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Applicability of the Waste Fibres in Cement Paste

Medžiagotyra, 2013
Fibres produced from waste catalyst together with commercially available polypropylene fibres were incorporated into ordinary Portland cement paste. The effects of fibre content as well as a mix of different type of fibres on mechanical and physical ...
Regina KALPOKAITĖ DIČKUVIENĖ, Irena LUKOŠIŪTĖ, Kristina BRINKIENĖ, Arūnas BALTUŠNIKAS, Jūratė ČĖSNIENĖ   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

REORGANIZATION OF LITHUANIAN AIRSPACE

Mokslas - Lietuvos ateitis, 2010
The basic purpose of the article is considering problems related to ensuring the required capacity of Lithuanian airspace and organising the provision of air traffic services in the most efficient way. The paper presents the results of analysis and experimental research on several scenarios of Lithuanian airspace models that are the most appropriate ...
Kondroška, Vaidotas, Stankūnas, Jonas
openaire   +2 more sources

Consumers' Willingness to Pay a Premium for Climate‐Friendly Food Production: The Role of Production Method Information and Social Norms

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines whether information about production methods and social norms can increase consumers' willingness to pay (WTP) a price premium for food produced using climate‐friendly farming methods. A randomized survey experiment was conducted with 1568 respondents across Denmark, Lithuania, and Spain, who were assigned to one of four ...
Kassa Tarekegn Erekalo, Tove Christensen, Sigrid Denver, Marilena Gemtou, Spyros Fountas, Søren Marcus Pedersen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Proverbs with the Word »Bee« in English, Italian, Lithuanian and Slovenian

Annales, Series Historia et Sociologia
The article presents a cross-linguistic contrastive analysis of proverbs featuring the word ‘bee’ in English, Italian, Lithuanian, and Slovenian, aiming to explore common semantic fields, culture-specific features, the proportion of shared proverbs and ...
Melita Lemut Bajec, Judita Giparaitė, Helena Bažec   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of Modifying Additives on Mechanical Properties of Refractory Concrete

Medžiagotyra, 2012
This experimental study presents the results of the combined effect of micro fibre and micro silica content on physical and mechanical properties of refractory concrete after exposure to high temperatures.
Regina KALPOKAITE-DICKUVIENE, Kristina BRINKIENE, Algis MAKSTYS, Jurate CESNIENE, Violeta MATULIONIENE   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lithuania’s experience in reducing caesarean sections among nulliparas: the impact of the quality improvement course

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2020
Background To evaluate the role of the quality improvement course (QIC) to reduce the caesarean section (CS) rate among nulliparas (Robson groups 1 and 2) and to find out which group of women have reduced the CS rate following attendance at the course ...
Justina Kacerauskiene, Meile Minkauskiene, Tahir Mahmood, Egle Bartuseviciene, Dalia R. Railaite, Arnoldas Bartusevicius, Mindaugas Kliucinskas, Laima Maleckiene, Jonas Ulevicius, Laura Liubiniene, Kastytis Smigelskas, Kornelija Maciuliene, Grazina Drasutiene, Diana Ramasauskaite, Ruta J. Nadisauskiene   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Does Participating in Agricultural Global Value Chains Promote Agricultural Growth?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between GVC participation and agricultural value‐added growth in 43 countries over the period 1995–2022. In contrast to prior literature, we disaggregate the agricultural sector into four sub‐sectors namely crop cultivation, animal production, forestry and fishing.
Taner Turan, Halit Yanıkkaya, Hüseyin Alperen Özer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cross-linguistic patterns of metadiscourse: Disciplinary similarities and section-based differences

Eesti Rakenduslingvistika Ühingu Aastaraamat
This study examines metadiscourse markers across a corpus of Estonian and Lithuanian journal articles in the field of linguistics. We aim to 1) compare the global use of all the metadiscourse markers across the languages and texts, making distinctions ...
Djuddah A. J. Leijen, Helen Hint, Helena Lemendik, Baiba Egle, Anna Ruskan, Christer Johansson   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘The Other Parent’: A Critical Policy Analysis of Fatherhood Discourses in the Australian Government's Paid Parental Leave Scheme

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Australian paid parental leave (PPL) government scheme aims to support working parents through financial assistance and the promotion of gender equality in caregiving responsibilities. However, the scheme's implementation has been critiqued for its gendered design, which marginalises fathers and reinforces traditional gender roles.
Lily Lewington, Bernadette Sebar, Jessica Lee   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

What makes disinformation so convincing from a discourse analytic perspective: The art of mimicry and legitimation of falsehood

Eesti Rakenduslingvistika Ühingu Aastaraamat
This paper investigates legitimation strategies in Lithuanian disinformation texts aiming to determine how they are used to legitimize false information to make it look credible.
Jūratė Ruzaitė
doaj   +1 more source