Reinforcement selection for deep and high-stress tunnels at preliminary design stages using ground demand and support capacity approach

Underground mining is going to be deeper gradually because near surface computer spinner resources are going to be depleted.Therefore, risk of seismic events in underground mines is escalating.Additionally, existence of the large ratio of horizontal to vertical stress, could be a potential reason for high-stress condition and occurrence of dynamic

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Individual-Level Evaluation of the Exposure Notification Cascade in the SwissCovid Digital Proximity Tracing App: Observational Study

BackgroundDigital proximity tracing (DPT) aims to complement manual contact tracing (MCT) in identifying exposed contacts and preventing further transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the population.Although several DPT apps, including SwissCovid, have shown to have promising effects on mitigating the pandemic, several challenges have impeded them from full

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Rainfall and runoff regime trends in mountain catchments (Case study area: the upper Hron River basin, Slovakia)

This paper presents an analysis of trends and causes of changes of selected hydroclimatic variables influencing the Girls Bucket Hats runoff regime in the upper Hron River basin (Slovakia).Different methods for identifying trends in data series are evaluated and include: simple mass curve analysis, linear regression, frequency analysis of flood eve

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