This paper presents a real case study of micropiling process that was developed to stop the continuous tilting 9-story residential building in Dakahlia, Egypt. Shortly after construction building, surface raft foundation exhibited severe settlement problems. In order carry out geotechnical investigation, boreholes were drilled around constructed building. It discovered addition thick, soft clay...

"Ekistics starts with the premise that human settlements are susceptible of systematic investigation". Constantinos A. Doxiadis SYNOPSIS: In order to create the cities of the future, we need to systematically develop a science of human settlements. This science, termed Ekistics, will take into consideration the principles man takes into account when building his settlements, as well as the evol...

Abstract This article revisits archival excavation records of the Roman garrison at Bu Njem. Past research on archaeology Njem often considered site in isolation from its extramural settlement and content ostraca, focusing morphology fort, composition garrison: this offers opportunity to study as an extended military community interconnected social, cultural economic settings. Since completion ...

Payment systems are one of the key Financial Market Infrastructures (FMIs) and have showed remarkable progress over the past two decades. The first half of this chapter focuses on the evolutionary process of payment systems, starting with the Deferred Net Settlement (DNS) system and progressing to the RealTime Gross Settlement (RTGS) system. Subsequently, much more sophisticated payment systems...