Stability analysis of cellular structures made of flat metal sheet piles by E. M. Terikhov, A. S. Anshakov

“…When cellular structures are used as cofferdams, massive cells (1) make the use of cement and mortar unnecessary and (2) allow for the foundation soil to be excavated to a shallow depth. …”
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Archaeological survey at Balama Byzantine Castle in Pisidia (southwest Turkey): a preliminary report by Hüseyin Metin, Abdulhadi Durukan

“…The walls, constructed of rubble stone, lime mortar, and broken bricks, suggest that the fortifications were constructed in no specific order. …”
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Effect of the Interaction between Cavities and Flaws on Rock Mechanical Properties under Uniaxial Compression by Jianwang Li, Yu Zhou, Wei Sun, Zheng Sun

“…In this paper, cement mortar was used to prefabricate a rock-like specimen with two cavities and a single flaw, and the uniaxial compression test was carried out. …”
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Key Factors for In-Store Smartphone Use in an Omnichannel Experience: Millennials vs. Nonmillennials by Ana Mosquera, Emma Juaneda-Ayensa, Cristina Olarte-Pascual, Jorge Pelegrín-Borondo

“…The results show that the model explains both the behavioral intention to use a smartphone in a brick-and-mortar store and use behavior. The UTAUT2 predictors found to be most important were habit, performance expectancy, and hedonic motivation. …”
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Instability Analysis of a Low-Angle Low-Expansive Soil Slope under Seasonal Wet-Dry Cycles and River-Level Variations by Yongzheng Qi, Zongzhi Wang, Haoqing Xu, Zirui Yuan

“…There were a small amount of obvious offsets at the bearing of bridge piers built on an artificial gentle canal bank terrace and many tensile cracks visible at the surface of the mortar block stones covering the terrace soil in several years following construction. …”
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Strength Behavior of Flat and Folded Fly Ash-Based Geopolymer Ferrocement Panels under Flexure and Impact by Dharmar Sakkarai, Nagan Soundarapandian

“…Six panels (three flat and three folded) were cast utilizing a fly ash-dependent geopolymer mortar of size 1000 mm × 400 mm × 30 mm in addition to two panels of each type for the impact study. …”
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A valorização das “taipas de pedras” como estratégia para a conservação da paisagem dos Campos de Altitude em São Francisco de Paula/ RS, Brasil by Ismael Jesus Klein, Márcia dos Santos Ramos Berreta

“…Associated with the tropeirismo, an important commercial route of the Brazilian colonial period, they have as main characteristic the fact that they had been built without the use of any type of mortar, but only with embedded stones, Which is why they’re also known as the dry stone wall. …”
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Long-Term Properties of Cement-Based Composites Incorporating Natural Zeolite as a Feature of Progressive Building Material by Alena Sičáková, Matej Špak, Mária Kozlovská, Marek Kováč

“…Basic characteristics of input powdery materials as well as the technological parameters of zeolite tested on mortar containing 50% of cement replacement are presented. …”
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Coal Bottom Ash for Portland Cement Production by Cristina Argiz, Miguel Ángel Sanjuán, Esperanza Menéndez

“…Both ashes, produced by the same electrical power plant, generally present similar chemical composition and compressive strength and contribute to the refill of mortar capillary pores with the reaction products leading to a redistribution of the pore size.…”
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Study on the correlation between mobility and dispersion of different types of fibers in engineered cementitious composites (ECC) by Xiao Wang, Haowen Jing, Ruonan Deng, Bin Meng, Xiaolin Huo

“…The effects of thickeners on the fluidity of matrix were studied by Truncated cone extension method, Marsh cone measurement method and Mortar consistency tester. The composite effects of fiber dispersion and matrix fluidity on the mechanical properties of Engineered Cementitious Composites (ECC) were investigated. …”
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Effect of Glass Powder on the Compressive Strength and Drying Shrinkage Behavior of OPC- and LC3-50-Based Cementitious Composites of Various Strengths by Tehmina Ayub, Tariq Jamil, Ayesha Ayub, Asad-Ur-Rehman Khan, Eraj Mehmood, Muhammad Danyal Sheikh

“…A detailed investigation of existing shrinkage models for mortar/composite is assessed, and limitations are also discussed.…”
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AVALIAÇÃO ERGONÔMICA DAS FUNÇÕES E ATIVIDADES DA HABITAÇÃO: ÁREAS EXTERNAS – EXPECTATIVAS E NECESSIDADES DE CONFORTO, BEM ESTAR E AUTONOMIA DE IDOSOS APTOS (SAUDÁVEIS) by Isabela Belini, Roberta Consentino Kronka Mülfarth

“…Seu objetivo principal é apresentar o método criado para a verificação dos aspectos relacionados ao conforto ergonômico dessas áreas, e propor modificações para agregar valores à qualidade de vida dos indivíduos na atividade de “morar”.…”
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El otro en Lévinas: Una salida a la encrucijada sujeto-objeto y su pertinencia en las ciencias sociales by Juan Carlos Aguirre García, Luis Guillermo Jaramillo Echeverri

“…Para Lévinas, la relación con el Otro no hace referencia a una ontología previa, sino que rompe el englobamiento totalizante y totalitario de la mirada formal e ingenua, la cual intenta apresar categorías teóricas que predicen «imprecisamente» su morar en el mundo; es la mudanza originaria que se funda en la experiencia y en el tiempo interior que le permiten al otro ser absolutamente Otro. …”
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Kissing the Church Bell or Ringing the Church Bell? (About a verse of the ode of “Tarsaeiyeh”) by Majid Mansouri

“…In another part of the article, "the bell of Magi " is explained and shown that, in Zoroastrian, "the striking of the mortar," was considered as a call to prayer and a sign of invitation to participate in religious ceremonies. …”
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Découverte d’une canalisation antique sur la colline de Fourvière à Lyon by Philippe Dessaint

“…The internal channel has the typical characteristics of an aqueduct, consisting of a 0.56 m wide specus in hydraulic mortar. The masonry is made up of two large walls, bringing the total width of the channel to 3 m. …”
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Pozzolanic Reactivity of Pulverized Ceramic Waste as Partial Substitute for Cement and Supplementary Cementitious Materials in Concrete by M. O. Ajadi

“… The pozzolanic reactivity of the adhesive stabiliser enhances the performance of supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) in mortar compositions, and alternative ways of reducing carbonic emission of cement (CO2) have been a global concern. …”
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Drivers of augmented reality shopping adoption for high-involvement products in South Africa by Kate M. Ngobeni, Khathutshelo M. Makhitha

“…The findings of this study may assist marketing practitioners in overcoming the challenges faced when migrating consumers from purchasing high-involvement products at traditional brick-and-mortar stores to online shopping platforms.…”
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“Combatir la tiranía y controlar el poder”. Los usos políticos de la libertad de imprenta en Nueva Granada y Colombia (1810-1830) by Juan Carlos Chaparro-Rodríguez

“…Este artículo describe y analiza la manera como algunos hombres públicos neogranadinos, fungiendo como editores de prensa y obrando como auspiciadores o simpatizantes de la independencia, invocaron, reivindicaron y usaron la libertad de imprenta a propósito de su intención de romper los vínculos con la monarquía española y de forjar e instaurar un nuevo orden político e institucional. …”
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Numerical Simulation Analysis of the Dynamic Mechanical Property of Concrete Based on 3D Meso-mechanical Model by Fengyan Qin, Jingsong Cheng, Heming Wen, Hongbo Liu

“…In this paper, concrete is considered as a three-phase composite composed of cement mortar matrix, coarse aggregate and interfacial transition zone (ITZ) at the mesoscopic level. …”
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Enhancing performance of recycled aggregate concrete with supplementary cementitious materials by Abba Fatiha, Ezziane Karim, Adjoudj Mhamed, Abed Farid

“…Unfortunately, RCA is of poor quality due to the presence of old mortar attached to its surface. It is characterized by its low density, high absorption, low rigidity and a poor quality interfacial transition zone (ITZ) which results in a lower quality concrete. …”
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