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Enhancing durability of steam‐cured precast concrete culverts using SCMs: A comparative study with delithiated beta spodumene

Structural Concrete, EarlyView.
Abstract Steam curing is commonly used to manufacture precast culverts to accelerate early strength development. This study investigates the effect of supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) on the permeability properties of steam‐cured precast concrete culverts.
Saugat Humagain, Prabir Kumar Sarker, Faiz Uddin Ahmed Shaikh, Daksh Baweja   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

'Nostalgia de la luz' de Patricio Guzmán: el cine como máquina del tiempo

Kamchatka: Revista de Análisis Cultural, 2013
Resumen: En su último documental, Nostalgia de la luz (2010), el cineasta chileno Patricio Guzmán va más allá de la concepción de filmes anteriores en los que utilizaba la  memoria como tema y motor de los relatos.
Julieta Vitullo
doaj   +1 more source

‘Reinventing’ the Beach? Lessons from a Local Development Plan in the French Riviera

The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Coastal squeeze is now so tangible both globally and locally that the focus of scientific debate has expanded from the erosion of beaches to the risk of their disappearance. In this context, it is crucial to explore local development plans that aim to preserve the long‐term existence of a beach.
Isabelle Bruno, Grégory Salle
wiley   +1 more source

Sino‐Mexican Encounters Before the ‘Diplomatic Opening’: Exhibition Diplomacy and Grassroots Friendship in the 1960s

History, EarlyView.
Abstract During the 1960s, Mexico's Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) embraced Chinese overtures for a commercial opening as consistent with its anti‐imperialist posture, thereby foreshadowing the diplomatic opening to China in 1972. Yet this professed ideological pluralism was eclipsed by an underlying allegiance to the United States' anti ...
YIXIN TIAN
wiley   +1 more source

Image Migration and History: The End of the Chilean Military Dictatorship in Pablo Larraín's Feature Film NO!

Research in Film and History, 2018
Almost twenty-five years after the end of the Chilean military dictatorship had been initiated with a national referendum, the feature film NO / NO! (CHL / USA / F 2012) by the Chilean director Pablo Larraín re-opened the discussion about the referendum ...
González de Reufels, Delia
doaj   +1 more source

A Very Social History: South American Cricketing Tourists in Britain in 1932

History, EarlyView.
Abstract Drawing on both the rich Anglophone cricket historiography and the new Latin American sports scholarship, this article maps out the entangled global networks that shaped the tour of Britain made in 1932 by a team of South American cricketers.
Matthew Brown
wiley   +1 more source

Framings of Intervention in Spain: From the Civil War to the Franco Dictatorship

History, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite the role of foreign intervention in the Spanish Civil War, the word intervención rarely appeared in contemporary media and official discourse. This article examines the expressions that Republican and rebel authorities used to represent the presence of outside forces in Spain.
Marta Costa Costa
wiley   +1 more source

A “Tech First” Approach to Foreign Policy? The Three Meanings of Tech Diplomacy

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Scholars have recently argued that international politics is plagued by instability as the world rapidly transitions from one crisis to another. This state of “Permacrisis,” or permanent crises between states, is driven by technological innovations which create new kinds of crises and drive competitions between adversarial states.
Ilan Manor
wiley   +1 more source

Tres ensayos cinematográficos sobre obras literarias en el cine de Patricio Guzmán

Cuadernos LIRICO
The Chilean director Patricio Guzmán has an intense relationship with literature, perceptible both in the themes and the form of his films. This connection is not limited to literary adaptations or exercises in intertextuality, but rather constitutes a ...
Ignacio del Valle-Dávila
doaj   +1 more source

Systematic flaws: uncovering biases and replicability challenges in literature reviews on efficiency of education

International Transactions in Operational Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Literature reviews published in peer‐reviewed journals are a prime source of general reference, as their validity and reliability are usually undisputed. This paper aims to raise awareness on biases and replicability challenges widely spread across literature reviews, using the field of efficiency of education as an example.
Juan Malagon, Carla Haelermans
wiley   +1 more source