Size effect on the fracture resistance of rough and frictional cracks by Andrea Spagnoli, Andrea Carpinteri, Michele Terzano

“…An efficient approach to describe the interface conditions in real cracks, such as those occurring in concrete, ceramics or stones, is to include the effect of both roughness and friction by means of a constitutive relationship between opposite points on the interface. …”
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Recht sprechen über »besondere Gebilde« – die koloniale Gerichtsbarkeit und das Reichsgericht by Jakob Zollmann

“…Finally, the article analyses concrete decisions of the senates of the Reichsgericht in criminal matters that were based on colonial facts and / or colonial legal questions. …”
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La mobilisation de l’agriculture dans l’action paysagère de la région métropolitaine Cologne-Bonn by Louise Leconte

“…The development redefines the relationship between town and country in respect to several dimensions, and more specifically the promotion of the structural features of a landscape a cross between tradition and modernity and the concrete form given to the limits between built-up and open environments. …”
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A Multispecies Design Approach in the Eure valley. Three Lessons from a Design Studio in Landscape Architecture by Björn Bracke, Sophie Bonin, Bruno Notteboom, Hans Leinfelder

“…This article reflects on a design studio as an attempt to translate often complex and abstract conversations in more-than-human literature into concrete methods, plans and approaches for landscape architecture. …”
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Introduction: Indentured bodies/embodiments of indenture by Sinah Theres Kloß, Jennifer Leetsch

“…To trace the intricate interplay between the concrete and sensory actualities of indentured bodies and the cultural processes inherent to embodiments of indenture , this special issue brings together interdisciplinary perspectives that examine how bodies became both sites of colonial inscription and sites of resilience and resistance. …”
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Using “Spontaneous Geography” to reason about environmental problems by Cédric Naudet

“…Our hypothesis is that drawing on concrete situations presenting the actions of geographical agents would make it possible to overcome the barriers of abstraction. …”
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Analyse the effect of carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) strengthening of beams using ANSYS by Sabiha Barour, Abdesselam Zergua, Farid Bouziadi, Waleed Abed Jasim

“…The SOLID 65 and SHELL 181, LINK180 elements have been used to, respectively; model the 3D concrete beams and the composite layer, steel rebars. …”
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Construction d’un outil d’évaluation de la qualité des actions d’accompagnement pédagogique. Synthèse d’échanges et d’analyse de pratiques professionnelles en Communauté française... by Didier Salmon, Dorothée Baillet, Marie Boulvain, Bernard Cobut, Michel Coupremanne, Dominique Duchâteau, Anne-France Lanotte, Pascale Dubois, Sabine Goemaere, Bernadette Noël, Mireille Houart, Pauline Slosse

“…The dimensions of the framework are described and further clarified through three concrete examples.…”
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L’expérimentation sociotechnique fondée sur les sciences comportementales : Un instrument au service de la production de l’acceptabilité sociale ?  by Benoit Granier

“…This article analyses the concrete policy tools implemented, with a specific focus on the knowledge they are based upon. …”
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Making sense of fraction in elementary on montessori didactic materials by Rosalin Rosalin, Tatang Tatang

“…The results showed that the use of concrete manipulative materials significantly improved students' understanding of fractions, developed problem-solving skills, and built a strong connection between abstract and real concepts. …”
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La sociologie, discipline experte des controverses environnementales ? by Anahita Grisoni, Sophie Némoz

“…Is it necessary to put aside the implication of the sociologist in concrete projects, based on an expertise founded on a fundamental research? …”
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POSSIBILITIES TO IMPROVE THE FUNCTIONING OF HIGH CAPACITY BELT CONVEYERS TMC 1800 FROM JILȚ SUD QUARRY by Răzvan Bogdan ITU

“…One condition on which depends the good functioning and obtaining a transportation cost as reduced as possible is the correct choosing of the type and main parameters of the transporter, depending on the concrete minig conditions. In this work, we show a study concerning the enhacning of the funtioning of high capacity conveyer belts.…”
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Efficient and provably secure attribute-based online/offline encryption schemes by Hai-ying MA, Guo-sun ZENG, GZhan-jun WAN, Wei WANG

“…To enhance its security, the primitive of attribute-based online/offline KEM (ABOOKEM) was also introduced and a concrete ABOOKEM scheme was given, and then a generic transformation was proposed to get security against chosen-ciphertext attack (CCA) for ABOOE from any ABOOKEM with one-wayness. …”
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Combined Spinal-Epidural Analgesia for Laboring Parturient with Arnold-Chiari Type I Malformation: A Case Report and a Review of the Literature by Clark K. Choi, Kalpana Tyagaraj

“…The increase in intracranial pressure during uterine contractions, coughing, valsalva maneuvers, and expulsion of the fetus can be detrimental to the mother during the process of labor and delivery. No concrete evidence has implicated high cerebral spinal fluid pressure on maternal and fetal complications. …”
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İLK DÖNEM KUR’AN TASAVVURU VE DÖNÜŞÜMÜ -Kimlik ve Kitâb İlişkisi Bağlamında- by Selim Türcan

“…In the last stage, when the Prophet (the concrete base of the identity and the scripture) died, illiterate muslim Arabs needed a literally standardized whole scripture. …”
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Gentrification, paysages et sports de nature dans le New West états-unien by Gabrielle Saumon, Frédéric Richard

“…Based on qualitative interviews and field observations which made it possible to present a cross-section of landscapes from Montana to Colorado, the article re-examines this geography of the New West with the intention of sharing it with a French-speaking readership. In concrete terms, the New West is characterised by the omnipresence of nature sports in public and private spaces and essentially in the most attractive sites. …”
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ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES AND FISCAL INSTRUMENTS IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: AN ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL TAXES by Düriye Toprak

“…In this context,environmental policies are crucial in terms of achieving sustainabledevelopment and providing concrete environmental improvements. Environmentalproblems and factors such as trying to realize sustainable development withinthese problems have exacerbated the need for regulatory effects ofenvironmental taxes. …”
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Une caractérisation des indicateurs élaborés dans l’activité. Perspectives sémiotiques sur la formation professionnelle by Christian Dépret, Lucile Vadcard

“…While escaping the dualist trap, this concept allows conceiving an individual who doesn’t lay eyes on an objective reality, but observes concrete elements which are potentially significant (potential indicators or signs). …”
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La SF de la Théorie : Baudrillard et Haraway by Istvan Csicsery-Ronay (Jr.)

“…As previously barely imaginable social conditions emerge through the effects of technology-particularly informatic technology-the objects of cultural theory become concrete, and theoretical reflection about their future becomes indistinguishable from SF. …”
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The Fracture Characteristic of Three Collinear Cracks under True Triaxial Compression by Jianjun Liu, Zheming Zhu, Bo Wang

“…The specimens were a square concrete plate, and the cracks were made by a very thin film. …”
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