In spray application contexts, plant leaves are bent and twisted upon droplet impact, which has a significant impact on the droplet’s impact behavior and its deposition effect on the leaves. This study examines the impact behavior of droplets o...
Flexible fibers, such as biomass particles and glass fibers, are critical raw materials in the energy and composites industries. Assemblies of the fibers show strong interlocking, non-Newtonian and compressible flows, intermittent avalanches, and hig...
The research’s main objective is to examine the mediating role of Employee Commitment (EC) in the relationship between Flexible Work Arrangements (FWAs) and employee behavior (Innovative Work Behavior (IWB) and Employee Performance (EP)) among...
The dynamic behavior of the flexible pipeline during deepwater Flex-lay directly determines the structures of laying facilities and the actual installation process. A coupled dynamic model considering the effects of different factors was established...
The geogrid flexible reinforced soil wall is widely used in engineering practice. However, a more comprehensive understanding of the dynamic behavior of reinforced soil wall is still required for a more reasonable application. In order to explore the...
Recent reports associate teachers’ turnover intentions as a response to disruptions and transition of the teaching-learning process (e.g., flexible learning) due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This study explores the antecedents of teachers’ i...
Employees’ innovative behavior is a vital source for promoting the sustainable survival and development of enterprises. Innovation is a complicated and high-risk mental process, where in each stage employees’ innovative attitude and behav...
Flexible polyurethane foam (FPUF) is widely used in ship cabins yet poses significant fire hazards due to its flammability and tendency to melt and drip during combustion. While previous studies have primarily focused on dripping behavior under stati...
The spring back behavior of large complex multi-feature parts in the rigid-flexible sequential forming process has certain special characteristics. The hydraulic pressure loading locus has a significant influence on the spring back of small features...
The rapid rate of anthropogenic-related climate change is expected to severely impact ecosystems and their constituent organisms, leading to mass extinction. A rapid adaptive response of animals to such change could be due to reversible phenotypic fl...
A significant portion of individuals with overweight or obesity seek behavioral weight loss, which aims to modify behaviors and habits related to diet, physical activity, and lifestyle and has been shown to result in clinically meaningful weight loss...
Owing to the natural complexity and uncertainty of construction projects, more and more contracts tend to add flexibility to be able to deal with emergencies, thus promoting the smooth implementation of projects. Contractual flexibility has a certain...
The existing literature predominantly examines the direct effects of participative decision-making, often overlooking the mechanisms and processes that mediate or moderate its outcomes. This study addresses this gap by investigating the impact of par...
Chronic intermittent ethanol exposure during adolescence produces behavioral impairments and neurobiological changes that can last into young adulthood. One such behavioral impairment is reduced behavioral flexibility, a behavioral impairment that ha...
27 November 2022
Children’s behavior problems are not conducive to their sustainable development. Therefore, it is of great value to explore the mechanism of relevant influencing factors on the behavior problems of rural preschoolers. This study aimed to reveal...
The flexible contract is an important mechanism for owners to govern contractors in construction projects. Given the limited explanatory power of the justice mechanism and the important role of relational factors, this study explored the role of ongo...
We investigate the effect of flexible fiber reinforcement on low-strength hydraulic lime concrete. This type of concrete is occasionally necessary to ensure compatibility with the substrate, particularly in the conservation and rehabilitation of hist...
We employ the recently introduced generalized microcanonical inflection point method for the statistical analysis of phase transitions in flexible and semiflexible polymers and study the impact of the bending stiffness upon the character and order of...
The flexibility of insect wings should be considered in the design of bionic micro flapping-wing aircraft. The honeybee is an ideal biomimetic object because its wings are small and possess a concise vein pattern. In this paper, we focus on resilin,...
We report on the mechanical fatigue behavior of printed, organic, thin-film transistors (OTFTs) based on a polymer semiconductor, investigated by repeatedly applying strain to the flexible OTFT devices and assessing their electrical characteristics a...
Creep behavior of Cross-Laminated-Timber (CLT) beams with a finite-thickness layer of flexible adhesives is investigated. Creep tests were carried out for all component materials as well as for the composite structure itself. Three-point bending cree...
Flexible photovoltaic (PV) support systems, referring to cable-supported structural systems that carry conventional rigid PV modules rather than flexible thin-film modules, have attracted increasing attention as a promising solution for photovoltaic...
In recent years, flexible and wearable biosensor technologies have gained significant attention due to their potential to revolutionize healthcare monitoring. Among the various components involved in these biosensors, the electrode material plays a c...
Flexible structures are increasingly important in biomedical applications, where they can be used to achieve adaptable designs. This paper presents a study of the design and behavior of 3D-printed lightweight flexible structures. In this work, we foc...
A tank experiment using a flexible multi-column floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT) model in regular waves was carried out to clarify the floater elastic response and its influence on the floater motion. The model motion response from the experimen...
In actual industrial sites, verifying the framework for cable manipulation is crucial. Therefore, it is necessary to simulate the deformation of the cable to predict its behavior accurately. By simulating the behavior in advance, it is possible to re...
Laboratory triaxial tests are essential for studying sandy soil behavior but have limited ability to capture localized deformation and microstructural evolution. The discrete element method (DEM) overcomes these limitations by enabling particle-scale...
The flexible base asphalt pavement is characterized by its excellent performance. A critical component of this structure is the connected layer, which links the surface layer to the flexible base. This layer is located in an area of high-pressure str...
Flexible pipes are extensively used to connect seabed and floating production systems for the development of deep-water oil and gas. In the top connection area, end fitting (EF) is the connector between the flexible pipe and floating platform, as a c...
In most robotics simulations, human joints (e.g., hips and knees) are assumed to be revolute joints with limited range rotations. However, this approach neglects the internal flexibility of the joint, which could present a significant drawback in som...
In recent years, flexible silica aerogels have gained significant attention, owing to their excellent thermal and acoustic insulation properties accompanied by mechanical flexibility. Fiber reinforcement of such aerogels results in a further enhancem...
With the increasing demand for micro parts using metal laminates in modern production, the manufacturing processes of thin sheet parts have been elevated. However, it is difficult to predict the deformation behavior with miniaturization because of si...
Polyurethane foam (PF) is a versatile polymer widely used in various applications. By changing the composition of polyol and isocyanate, these foams can be classified into rigid polyurethane foams (PUFRs) and flexible polyurethane foams (PUFFs). The...
An integrated solution providing a bi-stable antenna with reconfigurable performance and light-responsive behavior is presented in this paper for the first time. The proposed antenna includes a radiation layer with conductivity, which is integrated o...
Optically clear adhesive (OCA) has been widely used in flexible devices, where wavy stripes that cause troublesome long-term reliability problems often occur. The complex mechanical behavior of OCA should be studied, as it is related to the aforement...
Flexible electronic films need to be applied in different ambient temperatures. The porous substrate of the composite film enhances air permeability. The lifespan of these composite films is significantly affected by variations in temperature and sub...
Current designs of sealing systems for non-adhesive flexible pipe end-fittings primarily address short-term loading conditions, often overlooking the creep behavior of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) and the material used in the sealing layer. Over ti...
By means of flat-heterojunction structures based on small semiconductor molecules (MSCs), an analysis of the indium(III) phthalocyanine chloride (In(III)PcCl) film as a constituent of optoelectronic devices was performed. The study included the behav...
This study focused on associations between teachers’ flexibility and their use of evidence-based strategies in inclusive education in a sample of N = 119 teachers. Flexibility showed direct effects on teachers’ attitudes towards the achievement of ma...
The Semi-Flexible Water Retaining Pavement (SFWRP) has the capability to cool down the temperature of the road surface through its evaporation behavior, including absorbing and evaporating water; this is an efficient approach to relieve the heat isla...
The Agile Robotics for Industrial Automation Competition (ARIAC) was established to advance flexible manufacturing, aiming to increase the agility of robotic assembly systems in unstructured and dynamic industrial environments. ARIAC 2023 introduced...
4 August 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has deleteriously impacted physical and mental health. Guidelines to limit the spread of COVID-19 include wearing a face covering in public, limiting close contacts, and physical distancing. In combatting this and future pandemi...
Work withdrawal behavior is a type of negative reaction when employees face obstacles at work. Its negative impact on individuals and organizations has caught the attention of academic circles and managers. In this study, data from 596 full-time empl...
Schizophrenia is a psychiatric disorder characterized by positive, negative, and cognitive symptoms. MK-801, an N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist, has been used to induce schizophrenia-like behaviors in animal models. Here, we employed Intelli...
Recently, flexible organic light-emitting devices (OLEDs) have become more and more popular. However, the force distribution and deformation are very complex during the bending process, and it is difficult to analyze the stress and strain by theoreti...
We have investigated highly flexible memristive devices using reduced graphene oxide (RGO) nanosheet nanocomposites with an embedded GQD Layer. Resistive switching behavior of poly (4-vinylphenol):graphene quantum dot (PVP:GQD) composite and HfOx hyb...
Cognitive flexibility is essential to modify our behavior in a non-stationary environment and is often explored by reversal learning tasks. The basal ganglia (BG) dopaminergic system, under a top-down control of the pre-frontal cortex, is known to be...
The relationship between the leadership behavior of a chief executive officer (CEO) and start-up enterprise performance is key to effecting the survival and development of start-ups in the era of the internet economy. Currently, most studies on this...
In this study, novel silane acrylates, such as diethylene glycol diacrylate (DEGDA) and tetraethylene glycol diacrylate (TEGDA), containing ethylene glycol chains were synthesized and introduced into acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSAs) to reg...
A long-standing question in stress physiology is when and how the adaptive stress response can become maladaptive. In this narrative review primarily focusing on experimental studies in (male) animals, we argue that this is not merely a semantic matt...
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