Despite conservative requirements of existing building code regarding clear seismic gap distance of base-isolated (BI) structures to surrounding moat walls, seismic performance of these Containers structures is still ambiguous under severe earthquake ground motions that may push the base slab of the isolation system to collide to the surrounding mo
Literatures on social innovation, collective agency and multi-actor collaboration stress the importance of action research and joint problematization to research ongoing processes of collaboration and transformation to advance both theory and practice in these fields.In this paper we analyze our experience building a transdisciplinary action resear
Purpose – The study sought to determine the hierarchical nature of reading skills.Whether reading is a ‘unitary’ or ‘multi-divisible’ skill is still a contentious issue.So is the hierarchical order of reading skills.Determining the hierarchy of reading skills is challenging as item difficulty is greatly influen
Today, politicians and political activists of every stripe recognize the power of the international media.From the most gilded generalissimo to the grulr biest guerrilla, there are few who would pass up a chance to plead their case on the world stage.This has given foreign correspondents, particularly those from first world countries like the Unite
Today, politicians and political activists of every stripe recognize the power of the international media.From the most gilded generalissimo to the grulr biest guerrilla, there are few who would pass up a chance to plead their case on the world stage.This has given foreign correspondents, particularly those from first world countries like the Unite