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Durability performance of a high‐performance fiber‐reinforced concrete for bridge applications

open access: yesStructural Concrete, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper investigates the durability performance of a coarse‐aggregate high‐performance fiber‐reinforced concrete (HPFRC) developed as a cost‐efficient material solution for precast bridge applications. A comprehensive experimental program was conducted to assess the resistance of the material to the principal deterioration mechanisms ...
Rolando Baldiviezo   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Puerto Ricans in North Carolina, the United States, and Puerto Rico, 2014 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
In 2014 an estimated 89,212 Puerto Ricans lived in North Carolina and accounted for 1.7% of all Puerto Ricans living in the United States. The number of Puerto Ricans in North Carolina almost tripled from 31,117 in the year 2000 to 89,212 in ...
Center for Puerto Rican Studies
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Mechanical, rheological, and durability performances of GGBS‐based concrete for potential application to prestressed structures

open access: yesStructural Concrete, EarlyView.
Abstract Ground granulated blast‐furnace slag (GGBS) is a widely used clinker substitute in concrete, recognized for its potential to significantly reduce environmental impacts. However, its application in prestressed concrete remains limited in several countries, mainly due to concerns regarding early‐age mechanical performance and long‐term ...
D. Rolando Baldiviezo   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating structural resistance and updating modeling uncertainties through testing

open access: yesStructural Concrete, EarlyView.
Abstract The aging of infrastructure necessitates a robust and rational methodology for the assessment of existing structures. Design codes provide general models which cover different design scenarios and are thus overly conservative. Also, such design approaches lack field data and, if applied directly to existing works, often lead to unnecessarily ...
Miguel Fernández Ruiz   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Divine Self‐Placement, Sacred Placemaking: The Virgin of El Rocío and Territorial Custodianship in Early Modern Spain

open access: yesJournal of Religious History, EarlyView.
This essay argues that the Rocío hallazgo legend employs divine self‐placement to turn territorial uncertainty into sacred stewardship. The Virgin's miraculous refusal to move establishes the marshlands of Las Rocinas as a communal religious site, transforming a marginal and legally ambiguous area.
Adriano Duque
wiley   +1 more source

[Papeles relativos al Hospital de San Juan. Puerto de la Cruz.] [Manuscrito].

open access: yes
1. [Notas mecanografiadas sobre la historia del Hospital de Caridad del Puerto tomadas de las p. 298 y 402 de los Anales del Puerto, 1994]; [Notas mecanografiadas sobre la fiebre amarilla tomadas de los Anales del Puerto, 1994, p. 213-215, 235-236.] (4 h.
Puerto de la Cruz. Ayuntamiento.
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‘Childish’ and ‘Minors’? Deconstructing Prejudice and Identity Transformation Among Spanish Women Religious During the Long Sixties1

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explores the identity formation process undertaken by Spanish women's religious following the aggiornamento promoted by the Second Vatican Council. Specifically, it seeks to examine the context in which these women lived and acted, analysing the construction of their identities, their capacity for agency and transgression within ...
Verónica García‐Martín
wiley   +1 more source

The Edification of Manuela Xiqués: Slavery, Finance, Biography, and the Construction of Modern Barcelona

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT An analysis of the dual biographies, economic and domestic, of Manuela Xiqués, an enslaver from nineteenth‐century Cuba and Spain, deepens our understanding of the role of European and Creole women in the nineteenth‐century Atlantic. This essay foregrounds the role of literature, namely family biography, as a locus of the processes of ...
Lisa Surwillo, Martín Rodrigo Alharilla
wiley   +1 more source

Cólera en el vapor Araguaya, 1910: epidemias en la travesía inmigratoria entre Europa, Brasil y Argentina

open access: yesQuinto Sol, 2016
En este artículo se analiza el caso del vapor Araguaya, un transatlántico de lujo que partió del puerto de Southampton (Inglaterra) en 1910 con destino a los puertos de Río de Janeiro y Buenos Aires.
Fernanda Rebelo-Pinto, Gilberto Hochman
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Book Review: Puerto Rico and the Puerto Ricans [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Migration Review, 1975
openaire   +1 more source

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