PHYSICS-BASED SIMULATION OF HEAT LOAD ON STRUCTURES FOR IMPROVING CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS FOR BUSHFIRE PRONE AREAS

Physics-Based Simulation of Heat Load on Structures for Improving Construction Standards for Bushfire Prone Areas

Australian building standard AS 3959 provides mandatory requirements for the construction of buildings in bushfire prone areas in order to improve the resilience of the building to radiant heat, flame contact, burning embers, and a combination of these three bushfire attack forms.The construction requirements are standardized based on the bushfire

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Student retention policies in public higher education in comparative perspective: Argentina, Brazil and Chile

The higher education systems in Argentina, Brazil and Chile have considerable differences in relation to their origins and structures, but the elitist characteristic is a common feature of the three countries.There have been massification processes going on along the last three decades, supported by expansion of the system as well as by the adoptio

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Evaluation of Computed Tomography and PCR Results of Patients Admitted to Pandemic Hospital in Terms of COVID-19

Aim: COVID-19 is an infectious disease that primarily affects the respiratory system and spreads rapidly.Diagnostic methods as computed Tomography (CT) and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) have gained importance in the COVID-19 pandemic.The aim of this study is to evaluate the appearance and distribution of abnormal parenchy

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The effectiveness of Tai Chi for short-term cognitive function improvement in the early stages of dementia in the elderly: a systematic literature review

Karine Huy-Leng Lim,1 Alex Pysklywec,2 Michelle Plante,3 Louise Demers3,41Centre Intégré Universitaire de Sante at Service Sociaux du Nord de l‘île de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada; 2Department of Geography and Planning, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada; 3Centre de Recherche de l’In Unive

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