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Statistical prediction method of inclined shaft blasting fragmentation based on dynamic damage distribution in excavated rock mass. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Wei X, Shen Z, Song K, Qu D, Li X, Luo Y, Liu T.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Materials and Music: Selective Imperfection as a Generative Framework for Analysis, Creativity and Discovery

Interdisciplinary Materials, Volume 5, Issue 5, Page 834-867, September 2026.
Vibrations in matter, from spider webs to molecules, water to flames, share a grammar with music. We propose that creativity emerges when constraints force expansion beyond existing possibilities. Selective imperfection restores balance, enabling invention.
Markus J. Buehler
wiley   +1 more source

Energy evolution and catastrophic instability of excavated consequent slopes: A cusp catastrophe-based criterion and gradient-anchoring reinforcement strategy. [PDF]

PLoS One
Liu Z, Du B, Zhu H, Jiang Y, Wang T, Chen W, Zhao Y, Wang Y.   +7 more
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Beach Gold and Heavy Mineral Concentrates on Tiwai Spit Gravel Strand Plain, Southland, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, Volume 69, Issue 3, September 2026.
The Holocene Tiwai Spit on Foveaux Strait is a 12 km by 2 km gravel‐dominated strand plain, ∼10 m above present sea level. Gravel clasts are dominated by well‐rounded quartz cobbles, pebbles and granules derived from Otago Schist 200 km to the north in evolving river drainage systems during late Cenozoic.
Marshall Palmer, Dave Craw
wiley   +1 more source

Rock layer deformation analysis and mitigation at fault-crossing mining sites in RCRM operations. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Dongshan Y, Bo L, Xiaohui K, Haohao W, Songyang Y, Shukun Z.   +5 more
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Amidst (waste) abundance: world‐making and struggles in hosting a municipal landfill in the Bolivian lowlands Au milieu de l'abondance (de déchets) : fabrication du monde et luttes liées à la gestion d'une décharge municipale dans les basses terres de Bolivie

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue 3, Page 907-926, September 2026.
In recent decades, solid waste has proliferated worldwide, becoming a pressing global issue. This article explores the role of Indigenous people dwelling within and upon emerging waste scenarios, with a specific focus on involved forms of sociality and ontological contestation. Drawing on the case of a municipal landfill sited on a Guarani community in
Vanesa Martín Galán
wiley   +1 more source

Study on the influence of peripheral eye on over-excavation during mountain tunnel blasting construction. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Li ZQ, Ma GQ, Zhou ZL, Zhang JS, Pu SP, Zheng ZY.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF LOOSE BLASTING TECHNIQUE IN ROCK EXCAVATION

Doboku Gakkai Ronbunshu, 1992
Takahisa SHIOTSUKI, Hiroyuki SAKAMOTO, Kohei FURUKAWA, Koji NAKAGAWA   +3 more
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WASTELAND ACTIVISM: Political Weeds and Ecological Imaginaries in Montreal

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Volume 50, Issue 5, Page 1332-1346, September 2026.
Abstract Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in Montreal, this article examines the ways in which urban dwellers and activists engage with the living materialities of wastelands to illuminate evolving ecological imaginaries and their political potentials.
Daniela Giudici
wiley   +1 more source

Subclinical Anthrax Exposure in Railroad Workers Following Soil Disruption in an Endemic Region: A Seroprevalence Study in Kars, Türkiye. [PDF]

Pathogens
Celebi O, Dyson H, Laws TR, Buyuk F, Doganay M, Sahin M, Baillie L.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source