PHYSICS-BASED SIMULATION OF HEAT LOAD ON STRUCTURES FOR IMPROVING CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS FOR BUSHFIRE PRONE AREAS

Physics-Based Simulation of Heat Load on Structures for Improving Construction Standards for Bushfire Prone Areas

Australian building standard AS 3959 provides mandatory requirements for the construction of buildings in bushfire prone areas in order to improve the resilience of the building to radiant heat, flame contact, burning embers, and a combination of these three bushfire attack forms.The construction requirements are standardized based on the bushfire

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Older men who use computers have lower risk of dementia.

OBJECTIVE: To determine if older men who use computers have lower risk of developing dementia.METHODS: Cohort study of 5506 community-dwelling men aged 69 to 87 years followed for up to 8.5 years.Use of computers measured as daily, weekly, less than weekly and never.Participants also reported their use of email, internet, word processors, games or

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