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In recent years, China's port construction exhibits the development trend of large scale and deep water, and many ports are not the same type of seawall construction. Riprap construction of sloping breakwaters in open wa...

The case study of closely spaced twin tunnels excavated vertically beneath the adjacent Chaoyangmen station in Beijing, China is introduced. The existing subway station is part of the Beijing subway Line 2. The new recta...

Urban informality and climate change pose significant challenges for urban planning in rapidly growing cities in the Global South. This study conducts a qualitative content analysis of 45 spatial planning instruments add...

Since the traditional settlement plates have adverse effects on the construction with tedious operations, a new embedded settlement gauge based on the dual-pressure sensors is proposed. Based on the principles of transfo...

The settlement control of the high-speed railway subgrade plays an important role in comfortable and safe running of high-speed train. With the growth of operation time, the long-term settlement of railway in soft subgra...

The precise prediction of post-construction settlement for high-speed railways is one of the key techniques in successful construction of high-speed railways. The in-situ observation data show that the shapes of settleme...

Abstract Background Shigella species are a significant global public health threat with the highest burden of Shigella-associated diarrhoea in children under five years of age, particularly in low- and middle-income coun...

To find a simple and precise settlement calculation method for rigid pile composite foundation is still an urgent problem which is not solved as yet. For the settlement calculation of rigid pile composite foundation in s...

Abstract The progressive settlement of subway tunnels induced by repetitive subway loading represents a fundamental challenge to both structural safety and passenger serviceability. Conventional prediction studies on lon...

Over the past few decades, the pharmaceutical sector has witnessed the occurrence of a particular type of agreement used to settle patent disputes between originator and generic drug manufacturers: so-called reverse paym...

The settlement of inheritance disputes in Indonesia is a complex issue involving various legal systems, including Islamic family law and customary law. This study aims to conduct a comparative analysis between these two ...

Recent studies of the Middle and Upper Paleolithic in the northwestern Caucasus are focused on the research of relations between natural (climate and environment) and social (behavior and adaptations) factors that govern...

Defining wealth broadly to include wealth in people, relational connections, and material possessions, we examine the prehistory of wealth inequality at the level of the residential units using the consistent proxy of Gi...

Abstract Background Uganda has one of the highest teenage pregnancy rates in the world. While barriers to contraceptive uptake are well documented, little is known about the incidence of abortion and unintended pregnancy...

The deep excavation has a significant influence on the bearing capacity and settlement of piles beneath excavation. However, there are few researches on the influencing factors, especially the distribution of strata. In ...

In order to study the influence of the backfill characteristics of the large karst area on the load transfer of the pile foundation and to improve the safety and economy, considering the characteristics of the side frict...

Open account and letter of credit are the most often used forms of payment in international trade. The first one is simple and cost efficient, but without payment assurance for the seller, the second one is secured, but ...

Background. Individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2 who develop COVID-19 are susceptible to persistent symptoms and sequelae, referred to as post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC). The prevalence of PASC is estimated to r...

The arrival and dispersal of human populations in the Americas remains a very controversial issue especially regarding the number of migration waves. Craniofacial variation between ancient and recent Amerindians has been...

The effectiveness, fairness and legitimacy of the Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) mechanism is the hallmark of a trust-based and justice-oriented legal framework for international investments. The jurisprudentia...

El objetivo del trabajo es realizar un diagnóstico socio-territorial de dos asentamientos espontáneos de la ciudad de Puerto Madryn (Chubut, Argentina): La Lomita y Alta Tensión, a partir de la aplicación del Método...

The new bucket structure breakwater is one kind of deepwater offshore structure in the open sea area. The settlement monitoring of the bucket structure has been a major problem in the in-situ tests. Combined with the in-...

Constructing high-fill embankment over soft soils will lead to a substantial deformation of foundation, therefore it is necessary to strictly monitor the settlement and pore water pressure of the foundation. A high-fill ...

Urbanisation, land use changes and tourism in disaster-prone high mountain areas or riskscapes have emerged as important research topics and major planning challenges at a global scale with the Himalayan region as a hots...