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Impact of target reliability of durability design on maintenance cost of reinforced concrete members in chloride environment [PDF]
In reliability-based durability design of reinforced concrete (RC) structures, the depassivation of reinforcing steels is often taken as the durability limit state, and the target reliability index is a key parameter controlling the long-term durability ...
Li, L., Li, Q., Zhang, H.
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Malaysia and China students’ feedback on the implementation of critical thinking pedagogy: a case study [PDF]
Having a knowledgeable and highly skilled human capital is an important factor for Malaysia to transform its economy towards achieving a developed nation and high-income status by the year 2020.
Azid, Nurulwahida +3 more
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Creative Nonfiction: The Christian Dior woman
Abstract This work of creative nonfiction emerges from ethnographic research on Arab women's testimonies of their cancer experience conducted in 2016–2018. It focuses on the account of one Lebanese woman diagnosed with breast cancer and highlights her feelings, thoughts, and perceptions from the time of the initial medical examination through to final ...
Abir Hamdar
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Packaging of Macroscopic Material Payloads: Needs, Challenges, Concepts, and Future Directions
This review introduces a unified framework that decomposes any macroscopic packaging system into the payload, packaging material, and packaging strategy and combines them into a conceptual packaging equation: packaging strategy = payload + packaging material.
Venkata S. R. Jampani, Manos Anyfantakis
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Tuna pole and line (live bait) fishing technique of Lakshadweep - some suggestions for improvement [PDF]
Adding tome essential details to the existing scientific exposition of the Tuns Pole and Line (TPL) fishing technique with live bait of Lakshadweep, the present paper deals largely on a comparative study of this technique with the TPL technique ...
Livingston, P
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Abstract Popular society increasingly questions preferences that drive many resource allocations and production decisions, with many groups actively seeking to alter those preferences to achieve changes to resource use. Agricultural and applied economists, who are already equipped with excellent technical skills to undertake consumer preference and ...
Brian E. Roe
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Passive Gauze‐Based eDNA Sampler Proves Efficient and Cost‐Effective in the Marine Environment
Here, we present the first empirical comparison of the metaprobe 2.0, a low‐cost, passive eDNA sampler, against an industry standard Sterivex filtration method using dip‐collected 1‐L water samples (“water bottles”). Across 14 joint deployments, we assessed detection and quantification of eDNA of two elasmobranch and two teleost species. While Sterivex
Molly M. Kressler +5 more
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Spartan Daily, March 22, 2007 [PDF]
Volume 128, Issue 33https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/spartandaily/10347/thumbnail ...
San Jose State University, School of Journalism and Mass Communications
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The results support the idea that pollen morphology is functionally adaptive and shaped by distinct phases of pollen performance: dispersal, environmental exposure, and stigma interaction. These findings highlight the potential of trait‐based approaches for understanding reproductive strategies in angiosperms.
Sergey Rosbakh +2 more
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In the southwest of Ireland and the Celtic Sea (ICES Divisions VIIaS, g & j), herring are an important commercial species to the pelagic and polyvalent fleet.
Keogh, N. +5 more
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