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Evaluation of Safety of Reinforced Concrete Buildings to Earthquakes [PDF]

open access: yes, 1976
National Science Foundation Grant GK ...
Ang, A.H-S., Portillo Gallo, M.
core  

From paradise lost to paradise regained: A compassionate retuning of assessed seminars

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Universities often aim to deliver a curriculum that is both research‐based and develops transferable skills in students, thereby enhancing their competitiveness in the job market. At the same time, evidence indicates that university students experience significant stress owing to the competitive nature of the assessments, an aspect that is ...
Sarah Stephen
wiley   +1 more source

Damage Characterization of Beam-Column Joints Reinforced with GFRP Under Reversed Cyclic Loading

open access: yes, 2009
The use of fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) reinforcement in concrete structures has been on the rise due to its advantages over conventional steel reinforcement such as corrosion.
Said, Aly M.
core   +1 more source

Youth activism in Poland: Perceptions, participation and diverging perspectives from young people and activists

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Recent years have seen a growing scholarly interest in youth activism (YA), a phenomenon often viewed as a positive development in response to declining civic and political engagement among young people. However, most of the research focuses on the activists themselves and gives less attention to how YA is perceived by the broader youth ...
Martyna Elerian   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of analytical methodologies to derive vulnerability functions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The recognition of fragility functions as a fundamental tool in seismic risk assessment has led to the development of more and more complex and elaborate procedures for their computation.
Crowley, H.   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Re‐thinking teachers' professional development: An analysis of National Professional Qualifications for school leaders in England

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This article considers how teachers' professional development could be redeveloped to help address the current crisis in teacher recruitment and retention by offering greater intellectual rigour and more opportunities for intellectual growth. Our analysis is focused on the UK government's current policy for leadership development in schools in
Mark Innes   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Operationalising global education in teacher education and training: A model for contextualising terminology

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite a growing international consensus that students need to be provided with the type of education that effectively prepares them to engage in and contribute to their globalised world, and that teachers need to be appropriately trained to facilitate this teaching and learning, ‘global education’ continues to be hindered by a lack of ...
Sarah‐Louise Jones   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Seismic analyses of a R/C building: study of a retrofitting solution [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
The preliminary experimental results from the tests on a 4-storey R/C frame structure are presented and discussed. The full-scale model is representative of the common practice of 40~50 years ago in most south European countries.
Carvalho, E. C.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Learning to ‘be’ an activist: Exploring the relationship between activism and informal education in a youth activism group case study

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Young people in the United States (and beyond) access spaces for activism in varied ways, including the out‐of‐school time sector, where youth activism (YA) groups draw on informal learning pedagogies to engage young people in collective action.
Laura Weiner
wiley   +1 more source

Reducing The Seismic Failure Potential Of Reinforced Concrete Frames

open access: yesEurasian Journal of Science and Engineering
Nowadays, there is an extreme need for buildings with seismic resistance capability in rural areas, in which, it is possible to increase the floor number of buildings.
Neda Asgarkhani   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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