Recently, geopolymer binder or alkali-activated binder has been enormously studied as an alternative to portland cement. However, studies on heat resistance of geopolymers are still few, whereas studies on resistances against chemical attack and carbonation, and mechanical performance of geopolymer are being investigating. This paper aims to summarize a literature review on heat resistance of gel structure in geopolymers exposed to elevated temperature.

Numerous environmental stresses, such as abiotic and biotic stresses, cause significant yield loss in crops and can significantly affect their development. Un the field conditions, crops are exposed to a variety of concurrent stresses. Combined high temperature and linked diseases can cause considerable damage that eventually leads to crop death. Hence, this study was conducted to characterize the genes encoding the nucleotide-binding site (NBS) motif obtained from transcriptome profiles of two cabbage genotypes with contrasting responses to heat stress. We selected 80 up-regulated genes form a total of 264 loci, among which 17 were confirmed to be complete and incomplete members of the TIR-NBS-LRR (TNL) class families, and another identified as a NFYA-HAP2 family member. Expression analysis using qRT-PCR revealed that 8 genes showed significant responses to heat shock treatment and F. oxysporum infection. Additionally, in the commercial B. oleracea cultivars with resistance to F. oxysporum, Bol007132, Bol016084, and Bol030522 genes showed dramatically higher expression levels in the F. oxysporum resistant line than the intermediate and susceptible lines. The results of this study may facilitate the identification and development of molecular markers based on multiple stress resistance genes related to heat and fungal stress under field conditions in B. oleracea.

Recently, retrofit by using fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) has been widely applied to building structure. However, it loose the retrofit contribution under high temperature due to fire because of its low glass transition temperature. In this manner, this paper presents a study on the development of fire resistant capacity in FRP retrofit system. Thermal transition of various fire resistant materials were verified by performing high temperature loading test. As a result, it was found that calcium silicate and alumino silicate had high resistance on the heat transition.

This study evluated the Freeze-thaw and scaling resistance characteristic of high early-strength low heat cement concrete. The result Freeze-thaw and scaling resistance appeared to be excellent, and using high early-strength low heat cement can be applied to concrete structures of road facilities.