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Chapter
Common Bean Genetics, Breeding, and Genomics for Adaptation to Changing to New Agri-environmental Conditions
Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) has become, over the last 20 years, a competitive crop in national, regional, and international markets. This situation presents a dynamic environment for producers and researc...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Quantifying Differences Between Walking Locomotion on Rigid and Flexible Pavements
This work explores the differences between walking locomotion on rigid pavement and a particular type of flexible pavements made of EVA75 foam having thickness of either 10 or 20 mm. The aim is to analyse how ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Response of a Pendulum TMD with Large Displacements
The behavior of a nonlinear pendulum working as a tuned mass damper (TMD) for slender structures is analyzed in this paper. The influence of the inherent nonlinearity of the oscillations of the pendulum, toget...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Discomfort Evaluation on Lively Footbridges with Soft-Rubber Pavement
This paper deals with the measurement of the pedestrian perception of the movement of lively footbridges. Several tests on a 80 m single span stress-ribbon footbridge are presented. This footbridge is very sle...