Reduction in traffic-induced ground vibrations by the use of barriers is investigated. The traffic load characteristics were measured for motorway traffic. The effects of parameters on various types of barriers were examined by the use of a finite element model that was calibrated to green-field measurements. The model involved a layered soil and bedrock. The depth of a trench and the elastic modu

The concrete discs with water-cement ratios 0.4 and 0.7 were preconditioned at their early age by drying at 50`C for 2 to 4 days, followed by storage in a Laboratory atmosphere till an age of 28 or S6 days. The moisture distributions in the specimens were determined by measuring relative humidity and capillary saturation degree, and the air permeability was determined according to the Cembureau me

This introductory chapter provides a non-technical presentation of conceptual spaces as a representational framework for modeling different kinds of similarity relations in various cognitive domains. Moreover, we briefly summarize each chapter in this volume.

Research Highlights and Abstract: This article provides A 'zeitgeist' analysis of how the Coalition leadership tried to make the most of Britain's 'big year' of 2012, particularly in terms of the government's 'prosperity agenda'; Rich empirical data about high profile, government-wide trends in British promotional strategies and practices in the context of austerity; Analysis of the consequences o

Soft power is an increasingly important concept that attempts to explain how states and organisations shape shared interests across national borders and between political, economic, social and cultural spaces. However, many of the theoretical and methodological flaws identified by scholars engaging with the term are familiar to Media & Communications research, and particularly to the sub-field

Secret diplomacy may at first glance appear to be the antinomy of public diplomacy. Diplomats have traditionally been discouraged from participation in the domestic or foreign politics of the state in which they exercise their functions, and their official communications are, according to Articles 12 and 13 of the Havana Convention (1928), to be channelled through the host Foreign Ministry. By con

This chapter analyses relations and interactions among civil society organisations active at the European Union level in the prostitution policy area, which is characterised by opposite frames regarding prostitution as work, sex or violence. The study draws on the theoretical perspective of Strategic Action Fields, focuses on the International Committee on the Rights of Sex Workers in Europe (ICRS

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A structural phase transition and the equation of state of the simple-hexagonal (sh) phase, P-V, of phosphorus were investigated at pressures up to 280 GPa using monochromatic synchrotron x-ray diffraction. The P-V phase, which was stable above 137 GPa, has shown a structural transition to a higher-pressure phase, P-VI, above 262 GPa, while the c/a ratio of the sh phase slightly increased with inc

The Pm3̄m to R3̄c high-pressure transition of NbO2F has been studied in detail using diamond anvil cells and synchrotron X-ray radiation. The transition starts at 0.28 GPa and is complete at 0.65 GPa. The bulk modulus for the cubic phase became 24.8 (11) GPa, which is roughly two times higher than for the rhombohedral phase.

The martensitic face centered cubic (fcc)-to-hexagonal close packing (hcp) transformations in xenon were studied using angle-resolved x-ray diffraction patterns. The crystal structure data of xenon over a wide range of high pressure and temperature was analyzed to study the stacking disorders and growth of domains of hcp xenon coexisting with fcc xenon. The analysis confirmed that the formation of

Chondroitin sulfate and keratan sulfate in guinea pig costal cartilage, nasal septum cartilage and nucleus pulposus were separated and fractionated by chromatography on CPC-cellulose, ECTEOLA-cellulose and Sephadex G-200 columns. Characterization of the chondroitin sulfates included determination of molecular weight and of the number, and position, of sulfate groups of the disaccharide units. Dist