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Potential risk of organochlorine regulation limits in Brazilian soils
Brazil is a major food exporter and consequently a major consumer of pesticides. In the environmental legislation for soil quality maintenance, there...
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8. Ideas of Exotic Forms of Life
Science and speculation have converged at the boundaries of human imagination to conceive of some very exotic states of matter and/or energy that...
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Global drift ratio limits for historical masonry mosques
Drift-based performance limits are commonly used in seismic performance assessment. However, many studies have indicated substantial considerations...
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9. Signatures of Life and the Question of Detection
In this chapter we will elaborate on how evidence for life on other worlds can be sought, and if present, possibly detected. The best evidence for...
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Life cycle assessment and life cycle cost analysis for airfield pavement: a review article
Airfield pavement is responsible of airport operations’ safety, it must provide durability, sustainability, good quality of riding, a good surface of...
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Strain Evolution and Fatigue Damage Characteristics Analysis of Sandstones During Multi-Level Triaxial Cyclic Loading and Unloading Under Varying Stress Limits
Periodical cyclic loads are often encountered in the construction and operation stages of geotechnical engineering. In the paper, multi-level...
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The prevalent life cycle of agricultural flash droughts
This work examines the characteristics and prevalent life cycle of agricultural flash droughts globally. Using ERA5 data, the study introduces a...
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Effect of Blast Movement Uncertainty on Dig-Limits Optimization in Open-Pit Mines
Determination of dig-limits is one of the most critical steps in grade control and short-term mine planning. Dig-limits optimization aims to maximize...
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6 Cosmological and Biological Reproducibility: Limits on the Maximum Entropy Production Principle
The Maximum Entropy Production principle (MEP) seems to be restricted to reproducible dissipative structures. To apply it to cosmology and biology,...
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Report “Overcoming the Limits” and New Solutions to Global Problems
The article discusses specific aspects of the report “Overcoming the Limits”, which presents the Russian view on ways to solve global problems from...
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A research on consistency limits, compaction, and strength properties of sheep wool–fine-grained soil mixtures
Recycling of waste materials has become a major concern for a sustainable life on our planet. So, researchers have been focusing on alternative...
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Slope stabilization of coal mine overburden dumps: life cycle environmental sustainability assessment of alternatives
The stability of coalmine overburden dumps is a crucial aspect and often requires a slope stabilization method in place to prevent slope failures....
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Probabilistic map** of life loss due to dam-break flooding
Assessment of flood damage caused by dam failures is typically performed deterministically on the basis of a single preselected scenario, neglecting...
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6. Life and the Need for a Solvent
Life as we know it consists of chemical interactions that take place in the liquid state, yet the requirement that life be liquid-based is not...
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Optimal Placement and Settings of Valves for Leakage Reduction in Real Life Water Distribution Networks
Nowadays, the rapid growth of operational costs and human resource shortages increase the importance of the leakage reduction, and the pressure...
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BPNN Based Multi-factor Synthesis Prediction Method for Coal Rock Fatigue Life
The fatigue characteristics and failure mechanisms of rocks under cyclic loading not only have important theoretical significance, but are also...
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Investigation of the Wabe River water’s suitability for drinking purposes and aquatic life and detection of pollution sources
Wabe River is a vital source of drinking water, irrigation for agriculture, and income for the local residents. However, the river's declining...
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Phosphorus availability on the early Earth and the impacts of life
Phosphorus (P) is critical to modern biochemical functions and can control ecosystem growth. It was presumably important as a reagent in prebiotic...
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Scientometric analysis and panoramic review on life cycle assessment in the construction industry
The construction sector plays a crucial part in the nation’s growth in economic and furthermore faces growing concerns about its environmental...
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Mineral Discoveries that Changed Everyday Life
This chapter depicts examples of discoveries in the field of mineralogy that have significantly impacted human life, blooming numerous areas of...