INFLUENCE OF SEISMIC POUNDING ON RC BUILDINGS WITH AND WITHOUT BASE ISOLATION SYSTEM SUBJECT TO NEAR-FAULT GROUND MOTIONS

Influence of Seismic Pounding on RC Buildings with and without Base Isolation System Subject to Near-Fault Ground Motions

Building pounding occurs between two Rolling Tray adjacent buildings with small gap or without sufficient separation distance.It leads to damage buildings during earthquake due to impact.Many researchers have investigated building pounding based on impact force reduction and energy dissipation increase, when two buildings collide with each other.In

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Validity of reaction to severe stress and adjustment disorder diagnoses in the Danish Psychiatric Central Research Registry

Elisabeth Svensson,1 Timothy L Lash,1,2 Patricia A Resick,3 Jens Georg Hansen,1 Jaimie L Gradus4–61Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark; 2Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA; 3Department of Psychiatry and Beh

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Entering University during Times of Disruption: Experiences of First-Year Students from a Historically Disadvantaged University in South Africa during the COVID-19 Pandemic

The study, premised on the interpretive paradigm explored the experiences of First Year students from a historically disadvantaged university in South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic.The study was underpinned by one research question namely, what are the experiences of first-year students from a historically disadvantaged university during the

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Thrips Management Program for Horticultural Crops

Among the 5,500 (or more) well-described species of thrips worldwide, nearly 1% are known as economically important pests.Because these tiny pests can feed on multiple plants, their damage potential to nursery and greenhouse production is immense: thrips inflict millions of dollars loss every year.Thrips hide easily in tiny spaces, reproduce rapidl

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