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Seismic analysis of a masonry cross vault through shaking table tests: the case study of the Dey Mosque in Algiers

  • Rossi, Michela;Calderini, Chiara;Roselli, Ivan;Mongelli, Marialuisa;De Canio, Gerardo;Lagomarsino, Sergio
    • Earthquakes and Structures
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.57-72
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    • 2020
  • This paper presents the results of a monodirectional shaking table test on a full-scale unreinforced masonry cross vault characterized by asymmetric boundary conditions. The specimen represents a vault of the mosque of Dey in Algiers (Algeria), reproducing in detail the mechanical characteristics of masonry, and the constructive details including the presence of some peculiar wooden logs placed within the vault's abutments. The vault was tested with and without the presence of two steel bars which connect two opposite sides of the vault. The dynamic behaviour of both the vault's configurations were studied by using an incremental dynamic analysis up to the collapse of the vault without the steel bars. The use of an innovative high-resolution 3D optical system allowed measure displacement data of the cross vault during the shake table tests. The experimental results were analysed in terms of evolution of damage mechanisms, and in-plane and out-of-plane deformations. Moreover, the dynamic properties of the structure were investigated by means of an experimental modal analysis.

Development of a Sustainable Regional Economic Growth Model (SREG) Using Multiplier Theory (승수이론을 이용한 지속가능한 지역경제성장모델의 개발)

  • Jung, Nam-Su
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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    • v.49 no.1
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    • pp.35-42
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    • 2007
  • This paper develops a Sustainable Regional Economic Growth Model (SREG) which estimates the relation of labor population change and employment increase in each occupation and maximum limits and minimum requirements of employment increase by labor population change in a specified region using multiplier theory. To develop the proposed model, sustainable regional economic growth is defined as a steady increase of labor population over a long term period and the limit of employment increase is defined as the estimated labor population change in the region with no need for commutation from the surrounded areas. Developed model was applied to 67 county in Pennsylvania State and the results revealed that the investment in infrastructure occupations, such as transportation, warehousing, utilities, information, communication, and other public utilities, maximizes the effects for increasing employment, whereas finance, insurance, and real estate occupations have minimum effects for increasing employment. Calculated minimum requirements of occupations show that infra-structure occupations is a critical factor for labor population change and maximum limits of occupations show that agriculture and finance occupations are difficult to increase independently.

A Study on the Development of Cultural Heritage Education Courses - Current Status of Cultural Heritage Education and Proposal of Sustainable Education Courses - (문화유산 교육과정 개발 방안 연구 - 문화유산교육 현황과 지속가능한 교육과정 방안 제안 -)

  • Lho, Kyung-Min
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Educational Facilities
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    • v.27 no.2
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    • pp.57-68
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    • 2020
  • This research aims analyze the current situation and problems of cultural heritage education, and propose the methodology of cultural heritage education and the model of the curriculum for each education subject. This study consists of three parts. First, the current status of education related to cultural heritage was examined separately by general public, university and graduate students, and practitioners. Second, we reviewed the National Competency Standard(NCS) and the UNESCO World Heritage Competency Framework(CF) as a way to solve the problem of cultural heritage education for each education subject. By examining the methodology and curriculum model of cultural heritage education, we tried to find the future direction of cultural heritage education. Third, the education model of the cultural heritage curriculum for each educational subject was proposed by reflecting the direction and the cyclical education model of sustainable cultural heritage education. In future studies, we intend to use the education model presented in this study to specifically propose basic guidelines for the cultural heritage convergence curriculum.

Suppression of Ripe Rot on 'Zesy002' Kiwifruit with Commercial Agrochemicals

  • Shin, Yong Ho;Ledesma, Magda;Whitman, Sonia;Tyson, Joy;Zange, Birgit;Kim, Ki Deok;Jeun, Yong Chull
    • The Plant Pathology Journal
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    • v.37 no.4
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    • pp.347-355
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    • 2021
  • Ripe rot caused by Botryosphaeria dothidea is one of the serious diseases of postharvest kiwifruit. In order to control ripe rot on Actinidia chinensis cultivar 'Zesy002', several commercial agrofungicides were selected by an antifungal test on an artificial medium. Furthermore, disease suppression by the selected fungicides was evaluated on the kiwifruit by inoculation with a conidial suspension of B. dothidea. On the artificial media containing boscalid + fludioxonil was shown to be the most effective antifungal activity. However, in the bio-test pyraclostrobin + boscalid and iminoctadinetris were the most effective agrochemicals on the fruit. On the other hand, the infection structures of B. dothidea on kiwifruit treated with pyraclostrobin + boscalid were observed with a fluorescent microscope. Most of the fungal conidia had not germinated on the kiwifruit treated with the agrochemicals whereas on the untreated fruit the fungal conidia had mostly germinated. Electron microscopy of the fine structures showed morphological changes to the conidia and branch of hyphae on the kiwifruit pre-treated with pyraclostrobin + boscalid, indicating its suppression effect on fungal growth. Based on this observation, it is suggested that ripe rot by B. dothidea may be suppressed through the inhibition of conidial germination on the kiwifruit treated with the agrochemicals.

Factors Affecting the Development of Vietnamese Construction and Real Estate Companies

  • PHAN, Giang Lam;NGUYEN, Thuy Dieu;NGUYEN, Chi Thi;NGUYEN, Lan;TRAN, Le Thi
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • v.9 no.9
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    • pp.93-104
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    • 2022
  • This study aims to investigate the factors that contribute to the sustainable development of 334 Vietnamese construction and real estate companies listed on the Stock Exchange of Vietnam over a 5-year period from 2016 to 2020. By using regression analysis with the support of STATA software through examining the financial statements, which involves looking into crucial ratios including capital structure, profitability, firm size, accounts receivable management, and tangible assets investment, this study sheds light on whether these accounting indicators could help predict the construction and real estate companies growing potential in the future. Nevertheless, these ratios slightly contribute to the explanation of the change in revenue growth ratio, with a result of 1.6%, indicating that the value relevance of accounting information provides a modest and insignificant effect on investment decisions. This is understandable because the Vietnamese construction and real estate market still has many shortcomings in handling unexpected events, as well as the industry's peculiarities related to major capital sources from bank loans. Based on this study, governmental authorities and business executives should plan appropriate risk management policies and measures to contribute to the sustainable development of construction and real estate companies.

Trends and Sustainable Development of the Hair Care Market

  • Eun-Jung SHIN
    • The Journal of Industrial Distribution & Business
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    • v.14 no.9
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    • pp.1-11
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    • 2023
  • Purpose: The cosmetics industry is dynamic and constantly evolving. The hair and beauty field is characterized by being very sensitive to social trends. Therefore, it is necessary to understand the intellectual structure of the social function of hair beauty and to analyze the research and industrial trends related to the beauty field. This study is a literature review and presents specific and practical development plans and growth strategies for the hair care market. Research design, data, and methodology: This review study was conducted by searching PubMed, Google Scholar, Riss, Scopus, and Research Gate. We prepared this by referring to keywords such as the beauty care industry, sustainable development, hair care, hair cosmetics, and hair care market. A total of 468 papers were searched, of which 60 were finally included in this study on the PRISMA flowchart. Results: For good consumption and continuous development of hair cosmetics, it will be necessary to clearly understand the beauty and cosmetic needs of various generations. Conclusions: As income level improvement and quality of life become more important, Korea's beauty industry is attracting a lot of attention as a growth industry that transcends gender and age amid social and cultural development, and its importance is expected to grow in the future.

Grey algorithmic control and identification for dynamic coupling composite structures

  • ZY Chen;Ruei-yuan Wang;Yahui Meng;Timothy Chen
    • Steel and Composite Structures
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    • v.49 no.4
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    • pp.407-417
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    • 2023
  • After a disaster like the catastrophic earthquake, the government have to use rapid assessment of the condition (or damage) of bridges, buildings and other infrastructures is mandatory for rapid feedbacks, rescue and post-event management. Many domain schemes based on the measured vibration computations, including least squares estimation and neural fuzzy logic control, have been studied and found to be effective for online/offline monitoring of structural damage. Traditional strategies require all external stimulus data (input data) which have been measured available, but this may not be the generalized for all structures. In this article, a new method with unknown inputs (excitations) is provided to identify structural matrix such as stiffness, mass, damping and other nonlinear parts, unknown disturbances for example. An analytical solution is thus constructed and presented because the solution in the existing literature has not been available. The goals of this paper are towards access to adequate, safe and affordable housing and basic services, promotion of inclusive and sustainable urbanization and participation, implementation of sustainable and disaster-resilient buildings, sustainable human settlement planning and manage. Simulation results of linear and nonlinear structures show that the proposed method is able to identify structural parameters and their changes due to damage and unknown excitations. Therefore, the goal is believed to achieved in the near future by the ongoing development of AI and control theory.

A Study on the RC and PSC structure System of the Transrapid in Germany (독일자기부상열차 Transrapid의 콘크리트 교각선로구조물에 관한 연구)

  • Kang, Bo-Soon;Kim, Soo-Sam
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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    • v.1 no.1 s.1
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    • pp.20-29
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    • 1998
  • State of the art and current issues related with the RC and PSC structure system for the German magnetic levitation train "Transrapid" were investigated. The German magnetic levitation train adopted a new kind of a structure to enable high-speed transportation, which allows the use of the space over a ground. The loading from Transrapid is light-weight compared with a regular train due to load distribution to a supporting structure. Therefore, Transrapid is considered an economical and efficient transportation system, and is also an environmentally-sustainable structure. In this paper, the structural design and construction technology specific to a magnetic levitation train were discussed, and structural considerations related with an actual operation of the train were pointed out. In addition, the future research area of a magnetic levitation train was proposed.

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Concrete Structure System for the German Magnetic Letic Levitation Train (독일자기부상열차의 콘크리트 구조물 시스템)

  • 강보순
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2001.05a
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    • pp.393-400
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    • 2001
  • State of the art and current issues related with the RC and PSC structure system for the German magnetic levitation train were investigated. The German magnetic levitation train adopted a new kind of a structure to enable high-speed transportation, which allows the use of the space over a ground. The loading from Transrapid is light-weight compared with a regular train due to load distribution to a supporting structure. Therefore, Transrapid is considered an economical and efficient transportation system, and is also an environmentaly-sustainable structure, In this paper, the structural design and construction technology specific to a magnetic levitation train were discussed, and structural considerations related with an actual operation of the train were pointed out. In addition, the future research area of a magnetic levitation train was proposed.

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Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of a Korean Rice Germplasm Based on DNA Profiles

  • Lee, Kyung Jun;Lee, Jung-Ro;Shin, Myoung-Jae;Cho, Gyu-Taek;Ma, Kyung-Ho;Lee, Gi-An;Chung, Jong-Wook
    • KOREAN JOURNAL OF CROP SCIENCE
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    • v.63 no.1
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2018
  • Information on the patterns of genetic diversity and population structure is essential for the rational use and efficient management of germplasms; accurate information aids in monitoring germplasms, and can also be used to predict potential genetic gains. In this study, we assessed genetic diversity, focusing on Korean rice accessions for theand their sustainable conserved diversity. Using DNA profiling with 12 simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers, we detected a total of 333 alleles among 2,016 accessions. The number of alleles ranged from 21 to 53, with an average of 27.8. Average polymorphism information content was 0.797, with the lowest being 0.667 and the highest 0.940. CA cluster analysis and the model-based population structure revealed two main groups that could be subdivided into five subgroups. Analysis of the molecular variance study based on the SSR profile data showed 5% variance among the profiles, whereas we recorded 93% variance among individuals and 2% variance within individuals. Specifically, the utilized diversity for of the breeding program is restricted in that cultivars were located in limited clades. These results revealed that preserving the diversity of Korean landraces could be useful sources for breeding new rice cultivars, and cwould be the basis for the sustainable conservation and utilization of a Korean rice germplasm.