Realistic Approach Research Articles

Influence of Measurement Uncertainty in the Determination of Selected Rock Parameters-A Realistic Approach.

To determine and compare the measurement uncertainty of different geological-geotechnical testing methods, numerous test locations were selected in a hard rock quarry. Measurements were carried out along two vertical measurement lines perpendicular to the mining levels of an existing exploration. Along these lines, the rock quality basically varies due to weathering (decreasing influence with increasing distance from the original ground surface), but also due to the influence of the geological-tectonic conditions on site. The mining conditions (blasting) are identical over the considered area. The rock quality was examined as follows: as field tests, the rock compressive strength was determined by means of point load test and rebound hammer, as laboratory method the Los Angeles test (standard laboratory test for the determination of the mechanical rock quality) was used to identify the impact abrasion resistance. The statistical evaluation and comparison of the results allowed conclusions to be drawn about the contribution of the individual test methods to the measurement uncertainty whereas, in practice, a priori information can be applied complementarily. It shows that the influence on the combined measurement uncertainty u of the different methods due to the geological variability in horizontal direction reaches values between 17 and 32%, whereby the rebound hammer method shows the highest values. However, the highest influences on the measurement uncertainties are a result of the vertical direction due to weathering phenomena with percentages of 55 to 70%. For the point load test, the vertical direction shows the highest significance with an influence of approximately 70%. This leads to the conclusion that a higher weathering degree of the rock mass shows an increasing effect on the measurement uncertainty which needs to be considered using a priori information in measurements.

Transport phenomena in Darcy-Forchheimer flow over a rotating disk with magnetic field and multiple slip effects: modified Buongiorno nanofluid model

The current study focuses on investigating the significance of magnetic field and multiple slip constraints on the water-based graphene Darcy-Forchheimer nanofluid flow over a rotating disk. For a realistic approach, the modified Buongiorno nanofluid model that incorporates the combination of effective thermophysical properties, thermophoretic diffusion, and Brownian diffusion has been utilized. Engineering quantities like moment coefficient and pumping efficiency of the disk are also elucidated. The transmutation of the mathematically modeled nonlinear equations into a system of first-order ODEs are achieved through Von Kármán’s similarity transformations and are then resolved using the shooting technique along with the Runge–Kutta-Fehlberg algorithm. The highest heat transfer rate is experienced for smaller values of magnetic field parameter, Forchheimer number, porosity parameter, and thermal slip constraint. An increment rate of 88.14355% in the azimuthal drag coefficient and a decrement rate of 39.849732% in the radial drag coefficient are noted when the values of hydrodynamic slip constraint are augmented. Further, per unit increase in the volume fraction of graphene nanoparticles descends the moment coefficient and the entrainment velocity by 456.25501% and 12.48875%, respectively. The tidings of this numerical simulation have applications in spin coating, centrifugal filtration, medical equipment, gas turbine rotors, and thermal power generating systems.

Non-synchronous Inertia Estimation in a Renewable Energy Integrated Power System With Reduced Number of Monitoring Nodes

Accurate estimation of non-synchronous inertia in renewable energy (RE)-integrated power systems is challenging through conventional approaches, as emulated inertia from inverter-based resources (IBRs) is fundamentally different from the inherent inertial response of synchronous generators. In this context, this paper presents a novel realistic approach for estimating the non-synchronous inertial response in a large-scale RE-integrated power system. The method incorporates an optimal number of frequency and voltage monitoring nodes while ensuring an accurate estimation of non-synchronous inertia. In the proposed method, the synchronous inertial response for a frequency disturbance is estimated first using the conventional approach, followed by an estimate of the loads’ inertial contribution. The latter is calculated using center-of-inertia frequency and voltage measurement across the power system with a voltage-controlled zone approach. Finally, the non-synchronous inertial response is estimated by segregating the aggregate inertial response of synchronous generators and the loads from the overall estimated inertia of the system. The proposed approach can help the system operator determine inertial contributions from the loads and IBRs depending on loading conditions and the availability of virtual inertia from RE sources, estimate the minimum required synchronous inertia, and select the appropriate proportional gains and time constants of virtual inertial controllers. The proposed method is validated by implementing it on a modified IEEE 39-bus system and a real-life Gujarat State grid model (in India).

DEVELOPMENT OF CLOPEDIMATIC LEARNING MEDIA WITH REALISTIC MATHEMATICS APPROACH BASED ON MADURA’S LOCAL WISDOM

The low student learning outcomes in the measurement material can be caused by the tendency of teachers to only transfer their knowledge to students' minds so that students are passive, and not critical. One learning approach that pays attention to this situation is a realistic mathematical approach based on Madura local wisdom. Students are presented with contextual problems, namely problems related to measurements, so that they are trained to get used to solving problems in their daily lives. To support this realistic mathematics approach, a clopedimatics-based learning media will be designed as a substitute for textbooks used by students. Clopedimatics is a form of print media that is compiled based on the concept of compiling an Encyclopedia and designed to help students master the measurement material and is associated with non-standard units of measurement used by the Madurese community. This type of research is development research that uses a 4-D model but has been modified to 3-D, namely defining, designing, and developing. The conclusions of this study are development of clopedimatic learning media with a realistic mathematics approach based on Madurese local wisdom in the measurement material at SDN Barkot 1 Pamekasan meets the valid, practical, and effective criteria.

REALISTIC MATHEMATICS EDUCATION ON MATHEMATICS LEARNING OUTCOMES IN FRACTIONS MATERIALS OF CLASS III STUDENTS

Indonesia student’s understanding of Mathematics is very low. This study aims to determine the positive effect of the Realistic Mathematical Education learning approach on the learning outcomes of grade III fractions at SD Negeri 2 Riau Silip. This research method is pre-experimental with one group pretest-posttest design. Population Data collection techniques use an instrument with a total of 5 questions, both pretest and posttest. Data were analyzed with descriptive statistics and inferential analysis with the help of the SPSS 23 program on prerequisite tests and hypothesis tests. The results of the study stated that the results of the descriptive analysis showed an increase in the average score of students' learning outcomes was 40.72 to 72.55. In addition, the results of the inferential analysis showed a significance value of 0.001 <0.05 so H0 was rejected and Ha was accepted. This states that RME has a positive influence on the learning outcomes of class III students at SD Negeri 2 Riau Silip.

Students' Spatial Ability During Geometry Learning through a Realistic Approach In Terms of Their Genetic Decomposition

Geometry is a part of mathematics that students must learn. Spatial ability as a basic ability that students must have to learn more geometry. The realistic mathematical approach provides horizontal processing towards formal understanding. The purpose of this study is to interpret the characteristics of students' spatial abilities during learninggeometry through a realistic mathematical approach in terms of APOS Theory. This research uses quantitative qualitative and descriptive methods. The focus of this research is to explore students' spatial abilities after learning geometry through a realistic approach in understanding geometry concepts reviewed from APOS (Action-Process-Object-Schema) Theory. To comply with the COVID-19 health protocol, the implementation of learning was carried out online with as many as 30 students in the Mathematics Education Program in Rejang Lebong Regency, Bengkulu Province, Indonesia. This study also has exploratory characteristics. The researcher acts as a teacher as well as the main instrument in this study. Researchers use spatial ability test instruments to explore qualitative data. The test result data is used as the basis for determining the research subjects to be interviewed in depth to explore students' spatial abilities during geometry learning through a realistic mathematical approach. The subjects of this study were three students selected from three categories of test results, namely the high, medium and low groups of one person each. Interviews of subjects were conducted using whatsapp media via video call. These interviews are recorded to obtain complete and accurate data. Research data are analyzed through genetic decomposition analysis (description of their actions, objects, processes, schemes, and relationships that individuals have for concepts and principles in spatial geometry). The result of this study was that it was found that students had a mature scheme about the properties of building space. He was able to perform the tematization of objects about the diagonal of the plane and the diagonal of space can be represented in good mental activity, he was a student of the trance level. Inter students are able to carry out action-process-object-and schematic activities, but the embedding is incomplete. Intra students are able to do perceptions of space, but are unable to do interiorization and encapsulation so they fail to solve the given problem. The conclusion of this study is that there is an increase in the spatial understanding of students who are taught through a realistic mathematical approach. There are three levels of students' spatial ability after learning geometry through a realistic mathematical approach. Those are the trance level, the inter level and the lowest intra level.

The Effect of Comic-Based Realistic Mathematics Approach on Improving Skill of Students’ Concept Understanding

Learning that involved the daily life accompanied by interesting learning media can be used as an option to help students in learning, particularly in improving students' concepts understanding. It is possible to do by utilization of familiar media that are generally liked by students. One of them is comic. Therefore a research about learning by comic based realistic mathematical approach was carried out in order to find out its effect on improving the skills of students concepts understanding on fraction material. This study is a quasi-experimental research. The population of study are 7th grade students of SMP RK Serdang Murni Lubuk Pakam on Academic Year 2019/2020. The first class that consist of 31 students are categorized as the control class and the second class consist of 32 students are experimental class. The pre-test and post-test questions were provided as an instrument of study. The data were analyzed using the Anova and Welch Brown-Forsythe tests to proof the hypotesis. Moreover, normality test with Liliefors test and the homogeneity test with the Levene’s test. The results of this study stated that learning with comics-based realistics mathematical approach has a significant effect on improving the skills of students concept understanding.

Action learning and public health pedagogy: Student reflections from an experiential public health course.

Applied practice experiences are essential components of the Masters of Public Health (MPH) curriculum. The objective of this study was to examine students' perspectives on the skills and expertise they developed in an MPH course offering applied practice opportunities. Of 236 students who took the course from 2008 to 2018, email addresses were obtained for 212 and 104 completed the consent form. Following consent, reflection essays were de-identified and analyzed using a rapid qualitative analysis approach. The essays addressed students' learning experiences and application of the competencies for MPH programs set by the Council for Education in Public Health (CEPH). Deductive and inductive analytical lenses were used to identify the key lessons learned by each cohort of students. Semi-structured guides and matrixes for essay analysis were created using assignment instructions and CEPH competencies. Although the reflection paper assignment varied across the years, commonalities were observed in the student reflections. Key themes included turning theory into practice, navigating the complex environment of public health practice, skill building, critical self-reflection, challenges encountered, and elements that facilitated project success. Students reported developing practical skills, such as planning for independent research (e.g., preparing for institutional review board (IRB) submission, consulting with faculty and other experts), identifying realistic approaches for data extraction during chart reviews and analyses of electronic medical records, and disseminating findings for diverse stakeholders and audiences. Students also reported strengthening cross-cutting skills such as communication, teamwork, and problem-solving that were useful for navigating power dynamics and balancing competing interests and expectations. Students explored their identity as public health professionals as they navigated the dynamics of public health practice. The applied practice experience served as a valuable tool for knowledge and skills acquisition. Moreover, it served as an opportunity for students to engage with the unique organizational cultures of their respective community partners and to deepen their understanding the complexities of conducting meaningful community-engaged research. This study demonstrates the utility of analyzing students' critical self-reflections as a tool for exploring learning experiences when training future public health professionals. The findings can help educators design future applied practice experiences.

A Realistic Approach Towards Attaining Sustainable Environment Through Improved Public Participation in Nigeria

Purpose: The aim of this study is to examine the critical need for effective public participation in Nigeria as a means of enhancing sustainable development and cooperation among Indigenous peoples, as well as to advocate for the removal of legislative, judicial, and administrative barriers to participation in environmental law governance. Theoretical Framework: The existing literature has failed to address the gamut of legal, regulatory, and declarations (particularly Principle 10 of Rio 1992) and administrative frameworks for environmental protection and governance in Nigeria. These appeared to be a farce, hence the refusal to integrate the public and stakeholders’ opinions in environmental management that may conflict with official government policy. Design/Methodology/Approach: The doctrinal method of analysis was adopted. It was based on current materials and drew on contrasting views of learned authors and scholars, as well as various legislative sources. Data was obtained using texts, articles, journals, case law, electronic sources, legislation, and other policy documents. Findings: The results shows how the present legal and regulatory framework for the protection of the environment in Nigeria contradicts the concept of improved public participation. Research, Practical & Social implications: The study suggest the development of an effective legislative framework that incorporates the guiding principles of global public participation initiatives for environmental sustainability. Originality/Value: The value of the study reveals the global significance and the potential of public participation to improve the sustainability of the environment in Nigeria are essential to advancing the status of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration as an emergent customary international law.

Photo-Fenton system Fe3O4/NiCu2S4 QDs towards bromoxynil and cefixime degradation: A realistic approach

The contamination of natural water bodies with toxic pollutants are alarmingly increasing in recent decades. The development of advanced wastewater treatment techniques and their utilization is sought for the effective removal of pollutants especially pharmaceutical and pesticide compounds (PPCs). The present study focused on the green synthesis of a novel heterojunction NiCu2S4 QDs@Fe3O4 nanocomposite (NCs) using Dunica erecta plant extract for the photo-Fenton catalytic degradation of bromoxynil (BRX) and cefixime (CEF). The morphological, structural, and physiochemical properties of the fabricated nanomaterial were analysed via SEM, TEM, XRD, FTIR, Raman, UV–Vis DRS, BET, PL, EIS, and ESR spectroscopy techniques. The NiCu2S4 QDs@30% Fe3O4 showed 97.5 and 81% degradation of BRX and CEF within 200 and 180 min of visible light irradiation, respectively. The excellent photocatalytic efficiency of NCs was attributed to high visible light harvesting ability, efficient charge carriers’ separation, and migration across the heterostructure interface. Various initial parameters including nanomaterial dosage, pollutant concentration, pH, and ions were optimized. A possible photodegradation pathway was predicted based on the intermediates identified from GC-MS/MS analysis, and their non-toxic nature on daphnia, green algae, and fishes was determined by the ECOSAR program. The fabricated NiCu2S4 QDs@Fe3O4 NCs have shown excellent reusability efficiency of 98.7%. The reusability and structural stability were confirmed by six-cycle experiments, XRD, and XPS analysis. In addition, the photocatalyst exhibited 99% of degradation of industrial effluent. The prepared NiCu2S4 QDs@Fe3O4 NCs with superior photocatalytic performance can be used as a promising photocatalyst for the treatment of industrial effluents.

Soil management effects of extensive pastures, intensive pastures and sugarcane crops on the availability of metals and nutrients in freshwater: A realistic mesocosm approach

Changes in land use have led to important modifications in aquatic ecosystems around the world. In Brazil, extensive pastures are being converted to sugarcane crops to avoid deforestation, while the remaining pastures are being intensified to compensate for the loss of area. In this study, the hypothesis that conventional soil management practices conducted on intensive pasture and sugarcane crops increase the availability of contaminants in freshwater was tested. Thirteen mesocosms embedded in extensive pasture (EP), intensive pasture (IP), and sugarcane crops (C) systems were monitored for 392 days. The monitoring included the measurement of in situ parameters (pH, dissolved oxygen, electrical conductivity, turbidity, and chlorophyll), nutrients (total nitrogen, nitrite, nitrate, ammonium ion, total phosphorus, total dissolved phosphorus, inorganic phosphorus, and silicate), and metals (aluminum, cadmium, copper, manganese, nickel, lead, potassium, and zinc). Soil management practices were performed in IP and C treatments at full-scale (tillage, application of fertilizers, vinasse and pesticides, and cattle pasture). The patterns observed for each treatment were obtained developing Principal Component Analysis over time. The mesocosms in the EP treatment did not experience large variations in water quality over time since no soil management was performed in this treatment. However, we found that fertilizer and vinasse application was the major precursor to the deterioration of water quality over time. After the first fertilizer application, we found eight and 16 times higher concentrations of total phosphorus, and seven and 45 times higher concentrations of total nitrogen in the IP and C treatments, respectively, in comparison to their concentration in the EP treatment. The application of vinasse in sugarcane crop increased water conductivity, potassium, and manganese concentrations in mesocosms. Dissolved oxygen and pH values decreased over time in all treatments. Overall, soil management practices resulted in greater deterioration of water quality in the sugarcane treatment than in the intensive pasture.

It’s Life as I See It: Black Cartoonists in Chicago, 1940–1980

It’s Life as I See It: Black Cartoonists in Chicago, 1940–1980

Patient trust and positive attitudes maximize non-communicable diseases management in rural Tanzania.

The objectives of this study were to identify difficulties and their related contexts non-communicable disease (NCD) patients in rural Tanzania experienced, examine how patients managed the situation by seeking better treatment of the diseases, and propose a realistic approach for optimizing disease management with long-term perspectives in resource-limited settings, based on views of patients (PTs), health-care providers (HPs), and health volunteers (HVs). Nine focus group discussions were performed with 56 participants of PTs, HPs, and HVs in three district hospitals in the Dodoma region. Their views and self-care practices were extracted, and the verbatim data were analyzed to derive codes and categories. The types of NCDs reported by the PTs were hypertension (HT), diabetes mellitus (DM), and HT/DM comorbidity. Reported barriers to disease management included discontinuation of treatment due to various factors and a lack of positive messages regarding disease management in NCD care. The following points were addressed in relation to the improved management of NCDs: (i) positive attitudes and coping skills, (ii) support from family members, (iii) good communication between PTs and HPs, and (iv) trustworthy relationships with HVs. The findings suggest that to gain the trust of PTs in optimizing disease control in overstretched health-care systems, patient support systems should be strengthened by empowering positive attitudes.

The effect of realistic mathematics education on the problem-solving competency of high school students through learning calculus topics

Fostering and developing students’ problem-solving competency is one of the main goals of most mathematics education in the world. Problem-solving competency has been used by the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) to assess students at the age of 15 since PISA 2003. In Vietnam, new research directions to improve problem-solving competency for students through teaching analytic topics is quite small and not systematic. The purpose of the article is to propose a process of teaching calculus topics in high schools based on the realistic mathematics education approach and problem-solving process according to PISA framework 2021 (OECD, 2018). This design is to support teachers in improving problem-solving competency for students, meeting the requirements of the 2018 general education curriculum in Vietnam today.

Evolution and Spread of Politeness Systems inIndo‐European

AbstractIn this paper, we investigate the phenomenon of pronominal politeness in the Indo‐European languages and demonstrate that the processes of change of pronominal systems related to politeness follow two evolutionary regimes, one inside the ‘Standard Average European’ (SAE) linguistic area and another outside of it. Historical processes of language change differ at different levels of linguistic structure. In general, we presume that lower level, unconscious aspects of language change slowly over phylogenetic time, giving rise to patterns of relationship that can often be described as a family tree. Aspects of language that are consciously manipulated by speakers are expected to vary at a faster rate and to diffuse within areas of contact. Politeness is a social phenomenon, so we expect these systems to be highly susceptible to areal norms of interaction. We show that the similarities of SAE politeness systems can be accounted for with a model of convergence due to parallel evolution in a shared (social‐demographic) environment, rather than by genealogical relatedness or borrowing. By quantifying and testing factors determining rates of structural change, we offer a novel and realistic approach that can explain similarities between distantly related languages sharing the same environment.

Каков язык французской музыкальной комедии? Стилевые эксперименты тандема Легран — Деми

The article is devoted to analysing the stylistic dialogue in the music of Michel Legrand to three films by Jacques Demy: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964), The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967), and Donkeyskin (1971) created in the genre of “comédie musicale” (musical comedy, musical). In the first part of the article the author examines the French sources of the American musical (from the comedy-ballet Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme by Moliere and Lully to the operettas by Jacques Offenbach), which allow us to comprehend the deep connection of the genre with the European art of the past and to understand the naturalness of the appeal to the idea of the musical by Demy and Legrand. The second part is an introduction to Jacques Demy’s creative method which is characterized by ambivalence, constant balancing between the auteur and mass cinema, between a realistic approach and theatricality. The third part is devoted to studying the origins of Michel Legrand’s stylistic experiments (on the one hand — serious academic education, training with Nadia Boulanger; on the other— work with world-class jazz musicians), as well as to analysing three layers: jazz (improvisation, the nature of arrangements and harmonies on the example of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg), romantic (the application of the features of the genre of piano concerto in The Young Girls of Rochefort) and baroque (the use of the principles of orchestration, polyphonic forms, rhetorical figures in the Donkeyskin). The author concludes that Legrand and Demy, along with Bernstein and Sondheim, Webber and Rice, marked with their creativity the overcoming of the musical genre crisis of 1940–1950s associated with a shortage of meaningful librettos, lower quality of vocal-symphonic material, and a shift to entertainment and visual appeal to the detriment of musical dramaturgy. Despite the immutability of the basis of a musical, the director and composer expanded understanding of the genre and gave it an elegant French accent.

Markets Won’t Stop Fossil Fuels

In early January, the United Arab Emirates named Sultan Al Jaber president of COP28, the twenty-eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Al Jaber is CEO of the UAE’s state-owned oil company, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), and chair of the board of Masdar, the state-owned renewable energy corporation. He has announced his commitment to bring the private sector’s “business mindset” to bear on “a pragmatic, realistic and solutions-oriented approach that delivers transformative progress for climate and for low-carbon economic growth.” Meanwhile, ADNOC is currently planning to increase production from 4.3 to 5.1 million barrels of oil per day by 2027, and potentially to 6 million or more by 2030—the very same year COP21’s Paris Agreement set as the deadline for a 43 percent reduction in global emissions.

Introducing TIGRESS-NCR. I. Coregulation of the Multiphase Interstellar Medium and Star Formation Rates

Massive, young stars are the main source of energy that maintains multiphase structure and turbulence in the interstellar medium (ISM), and without this “feedback” the star formation rate (SFR) would be much higher than is observed. Rapid energy loss in the ISM and efficient energy recovery by stellar feedback lead to coregulation of SFRs and the ISM state. Realistic approaches to this problem should solve for the dynamical evolution of the ISM, including star formation and the input of feedback energy self-consistently and accurately. Here, we present the TIGRESS-NCR numerical framework, in which UV radiation, supernovae, cooling and heating processes, and gravitational collapse are modeled explicitly. We use an adaptive ray-tracing method for UV radiation transfer from star clusters represented by sink particles, accounting for attenuation by dust and gas. We solve photon-driven chemical equations to determine the abundances of hydrogen (time dependent) and carbon/oxygen-bearing species (steady state), which then set cooling and heating rates self-consistently. Applying these methods, we present high-resolution magnetohydrodynamics simulations of differentially rotating local galactic disks representing typical conditions of nearby star-forming galaxies. We analyze ISM properties and phase distributions and show good agreement with existing multiwavelength galactic observations. We measure midplane pressure components (turbulent, thermal, and magnetic) and the weight, demonstrating that vertical dynamical equilibrium holds. We quantify the ratios of pressure components to the SFR surface density, which we call the feedback yields. The TIGRESS-NCR framework will allow for a wide range of parameter exploration, including in low-metallicity systems.

Mathematical Communication Ability in Core Learning Realistic Mathematics Approach with the Assist of Quizizz

Mathematical communication skills are very important in learning mathematics. The mathematical communication skills of grade III students at SD Tandang 02 were still relatively low, they have not been able to express opinions about mathematics or explain in notation or hull form. This study aimed to determine the increase in students' mathematical communication skills in CORE learning with a quizizz-assisted realistic mathematics approach. The method used in this study was a Quasi-Experimental method. The population in this study were class III students in the even semester of the 2020/2021 academic year. Selection of the sample using cluster random sampling technique. The sample in this study was class III students as an experimental class, the class that was subjected to CORE learning with a quizizz-assisted realistic mathematics approach. Data collection techniques in this study are documentation techniques, test techniques, observation, and interviews. The research instruments used were mathematical communication question sheets, interview guidelines and observation sheets when learning took place. The data analysis technique used is a prerequisite test which includes normality and homogeneity tests, hypothesis testing which includes completeness tests, average difference tests and influence tests. The results showed that there was an increase in mathematical communication skills using the CORE model with a realistic mathematical approach based on quizizz media. The success of this increase can be seen from the results of research on frequency tendencies which show an increase during the posttest or after being given learning. The completeness test also showed that the proportion of completeness of students subjected to the CORE learning model with a quizizz-assisted realistic mathematics approach is more than 75%. The results of the independent sample t-test to find out the difference between the control and experimental classes, the results of the significance value show the number 0.00 <0.05. This proves that there is a difference in the average mathematical communication ability of students in the experimental class and the control class after learning. In the matter of mathematical communication skills, there were no students who achieved high gain scores, students who achieved moderate gain scores had a percentage of 82%, and students who achieved low gain scores had a percentage of 18%. Keywords: Communication Ability, Model CORE, RME Approach, Quizizz

Dual-purpose procedure for bridge health monitoring and weigh-in-motion used for multiple-vehicle events

Current literature on integrating structural health monitoring (SHM) systems with Bridge-Weigh-in-Motion (BWIM) does not extend to multiple-vehicle events. Also, in most of the SHM-BWIM systems, the trucks’ transverse position change is not appropriately considered as a potential source of false alarms. In this study, a multiple-presence dual-purpose (MPDP) SHM approach is proposed to monitor bridge integrity using the existing BWIM system sensors in single and multiple-truck events. This approach centers on the influence line (IL) change and applies a recently developed multiple-presence IL (MP-IL) technique to the SHM domain for the first time in the literature. This can effectively handle the multiple presence issue to make the integrated system more practical. Also, the proposed procedure studies the impact of transverse position changes to provide a more realistic bridge health monitoring approach. To show the approach applicability, an existing long-span concrete-box-girder bridge was modeled and validated against a set of experimental data using known large events. Eleven damage scenarios were simulated to evaluate the MPDP approach under single and multiple truck events. Based on the results, the MPDP SHM procedure coupled with the novel MP-IL could effectively detect the damage scenarios in both single and multiple-truck events, even when the transverse position changed.