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Ali Sadik Gafer Qanber, Mohammed H. Yas and Mohammed M. Kadhum
This study has two main aims; firstly, investigating the behavior of slabs that are strengthened with different types of reinforcements and with Slurry-Infiltrated Mat Concrete (SIMCON) laminates, having different dimensions and thicknesses and subjected...
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Tomás R. Bolaño-Ortiz, Viverlys L. Díaz-Gutiérrez, Andrés M. Vélez-Pereira, Eliana L. Vergara-Vásquez and Yiniva Camargo-Caicedo
This article investigates the snow albedo changes in Colombian tropical glaciers, namely, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (SNSM), Sierra Nevada del Cocuy (NSC), Nevado del Ruíz (NDR), Nevado Santa Isabel (NDS), Nevado del Tolima (NDT), and Nevado del Huila ...
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Cláudia Ferreira, Ana Silva and Jorge de Brito
The buildings? surroundings? environmental exposure conditions (e.g., orientation, location, altitude, distance from the sea, temperature, precipitation, presence of damp, exposure to prevailing winds, among others) have a considerable influence on the p...
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Guohui Li, Xin Chen, Chiyan Zhou, Zijun Yang, Chenhui Zhang, Zepeng Huang, Wen Pan and Ke Xu
The vascular bundle plays a vital role in photoassimilates transportation in rice. However, the vascular bundle characteristics of basal internode and its relationship with stem assimilates allocation and yield remain unclear. In this study, experiments ...
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Catarina Macedo, Ana Margarida Silva, Ana Sofia Ferreira, Manuela M. Moreira, Cristina Delerue-Matos and Francisca Rodrigues
Nowadays there is a growing demand for nutraceuticals to prevent diseases related to redox imbalances, such as atherosclerosis and diabetes, being crucial to search for new matrixes rich in bioactive compounds. This work aims to characterize the value-ad...
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Jialin Ge, Xubin Zhang, Huanhe Wei and Qigen Dai
A decreased nitrogen (N) rate with increased planting density (DNID) is recommended as a feasible method to maintain rice grain yield and N-utilization efficiency. However, it is still unclear whether DNID could improve grain quality, particularly the ed...
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Tadeja Savi, Jose CaR + Los Herrera and Astrid Forneck
Phylloxera is one of the most invasive and widespread insects in viticulture. An increase in populations feeding on leaves and/or roots of formeR + Ly resistant grapevines has been observed, but information on leaf and whole plant phylloxera infestation ...
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Cláudia Ferreira, Joana Barrelas, Ana Silva, Jorge de Brito, Ilídio S. Dias and Inês Flores-Colen
Façades, as the most external building envelope component, are subject to different ex-ternal environmental loads, such as: Temperature, precipitation, damp, and wind. Therefore, the contribution of environmental actions to the occurrence of defects in f...
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Rami Eid, Avi Cohen, Reuven Guma, Eliav Ifrach, Netanel Levi and Avidor Zvi
The standard requirements for transverse steel reinforcement (TSR) confinement in reinforced-concrete (RC) columns are mainly to provide the following: ductile behavior, minimum axial load capacity of the column?s core, and prevention of longitudinal bar...
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This paper aims at highlighting the main mechanical parameters controlling the behavior of the so-called ?acceleration-sensitive? non-structural components (NSCs). The first reports a short review of the current state of knowledge and the critical issues...
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