The Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility Internationally—History, Systems and the Future
ABSTRACT Background In most countries, a criminal conviction requires evidence that the individual committed the act and that they had the mental capacity to understand what they were doing and that it was wrong. Youth, as an indicator of brain development, is one factor affecting criminal capacity.
Enys Delmage +18 more
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Forecasting the rheological properties of alkali-activated concrete utilizing gene expression programming. [PDF]
Alabduljabbar H +5 more
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Ensemble‐based soil liquefaction assessment: Leveraging CPT data for enhanced predictions
Abstract This study focuses on predicting soil liquefaction, a critical phenomenon that can significantly impact the stability and safety of structures during seismic events. Accurate liquefaction assessment is vital for geotechnical engineering, as it informs the design and mitigation strategies needed to safeguard infrastructure and reduce the risk ...
Arsham Moayedi Far, Masoud Zare
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A Study on the Transient Process of Contact-Mode Triboelectric Nanogenerators. [PDF]
Zhang S +7 more
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Abstract Blockchain technology is a digital decentralized data ledger recording transactions in an encrypted format. Its implementation can potentially hold significant advantages for the built environment, particularly in manufacturing and building product usage aligned with Building Information Modeling (BIM). This paradigm shift toward decentralized
Aileen Pfeil +2 more
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Shear behavior of reinforced concrete beams with vertical holes externally strengthened with near surface mounted bars. [PDF]
Nawar ME +6 more
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Metasurface Enhanced Photothermal Cement Foam for Robust and High‐Throughput Seawater Desalination
Schematic of 3D metasurface‐enhanced cement foam for robust and high‐throughput seawater desalination. This study presents a cement‐based solar evaporator (CSE) fabricated in one step via viscoelastic lithography with simple negative pressure. In addition to boosting solar‐to‐vapor conversion efficiency via excellent light‐harvesting capacity, the ...
Jianjun Guo +4 more
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Thermal Charging Supercapacitors Based on Graphene Films. [PDF]
Yang Z +14 more
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Framing Modern Slavery: Do Stakeholders Talk Past Each Other?
ABSTRACT Modern slavery literature has thus far mostly adopted a downstream perspective, in the sense that researchers investigated corporate actors' responses after the enactment of transparency legislation. The common finding is that corporate disclosure is poor and ineffective, contributing to a failure to eradicate modern slavery.
Sylvain Durocher +2 more
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A quantitative characterization of antibiotic resistance and its influencing factors in hospital wastewaters across Lebanon. [PDF]
Greige S +4 more
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