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David Mfitumukiza, Gordon Y. Mwesigwa, Ellen J. Kayendeke and Vincent B. Muwanika
Climate change impacts threaten sustainable development efforts. The magnitude of the impacts, however, varies with the socio-ecological characteristics of locations. This is the reason there is consensus on the necessity for climate change adaptive capa...
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Thabit Atobishi, Sahar Moh?d Abu Bakir and Saeed Nosratabadi
As public sector agencies face rising imperatives to digitally transform citizen services, data systems, and internal operations, questions persist as to whether investments in big data analytics and automation capabilities, evidenced to drive organizati...
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Farhan Ahmad, Sanket Rawat and Yixia Zhang
Magnesium oxychloride cement (MOC), an alternative to ordinary Portland cement (OPC), has attracted increasing research interest for its excellent mechanical properties and its green and sustainable attributes. The poor water resistance of MOC limited it...
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Niki Balkamou and George Papagiannopoulos
Steel Plate Shear Walls (SPSW) provide significant lateral load capacity and can be utilized in the seismic retrofit and upgrade of existing reinforced concrete (r/c) buildings. In this study, the application of SPSW to retrofit a r/c building designed a...
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Yumiko Yasuda and Yelysaveta Demydenko
The management of transboundary water resources presents a complex challenge involving multiple stakeholders and countries. Negotiating a single rule for managing these resources can take years due to various factors, including political, socioeconomic, ...
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Onesmo Zakaria Sigalla, Sekela Twisa, Nyemo Amos Chilagane, Mohamed Fadhili Mwabumba, Juma Rajabu Selemani and Patrick Valimba
Global croplands, pastures, and human settlements have expanded in recent decades. This is accompanied by large increases in energy, water, and fertilizer consumption, along with considerable losses of biodiversity. In sub-Saharan Africa, policies are im...
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Hua Huang, Zhenfeng Peng, Jinkun Hou, Xudong Zheng, Yuxi Ding and Han Wu
Disc buckle steel pipe brackets are widely used in building construction due to the advantages of its simple structure, large-bearing capacity, rapid assembling and disassembling, and strong versatility. In complex construction projects, the uncertaintie...
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Stefania Perrella, Fabio Bisegna, Piero Bevilacqua, Daniela Cirone and Roberto Bruno
In the EU, the building sector is responsible for 40% of the global energy consumption for final uses and 36% of the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Heat pumps allow for the replacement of conventional systems based on fossil fuels with the perspective o...
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Livinia Saputra, Sang Hyun Kim, Kyung-Jin Lee, Seo Jin Ki, Ho Young Jo, Seunghak Lee and Jaeshik Chung
The vadose zone acts as a natural buffer against groundwater contamination, and thus, its attenuation capacity (AC) directly affects groundwater vulnerability to pollutants. A regression model from the previous study predicting the overall AC of soils ag...
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Sean Bradley and Israa H. Mahmoud
Over the last few years, community empowerment has become a central focus when discussing the sustainability of large-scale urban regeneration processes, especially those related to the implementation of nature-based solutions. In this article, the autho...
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