YaBeSH Digital Library: Recent submissions
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Enhancing Worker Safety: Real-Time Automated Detection of Personal Protective Equipment to Prevent Falls from Heights at Construction Sites Using Improved YOLOv8 and Edge Devices
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Personal protective equipment (PPE), including helmets, harnesses, and lanyards, is pivotal in preventing falls from heights at construction sites. However, ensuring consistent and correct usage of PPE presents a significant ... -
Enhancing Water Desalination and Dye Removal Efficiency through the Integration of a Functionalized Carbon Nanotube Intermediate Layer in Polyamide Thin-Film Nanofibrous Composite Membranes
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The trade-off between permeability and selectivity of the conventional type of thin-film composite (TFC) reverse osmosis (RO) membranes is known as one of the critical issues that has caused many concerns during the last ... -
Enhancing the Resistance to Elevated Temperature of Alkali-Activated Slag Concrete: A Comparative Study of the Role of Polypropylene Fibers
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Alkali-activated concrete (AAC) gained considerable attention from the beginning of its discovery as a substitute for conventional concrete (CC) due to its superior properties and powerful environmental impact. This paper ... -
Enhancing the Production Performance of Prefabricated Buildings through the Integrated Optimization of Precast Component Layout and Worker Allocation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The layout of precast components (PCs) made of concrete materials on movable mold tables not only affects the number of movable mold tables but also impacts worker allocation during production. However, previous studies, ... -
Enhancing Road Surface Temperature Prediction: A Novel Approach Integrating Transfer Learning with Long Short-Term Memory Neural Networks
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Timely and accurate prediction of winter road surface temperature is crucial for the effective operation of a road weather information system (RWIS), which is essential to road traffic safety. A major challenge in achieving ... -
Enhancing Reliability of Construction Contingency Estimation at the Scoping Phase through Historical Cost Data Analysis
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Accurate estimates of construction contingency, a vital element that accounts for unforeseen additional expenses during building, are crucial for construction project agencies. In the initial planning phase, with project ... -
Enhancing Path Flow Estimation on Signalized Arterials with a Hybrid Model: Integrating Sparse Vehicle Data and Automatic Vehicle Identification under Low Coverage
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The integration of multiple data sources for concurrent traffic flow estimation has garnered significant attention in recent years. Probe vehicle (PV) trajectory data offer complete path information for sampled vehicles, ... -
Enhancing NWP-Based Reference Evapotranspiration Forecasts: Role of ETo Approaches and Temperature Postprocessing
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Reference evapotranspiration (ETo) forecasts are essential for estimating irrigation water demand and agricultural water management. However, studies have not examined numerical weather prediction (NWP)–based ETo forecast ... -
A Study on Deformation Behavior of a Subbase Layer Mixed with Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement under Repetitive Wheel Loads
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)This study deals with the behavior of the aggregate subbase mixed with reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) material. A comprehensive investigation of a standardized well-graded unbound subbase laid over a subgrade of California ... -
Enhancing Moment Capacity Prediction in FRP-Reinforced Concrete Beams through Soft Computing Models
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)This article presents a comprehensive study employing artificial neural networks (ANNs) to forecast the moment capacity of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP)-reinforced concrete beams. Using a data set of 116 data points from ... -
Enhancing Mechanical Characteristics of Fly Ash and Fly Ash–Stone Dust Using Geopolymerization Technique
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Geopolymer, an inorganic aluminosilicate polymer, is considered a sustainable construction material. However, a notable research gap still persists in minimizing the use of alkali activators and calcium-based additives by ... -
Enhancing Energy Efficiency of High-Rise Buildings through Generative Design of Balcony Configurations
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The building sector, responsible for about 40% of nonrenewable energy use and 36% of greenhouse gas emissions, urgently needs architectural strategies that integrate energy efficiency goals with aesthetic design. In our ... -
Enhancing Electron Utilization and Sulfamethoxazole Degradation in Microbial Electrochemical Systems Using MnCo2O4 Modified Electrodes
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The widespread use of antibiotics in pharmaceuticals and aquaculture has led to their high concentration in wastewater, posing threats to ecological stability and human health. In addressing these challenges, in our ... -
Enhancing Construction Managers’ Risk Perception and Lowering Risk Tolerance toward Unsafe Behaviors Through Experiential Safety Training
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The training effect can be enhanced when trainees/learners interact with real-world environments and construct personal knowledge from those direct experiences. Leveraging such experiential learning strategies for occupational ... -
Enhancing Cold Joint Shear Strength Prediction in Concrete Structures: Novel Approach with Ensemble Spiking Neural Networks
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Cold joints often appear in precast structures, bridges, and retrofitted buildings, where concrete parts cast at different times meet. The potential of these cold joints to transfer shear stresses between concrete interfaces ... -
Enhancing Blast Mitigation Strategies in RC Buildings: A Fuzzy Logic Approach to Optimal Damper Placement
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The study examines the performance of RC buildings subjected to underground blast–induced forces, evaluating the performance of X-plate dampers in mitigating blast loading conditions. Analyzing 11-story buildings with ... -
Enhancing Automated Acoustic Leak Detection in a Water Distribution Network Using Ensemble Machine Learning
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The water distribution network (WDN) constitutes a pivotal and valuable asset in municipal infrastructure, yet aging pipelines often contend with leaks. Wireless noise loggers have emerged as a promising technology for ... -
Enhancing Asphalt Pavement Durability: Evaluation of Encapsulated Soybean Sludge Rejuvenators for Self-Healing and Cracking Resistance
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Self-healing of asphalt is a potential way to increase the service life of road surfaces. In the past, scientists have employed various methods to enhance the self-healing abilities of asphaltic materials. One of these ... -
Enhanced Risk-Based Quality Control for Hydraulic Engineering Construction Projects Considering the Risk-Influencing Mechanism
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Construction inspection is essential for maintaining the quality of hydraulic engineering projects. Due to the inefficiency and inaccuracy of existing inspection methods, a risk-based approach has been explored to identify ... -
A Structural Equation Model of Digitalization Barriers in the Construction Industry: Evidence from Jordan
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Many construction institutions have adopted Industry 4.0 principles because of their positive impact on the quality and efficiency of projects; digitalization is one of the most basic principles of Industry 4.0. This study ...