Evaluation of Mechanical Properties and Durability of Concrete Pavement Containing Electric Arc Furnace Slag and Carbon Nanostructures by Abolfazl Mohammadi Janaki, Gholamali Shafabakhsh, Abolfazl Hassani

“…Therefore, slag has been considered as a solution in various industrial sectors including the road construction. Also, among the new materials, cement carbon nanostructures which can improve the concrete mechanical properties and resistance are used. …”
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Highly-efficient flame-retarding unsaturated polyester resin via the designation of an expansive flame retardant by Ying-Ming Li, Shuang-Lin Hu, Hang-Ping Fang, Yao Deng, Chang-De Yang

“…Unsaturated polyester resins (UPR) are commonly used in electronics manufacturing and traditional construction, but their inherent flammability greatly limits their use. …”
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Identifying the key drivers affecting the promotion of dysfunctional urban contexts with a future research approach (Case study: Sartpooleh neighborhood, Sanandaj) by Faeghe Zirdabi Oskouei, Solmaz Babazadeh Oskouei

“…Citizenschr('39') right to intervene in construction, paving the way for the entry of the private sector and balancing and achieving social justice were indirectly introduced to improve the quality and performance of worn-out structures.…”
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War and Peace of Peter the Great by E. V. Anisimov

“…Petersburg, the transfer of the capital to it, the construction of a defensive system at the mouth of the Neva all this was aimed at securing the mouth of the Neva for Russia. …”
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Detecting Community Structures in Networks by Label Propagation with Prediction of Percolation Transition by Aiping Zhang, Guang Ren, Yejin Lin, Baozhu Jia, Hui Cao, Jundong Zhang, Shubin Zhang

“…After analyzing the reason for multiple solutions of LPA, by transforming the process of community detection into network construction process, a trivial solution in label propagation is considered as a giant component in the percolation transition. …”
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Seismic Performance and Flexural Capacity Analysis of Embedded Steel Plate Composite Shear Wall Structure with Fiber-Reinforced Concrete in the Plastic Hinge Zone by Junlong Li, Guoqiang He, Jianbo Tian

“…Due to its high axial bearing capacity and good ductility, the embedded steel plate composite shear wall structure has become one of the most widely used lateral force-resisting structural members in building construction. However, bending failure is prone to occur during strong earthquakes, and the single energy dissipation mechanism of the plastic hinge zone at the bottom leads to the concentration of local wall damage. …”
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De la place du passé dans le présent : maladies vénériennes et mémoires collectives dans le Québec contemporain by Jérôme Boivin

“…Partant du fonctionnement de la mémoire biologique et de la mémoire individuelle, un regard est porté sur les modalités de construction des mémoires collectives. De là, une explication est proposée de la mise en œuvre de certains usages du passé dans notre présent – dans et par les médias d’aujourd’hui, à l’égard de l’épidémie de grippe espagnole de 1918 et de l’épidémie de syphilis qui terrifie l’Occident de la fin du XIXe au milieu du XXe siècle. …”
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Timber Harvesting in Community Forest (Case Study in Ciamis, West Java) by Sukadaryati Sukadaryati, Yuniawati Yuniawati, Dulsalam Dulsalam

“…The expenditure of wood using motorcycles still requires the improvement ofits design especially related to the construction of load buffers on the left and right side of the motorcycle to reduce work accident.…”
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Application of International Telecommunication Union Recommendation L.1480 on measuring the greenhouse gas emission effects to a use case for photovoltaic power generation equipmen... by François Bélorgey, Jérôme Fournier, Nathalie Labidurie Omnes

“…The study quantifies this use by accounting all greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions consequences (incl. installation, operation and maintenance) over the duration of the action (i.e. the supply and operation of the photovoltaic panels, inverter and associated services), through the construction of a consequence tree and the effective observation of usage behaviors; it thus avoids pushing potentially negative effects outside the scope of the study, like rebound effects (ex.: increase of 10% in electricity consumption after photovoltaic panels commissioning) or the consequences of the use of financial gains (or losses). …”
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Design and Model Test of a Modularized Prefabricated Steel Frame Structure with Inclined Braces by Xuechun Liu, Ailin Zhang, Jing Ma, Yongqiang Tan, Yu Bai

“…Modularized prefabricated steel structures have become the preferred design in the industrialization of steel structures due to their advantages of fast construction speed, high degree of industrialization, low labour intensity, and more. …”
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Volume Changes and Mechanical Properties of Expansive Mudstone below Canals under Wet-Dry/Wet-Dry-Freeze-Thaw Cycles by Rui Zhu, Ying-hao Huang, Zhu Song, Feng Zhou

“…Through this study, we expect to provide a preliminary basis for the construction and maintenance of expansive mudstone canals in Xinjiang.…”
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Deformation Characteristics of Existing Twin Tunnels Induced by Double Shield Undercrossing with Prereinforcement: A Case Study in Hangzhou by Xinjiang Wei, Mobao Zhang, Shaojun Ma, Chang Xia, Xingwang Liu, Zhi Ding

“…At the junction of tunnel and station, the shield undercrossing caused considerable differential settlement between the existing tunnel and the station. The construction of pipe roof prereinforcement will lead to the presettlement of the existing tunnels. …”
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Predicting Downward Longwave Radiation for Various Land Use in All-Sky Condition: Northeast Florida by Chi-Han Cheng, Fidelia Nnadi

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Topology Unveiled: A New Horizon for Economic and Financial Modeling by Yicheng Wei, Junzo Watada, Zijin Wang

“…Meanwhile, in contemporary economics, topology is being used for high-dimension reduction, complex network construction, and structural data mining, combined with techniques of machine learning, and applied to high-dimensional time series and structure analysis in financial markets. …”
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Vibration mechanism study based on coupled dynamic model for TBM main drive system by Wenjun Xu, Hanyang Wu, Junzhou Huo, Dongyun Wang

“…This study provides a basis for the system’s dynamic design and evaluation of the TBM performance in tunnel construction.…”
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Determination of the influence of hydraulic load of centrifugal pump on coordinates of asynchronous frequency-controlled electric drive by O. A. Lysenko

“…The article considers the construction of a simulation model of an electrical complex including an asynchronous electric motor with frequency regulation, driving a centrifugal pump. …”
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Sectoral Interdependencies and Multipliers in Nigeria: An Input-Output Approach by Effiong Mfonobong Okokon, Hosu Yiseyon Sunday

“…Results showed that agriculture's output (74.58%) is primarily consumed by households and used by the food and beverages sector; output from mining/quarrying (85.73%) is consumed mainly by industries (manufacturing/construction), and output from the fishing (81.68%) sector is mainly consumed by households and used by the food and beverages sector. …”
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Design Flood Calculation Model for Extra-Small Watersheds in Ungauged Basin by Yun Wang, Zengchuan Dong, Xinhua Zhu, Wenzhuo Wang, Yupeng Liu, Ronghao Chen, Yunjia He

“…The method not only reduces the construction cost but also improves the safety of the reservoir through a better-fitted design flood calculation.…”
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Holocellulose from a Winemaking By-Product to Develop a Biopolymeric System for Bacterial Immobilization: Adsorption of Ochratoxin A in Wine Model Solutions (Box–Behnken Design) by Verónica Carrasco-Sánchez, V. Felipe Laurie, Marcelo Muñoz-Vera, Ricardo Ignacio Castro

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Characterisation of Luffa cylindrica Fibre from Cameroon for Use in Composites: Effect of Alkaline Treatment by Jean Aimé Mono, Assona Appolince Rachelle, Claude Takoumbe, Odette Thérèse Adegono Assiene, Prince Hermann Pokem Nguimjeu, Fabrice Ella Belinga

“…The mechanical results, namely, stress at break (9.744-27.45 MPa), Young’s modulus (307.56-582.41 MPa), and elongation at break (3.45%-8.11%), are close to those of other plant fibres used as reinforcement in polymer matrix composites for applications in the automotive, insulation, furniture, and construction industries. Luffa cylindrica fibre could have applications in the same direction. …”
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