CONTINUED INVESTIGATION OF AN ADVANCED-TEMPERATURE, TANTALUMMODIFIED, NICKEL-BASE ALLOY [PDF]
Tensile and stress-rupture properties of a tantalum modified nickel-base ...
Freche, J. C., Waters, W. J.
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Influence of Steel and Polypropylene Fibers on Flexural Strength and Fracture Properties of Ambient-Cured Geopolymer Concrete. [PDF]
Polymers (Basel)Oguz M, Özen S, Yazıcı Ş, Mardani A.
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Experimental Study on Rheological, Mechanical Properties and Microstructure of Ultra-High Performance Concrete (UHPC) Mixed with Steel Slag Powder. [PDF]
Materials (Basel)Liu L, Chen H, Cai X, Cui J, Guo W.
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‘Escaping Isn't for Everyone’: Kurdish Smugglers’ Navigational Tactics at Checkpoints in Iran
Development and Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines how Kurdish smugglers navigate state and insurgent checkpoints in the borderlands of western Iran. Drawing on ethnographic research, it analyses two key navigational tactics: persin, a form of negotiated passage involving transaction, recognition and the contingent toleration of authority; and jimi, rendered here as ...
Peyman Zinati
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Sustainable lightweight polymer concrete composite through partial replacement of aggregates with ABS plastic waste and aerogel. [PDF]
Sci RepDevi K, Singh G, Jindal BB.
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Improving the Ethical Permissibility of Medical Electives in Lower‐Resource Settings
Developing World Bioethics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper presents a moral‐theoretical evaluation of medical electives, applying different frameworks of distributive justice to the phenomenon of healthcare students visiting countries with less access to resources in order to bolster their own learning.
Simon Paul Jenkins
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Platform, a Journal of EngineeringThis paper presents the results of an investigation into the influence of aggregate and binding material type on the mechanical properties of hardened concrete.
Asif Hossain Abir
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The Influence of Particle Shape and Surface Roughness of Fine Aggregates on the Technological Properties of Glass-Fiber-Reinforced Thin-Layer Concrete. [PDF]
Materials (Basel)Zurauskiene R, Kičaitė A, Moceikis R.
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Managed decline: Muddling through with the Sterling (dis)Agreements, 1968–74
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract How do policymakers manage the decline of an international currency? This paper revisits the view that the ‘Sterling Agreements’ of 1968–74 – bilateral contracts between the UK and sterling‐holding governments – marked a successful paradigm shift towards sterling's managed ‘retirement’.
Alan de Bromhead +3 more
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Influence of limestone powder particle size and content on portland cement paste properties
CTU Journal of Innovation and Sustainable DevelopmentThe purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of different particle sizes and contents of limestone powder (LSP) on the compressive strength and workability of ordinary Portland cement (OPC) paste.
Cheng-Xuan YU +3 more
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