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From:International Journal of Environmental Health Engineering (Vol. 4, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedByline: Amin. Pouya, Ehsanollah. Habibi Aims: The present study aimed to evaluate the assessment methods of human errors and compare the results of these techniques in order to introduce the precise method of human...
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From:Construction and Building Materials (Vol. 24, Issue 7) Peer-ReviewedABSTRACT The current trend to decrease the clinker content in cements through the use of mineral additions in order to limit CO2 emissions into the atmosphere is of major concern for the precast industry as the...
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From:Construction and Building Materials (Vol. 23, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedABSTRACT Mercury intrusion porosimetry (MIP) test is one of the techniques that have been widely used for analyzing the pore size distribution of hardened cement paste (hcp) and also for the determination of the...
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From:Management International Review (Vol. 52, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedAbstract: * Knowledge is the preeminent resource of firms that wish to become and/or remain globally competitive. This is especially true for emerging market multinationals, whose ability to overcome their inherent...
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From:Journal of Developing Areas (Vol. 54, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedEnvironmental regulation has traditionally been considered to have as detrimental impact on firm performance as it compels the complying firms diverting their resources from productive purpose to pollution abatement....
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From:Chemical Engineering (Vol. 115, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedFebruary 5, 2008 -- ABB, the power and automation technology group, has won an order worth $25 million from Vietnam Cement Industry Corp. (Vicem) for equipment to maximize productivity, monitor energy use and minimize...
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From:Forest Products Journal (Vol. 53, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedAbstract To evaluate the possibility of utilizing green wood chips processed from small-diameter trees as an alternative fuel to produce cement, an extended test burn was conducted at the Holcim (formerly Holnam)...
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From:The Ecologist (Vol. 25, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedThe practice of burning industrial wastes in cement kilns gained momentum in the US during the 1980s when the country's cement industry tried to reduce their fuel bills to compete with foreign cement manufacturers....
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From:Nature (Vol. 494, Issue 7437) Peer-ReviewedIf this year's expected global output of cement were somehow poured across Manhattan island, the 3.4-billion-tonne mass would solidify into a monolith about 14 metres high. If the monolith were created next year, it...
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From:Construction and Building Materials (Vol. 54) Peer-ReviewedABSTRACT Concrete can sequester C[O.sub.2] from the air in a reaction commonly called carbonation. High levels of carbonation near the surface of concrete samples have been widely studied since they may lower the pH...
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From:Revista de Investigacion Agraria y Ambiental (Vol. 12, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedContextualización: en la industria y sectores tecnológicos se utiliza una gran cantidad de productos químicos, generando riesgos para la salud de quienes están expuestos. Esto puede inducir alteraciones dependiendo de la...
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From:Administrative Science Quarterly (Vol. 35, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedAn evolutionary model of technological change is proposed in which technological breakthrough, or discontinuity, initiates an era of intense technical variation and selection, culminating in a single dominant design....
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From:Journal of CombustionPeer-Reviewed4 kinds of chemical reagents and 3 kinds of industrial wastes were selected as burning additives for 2 kinds of coals in cement industry. The work focused on the replacement of partial chemical reagents by industrial...
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From:Advances in Materials Science and Engineering (Vol. 2017) Peer-ReviewedThe paper focuses on the evaluation of the rheological and mechanical performances of cement-based renders manufactured with phase-change materials (PCM) in form of microencapsulated paraffin for innovative and...
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From:Construction and Building Materials (Vol. 24, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedABSTRACT The present work evaluated the effects of accelerated carbonation on mechanical and physical characteristics of cementitious roofing tiles reinforced with vegetable fibre, The maximum load and toughness of...
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From:Construction and Building Materials (Vol. 30, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedABSTRACT The wide use of self-compacting concrete (SCC) in the precast industry versus its moderate use in the ready-mixed concrete industry, has led to the development of products within the upper-middle performance...
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From:The McKinsey QuarterlyPeer-ReviewedConditions at Moscow's Stern cement plant are typical of those in Russia's 50 cement factories. Although it ranks among Russia's most efficient facilities, it is only about one-third as productive as the world's best...
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From:Construction and Building Materials (Vol. 24, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedABSTRACT It is well known that fibers can impart tensile ductility into fiber cement products. Specific rational guideline for engineering desirable fiber, matrix, and interface properties leading to optimized fiber...
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From:Construction and Building Materials (Vol. 24, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedABSTRACT The alkali activation of one low calcium hard coal fly ash and four high calcium lignite coal fly ashes was studied by means of conduction calorimetry, X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetric analysis and...
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From:Construction and Building Materials (Vol. 30, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedABSTRACT The cementitious fireproof material is widely used to protect concrete structures against fire. However, there has lately been interest in developing more environmentally friendly construction materials that...