Colleges are experiencing a surge of students in distress, particularly those with suicidal and self-harm tendencies. Despite numerous researchers having explored this phenomenon, very little action has been taken to address this issue at the university level, indicating the existence of inhibitory factors that have not yet been explored. The purpose of this study is to explore barriers that inhibit Indonesian faculty members from providing help to distressed college students. As many as 173 academic faculty members from 72 universities across Indonesia participated in this exploratory study by completing an online self-reported survey. Free text responses were thematically analyzed to provide information about the challenges that faculty members face. The findings were categorized into three main themes: lack of mental health information, unclear professional boundaries, and lack of institutional support. Further implications of the study will be discussed.
The use of precast concrete is known to improve productivity, quality control, and cost efficiency in reinforced concrete structure. The Connection is the most important aspect of precast concrete structures. The connection transfers force between the precast components, determine strength, stiffness, and ductility of the whole structure. Providing joint in the beam-column connection region always cause difficulties during the erection stage. Relocation of the connection at a certain distance from the column to the beam span is an alternative solution that creates the beam-to-beam connection. It will be much easier to assemble the connection that consists of some joints. Research and application of the precast concrete beam-to-beam connection details have published since 1975. This paper reviews the state of the art of research and practical application of beam-to-beam connection system related to connection models, joint locations, and details. It concluded from the review that the developing research leads to improve the performance of earthquake resisting structures
Abstract. Data examination regarding historical earthquakes in Indonesia has revealed that damages occurred mostly in non-engineered buildings. Many non-engineered buildings have serious design and construction deficiencies in using concrete of inadequate quality and have poor steel reinforcement detailing especially in their beam-column joints. These joints require an effective strengthening technique which is simple to install. This paper presents steel plates to reinforce concrete beam-column joints through numerical studies. The finite element model was developed using ABAQUS. The FEM results were validated by comparisons with previous experimental tests. For this purpose, two RC beam-column joints were analyzed, including original standard beam columns and non-standard steel detailing strengthened with steel plates. The comparison of the results from numerical model indicated that steel plates could increase lateral strength, ductility, energy dissipation and increase the shear strength of the joints.
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