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Cyclic behavior of glulam connections with inclined self-tapping screws

open access: yesJournal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering
Glued laminated timber (glulam) structures are attracting increased attention in seismic applications due to their sustainability and high strength-to-weight ratio.
Jia Lei   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Substance Use Disorders in Adolescents: A Qualitative Systematic Review

open access: yesJournal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction It is important for the treatment and care of adolescents using substances to bring out their life experiences relating to substance use. Aim To analyse and synthesise qualitative evidence on substance use‐related life experiences of adolescents with substance use disorder.
Hilal Kara, Dudu Karakaya
wiley   +1 more source

Bearing capacity of lightweight steel concrete enclosure wall panels

open access: yesMagazine of Civil Engineering
The object of this study is lightweight steel concrete enclosure wall panels consisting of light gauge steal profiles and foam lightweight cellular concrete filling in general and, in particular, their fastenings.
Rybakov Vladimir   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

How to Diagnose Prisons' Failures: Three Perspectives on Officers' Responsibilities

open access: yesJournal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Prison officers play a vital role in shaping prison conditions. Assessing their responsibility for, and potential role in reforming, the prison's failures is an urgent and important task in corrective justice efforts. This article takes up this task, with a focus on the US prison context, by applying and critically examining two general ...
Candice Delmas
wiley   +1 more source

Things at Work: How Things Contribute to Performing Work

open access: yesJournal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract A crucial question for organizations is what constitutes work performance. While the importance of human competence and motivation to work performance has been established, less well understood is how ‘things’ – such as algorithms, tools, instruments, and raw materials – contribute to work performance.
Jörgen Sandberg   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pens Up! The Development of the Ole Miss Ballpoint Pen [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This thesis will document and analyze the ideation, research and design, production, and optimization processes for the Center for Manufacturing Excellence Senior Capstone design project. The Pens Up!
Gardner, Vera M.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

“It's okay to feel!”: How a music‐based pedagogical activity fosters medical students' emotional development

open access: yesMedical Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Emotions are an intrinsic part of medicine. However, formal medical curricula fall short in addressing the role of emotions in medicine, and the hidden curriculum often promotes emotional detachment as a core component of medical professionalism.
Marcelo B. S. Rivas   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Design, fabrication, testing, and delivery of a solar energy collector system for residential heating and cooling [PDF]

open access: yes
A low cost flat plate solar energy collector was designed for the heating and cooling of residential buildings. The system meets specified performance requirements, at the desired system operating levels, for a useful life of 15 to 20 years, at minimum ...
Borzoni, J. T., Holland, T. H.
core   +1 more source

Analysis of PSSDB wall panel with vertical butt joints in the dryboards / Hersaiful Herwan Baharuddin [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Composite engineering component which may consist of two or more materials, connected or combined to give a performance in services, which is superior to the properties of its individual materials.
Baharuddin, Hersaiful Herwan
core  

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