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Sergio Leyva, Noelia Cruz-Pérez, Jesica Rodríguez-Martín and Juan C. Santamarta
Due to their genesis, volcanic rocks present some singularities that make their geotechnical characteristics significantly different from other more common types of massifs, such as sedimentary and metamorphic rocks. The formation mechanisms of volcanic ...
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Charalampos Saroglou
The assessment of rockfall risks on human activities and infrastructure is of great importance. Rock falls pose a significant risk to (a) transportation infrastructure, (b) inhabited areas, and (c) Cultural Heritage sites. The paper presents a method to ...
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Fernando Morante, Maribel Aguilar, Gonzalo Ramírez, Roberto Blanco, Paúl Carrión, Josué Briones and Edgar Berrezueta
Inefficient blasting techniques and poor closure management of the old quarry that existed during the 1970s in the area of the actual General Patrimonial Cemetery of Guayaquil resulted in an almost vertical slope of approximately 50 m in height and an in...
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Kiemute Oyibo and Julita Vassileva
Persuasive technologies have been identified as a potential motivational tool to tackle the rising problem of physical inactivity worldwide, with research showing they are more likely to be successful if tailored to the target audience. However, in the p...
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Oswaldo Coca-Domínguez and Constanza Ricaurte-Villota
A hazard and vulnerability assessment of coastal erosion is an essential first step for planning and decision-making, because it is part of risk management and its results are in the form of easily interpreted traffic-light maps. For the analysis of the ...
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Catherine Champagne, Yinsuo Zhang, Patrick Cherneski and Trevor Hadwen
Satellite soil moisture is a critical variable for identifying susceptibility to hydroclimatic risks such as drought, dryness, and excess moisture. Satellite soil moisture data from the Soil Moisture Active/Passive (SMAP) mission was used to evaluate the...
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Stefania Collodi, Sara Panerati, Enrico Imbimbo, Federica Stefanelli, Mirko Duradoni and Andrea Guazzini
Online reputational systems are nowadays widely and effectively adopted by several online platforms to support and improve peoples? interactions and communication. Despite the research approached and modeled social dynamics of reputational systems in dif...
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Robert Hodgkinson,Ken White,Art Stock
The spruce weevil (Pissodes strobi) is a major pest in the Northern Interior Forest Region, affecting the growth and development of interior spruce. Repeated weevil attacks to the leading shoots of young interior spruce trees can result in suppressed hei...
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