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Fire Performance of FRP-Composites and Strengthened Concrete Structures: A State-of-the-Art Review. [PDF]

Polymers (Basel)
Zhou J, Zhou Y, Guo M, Xiang S.
europepmc   +1 more source

Opportunities for the Labour Party: Football, Class and Community Renewal

The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article argues that football represents an underutilised opportunity for the Labour Party to anchor a wider programme of civic renewal. In many working‐class communities, the decline of trade unions, working men's clubs and other associational spaces has eroded collective life, leaving football clubs as rare institutions where dignity ...
Sam Taylor Hill
wiley   +1 more source

Dwelling in a post‐fallout landscape: re‐shaping and sustaining life in a former evacuation zone in Fukushima Habiter après la catastrophe : redonner forme au monde et entretenir la vie dans une ancienne zone évacuée à Fukushima

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
This article explores the activities of daily life in a village neighbouring the TEPCO nuclear power plant in Fukushima. It argues that one of the potentials of taking a dwelling perspective – a phenomenological approach to living within the ecological and social environments – emerges most compellingly within a polluted landscape.
Tomoko Sakai
wiley   +1 more source

Strengthening of Masonry and Concrete Members with Textile-Reinforced Alkali-Activated Mortars: A Review on the Mechanical Performance. [PDF]

Materials (Basel)
Askouni PD, Kapsalis P, Papanicolaou CG, Triantafillou TC.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

On the problem of continuity: a theory of culture beyond invention Le problème de la continuité : une théorie de la culture au‐delà de l'invention

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Anthropologists, in common with social theorists more generally, have often understood social life as an emergent phenomenon grounded in practices of creativity and improvisation. Where stasis and continuity feature, these are often presented as illusory manifestations of underlying processes of ‘invention’, or as external impositions upon otherwise ...
Paolo Heywood, Thomas Yarrow
wiley   +1 more source

Flexural Strength Enhancement of Lightweight Concrete Beams Using Carbon Fiber and Epoxy Resin. [PDF]

Materials (Basel)
Markuszewski D, Ciężkowski P, Blumbergs I.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Views of Vidigal: negotiating opportunities and risks in a gentrifying favela in Rio de Janeiro Favela avec vue : négocier opportunités et risques dans un quartier en voie de gentrification à Rio de Janeiro

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
The contested dynamics of slum gentrification in Rio de Janeiro came into focus during the brief period of relative peace brought by the pacification policy leading up to the 2016 Olympics. In this unprecedented moment, Rio's South Zone favela residents experienced a respite from the daily confrontations with police operations and drug trade violence ...
Angela Torresan
wiley   +1 more source

Natural fibers in sustainable materials: extraction technologies, fiber modification, and performance-sustainability relationships. [PDF]

RSC Adv
Sayam S.
europepmc   +1 more source

The company you keep: becoming one(self) in an Indonesian convent En bonne compagnie : devenir (quelqu’)un dans un couvent indonésien Pergaulan dalam biara di Indonesia: sebuah proses pembentukan diri*

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
This article investigates companionate processes of self‐making in a religious community of Catholic nuns in eastern Indonesia. I argue that the sociality of the convent establishes a unique context for understanding the effects of one's company on processes of self‐becoming.
Meghan Rose Donnelly
wiley   +1 more source

Polyurethane Flexible Joints as an Advanced Adhesive Layer in Sustainable Prefabricated Small Bridge Structures. [PDF]

Materials (Basel)
Jasińska D, Szeptyński P, Pochopień JG, Kwiecień A.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source