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Seismic Energy Assessment of Buildings with Tuned Vibration Absorbers

Shock and Vibration, 2018
Seismic analysis and energy assessment of building installed with distributed tuned vibration absorbers (d-TVAs) are presented. The performance of d-TVAs is compared with single tuned vibration absorber (STVA) installed at the top of the building.
Said Elias
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Hamas, Taliban and the Jewish Underground: An Economist's View of Radical Religious Militias [PDF]

Can rational choice modeling explain destructive behavior among the Taliban, Hama and other radical religious militias? This paper proposes a club good framework which emphasizes the function of voluntary religious organizations as efficient providers of
Eli Berman
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UNH Law Alumni Magazine, Winter 2011 [PDF]

, 2011
https://scholars.unh.edu/alumni_mag/1005/thumbnail ...
University of New Hampshire School of Law
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Afganistán: las operaciones militares entre la muerte de Bin Laden y la cuenta atrás [PDF]

, 2011
La muerte de Bin Laden no ha tenido apenas impacto en las operaciones militares en Afganistán y las fuerzas internacionales, incluidas las españolas, continúan tratando de mejorar la seguridad de las zonas bajo su responsabilidad y acelerando el ...
Arteaga Martín, Félix
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Vortes solutions in nonabelian Higgs theories

, 1999
A new class of vortex solutions is found in SU(2) gauge theories with two adjoint representation Higgs bosons. Implications of these new solutions and their possible connection with Center Gauge fixed pure gauge theories are discussed.Comment: 8 pages ...
't Hooft, 't Hooft, Cugliandolo, de Vega, de Vega, Del Debbio, Del Debbio, Lozano, Mandelstam, Nielsen, Nielsen, Peter Suranyi   +11 more
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The Trust Deficit: The Impact of Local Perceptions on Policy in Afghanistan [PDF]

, 2010
Examines Afghan civilians' views of the role of international forces in civilian casualties, the policies indirectly shaping those views, and Western misperceptions of Afghan society.
Gaston, Erica, Horowitz, Jonathan
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A perspective illusion or a view from the clouds? Detail of an Early 16th-Century miniature painting produced in Tabriz (Iran) [PDF]

, 2019
A Persian painting (910H/1505) from a manuscript of Nizami’s Khamsa preserved in the Keir Collection portrays the mi'raj of Muḥammad among many angels in a blue sky; the Ka'ba is depicted in the lower foreground while the desert surrounds almost the ...
Fontana, MARIA VITTORIA
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From ‘Objects’ to ‘Sustainable Development’: The Evolution of Architectural Heritage Conservation in Theory and Practice

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Over the last century, architectural heritage conservation has evolved and transformed immensely. This study focuses on the origin of contemporary conservation theory from the 19th century and the Authorized Heritage Discourse: the doctrinal texts issued
Homaira Fayez
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Accumulation and Distribution of Heavy Metals in Green-Lipped Mussel Perna Viridis (Linnaeus) from the West Coast of Peninsular Malaysia [PDF]

, 1999
The main aim of this study is to establish mussel Perna viridis as a biomonitoring agent along the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia. In this study, the levels of heavy metals had been studied in the mussel P.
Yap, Chee Kong
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Investigation of the physicochemical parameters of drinking water in Herat province and its comparison with World Health Organization standards

Discover Water
The physical, chemical, and microbial parameters of drinking water are the basis for judging if it is potable. Undesirable changes in these parameters can threaten the users’ health.
Safiullah Fetrat, Safiullah Islam
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