Stability and Countermeasures for a Deposit Slope with Artificial Scarp: Numerical Analysis and Field Monitoring by Yong Hong, Zhushan Shao, Guangbin Shi, Jiabao Liu

“…The front of the deposit slope was in a state of limit equilibrium as a result of the artificial scarp formed by long-term manual excavation. Anchors and concrete frame beams provided stress compensation and improve the stability of the deposit slope, and front prestressed anchor cables and stability piles strengthened the mechanical properties of the rock and soil masses and provided resistance at the front of the deposit. …”
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GUIDELINES FOR THE SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF THE FUTURE PROTECTED AREA LIVANJSKO POLJE by Danijela Madžar, Veronika Vlašić

“…The paper proposes guidelines for the sustainable management of the future protected area Livanjsko polje in accordance with the postulates of sustainable development with the concrete situation and examples available through the published literature. …”
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Mechanical Performance and Chloride Diffusivity of Cracked RC Specimens Exposed to Freeze-Thaw Cycles and Intermittent Immersion in Seawater by Bei Shen, Yinghua Ye, Bo Diao, Xiaoning Zheng

“…The effects of crack width on chloride ingress and mechanical behavior of reinforced concrete (RC) specimens were experimentally studied after exposure to 300 cycles of freeze-thaw and seawater immersion (75 times). …”
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Kantian and Anti-Kantian Philosophy of Language by Igor A. Mikhailov

“…Unlike Husserl, whose thought is marked by revolutionary radicalism, for Shpet ideal knowledge is “positive”, “concrete”, “full” and “dynamic”. He considers philosophising to be dialectical and inherently dialogic. …”
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Seismic Capacity Assessment of Confined Brick Masonry Building: An Experimental Approach by Asfandyar Ahmed, Imad Ahmad, Khan Shahzada, Muhammad Tayyab Naqash, Bashir Alam, Muhammad Fahad, Sajjad Wali Khan

“…A comparison of the results has been made with four different studies done on the similar model made of unreinforced brick masonry before and after retrofitting and unreinforced concrete block masonry before and after retrofitting previously tested at the same testing facility.…”
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Modelization and Calibration of the Power-Law Distribution in Stock Market by Maximization of Varma Entropy by Chang Liu, Chuo Chang

“…Using high-frequency data from China’s stock markets, we calibrate our theoretical model and give the concrete form of probability density distribution p(x) for different time intervals. …”
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Vliv sezónní dynamiky jakostních ukazatelů na výkupní cenu mléka v kontextu situace na trhu (Influence of the Season Progress of the Quality Characteristics on to the Purchase Pric... by Kateřina Kovářová, Kateřina Procházková

“…The paper investigates progress of the basic quality characteristics of the fresh cow milk on its purchase price in concrete agriculture enterprise. We focused on the quality characteristic CPM and PSB and fat and protein content from 2006 to 2011.The linear and quadratic functions were used for study of the development progress of the quality characteristics. …”
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Effect of modified phosphogypsum on the dimensional stability of supersulfated cement-based materials by Qingqing Jin, Lu Wang, Zhisheng Ren, Xinyu Li, Shuhua Liu

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Image-Based Underwater Inspection System for Abrasion of Stilling Basin Slabs of Dam by Yonglong Li, Hua Zhang, Shuang Wang, Haoran Wang, Jialong Li

“…Firstly, the integrated component was designed for the underwater robot that partially removes the siltation and obtains the image of the concrete surface of stilling basin slabs in the desired position. …”
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OFFENSES AGAINST LIFE AND BODILY INTEGRITY COMMITTED AS RESULT OF DRIVING A VEHICLE WITHOUT A DRIVING LICENSE OR UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL OR OTHER SUBSTANCES, OR BY EXCEEDI... by Andreea-Mihaela STANCU

“…This paper aims to analyse what is the correct legal classification in such situations, starting from the current legal regulations and the analysis of some concrete examples from the judicial practice, emphasising the aspects meant to influence the retention of the form of guilt of the indirect intent, respectively of the recklessness.…”
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Estimation of the Dynamic Moduli of Viscoelastic Asphalt Mixtures Using the Extended Kalman Filter Algorithm by Yu-Seok Gong, Dowan Kim, Sungho Mun

“…Here, we develop a model predicting the dynamic moduli of hot-mix asphalt/concrete using the extended Kalman filter (EKF) algorithm and draw frequency-domain master curves. …”
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Structural Health Monitoring of Timber Using Electromechanical Impedance (EMI) Technique by Fang Han, Quanjing Zhang, Chengfeng Wang, Guangtao Lu, Jinwei Jiang

“…Nowadays, the electromechanical impedance method has been widely used in the field of structural healthy monitoring, especially for the concrete and steel materials. However, the electromechanical impedance studies on damage detection for timber are limited due to the anisotropic and ununiform biomaterial properties. …”
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Cyclic Behavior of Steel Beam to CFT Column Connections with Gusset Plates by Peng Wang, Zhan Wang, Jianrong Pan, Yanjun Zheng, Deming Liu

“…Beam-brace-CFT (concrete-filled tubular) column connections provide excellent performance in resisting seismic loads in high-risk areas. …”
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ABOUT DEVELOPMENT OF MEASURES OF TRUST AND TRANSPARENCY IN A CONTEXT OF CALLS AND THREATS by A. Y. Malov

“…The Russian experts continue now work on generalization and classification of concrete MTDK in the form of the draft of the catalog of measures for ensuring transparency and trust in space activity. …”
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Physical and Mechanical Properties of Green Cementless Mortar Incorporating Waste Paper Sludge Ash by Aida Nabila Jamaluddin, Siti Asmahani Saad, Siti Aliyyah Masjuki, Wan Nur Firdaus Wan Hassan, Siti Noratikah Che Deraman, Nadiah Md Husain

“… As an alternative to conventional construction material such as normal concrete, waste paper sludge ash (WPSA) based geopolymer is seen as a promising and viable option in construction material selection due to its high amount of aluminum (Al) and silicon (Si) content. …”
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La construcción social del futuro tecnológico: Suyusama – estudio de caso by Juan Carlos Moreno O, Sara Guzmán Ortiz

“…In addition, there emerges a way to make concrete and operative that proposed by the concept of social-technical appropriateness.…”
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Typical earthquake disasters in Guizhou during 2010 to 2022 and their implications by Yafang Shi, Peng Qiu, Delong Tang, Xiang Fang, Danqin Luo, Peng Li

“…Non-structural components such as doors, windows, and ceilings in concrete structure buildings were damaged. Wooden houses almost had no damage. …”
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Embedded Connector in Severe Optimization of Steel Plate for Shear Strengthening of RC Beam: Experimental and Numerical Investigations by Md. Ashraful Alam, Suliman A. Bakkar, Shahnawaz A. Onik, Kamal N. Mustapha

“…Thus, researchers have been concentrating on shear strengthening of existing reinforced concrete structure as an upgrade method instead of demolishing and reconstructing. …”
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Risk-based bridge life cycle cost and environmental impact assessment considering climate change effects by Sang Hyeon Lee, Lee-Sak An, Ho-Kyung Kim

“…First, risk assessments are conducted to evaluate the impact of climate change on steel plate girder bridges and prestressed concrete (PSC) girder bridges under identical structural conditions. …”
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Movement of the South Russian Frontier in the 17th – First Half of the 19th Centuries as the Development of the “Wild Fields” by Valery V. Kanishchev, Yuri A. Mizis

“…The purpose of the article was to measure the concrete degree of evolution of the zone of the South Russian frontier during the 17th – 19th centuries in terms of the scale of settlement, population density, and plowing of land. …”
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