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The caisson is a wooden construction system that covers opera stages for rain protection and sound control. Caissons in China display a diverse range of geometric expressions, delicate manufacturing, structural behaviours, and acoustic qualities. Despite t ...
This paper summarizes the round-table discussion that was held during the European Congress of Chemical Engineering (ECCE) in Nice, France, in October 2015 on this topic. The panellists come from different fields of chemical engineering and have thus broug ...
Tetra-n-butylammonium (TBA) (eta(6)-biphenyl)diphenyfferrate was formed unexpectedly in the reaction of (TBA)(2)[Fe4S4Cl4] with an excess of phenyllithium. This complex belongs to a novel type of organoferrate. ...
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Dramatic growth of urban populations in the developing countries is being a challenging issue in the upcoming decades. Tabriz is one of those megacities in the northwest of Iran with a rapid rate of development and modernization. As a consequence an urban- ...
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