MECHANICAL AND MICROSTRUCTURAL CHANGES IN EXPANSIVE SOILS TREATED WITH LIME AND LIGNIN FIBER FROM PAPER INDUSTRY

Mechanical and Microstructural Changes in Expansive Soils Treated with Lime and Lignin Fiber from Paper Industry

Expansive soil exhibits significant swellings and shrinkages, which may result in severe damage or the collapse of structures built upon it.Calcium-based admixtures, such as lime, are commonly used to improve this problematic soil.However, traditional chemical additions can increase significant environmental stress.This paper proposes a sustainable

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I colori della lingua di una semicolta siciliana

The aim of the paper is to examine the linguistic varieties present in the autobiographical diary of an illiterate Sicilian peasant woman, Carolina Drago, who has chosen to entrust her memoirs to the written page.The diary, composed since 2007, when Carolina Drago was more than 70 years old, contains recipes of gastronomic preparations, prayers, so

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Controller-Free Hand Tracking for Grab-and-Place Tasks in Immersive Virtual Reality: Design Elements and Their Empirical Study

Hand tracking enables controller-free interaction with virtual environments, which can, compared to traditional handheld controllers, make virtual reality (VR) experiences more natural and immersive.As naturalness hinges on both technological and user-based features, fine-tuning the former while assessing the latter can be used to increase usabilit

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