RESEARCH ON THE MECHANISM OF FROST HEAVES CAUSED BY VOID WATER ACCUMULATION BEHIND THE LINING OF HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY TUNNELS IN COLD REGIONS

Research on the Mechanism of Frost Heaves Caused by Void Water Accumulation behind the Lining of High-Speed Railway Tunnels in Cold Regions

(1) Background: Lining voids and macroscopic water freezing are both prominent issues that threaten driving safety in high-speed railway tunnels.With the continuous expansion of the scale of high-speed rail tunnels in extremely cold areas in China, the issues of lining voids, water accumulation, and frost heaving have triggered heated discussions.T

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Managing environmental sanitation in the catchment area of Benya Lagoon, Ghana: Education, regulation or infrastructure management as a matter of strategic priority?

Poor environmental sanitation is a menace in many parts of the world, but particularly so in the developing countries, including Ghana.While several strategies may be available for managing this environmental menace, interventions in education, regulation, and infrastructure appear to be the main options.However, resources for adequately managing a

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Preliminary Studies on the Antibacterial Effect of the Assortment of Polyfloral Honey from the Western Part of Romania

Honey is a bee product that has antimicrobial activity, Smoker between different types of honey there being differences in terms of effectiveness and mechanisms of action against the same type of microorganism.Given the constant increase in the number of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and the need to find natural alternatives to them, the purpose of

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Adherence of healthcare providers to malaria case management guidelines of the formal private sector in north-western Ethiopia: an implication for malaria control and elimination

Abstract Background Malaria is an infectious disease which has been globally targeted for elimination in at least 35 of 90 endemic countries by 2030.Most successful malaria elimination country programmes have engaged the private health sector in an effort to identify, document, investigate, provide effective treatment, and follow-up cases.However,

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Stackelberg Equilibrium Premium Strategies for Push-Pull Competition in a Non-Life Insurance Market with Product Differentiation

Two insurance companies I 1 , I 2 with reserves R 1 ( t ) , R 2 ( t ) compete for customers, such that in a suitable differential game the smaller company I 2 with R 2 ( 0 ) < R 1 ( 0 ) aims at minimizing R 1 ( t ) − R 2 ( t ) Phone Wallplates by using the premium p 2 as control and the larger I 1 at maximizing by using p 1.Deductibles K 1

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