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Contribution of dowel action to interfacial shear transfer in flat joints with unbonded posttensioned bars for precast segmental bridges

Structural Concrete, EarlyView.
Abstract Dry joints are widely used in precast segmental bridge construction because they simplify assembly and accelerate erection. Incorporating fasteners crossing flat dry joints represents an innovative configuration for this type of connection.
Rogelio Franco Segarra, Pedro Miguel Sosa, José Luís Bonet Senach, Alberto García Cárcel   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrated Alpha–Gamma Radiation Exposure From Natural Radionuclides in Cement and Gypsum Production: Implications for Occupational Lung Cancer Risk

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Natural radionuclides in cement and gypsum production materials pose significant risks of occupational radiation exposure that are not well documented in Iraqi Kurdistan. This study quantifies alpha and gamma radiation levels from naturally occurring radioactive materials, specifically 222Rn, 238U, 232Th, and 40K, in cement and gypsum samples ...
Adil M. Hussien, Kardo O. Mamand, Hiwa M. Qadir, Berun N. Ghafoor, Goran H. Mohammad   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Syphilis and ‘Sons of Empire’: The ‘Prostitute’ and Britain's Fighting Arm in Nineteenth ̵ Century Colonial Punjab

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The British army in India took great care to provide European troops with facilities for sexual relations while anxiously managing venereal disease. Examining archival evidence, political debates and medical discourse from the nineteenth century, this article examines the colonial military enterprise of regulated prostitution in colonial ...
Sameera Chauhan
wiley   +1 more source

Gender and Obstetric Violence in Britain, ca. 1750–1830

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Obstetric violence is a form of gendered violence experienced by pregnant and birthing people, particularly women, during medical care provided in the hospital, clinic or home. Recent scholarship has explored how obstetric violence and obstetric racism manifested historically, from post‐war Canada to colonial and postcolonial Mexico.
Paige Donaghy
wiley   +1 more source

Archiving the History of Environmentalism: Insights from Academia and Practice

History, EarlyView.
Abstract This Forum considers the current state of archiving for the environmental movement at local, national and international levels. It responds to a gap that researchers of environmentalism have long been aware of, but one that is poorly understood from the perspective of records management and collections development practice.
Henry Irving, Paul Beard, Georgina Brewis, Sara Kinsey, Heather Forbes, Tara‐Lee Platt, Maissan Hassan, Rebecca Marti   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

STRATIFIED ADAPTATION: Infrastructure, Elevation, and Cascading Floods in the Urban Mekong Delta

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Flood‐prone cities in the global South are increasingly the target of infrastructure projects aimed at building climate ‘resilience’. At the same time, residents of these cities take adaptation to flooding into their own hands. In this article we examine the interrelationship between household‐scale and urban‐scale flood mitigation projects in
Lizzie Yarina, Vuong Kha Tu, Tran Kim Bao, Ly Quoc Dang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of Relative Abundance Techniques (RATs) for Monitoring Rodent Abundance and Predicting Rodent Damage in Rice Agroecosystems

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Among the different relative abundance techniques, giving‐up density (GUD) indices during the early and maximum tillering stages of rice development, and burrow counts during post‐harvest showed the highest correlation with cumulative tiller damage caused by rodents.
Roman N. Fornesa, Ulysses G. Duque, Patricia Bea R. Rosialda, Nancy P. Castilla, Grant R. Singleton, Bianca Kaye C. Ong, Alexander M. Stuart   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Learning Value Through Craft: How Shoemaking Reshaped My Management Accounting Mindset Apprentissage de la valeur grâce à l'artisanat : comment la fabrication de chaussures a transformé ma conception de la comptabilité de gestion

Accounting Perspectives, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Drawing on my experience in a shoemaking course, I reflect on how my mindset regarding management accounting has evolved. I now see how the management accountant can play a more strategic role in helping companies promote creativity and create value throughout the production process.
Richard Fontaine, Niki Jessup, Ernest Bauer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The law of AI knowledge distillation

American Business Law Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Knowledge distillation—the practice of training a compact student model on the outputs of a larger teacher model—has emerged as the fastest‐growing technique for replicating and disseminating frontier artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities.
Taorui Guan
wiley   +1 more source

Gaming behavior changes in families: Mothers and children during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Family Relations, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective We examined changes in gaming behavior among families with young children during the COVID‐19 pandemic and their association with pre‐pandemic media use types and family climate. Background The pandemic reshaped families' mediatized daily lives.
Simone Schüller, Claudia Zerle‐Elsäßer, Öykü Camligüney, Alexandra N. Langmeyer, Thorsten Naab   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source