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A Novel Approach for Evaluating Seismic Performance of Frame-Type Underground Structures

Buildings
This paper examines the seismic performance evaluation methodology for underground structures. Through analysis of seismic damage and failure characteristics of underground structures, this study proposes a novel evaluation approach for frame-type ...
Zhong-Yang Yu, Jing-Kun Zhang, Zheng-Quan Yang, Jing-Jun Li, Kai-Bin Zhu, Jian-Ming Zhao   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Advances in crosshole seismic reflection processing [PDF]

, 1993
In recent years there have been significant advances in the acquisition and processing of crosshole seismic reflection data, and the method has been shown to be a high resolution imaging technique.
Rowbotham, Peter S
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Faith in the Marketplace: Christian Legal Narratives and the Refusal to Serve Gay Customers

Sociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In June 2023, the US Supreme Court in 303 Creative v. Elenis held that an anti‐discrimination statute could not force a Christian business owner to provide certain business services to gay people. The decision has created a slew of legal and social uncertainties, which require a deeper investigation of the contemporary conflict between the gay
Mantas Grigorovicius
wiley   +1 more source

Brokerage, bridewealth and benefits on a resource frontier in Papua New Guinea

The Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract In this paper, we examine tensions over intermarriage and resource sharing between two groups on a Papua New Guinean resource frontier. These tensions are mediated by a ‘brokerage fix’ led by Febi clan heads responding to financial demands from their Pangia neighbours and sometime affines.
John Cox, Monica Minnegal
wiley   +1 more source

Seismic Vulnerability of Existing R.C. Structures with Special Focus on High-Priority Buildings in Central America [PDF]

, 2009
As part of a regional cooperation project on the reduction of earthquake risk in the Central American countries Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua (RESIS-II), one of the major work tasks consists in the identification of the structural and non ...
Verbicaro, Maria Isabella
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Assessing Seismic Vulnerability and Pollution Risks of Wastewater Treatment Plants

Applied Sciences
Empirical studies are valuable for assessing soil and water pollution, as they can reduce costs and save time. The present study discusses previous research results using a questionnaire to gather experts’ judgments on technical issues and potential ...
Spyridon K. Golfinopoulos, Ploutarchos N. Kerpelis, Dimitrios E. Alexakis   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Borehole seismic methods for opencast coal exploration [PDF]

, 1990
Surface seismic techniques lack the resolution to image the top 100m or so of the earth's surface necessary for opencast coal exploration. The work reported in this thesis is the development of borehole seismic methods making use of the closely spaced ...
Kragh, J. Edward
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When brokers fail, brokers proliferate! Generational change and the failure of development in remote Papua New Guinea

The Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract Recent efforts to secure development by Febi and Kubo people in Papua New Guinea's Western Province reveal a patterned history of failing brokers, incomplete projects and wasted money. Within this longer trajectory, three overlapping waves of brokerage can be discerned, each emerging in response to the limitations of its predecessors.
Monica Minnegal, John Cox
wiley   +1 more source

Seismic Vulnerability Assessment and Prioritization of Masonry Railway Tunnels: A Case Study

Infrastructures
Assessing seismic vulnerability and prioritizing railway tunnels for seismic rehabilitation are critical components of railway infrastructure management, especially in seismically active regions. This study focuses on a railway network in Northwest Iran,
Yaser Hosseini, Reza Karami Mohammadi, Tony Y. Yang   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

War, Trauma and Diasporic Identity in Vyvyane Loh's Breaking the Tongue

World Englishes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Japan's involvement in the Second World War offers provocative narrative material for authors who write about the cultural politics of race under wartime conditions, such as the internment experience of Japanese Americans in the United States and the mass killings of Chinese (Operation Sook Ching), suspected of anti‐Japanese sentiments in ...
Walter S. H. Lim
wiley   +1 more source