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Reliability assessment of progressive failure of a low rise framed building on weak soil-foundation interaction

A 4-storey reinforced concrete framed buildings was modelled in 3-dimensional analysis with the same sections and loadings for both rigid and weak foundations respectively using ETABS and FORM5 Softwares in accordance with Euro code provisions. The weak foundation was initially analysed and designed as a fixed column-foundation joint and later re-analysed and redesigned as a hinged column-fo...




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Study of physico-mechanical properties of concretes based on palm kernel shells originating from the locality of Haut Nkam in Cameroon

This study is based on the use of palm kernel shells as aggregate in the manufacture of concrete. Several (0, 25, 50, 75 and 100%) substitutions were used in the volume fraction of the aggregates. In order to evaluate the effect of this substitution, the mechanical properties at 7 and 28 days for compression was determine, 28 days for bending and then the physical properties of fresh and har...




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Evaluation and selection of the quality of internal doors for buildings using building information modeling building information modeling (BIM)

The selection of building materials from various available alternatives is a critical process affected by many complicated factors. Every single element in a building has a specific function to perform. This necessitates a proper selection of material from the various available alternatives, which generally differ in their quality, performance, and cost. To make the most practical choice, th...




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Potential use and benefits of automation for traffic control in roadway construction

This paper addresses the impact of using automated flagging devices in road construction instead of using construction workers. To examine the efficacy of automating this construction activity, a group of drivers with diverse characteristics/demographics was involved in the study. The diverse characteristics included gender, age, years of driving experience, and level of formal education (e....




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Perception of professionals on factors influencing skilled labor shortages in the Nigerian construction industry

The construction industry in Nigeria plays a pivotal role in economic growth, yet it faces a critical challenge: a shortage of skilled labor. This study aims to identify the key factors influencing skilled labor availability in Nigerias construction sector and propose actionable solutions. Through an extensive literature review and distribution of questionnaires to construction professionals...




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What difference does it make? Exploring the transformative potential of everyday climate crisis activism by children and youth.

Children's Geographies; 06/01/2021
(AN 151284202); ISSN: 14733285
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Blurring the '-ism' in youth climate crisis activism: everyday agency and practices of marginalized youth in the Brazilian urban periphery.

Children's Geographies; 06/01/2021
(AN 151284197); ISSN: 14733285
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Landscapes as represented in textbooks and in students' imagination: stability, generational gap, image retention and recognisability.

Children's Geographies; 08/01/2021
(AN 152310091); ISSN: 14733285
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Unpacking the ethics of access and safety of participants and researchers of child sexual abuse in Ghana.

Children's Geographies; 08/01/2021
(AN 152310086); ISSN: 14733285
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Breaking the child labour cycle through education: issues and impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on children of in-country seasonal migrant workers in the brick kilns of Nepal.

Children's Geographies; 10/01/2021
(AN 152966703); ISSN: 14733285
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Chasing the unreachable 'university dream': an active life course approach integrating chronopolitics.

Children's Geographies; 10/01/2021
(AN 152966706); ISSN: 14733285
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Corrosive disadvantage: the impact of fracking on young people's capabilities.

Children's Geographies; 10/01/2021
(AN 152966702); ISSN: 14733285
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The rhythmicity of daily travel: young children's mobility practices along the mobile preschool route.

Children's Geographies; 10/01/2021
(AN 152966700); ISSN: 14733285
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Working with childhoods and energies: critical reflections on specifying and locating the intangible.

Children's Geographies; 11/24/2021
(AN 153737733); ISSN: 14733285
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Choreographing collaboratories: studios of situated improvisations.

Children's Geographies; 11/30/2021
(AN 154249885); ISSN: 14733285
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Vulnerabilities, support systems and child domestic work in South-West Nigeria.

Children's Geographies; 12/01/2021
(AN 153655051); ISSN: 14733285
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The flows of things – exploring babies' everyday space-making.

Children's Geographies; 12/01/2021
(AN 153655049); ISSN: 14733285
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Digital collaboratory.

Children's Geographies; 01/06/2022
(AN 154509312); ISSN: 14733285
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Re-examining ethical challenges of using ethnography to understand decision-making in family caregiving networks of children with feeding tubes.

Children's Geographies; 01/13/2022
(AN 154620403); ISSN: 14733285
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Belittled Citizens: The cultural politics of childhood on Bangkok's margins: edited by Giuseppe Bolotta, Copenhagen: NIAS Press, 2021, 250 pp., hardback £70.00/paperback £22.50, ISBN 978-87-7694-300-4 hardback/ISBN 978-87-7694-301-1 paperbac

Children's Geographies; 02/01/2022
(AN 154441562); ISSN: 14733285
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Placemaking with children and youth: participatory practices for planning sustainable communities: by Victoria Derr, Louise Chawla, and Mara Mintzer, New York: New Village Press, 2018, pp. 365. ISBN 9781613321003.

Children's Geographies; 02/01/2022
(AN 154441561); ISSN: 14733285
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An ethnography of the lives of Japanese and Japanese Brazilian migrants: childhood, family, and work: by Ethel Volfzon Kosminsky, New York, London: Lanham, Boulder, Lexington Books, 2020, pp. 376, $120.00 (£92.00) hardback, ISBN: 978-1-4985-2259-5.

Children's Geographies; 02/01/2022
(AN 154441552); ISSN: 14733285
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Geographies of outdoor play in Dhaka: an explorative study on children's location preference, usage pattern, and accessibility range of play spaces.

Children's Geographies; 02/01/2022
(AN 154441559); ISSN: 14733285
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Trapped Mobility: a theoretical framework and literature review focusing on displaced youth at the borders between the Global South and Global North.

Children's Geographies; 02/01/2022
(AN 154441555); ISSN: 14733285
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Speculative caring collaboratories: mattering research alternatives.

Children's Geographies; 02/26/2022
(AN 155449570); ISSN: 14733285
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'The boys from the land don't get anything': unaccompanied minors' experience of child protection environments and the humanitarian border in Greece.

Children's Geographies; 04/01/2022
(AN 155952643); ISSN: 14733285
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