The Effect of Blast-Hole Arrangement, Delay Time, and Decoupling Charge on Rock Damage and Vibration Attenuation in Multihole Blasting by H.Z. Yue, C. Yu, H.B. Li, C.B. Zhou, S.H. Chen, Z.S. Shao

“…Through dynamic analysis software ANSYS/LS-DYNA, the JOHNSON_HOLMQUIST_CONCRETE (JHC) rock model and fluid-solid coupling method were used to establish single-hole and multihole rock blasting models. …”
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Prediction Model of Minimum Void Ratio for Various Sizes/Shapes of Sandy Binary Mixture by Chaojie Shen, Zhaoyang Xu, Jie Yin, Jinfeng Wu

“…The minimum void ratio is a fundamental physical index for evaluating particle properties in soil mechanics, ceramic processing, and concrete mixes. Previous research found that both particle size distribution and particle shape characteristics would affect minimum void ratio, while the current research generally uses a linear model to estimate the minimum void ratio of a binary mixture, ignoring quantitative effect of particle shape on the minimum void ratio. …”
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Design and Construction of Sewage Structures Under High-Level Underground Water Conditions Using theTop-Down Method: A Case Study of Sewage Pumping Station PS2 in Dorood City by Bahador Mirzaei, Abbas Pirayandeh, Hojjat Emami

“…Finally, the efficiency and robustness of the proposed approach in the design and construction of concrete sewage structures exposed to high-level underground water, are demonstrated from the technical and economic perspectives, construction time, costs and safety level.…”
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EUROPEAN PLASTIC ART IN ANTHROPOLOGICAL DIMENSION: FROM THE CLASSICS TO THE POSTMODERNISM by R. M. Rusin, I. V. Liashenko

“…In this context, corporality as a paradigm of European plastic art is considered in the article in the concrete historical dimension from the classics to the postmodernism. …”
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Seismic Performance of Modular Structures with Novel Steel Frame: Light Gauge Slotted Steel Stud Walls by Chao Gong, Dawei Sun, Qixian Chen, Yong Zhu, Mingxu Shang, Faqi Liu

“…Modular structures are premanufactured off-site and assembled on-site, leading to reduced on-site works and construction periods and improved quality compared to conventional prefabricated steel structures and reinforced concrete structures. Meanwhile, steel frame-light gauge slotted steel stud (LGSS) walls have been considered to be assembled into the modules due to their excellent thermal- and sound-insulation properties. …”
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Structural Behavior of Reinforced Self-Compacted Engineered Cementitious Composite Beams by Bashar S. Mohammed, M. F. Nuruddin, Muhammad Aswin, Nursyuhada Mahamood, Hashem Al-Mattarneh

“…Results show that failure modes in flexure and shear of R-SC-ECC beams are comparable to that of normal reinforced concrete beam. Nevertheless, contrary to VecTor2, models of EC2 and RILEM are not suitable for predicting reasonable ultimate moments for the beams, while results using VecTor2 model have successfully predicted the failure modes and load-deflection curves for all R-SC-ECC beams. …”
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A Calabi-Yau-to-curve correspondence for Feynman integrals by Hans Jockers, Sören Kotlewski, Pyry Kuusela, Andrew J. McLeod, Sebastian Pögel, Maik Sarve, Xing Wang, Stefan Weinzierl

“…In addition to working out the concrete details of this correspondence for the equal-mass four-loop banana integral, we outline when we expect a correspondence of this type to hold.…”
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A Qualitative Study of Nursing Students’ Experiences in Fall Prevention for Older Home Care Clients by Riitta Turjamaa, Marja Äijö, Tarja Tervo-Heikkinen, Marja Silén-Lipponen

“…In addition, fall prevention during home visits included concrete fall prevention in authentic client situations, confidential relationships with older clients, and evidence-based knowledge. …”
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Comment susciter l’engagement pour inciter à l’action ? L’usage de la viralité par le collectif Pour un Réveil Écologique sur Linkedin by Nadia Hassani, Lise Henric

“…But how, beyond engaging subscribers, does this virality influence citizens to convince them to take concrete action? Based on the results of a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the association's publications and user comments and supported by a literature review on the notion of “virality,” our article analyzes the discursive and communicational mechanisms deployed by the collective on the digital social network LinkedIn.…”
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Om allokering av straffansvar vid arbete utan tillstånd by Heikki Kallio

“…This can reasonably be seen as reducing the problems of apportioning responsibility for unauthorised employment. As regards the concrete attribution of criminal liability, attention must be focused on the circumstances of the act, the employer organisation and the specific person in that organisation. …”
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Planning strategy for Tukad Bindu destination as a tourist Attraction in Denpasar city by I Wayan Agus Ananda Putra, Francisca Titing Koerniawaty, I Made Darsana

“…This research recommends the implementation of these strategies as concrete steps in maximizing the development potential around Tukad Bindu, Denpasar, and Bali. …”
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SHM-Traffic: DRL and Transfer Learning Based UAV Control for Structural Health Monitoring of Bridges With Traffic by Divija Swetha Gadiraju, Saeed Eftekhar Azam, Deepak Khazanchi

“…Our approach conducts a concrete bridge deck survey while traffic is ongoing and detects cracks. …”
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Water Management in Wheat Farming in Romania: Simulating the Irrigation Requirements with the CROPWAT Model by Dana Maria (Oprea) Constantin, Florentina Iuliana Mincu, Daniel Constantin Diaconu, Cristina Doina Burada, Elena Băltățeanu

“…The obtained results provide a methodological framework, but also concrete information for decision-makers in the field of agriculture.…”
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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

“…In order to improve the crack resistance of traditional concrete, cement, silica fume, fly ash and quartz sand were used as the research objects. …”
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Towards Sustainable Preservation: Revitalising Indigenous African Instruments and Craftsmanship by Ntshengedzeni Evans Netshivhambe

“…The study contributes to the scholarship on indigenous African music by offering concrete recommendations for education policy and curriculum design. …”
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The Hydration and Compressive Strength of Cement Mortar Prepared by Calcium Acetate Solution by Ke Cao, Liang Wang, Ying Xu, Wenfeng Shen, Hao Wang

“…Calcium acetate is the major component of the waste solution produced in treating recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) with acetic acid. Thus, the current work aims to explore the influence of calcium acetate solution on the performance of ordinary Portland cement. …”
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Experimental Study on the Behavior of X-Section Pile Subjected to Cyclic Axial Load in Sand by Yiwei Lu, Hanlong Liu, Changjie Zheng, Xuanming Ding

“…X-section cast-in-place concrete pile is a new type of foundation reinforcement technique featured by the X-shaped cross-section. …”
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Performance of BFRP Retrofitted RCC Piles Subjected to Axial Loads by Anandakumar Ramaswamy, Selvamony Chachithanantham, Seeni Arumugam

“…Retrofitting becomes vital for aged and damaged concrete structures, piles, and so forth, to improve its load carrying capacity and to extend the service life. …”
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The challenges of tax policy: a literature study on market and welfare dynamics by I Nyoman Tingkes, I Ketut Sirna, I Made Sumartana, Ida Ayu Putu Sri Widnyani

“…To improve effectiveness, concrete policies are needed, such as progressive tax rates, regular monitoring of tax impacts, and incentives for certain sectors.…”
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Needs for improvement in patient safety, perceived by pediatric intensive care professionals by Mirelys Sarduy Lugo, Yuliett Mora Pérez, Magny Martín Hernández, Anabel Sarduy Lugo, Yuleidy Fernández Rodríguez, Niurka de la Torre Cuellar

“…Theoretical methods were used: analysis-synthesis, inductive-deductive, historical-logical and abstract-concrete; Empirical ones: the participatory technique of discussion groups. …”
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