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Influence of Soil-Pile-Structure Interaction on Seismic Response of Reinforced Concrete Buildings
(Springer, 2023)
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It is well known that Peru is located in one of the most active seismic zones in the world and seismic design is a primary concern. Building constructions has increased in Peru during the last few years, especially on the ...
Expansion of humanity in space: Utopia or dystopia?
(Oxford University Press, 2023)
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As humanity progresses as a civilization, sooner or later it will have to venture into the establishment of off-Earth colonies. When that happens it will raise the challenge of what kind of society we want for those contexts. ...
Artificial Intelligence Applied to the Control and Monitoring of Construction Site Personnel
(Springer, 2023)
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Many countries are working towards gradually lifting restrictions generated by the COVID-19 virus as post-quarantine measures. The construction industry has had to adapt to new forms of work with economic and physical ...
Use of Residues from the Metallurgical Industry in Construction
(Springer, 2023)
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The metallurgical industry produces a large amount of residues and wastes that can be successfully applied in building and construction. Key sectors, like iron and steel, aluminium, copper, zinc, lead, silicon and ferrosilicon, ...
Finite Element Model for End-Plate Beam-to-Column Connections Under Bending and Axial Forces
(Springer, 2023)
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The assessment of steel beam-to-column connections is a fundamental piece in the design process of steel structures according to the guidelines established by standards such as Eurocode 3—Part 1.8 and ANSI/AISC 358-16. In ...
Benefit Corporations in the Peruvian Legal Ecosystem
(Springer, 2022)
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In 2020, Peru became the third country in Latin America to adopt the benefit corporation model into its legal system, following its neighbors, Colombia and Ecuador, in proposing a legal model to identify purpose-driven ...
The use and meaning of gold in ancient Peru
(Springer, 2022)
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Gold as a native metal is found in nature in quartz veins with pyrite and other sulfurous minerals from epigenetic mineral deposits, or in secondary deposits, known as placers, the gold from which is called alluvial gold ...
Characterization and Preservation of the Bioactive Compounds of Sacha Inchi (Plukenetia volubilis and P. huayllabambana) Oils
(CRC Press, 2022)
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This chapter focuses on the functional properties of sacha inchi (Plukenetia volubilis and P. huayllabambana) oils and reveals the potential of these two widespread taxa. Their balanced composition in ¿-3 and ¿-6 fatty ...
Lanthanide-doped glasses under high pressure
(De Gruyter, 2022)
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According to Zanotto and Mauro [1],“glass is a nonequilibrium, noncrystalline con-densed state of matter that exhibits a glass transition. The structure of glasses islike that of their parent supercooled liquids. Their ...
Blockchain-Based System to Ensure the Integrity of Used Vehicle Purchase Transactions: Under Researchers’ Perspective
(Springer, 2022)
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Through the increase in vehicle sales transactions globally, new ways are being created to change the current model of vehicle ownership transfer systems. The integrity of the data in this type of operation must be the ...