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Corrosion of Potential Canister Materials During Oxic to Anoxic Transient in Compacted Bentonite
Materials and Corrosion, EarlyView.A comprehensive analytical approach was applied to investigate material degradation phenomena of cast iron and copper as potential canister materials for the safe disposal of high‐level radioactive waste, as well as compacted bentonite exposed to artificial water relevant for disposal. ABSTRACT The long‐term performance of the engineered barrier system
Louisa Panjiyar +3 more
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Mobilizing Presence across Borders: Devotion to Papua New Guinea's Blessed Peter To Rot in Australia
Oceania, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article engages with the conjunctures between migration and religion by focusing on the celebration of Papua New Guinea's ‘National Patron Saint’, the Blessed Peter To Rot, in the Australian diaspora. Both in Sydney and Brisbane, Catholic Papua New Guinea (PNG) migrants have been ‘relocating’ PNG shrines, regalia, relics and ritual ...
Anna‐Karina Hermkens
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Metro Notice of Adopted Amendment (2010-09-24)
, 2010 7 pp. Adopted 2010-09-24. Department of Land Conservation and Development Notice of Adopted AmendmentThe City of Portland has requested that the Metro Council amend the Title 4 (Industrial and Other Employment Areas) map to allow uses not currently ...
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Smoke Spread in Underground Metro Station
International Journal of Thermal and Environmental Engineering, 2015 In the event of subway train fire smoke is the most fatal factor because smoke spreads in direction coincide with passenger’s evacuation path. It reduces visibility and can cause fatalities by asphyxiation. This research presents a numerical study to investigate the effect of exhausting smoke by single point extraction and exhausting smoke by multi ...
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Modeled Subsidence of Permafrost Terrain 2025–2050: North‐Central Alaska
Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A large fraction of the Alaska terrain is underlain by regolith that contains excess ice (ice that in volume exceeds the natural pore space). Possible loss of excess ice would lead to ground subsidence, which in turn would disturb and destabilize the ground surface.
Jaakko Putkonen +8 more
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Chengshi guidao jiaotong yanjiuObjectiveWhen a newly built metro tunnel in water-rich sand strata under-crosses an existing metro station, challenges such as obstacle removal from the existing station's retaining structure, deformation control of the existing station, and water and ...
Bing ZHOU +3 more
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Sorghum is a staple food for hundreds of millions of people in dry regions worldwide, and improving its nutritional quality is vital for global food and health security under climate change. In this study, we evaluated traditional Sudanese sorghum varieties grown in eastern deltas to better understand their natural health‐promoting properties. We found
Khitma A. Sir Elkhatim +5 more
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A walk in the park—Identifying healthy greenspaces using scents
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.As urbanisation accelerates globally, access to nature is increasingly recognised as vital for public health and wellbeing. We captured and analysed plant‐emitted airborne ‘scent signatures’ across Oxford's urban greenspaces to assess their potential health relevance.
William T. Kay +6 more
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A Hybrid PSO-SVM Model Based on Safety Risk Prediction for the Design Process in Metro Station Construction. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2020 Liu P, Xie M, Bian J, Li H, Song L.
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Using art history to explore society's changing connections with agriculture
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Food insecurity is a looming challenge that especially affects those least fortunate. Consumer food choices have a substantial impact on the sustainability of current food systems. Here, we use art as a lens through which to consider our contemporary and historical relationship to one of the world's most crucial crops, the potato, in the context of the
Edward F. Hill‐King +2 more
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