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Load-Bearing Masonry Technology: Success Factors and Challenges of Implementation in the Malaysian Construction Industry

International Journal of Technology, 2018
This study aims to identify the success factors and challenges of implementing load-bearing masonry (LBM) technology in the Malaysian construction industry.
Mohd Nasrun Mohd Nawi, Che Sobry Abdullah, Nor Azlinda Ramli, Mohd Hanizan Zalazilah, Ahmad Yusni Bahauddin   +4 more
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Youth and disaster management in Malaysia

, 2020
Introduction: Malaysia is facing increasing exposure to disaster risk. In the last two decades from 1998 until 2019, Malaysia also has experienced 51 natural disaster events, with 281 deaths, over 3 million people affected, and damages worth nearly US$2 ...
Abdul Rahman, Haliza
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Sub‐Terahertz Memristor Switches Using MoS2 by Liquid–Liquid Interface Assembly

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This work introduces application‐ready sub‐terahertz memristor switches fabricated from electrochemically exfoliated MoS2 nanosheets assembled at a liquid–liquid interface. The devices exhibit robust unipolar resistive switching, low insertion loss, and high isolation across 10–110 GHz.
Tomás Mingates, Mohamed E. Ghatas, Jonas Deuermeier, Adam G. Kelly, Joseph Neilson, Jonathan N. Coleman, Luís Mendes, João C. Vaz, Sérgio Matos, Luca Lucci, Antonio Clemente, Zdeněk Sofer, Luís M. Pessoa, Elvira Fortunato, Rodrigo Martins, Asal Kiazadeh   +15 more
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Public-private Partnerships (PPP) in Disaster Management in Developing Countries: A Conceptual Framework

, 2014
With loss and damages from disasters increasing globally, reports from international agencies show that developing and the least developed countries are most affected by natural disasters.
Haigh, Richard P., Amaratunga, Dilanthi, Auzzir, Zairol A., Haigh, Richard   +3 more
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Multiferroic‐Centric Materials and Systems Engineering for Battery Applications: An Insight Into Mechanisms, Strategies, and Characterizations

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Multiferroic order parameters – polarization, magnetization, and ferroelastic strain – are positioned as dynamic design variables for batteries. Their mechanistic roles, practical tuning through fabrication and external fields, and ferroic‐resolved characterization routes are unified into a closed‐loop framework, revealing how coupled ferroic responses
Jiaqi Su, Yanda Zhu, Hao Peng, Manman Li, Xuzihan Zhang, Meixiao Wu, Siyuan Zhang, Yuhan Zeng, Jiwen Liao, Ming Luo, Hetaishan Huang, Yutong Wang, Sean Li, Wenxian Li   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does parent-child connectedness influence substance use among Bhutanese adolescents: evidence from a national survey?

BMC Public Health
Highlights • Tobacco use was highest, followed by alcohol and marijuana use. • The prevalence of substance use was higher in male than female adolescents.
Md. Tanvir Hasan Sojib, Md. Habibur Rahman, Md. Imamur Rashid Gogon, Md. Khalid Hasan   +3 more
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From vulnerability to resilience: Examining the Sister Village program's approach to volcanic disaster risk reduction using the DROP model

Progress in Disaster Science
This study examines the implementation of the Sister Village Program in enhancing community-based disaster resilience in Umbulharjo Village, located in the eruption-prone zone of Merapi Volcano.
Dina Ruslanjari, Retno Argian Pangesti Putri, Diana Puspitasari, Retnadi Heru Djatmiko, Ryo Tanaka, Hasri Alvionita Hasan, Taaj Nabil, Nabilla Auriel Fajarian   +7 more
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Environmental Issues and Disaster Management [PDF]

, 2018
S Jeevananda Reddy
openalex   +1 more source

Capacity building towards sustainability: Context of post disaster waste management

Concept of Capacity Building is an essential component in development theory and practice. In developing countries, it is identified as a key concept in achieving sustainability. In particular, in post disaster scenarios, focus has been placed upon local
Amaratunga, Dilanthi, Haigh, Richard, Karunasena, G. I.   +2 more
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Building Disaster Resilience within the Emirati Energy Sector through a Comprehensive Strategic Mitigation Plan

, 2013
Disasters, both natural and man-made, have been occurring with increasing frequency and effect in recent decades in many countries around the world. Such threats have been shown to result in a loss of life, property and income and all of which have an ...
Khaili, K., Amaratunga, Dilanthi, Pathirage, Chaminda   +2 more
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