For heavily loaded long-span (HLS) logistics buildings, embodied CO2 (ECO2) of a structural frame accounts for more than 80% the emissions entire building. To realize sustainable structure from perspective, an innovative construction method that reduces ECO2 is required. Through studies conducted over several years, we have developed SMART (Sustainable, Measurable, Attainable, Reliable, and Tim...

Although signed and speech-based languages have a similar internal organization of verbal short-term memory, sign span is lower than word span. We investigated whether this is due to the fact that signs are not suited for serial recall, as proposed by Bavelier, Newport, Hall, Supalla, and Boutla (2008. Ordered short-term memory differs in signers and speakers: Implications for models of short-t...

Three experiments tested whether a modified version of the Clustered Conceptual Span task (H. J. Haarmann, E. J. Davelaar, & M. Usher, 2003), which ostensibly requires active maintenance of semantic representations, predicted individual differences in higher-order cognitive abilities better than short-term memory (STM) span tasks or non-semantic versions of the “Conceptual” task did. Non-semant...

Three experiments tested whether a modified version of the Clustered Conceptual Span task (H. J. Haarmann, E. J. Davelaar, & M. Usher, 2003), which ostensibly requires active maintenance of semantic representations, predicted individual differences in higher-order cognitive abilities better than short-term memory (STM) span tasks or nonsemantic versions of the "Conceptual" task did. Nonsemantic...

Abstract The seismic behaviour studies of structures with RC frame show that the wall infill significantly improved lateral strength. However, since numerical analysis considers walls as non-structural components, rarely includes infills. It is strongly recommended in further research to investigate under load for having one important components their design process. This study developed two mo...