mechanical Properties of Recycled Aggregate Pervious Concrete Using Taguchi Method by Hemeda Eslam S., Bashandy Alaa A., Nasser Amal A.

“…The construction demolition is non-degradable. Recycled aggregates were utilized to create sustainable products in pervious concrete manufacture. …”
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Game-Theory-Based Multi-Objective Optimization for Enhancing Environmental and Social Life Cycle Assessment in Steel–Concrete Composite Bridges by David Martínez-Muñoz, Jose V. Martí, Víctor Yepes

“…The design of bridges must balance sustainability and construction simplicity. A game-theory-based optimization method was applied in this research to find a sustainable steel–concrete composite bridge design. …”
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I santi degli altri. Devozione, mutamento e rituali tra i singalesi cattolici a Messina by Giovanni Cordova

“…For this reason, processes of construction of sainthood at the core of these ritual systems, very useful to reflect upon the vernacularization of religious discourses along the post-colonial trajectories of western “multicultural” Church, will be analyzed looking at the interactions connecting them to ecclesial powers, the daily experience of the sacred, and religious actors’ existential and biographical paths. …”
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Assessment of the Mechanical Properties of Sisal Fiber-Reinforced Silty Clay Using Triaxial Shear Tests by Yankai Wu, Yanbin Li, Bin Niu

“…Fiber reinforcement is widely used in construction engineering to improve the mechanical properties of soil because it increases the soil’s strength and improves the soil’s mechanical properties. …”
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À chacun sa biodiversité by Chantal Aspe, Didier Genin

“…This usually leads to a certain foul’s dialogue between these actors, which is exacerbated by a strong power asymetry in matter of formal resource management competencies, and by a certain mutual ignorance concerning the content and the construction modes of these different types of knowledge.…”
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An Efficient Higher-Order Quasilinearization Method for Solving Nonlinear BVPs by Eman S. Alaidarous, Malik Zaka Ullah, Fayyaz Ahmad, A.S. Al-Fhaid

“…In order to check the validity and computational performance, the constructed iterative schemes are also successfully applied to bifurcation problems to calculate the values of critical parameters. …”
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Key Technologies and Discrete Dynamic Modeling Analysis of Online Travel Planning System Based on Big Data Scenario Aware Service by Yange Hao, Na Song

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A contribution to the study of the urbanization of today's old core of Zemun during the 18th century by Mićović Nela

“…The remains of a brick sewer were discovered along the entire street, with this having been built in the 18th century, and remaining in use until the construction of the modern sewage system. The archeological finds discovered have both documentary and historical value, and justify a brief summation, as a witness to the urbanization of what is today deemed Zemun's historic core during the 18th century.…”
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The Organizational Structure and Operational Logic of an Urban Smart Governance Information Platform: Discussion on the Background of Urban Governance Transformation in China by Junfang Kang, Xianjun Wang

“…Hence, this paper proposes the design of the organizational structure of an urban smart governance platform and presents the “1 + N” integrated smart information platform and the “power-sharing linkage, one-center and dual-track” platform construction command system. In this system, the functional module of the information platform for smart urban governance is elaborated. …”
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Muerte, muertos y “llanto” palero by Ana Stela de Almeida Cunha

“…As emphasized by Bruner (1993) or Hallam and Ingold (2007), these dynamics stem from a process of natural development, under constant construction, in the lives of religious people and ‘believers’.…”
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Evaluation of High-Temperature Heat Pumps’ Potential to Replace Gas Boilers in Industrial Buildings by Talaba Ovidiu, Serban Alexandru, Hiris Paul Daniel, Balan Mugur Ciprian

“…The study proves that high-temperature heat pumps with CO2 of air to water type, in monobloc construction, can replace the gas boilers for heating and DHW, in an industrial building. …”
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