Concrete

Concrete is a composite material composed of fine and coarse aggregate bonded together with a fluid cement (cement paste) that hardens (cures) over time. In the past, lime based cement binders, such as lime putty, were often used but sometimes with other hydraulic cements, such as a calcium aluminate cement or with Portland cement to form Portland cement concrete (named for its visual resemblance to Portland stone). Many other non-cementitious types of concrete exist with other methods of binding aggregate together, including asphalt concrete with a bitumen binder, which is frequently used for road surfaces, and polymer concretes that use …

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MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 November 2024 English

The Western welfare state model is beset with structural, financial, and moral crises. So-called scroungers, cheats, and disability fakers persistently occupy the centre of public policy discussions, even as official …

the English and Welsh population to welfare was concrete. At times of what we might construct as “crisesFRAMEWORKS


UCP: University of Calgary Press · 15 November 2024 English

Andy Weaver led a life of quiet contemplation before becoming a father at the age of 42. Within three years he had two sons; two small, relentless disruptions to an …

medley of musics where the abstract and the concrete collide.


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 12 November 2024 English

Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi (1743–1829) both introduced and epitomized the great philosophical controversies of his age. His influential text Von den göttlichen Dingen und Ihrer Offenbarung aroused the final debate about …

which – one might argue – includes a doctrine of concrete existence.5 This specific focus notwithstanding historical con- textualization will provide a concrete support to the analysis that will follow. The conclude that the Divine Things is an effort to define concrete existence according to a distinct metaphysical is conceivable only in light of and within the concrete life of a living being. We may further explain


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 12 November 2024 English

Railway commuting is today a mundane and routine necessity, yet for the Victorians it was a novel experience. It opened up new possibilities of living at a remove from the …

relation to London, a city which embodied … the concrete manifestation of the lengthening journey to work


UOP: University of Ottawa Press · 12 November 2024 English

Dangling in the Glimmer of Hope met en lumière les actions entreprises par des universitaires en réponse à certains des appels à l’action de la Commission de vérité et réconciliation. …

evidence suggests she was Tahamí, but without concrete evidence, this remains speculation. My parents


DDN: Dundurn Press · 5 November 2024 English

“A tender, beautifully written essay collection that is about so much more than parenting a child with a disability.” — Erin Pepler, author of Send Me Into The Woods AloneA …

in a crisp line that butts neatly against the concrete. We don’t actually go in the pool, and I wonder


AUP: Athabasca University Press · 29 October 2024 English

This introductory human resource management (HRM) textbook provides students with an overview of the major domains of human resource management (the “how-to”) with a focus on the practical application of …

agreement about what SHRM entails in terms of concrete practices, and it is often operation- alized quite


DDN: Dundurn Press · 29 October 2024 English

“Honest and insightful, a testament to Japanese Canadian resilience.” — KERRI SAKAMOTO, author of Floating CityWhen the North American dream meets traditional Japanese conformity, two cultures collide. Does the past …

to be pursued. “The kids had to have something concrete, a legitimate career instead of playing around to the dormitory for boys. Built in 1929, the concrete- and- steel Livestock Building had been quickly


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 29 October 2024 English

Least developed countries (LDCs) need more investment in agriculture to increase their agricultural productivity and promote their food security. Existing World Trade Organization (WTO) rules and flexibilities on agricultural domestic …

This declaration committed WTO members to take concrete steps to facilitate trade and improve the functioning


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 24 October 2024 English

This policy report addresses the critical issue of soil acidity in the East African Community (EAC) and provides actionable recommendations for EAC partner states, the EAC Secretariat, and other relevant …

resolution (CIMMYT, n.d.). Specifically, there is concrete information on soil properties (pH in water,


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