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Understanding the Long-Term Development of Portland Pozzolan Cement Concrete Post 28 Days

Materials Proceedings
This study examines the age-dependent development of compressive strength in Portland pozzolan cement (PPC) concrete under both curing and non-curing conditions.
Muhammad Faisal, Jessica Sjah, Josia Irwan Rastandi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Leveraging Big Multitemporal Multisource Satellite Data and Artificial Intelligence for the Detection of Complex and Invisible Features: The Case of Extensive Irrigation Mapping

Archaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The detection of buried or obscured archaeological features remains a central challenge in landscape archaeology, particularly in the irrigated floodplains of Mesopotamia where levees and canals formed the basis of complex agrarian systems. This study presents a deep learning–based approach for the large‐scale, automated detection of ancient ...
Nazarij Buławka, Hector A. Orengo, Felipe Lumbreras Ruiz, Iban Berganzo‐Besga, Ekta Gupta   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prediction of Geopolymer Concrete Compressive Strength Utilizing Artificial Neural Network and Nondestructive Testing

Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2022
A promising substitute for regular concrete is geopolymer concrete. Engineering mechanical parameters of geopolymer concrete, including compressive strength, are frequently measured in the laboratory or in-situ via experimental destructive tests, which ...
Almasaeid Hatem, Alkasassbeh Abdelmajeed, Yasin Bilal   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘When joy comes your way, you have to grab it!’ Troubling how queer joy features in the lives of LGBT+ school‐attending youth in South Africa

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Recently, the concept ‘queer joy’ has gained interest in LGBT+ scholarship in the West. I use this scholarship as an entry point to explore how school‐attending LGBT+ youth express joy and how joy serves as a form of resistance against gender and sexuality norms in educational settings.
Dennis Francis
wiley   +1 more source

Matched Filter for Acoustic Emission Monitoring in Noisy Environments: Application to Wire Break Detection

Acoustics
Regular inspections of important civil infrastructures are mandatory to ensure structural safety and reliability. Until today, these inspections are primarily conducted manually, which has several deficiencies.
Alexander Lange, Ronghua Xu, Max Kaeding, Steffen Marx, Joern Ostermann   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prediction of the compressive strength of high-performance self-compacting concrete by an ultrasonic-rebound method based on a GA-BP neural network.

PLoS ONE, 2021
To address the problem of low accuracy and poor robustness of in situ testing of the compressive strength of high-performance self-compacting concrete (SCC), a genetic algorithm (GA)-optimized backpropagation neural network (BPNN) model was established ...
Guoqiang Du, Liangtao Bu, Qi Hou, Jing Zhou, Beixin Lu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Applying Artificial Intelligence to Improve On-Site Non-Destructive Concrete Compressive Strength Tests

Crystals, 2021
In the construction industry, non–destructive testing (NDT) methods are often used in the field to inspect the compressive strength of concrete. NDT methods do not cause damage to the existing structure and are relatively economical.
Tu Quynh Loan Ngo, Yu-Ren Wang, Dai-Lun Chiang   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Between soft power and suspicion: Chinese international students as diasporic actors in U.S.‐China geopolitical tensions

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the under‐theorized political role and identity of Chinese international students, who emerge as significant actors caught between U.S. soft power ambitions and rising geopolitical suspicion. Amid escalating U.S.‐China tensions, these students are forced to confront environments shaped by competing geopolitical discourses ...
Jing Yu
wiley   +1 more source

Research on the Rebound Hammer Testing of High-Strength Concrete’s Compressive Strength in the Xinjiang Region

Buildings, 2023
Enhancing the assessment of compressive strength and the efficiency of rebound hammers in non-destructive testing for high-strength concrete is an urgent issue in construction engineering. This study involved C50 to C90 high-strength concrete specimens, utilizing rebound hammers with nominal energies of 4.5 J and 5.5 J, along with a compression machine.
Chen, Jinming, Jin, Qiang, Dong, Baoli, Dong, Cun   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Powerful transformations: The experiences of higher education teaching staff who were first‐generation university students

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Historically, a university education has been seen primarily as a route for the middle classes to achieve professional qualifications while structural barriers have served to restrict entry to individuals from particular demographics. First‐generation students (FGS), often with low socio‐economic backgrounds, face multiple barriers to Higher ...
Helen Williams, Ellen‐Alyssa Gambles
wiley   +1 more source