Petrography as an essential complementary method in forensic assessment of concrete deterioration: Two case studies

2009 ◽  
Vol 60 (7) ◽  
pp. 644-654 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maarten A.T.M. Broekmans
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Forensic Assessment ◽  
Complementary Method ◽  
Concrete Deterioration

scholarly journals Assessing Deteriorated Concrete Structures

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Greto
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Concrete Structures ◽  
Test Methods ◽  
Rehabilitation Engineering ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Root Cause ◽  
Concrete Deterioration ◽  
Concrete Failure ◽  
Non Destructive ◽  
Selection Of

In today’s society, concrete structures are deteriorating for a variety of reasons. In order to properly repair these structures, it is important to completely understand the root cause of each type of deterioration. Over the years, engineers have developed methods for identifying the causes of concrete failure. This paper recognizes the different forms of concrete deterioration, identifies the test methods which have been developed to locate these concrete defects (both non-destructive and destructive), reviews different case studies which have been performed on concrete parking structures implementing these test methods and draws conclusions from surveys which were conducted of professionals in the rehabilitation engineering field. Additionally, this research project develops a strategy which is meant to aid with the selection of concrete test methods to be used in diverse concrete deterioration situations.

scholarly journals The wire games. A gaming experience within a Grade Class

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
Antonio Montero-Navarro ◽  
José-Luis Rodríguez-Sánchez ◽  
Rocio Gallego-Losada ◽  
Thais González-Torres
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Business Management ◽  
Serious Game ◽  
The Other ◽  
Educational Game ◽  
Complementary Method ◽  
The Wire ◽  
Academic Year

<p class="Abstract">This work describes in detail the development of an educational game as a tool to check the degree of acquisition and consolidation of knowledge of the student in relation to a subject are . It is proposed as a complementary method to traditional methodologies.</p>Thus, the article presents the devolpment of a brand new serious game which has been created in the 2019-20 academic year. Ithas been used in two different groups of the Degree in Business Management (one taught in English and the other one in Spanish). Based on previous gamification experiences, the design and use of the game has lead to the achievement of the goals pursued, generating also an important volume of valuable information that can increase the effectiveness of the use of other tools (tutorials, theoretical immersion in some specific subjects or case studies).

Circularity

2020 ◽  
pp. 99-132
Author(s):  
Durba Mitra
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Social Identity ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Individual Case ◽  
Forensic Assessment ◽  
The Body ◽  
Women's Bodies ◽  
Natural Form ◽  
State Administrators ◽  
Virginity Testing

This chapter offer glimpses of how women appear in forensic medical descriptions as sexually deviant bodies—often disembodied, always empirically verifiable. It analyzes medico-legal accounts of abortion, descriptions that overlapped with the forensic assessment of rape, virginity testing, and infanticide. Different authorities, including coroners, medical doctors, policemen, state administrators, and social commentators, utilized a circular form of reasoning where anatomical description was united with a speculative sociology of Indian women's sexuality, and then read back onto the body to discern the meaning of the anatomical violence on the body. These case studies of the body utilized typological categories that link women's social status to their sexual behavior. Over the course of individual case studies, social typologies were read back onto parts of women's bodies to comprehend the meaning of physical evidence. This circularity appears in legal medicine as a natural form of reasoning: a logic that seamlessly united anatomical descriptions of sexualized bodies with the ethno-scientific assessment of social identity.

scholarly journals Assessing Deteriorated Concrete Structures

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Greto
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Concrete Structures ◽  
Test Methods ◽  
Rehabilitation Engineering ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Root Cause ◽  
Concrete Deterioration ◽  
Concrete Failure ◽  
Non Destructive ◽  
Selection Of

In today’s society, concrete structures are deteriorating for a variety of reasons. In order to properly repair these structures, it is important to completely understand the root cause of each type of deterioration. Over the years, engineers have developed methods for identifying the causes of concrete failure. This paper recognizes the different forms of concrete deterioration, identifies the test methods which have been developed to locate these concrete defects (both non-destructive and destructive), reviews different case studies which have been performed on concrete parking structures implementing these test methods and draws conclusions from surveys which were conducted of professionals in the rehabilitation engineering field. Additionally, this research project develops a strategy which is meant to aid with the selection of concrete test methods to be used in diverse concrete deterioration situations.

Corporate Sustainability: Challenge to Managerial Orthodoxies

2003 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dexter Dunphy
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Corporate Sustainability ◽  
Central Place ◽  
Marked Contrast ◽  
Sustainability Management

ABSTRACTThis paper addresses the issue of corporate sustainability. It examines why achieving sustainability is becoming an increasingly vital issue for society and organisations, defines sustainability and then outlines a set of phases through which organisations can move to achieve increasing levels of sustainability. Case studies are presented of organisations at various phases indicating the benefits, for the organisation and its stakeholders, which can be made at each phase. Finally the paper argues that there is a marked contrast between the two competing philosophies of neo-conservatism (economic rationalism) and the emerging philosophy of sustainability. Management schools have been strongly influenced by economic rationalism, which underpins the traditional orthodoxies presented in such schools. Sustainability represents an urgent challenge for management schools to rethink these traditional orthodoxies and give sustainability a central place in the curriculum.

Short-Form Application of the Screening Test of Spanish Grammar and the Northwestern Syntax Screening Test to Latino Children

1978 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 220-235
Author(s):  
David L. Ratusnik ◽  
Carol Melnick Ratusnik ◽  
Karen Sattinger
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Screening Test ◽  
Normative Data ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Latino Children ◽  
Data Application ◽  
York Metropolitan Area ◽  
Multiple Regression Technique

Short-form versions of the Screening Test of Spanish Grammar (Toronto, 1973) and the Northwestern Syntax Screening Test (Lee, 1971) were devised for use with bilingual Latino children while preserving the original normative data. Application of a multiple regression technique to data collected on 60 lower social status Latino children (four years and six months to seven years and one month) from Spanish Harlem and Yonkers, New York, yielded a small but powerful set of predictor items from the Spanish and English tests. Clinicians may make rapid and accurate predictions of STSG or NSST total screening scores from administration of substantially shortened versions of the instruments. Case studies of Latino children from Chicago and Miami serve to cross-validate the procedure outside the New York metropolitan area.

Case Studies for Telepractice in AAC

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanya Rose Curtis
Keyword(s):  
Service Delivery ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Eye Gaze ◽  
Cognitive Impairments ◽  
Perceived Barriers ◽  
Computer Experience ◽  
Access Methods ◽  
Complex Communication Needs ◽  
Barriers To Service ◽  
Communication Needs

As the field of telepractice grows, perceived barriers to service delivery must be anticipated and addressed in order to provide appropriate service delivery to individuals who will benefit from this model. When applying telepractice to the field of AAC, additional barriers are encountered when clients with complex communication needs are unable to speak, often present with severe quadriplegia and are unable to position themselves or access the computer independently, and/or may have cognitive impairments and limited computer experience. Some access methods, such as eye gaze, can also present technological challenges in the telepractice environment. These barriers can be overcome, and telepractice is not only practical and effective, but often a preferred means of service delivery for persons with complex communication needs.

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