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Contributors

Elsayed M. Abdel-Bary
Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt

G neri Akovali
Departments of Chemistry and Polymer Science & Technology, Middle East Technical University, 06531 Ankara, Turkey

Leyla Aras
Departments of Chemistry and Polymer Science & Technology, Middle East Technical University, 06531 Ankara, Turkey

Bireswar Banerjee
B-12/3 Karunamoyee Estate, Salt Lake, Calcutta 700091, India

Dorel Feldman
Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve Boulevard W, Montreal, Quebec, H3G 1M8, Canada

Arnold Janssens
Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, Jozef Plateaustraat 22, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium

Charles J. Kibert
Powell Center for Construction & Environment, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611-5703, USA

U?ur Polat
Department of Civil Engineering, Middle East Technical University, 06531...