Strategies to Engage 4-H Parents by Julia S. Kelly

“…This new 4-page publication of the UF/IFAS 4-H Youth Development Program presents 13 concrete strategies for engaging with parents and also addresses some potential challenges with communicating with parents. …”
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To the problem about thermal deformation of chill auxiliaries by M. A. Sadoha, B. A. Krajev, A. S. Mironov, N. E. Bondarik, V. I. Gutko

“…There are carried out the concrete experiments and presented their results. There are described the basic existing methods of chill auxiliaries thermal deformations control and shown their defaults.…”
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A contribuição de Henri Lefebvre para reflexão do espaço urbano da Amazônia by Charles Benedito Gemaque Souza

“…The space considered as historically produced by man in organizing both political and economical his society; this is the affirmation that distinguishes Henri Lefebvre masterpieces. It deals with a concrete attempt in returning to the Marx dialectic, but without the dogmatism the characteristic oppressions concerning other materialist interpretations. …”
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THE PRICE OF POLITICAL SERVICES by Valdas Pruskus

“…A politician or political organization offering a political service (idea, project) to consumers (electors) also fix its price. The concrete actions to be carried out by a politician on the determination of the price of offered political service are discussed. …”
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De bois e outros bichos: nuances do novo Realismo brasileiro by Tânia Pellegrini

“…Revisiting traditional genres like Tragedy and Melodrama, in a way that accommodates them to the commercial requirements of the Cultural Industry, Aquino explores the subject of Brazilian urban violence, in its symbolic and concrete manifestations.…”
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About directions of overcoming of the modern crisis States of the economy of Russia by V. Serov, N. Moiseenko

“…In the general methodical plan the offer on the organisation of system of the indicative analysis and regulation of volumes of output is proved and reveals and is industrial-economic activities the enterprises and the organisations of real sector of economy, as organizational tool of the permission of crisis positions in economy. In the concrete plan author's offers in directions and ways of overcoming of the modern crisis phenomena in economy of Russia are stated.…”
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Vers une expérience sensorielle augmentée ? by Silvia Masi

“…What happens when the already fully auralised universe of the comic strip experiences a concrete opening to the audible? This article aims to examine a particular case of oral remediation of comics, a web series with the evocative title La bande dessinée à voix haute, in which sound, manifesting itself in all its pulsating matter, puts the author in the position of self-adaptation and places the reader in the middle of a more or less prescriptive re-reading, that would apparently compromise his creative and cooperative effort.…”
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INFLUENCE OF BEAM HEIGHT-COLUMN WIDTH RATIO ON SEISMIC BEHAVIOR OF RC MOMENT RESISTING FRAMES by A. Khalili, F. Nateghi Alahi

“…Analysis of frequent and repetitive failures in strong earthquakes in recent decades of reinforced concrete structures shows that the strong beam-weak column failure mode typically leads to severe damage in these structures. …”
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Development of efficient compositions of hydrophobic materials resistant to chemical and biological environments by Salman Dawood Salman Al-Dulaimi, S. I. Bazhenova, I. V. Stepina, I. V. Erofeeva, Victor Afonin

“…Protecting underground structures against groundwater contamination and moisture by waterproofing the base material, usually solid concrete, is beneficial. Long-term insulation system performance depends on component integrity and base material interaction. …”
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Verbal Violence in the Press: A Case Study of Persian Newspapers by Mohammad RasekhMahand, Mojtaba AlizadeSahraii, Raheleh Izadifar, Roghayyeh salimiyan

“…Emotions are abstract concepts that should be converted into concrete concepts in order to become comprehensible; Metaphors and adjectives are common tools for changing abstract concepts to concrete ones. …”
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Response Modification Factor of RC Frames Strengthened with RC Haunches by Junaid Akbar, Naveed Ahmad, Muhammad Rizwan, Sairash Javed, Bashir Alam

“…This paper presents experimental and numerical studies carried out on two-story reinforced concrete (RC) frames having weaker beam-column joints, which were retrofitted with reinforced concrete haunches to avoid joint panel damage under seismic actions. …”
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Prediction of Ultimate Load of Rectangular CFST Columns Using Interpretable Machine Learning Method by Tien-Thinh Le, Hieu Chi Phan

“…The ultimate compressive load of concrete-filled steel tubular (CFST) structural members is recognized as one of the most important engineering parameters for the design of such composite structures. …”
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The Relationship between Critical Thinking and Cognitive Learning Styles with General English Proficiency and Success in Examinations by Hasan Ghavami, Moniresadat Mousavi Baghsiahi, Maryam Mehrabi, Mostafa Amiri

“…Regarding cognitive learning styles, the students would integrate concrete experimental and reflective observational methods and have the greatest ability to observe concrete situations.…”
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The Time-Space Joint Response Characteristics of AE-UT under Step Loading and Its Application by Xiaoran Wang, Xiaofei Liu, Enyuan Wang, Chong Zhang, Haishan Jia, Dexing Li

“…The acoustic emission (AE) and ultrasonic (UT) simultaneous monitoring program is designed using concrete samples under step loading. The time-varying response characteristics of AE-UT are studied and the cross-correlation analysis between AE-UT parameters is obtained. …”
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Potential use of the Maroua (Far North, Cameroon) river sand as construction materials and degreasing agent for earthenware ceramics by Mahamad Nafissatou, Bertin Pagna Kagonbé, Arnaud Ghislain Anombogo Mouthe, Bouba Nafissa, Viviane Djaoyang Bakaïné, Etienne Yanné, Likiby Boubakar, Armand Kagou Dongmo

“…Abstract There is an enhnaced accessibility of sand, which may be suitable for concrete and ceramic in different regions of Cameroon and the Far North in particular. …”
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Influence of Urena lobata Fibre Treatment on Mechanical Performance Development in Hybrid Urena lobata: Fibre/Gypsum Plaster Composites by Jerum Biepinwoh Kengoh, Ekane Peter Etape, Beckley Victorine Namondo, Josepha Foba-Tendo, Yakum Renata Nafu, Betene Ebanda Fabien

“…Autogenous shrinkage is related to the chemistry and changes in the internal structure of the cement concrete paste on drying. This problem of drying shrinkage in early stages that occur without any moisture transfer to the surrounding environment has triggered the incorporation of fibres in the cement concrete matrix to fill the micropores and control cracking (autogenous shrinkage). …”
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An Integral Numerical Analysis of Impact of a Commercial Aircraft on Nuclear Containment by Xiaoxin Wang, Qin Zhou, Li Shi, Haitao Wang, Xiaotian Li

“…In this paper, the crash of a commercial airplane Boeing 767-200ER on the reinforced concrete containment building of an NPP is analyzed using the missile-target interaction method. …”
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Semantic and Syntactic Dimensional Analysis of Rural Wooden Mosque Architecture in Borçka by Birgül Çakıroğlu, Reyhan Akat, Evren Osman Çakıroğlu, Taner Taşdemir

“…This research is important in terms of being a reference for the concrete expression of the concepts that we cannot see in architectural formations but we can feel that they exist.…”
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Assessment of heat storage integration for water vapour compression heat pumps: thermodynamic and techno-economic perspectives by Seon Tae Kim, Steffen Klöppel, Eberhard Nicke, K. Malleswararao, Marc Linder, Panagiotis Stathopoulos

“…Two different TES systems were introduced: concrete sensible heat storage (SHS) and strontium bromide/water (SrBr2/H2O) thermochemical energy storage (TCES). …”
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INFORMATION RESOURCES EFFECT ON THE QUALITY COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE MECHANISM OF STATE-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE by T. Bogdanova

“…In the article, authors considered value of information resource as bases of high-quality comparison of public-private partnership at development of transport infrastructure at different social and economic stages of development of Russia. On concrete examples, comparison of use of the mechanism of public-private partnership in the sphere of transport is carried out. …”
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