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Is Time Travel Possible? Accidental Signs as Sociolinguistic “Wormholes”

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sociolinguistics primarily focuses on deliberately staged public signs, while relatively less attention has been given to ephemeral and non‐deliberate signs in urban environments. This study investigates “ accidental signs,” which are hidden historical texts suddenly exposed by unpredictable events.
Ge SONG (宋歌)
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Sustainable and Seismically Resilient Confined Masonry: Global Progress in Research and Design Practice

Earthquake Spectra, Volume 42, Issue 4, November 2026.
Modern confined masonry (CM) construction consists of masonry walls confined by reinforced concrete (RC) tie‐columns and tie‐beams. When built correctly, CM buildings have shown good performance in earthquake's shaking. Even though CM construction has been practised for almost a century in some Latin American countries, its use and standardisation are ...
Ahsana Parammal Vatteri, Svetlana Brzev, Dina D’Ayala, Sergio M. Alcocer, Sebastian Kaminski, Vaibhav Singhal, Aidarbek Stamov, Anna Pavan, Daniel Quiun, Dexter Lo, Erwin Lim, Hemant B. Kaushik, Juan José Pérez‐Gavilán, Julian Thamboo, Mahdi Eghbali, Marcos M. Chávez, Qaisar Ali, Ramesh Guragain, Sofia Andrade, Tim Hart, Ulugbek Begaliev, Yunita Idris, Radu Vacareanu, Daniar Abdykalykov   +23 more
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Empirical Fragility Analysis of Haitian Reinforced Concrete and Masonry Buildings

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This study develops empirical fragility curves for concrete and masonry buildings in Haiti, utilizing data from the 2021 earthquake. A dataset of 3527 buildings from the StEER database, encompassing a diverse range of building types, is used.
Marc-Ansy Laguerre, Mohammad Salehi, Reginald Desroches   +2 more
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Influence of Site Amplification Approaches in PSRA: Insights From Five Different Cities

Earthquake Spectra, Volume 42, Issue 4, November 2026.
Regional and national seismic hazard models used in probabilistic seismic risk analysis often rely on generalized proxy‐based site terms to account for ground shaking amplification. This can result in coarse representations of site response, which can introduce bias or additional uncertainty in the associated risk results.
Julián Montejo, Vitor Silva, Bruno Pace, Marco Pagani   +3 more
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Accounting for Biases in the Analysis of Building Damage Data for the 2023 M7.8 Türkiye/Syria Earthquake Sequence

Earthquake Spectra, Volume 42, Issue 4, November 2026.
In the aftermath of a large earthquake, several practical constraints affect the systematic collection of data for assessing building damage. The available data are therefore typically incomplete, frequently missing key information such as the type of construction, age and geographic location.
Max Anderson Loake, Kishor S. Jaiswal
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Edificações em alvenaria resistente na região metropolitana do Recife

Ambiente Construído
Resumo O trabalho apresenta reflexões acerca das edificações em alvenaria resistente no Estado de Pernambuco. São abordados temas relativos às principais características dessa técnica construtiva bem como as peculiaridades que influenciam diretamente seu
Romilde Almeida Oliveira, Fernando Artur Nogueira Silva, Carlos Welligton de Azevedo Pires Sobrinho, Antônio Augusto Costa de Azevedo   +3 more
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Seismic safety assessment of unreinforced masonry low-rise buildings in Pakistan and its neighbourhood [PDF]

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2009
Pakistan and neighbourhood experience numerous earthquakes, most of which result in damaged or collapsed buildings and loss of life that also affect the economy adversely.
K. A. Korkmaz
doaj  

Seismic Performance and Vibration‐Based Damage Identification of Two‐Storey Balloon‐Framed CLT Shear Walls

Earthquake Engineering &Structural Dynamics, Volume 55, Issue 12, Page 3052-3073, 10 October 2026.
ABSTRACT While cross‐laminated timber (CLT) is increasingly utilized in lateral force‐resisting systems in mass timber construction, research has predominantly focused on platform‐type construction. Balloon‐type CLT shear wall systems offer distinct structural advantages, notably the elimination of cumulative perpendicular‐to‐grain compression and a ...
Samira Mohammadyzadeh, Houman Ganjali, Jianhui Zhou, Thomas Tannert   +3 more
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Energy‐Based Characterisation of Earthquake Damage in Masonry Infills Through Combined In‐Plane and Out‐of‐Plane Experimental Tests

Earthquake Engineering &Structural Dynamics, Volume 55, Issue 13, Page 3302-3318, 25 October 2026.
ABSTRACT The seismic capacity of structural systems/members is usually defined in terms of deformation thresholds. Although this is effective in many circumstances, disregarding cumulative quantities such as hysteretic energy may be ineffective when low‐cycle fatigue is relevant (e.g., long‐duration ground motions, very soft soils, ground‐motion ...
Roberto Gentile, Giulia Angelucci, Jingren Wu, Marilisa Di Benedetto, Riccardo Milanesi, Giulio Augusto Tropea, Fabrizio Mollaioli, Fatemeh Jalayer, Fabio Freddi, Fabio Di Trapani, Paolo Morandi, Gerard J. O'Reilly   +11 more
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High‐strength composites by thiocracking of high‐polypropylene‐content mixed waste

Polymer International, Volume 75, Issue 10, Page 1004-1010, October 2026.
Mixed plastic waste made up of polystyrene and polypropylene was reacted with elemental sulfur to give high‐strength composites. Abstract Mixed‐material municipal waste poses a persistent end‐of‐life management challenge because the heterogeneous composition limits efficient separation and recycling. After disposal, mixed‐material waste often fragments
Athira Babu, Rhett C. Smith
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