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Today, it is globally known that climate change needs to be addressed to mitigate its harmful effects on our environment. It is also common knowledge that the contribution of historical buildings to the energy consumption of the existing Canadian building stock is severe. Buildings [...]

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Historical stone monuments and buildings are lost due to salt induced decay. This paper deals with a method, electro-desalination (ED), in which an electric DC field is applied to the infected stones. The method utilizes that ions are transported (electromigrating) in the pore [...]

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La Arqueología es la disciplina que estudia los restos materiales de pasado. Es una disciplina histórica tanto por el tipo de preguntas que plantea como por los medios que utiliza para responderlas. [...]

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This paper is a report on the investigation results of the Former Shime Mining Office Vertical Derrick, which was built in 1943 and was 75 years old at the time of the investigation. The building suffered from serious deterioration including rebar corrosion, which led to large area [...]

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In the framework of Circular Economy policies aimed at reducing the consumption of raw materials, shives, as an agricultural by-product of hemp cultivation, have gained a renovated life in the construction sector. Its excellent thermal insulating [...]

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Uncertainties play a key role in the structural assessment in the existing buildings. They are mainly associated with materials, geometries and loads. The reduction of these uncertainties is one of the main challenges for researchers who approach this type of project. [...]

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The paper presents fragments of original archival documentation, which are used to identify the historical outline of the colonnade building and the peristyle pavilion located on Partisan Hill in an old part of Wroclaw. Traces of these buildings date back to the Middle Ages. The state [...]