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Physical structural assessment of a segmented concrete shell building floor prototype
Structural Concrete, EarlyView.Abstract To reduce the significant environmental impact of the construction industry, building floors designed as concrete shells that work mainly in compression and that are segmented for prefabrication and disassembly offer a promising alternative to reinforced thick flat slabs.
Robin Oval +4 more
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Situations as Relational Presences
Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.What is a situation? For good reasons, (micro)sociological approaches focus on different aspects, elements, and perspectives. However, the polyphony can be confusing and prevent a fruitful dialog between theories and disciplines. Therefore, we aim to provide an integrative concept: drawing on phenomenological and interactionist understandings of “the ...
Marie‐Kristin Döbler +1 more
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Petrus Peregrinus of Maricourt and the Medieval Magnetism [PDF]
Mechanics, Materials Science & Engineering, 2016 (January), Vol.2,
1-8, 2015 Petrus Peregrinus of Maricourt, a 13th-century French scholar and engineer, wrote what we can consider as the first extant treatise on magnetism of Europe. This treatise is in the form of a letter, probably composed during the siege of Lucera in Italy, in 1269, where Peregrinus worked to fortify the camp and built engines for projecting stones and ...
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Nationwide diversity of symbolic “city flowers” in Japan is increasing
Ecological Research, EarlyView.In this study, we examined how city governments in Japan assess their local biota and their services. The groundbreaking point of our study was the use of “city flowers,” which are the official symbolic species designated in each Japanese city, to measure awareness of the biocultural backgrounds by local governments.
Yoichi Tsuzuki +7 more
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Studia Ceranea, 2019 The article contains the analyses of 40 descriptions of the vignette of Constantinople in Tabula Peutingeriana created between the years 1768 and 2018.
Piotr Kochanek
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Relics as Instruments of Divine Leadership in the First Crusade
ReligionsThe use of relics for exhortation was not a novelty of the First Crusade, but it is remarkable how, in the most crucial moments, various relics were found and used effectively to inspire pilgrims. Beyond their motivational function, they also contributed
Sándor Ónadi
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The Rules of the Coronation: Differentiating Convention from Practice and Custom
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract The coronation of a new monarch is a constitutional event governed by unwritten rules. To understand which aspects of the coronation are constitutionally significant—and which are better understood as the product of tradition or novel approaches—this article examines how three types of unwritten rules structure the ceremony: conventions ...
Carolyn S. Harris, Philippe Lagassé
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Range of magic constant on Hexagonal Tortoise Problem [PDF]
arXiv, 2015 Hexagonal tortoise problem (HTP), also known as Jisuguimundo or Jisugwimundo, is a magic square variety which was invented by medieval Korean Mathematician and minister Suk-Jung Choi (1646-1715).[1] Choi showed pattern 30 vertices 3 by 3 diagonal shape which has 93 as its magic constant.
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ERIC GUSTAV ERSTRÖM IN FINLAND AND RUSSIA
Истраживања, 2016 The article is devoted to Eric Gustav Erström’s biography. E.G. Erström was a Swede by nationality and a native of Finland. Erström is the author of the travelogue “For me and my friends.” In this text Erströk’s travel from Moscow to Nizhny Novgorod in ...
ГЕННАДИЙ МИХАЙЛОВИЧ КОВАЛЕНКО +1 more
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.History does not unfold along a single trajectory, and yet the socioecological configuration of landscapes may narrow the directions history can take. This article develops a framework for assessing the directionality of history in a (pre)historic heath landscape in Denmark.
Zachary Caple, Mette Løvschal
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