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Assessment of restrained shrinkage cracking of concrete through elliptical rings [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.An elliptical ring test method is presented to replace the circular ring test method for assessing cracking potential of concrete and other cement-based ...
Oladiran, Olayinka Gbolahan
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Improving Democracy Education. A Book Review of \u3ci\u3eEducation for Democracy: A Renewed Approach to Civic Inquiries for Social Justice\u3c/i\u3e [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
In their book Education for Democracy: A Renewed Approach to Civic Inquiries for Social Justice, authors Steven P. Camicia and Ryan Knowles (2021) offer a timely recipe for addressing the lack of civic competence in America, which is facing a great ...
Sims, Lillian   +5 more
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A Fracture Mechanics-based Method for Prediction of Cracking of Circular and Elliptical Concrete Rings under Restrained Shrinkage [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This article has been made available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund.A new experimental method, utilizing elliptical ring specimens, is developed for assessing the likelihood of cracking and cracking age of concrete subject to restrained ...
Dong, W, Wu, Z, Zhou, X
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Schooling for Democracy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
oai:democracyeducationjournal.org:home-1000There is a widespread movement today to prepare all students for college, and it is promoted in the name of democracy.
Noddings, Nel
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Examination of the New Tech Model as a Holistic Democracy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Using the Degrees of Democracy Framework (Woods & Woods, 2012), we examined eight New Tech (NT) high schools to determine the extent to which they demonstrated characteristics of holistic democracy.
Mosier, Gina   +1 more
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Mindfulness, Democracy, and Education [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
In this article, we explain how mindfulness can enhance a democratic way of being, connecting practices of awareness, reflection, dialog, and action to democratic citizenship and social arrangements.
LaPrad, James G, Hyde, Andrea Marie
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Researching Holistic Democracy in Schools. A Reponse to Examination of the New Tech Model as a holistic Democracy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Bradley-Levine reported in her article how she created an opportunity to explore research data with the aim of examining the degree to which New Tech schools were democratic in the sense conceptualized by the notion of holistic democracy.
Woods, Philip A
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Democratic Disagreements. A Book Review of \u3cem\u3eLived Democracy in Education. Young Citizens’ Democratic Lives in Kindergarten, School and Higher Education\u3c/em\u3e [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
As the title Lived Democracy in Education suggests, the predominantly Norwegian writers of the book share a deep and robust vision of democracy. Drawing on deliberative democratic theory and many other theoretical perspectives, the authors blend theory ...
Helkala, Sonja   +2 more
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Circulating microRNA signatures of cachexia and cancer in Canis familiaris as a comparative oncology model for human disease

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Circulating microRNAs as biomarkers of cachexia and sex‐specific cancer in senior dogs. In 25 client‐owned dogs, four circulating miRNAs (miR‐15a, miR‐15b, miR‐16, miR‐140) were downregulated in cachexia, with miR‐16 the strongest individual biomarker (AUC = 0.899).
Soon‐Seok Park   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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