Textile-reinforced mortar (TRM) is a strengthening material in which textiles are attached to reinforced concrete (RC) structures using an inorganic matrix. Although many studies on structural behavior, various factors that affect TRM behavior could...
Speed is a quality measurement for travel, since it is related to traffic, safety, time, and economics. The speed limit on selected freeways in Kansas changed from 70 mph to 75 mph in the summer of 2011. In this study, the driver’s speed select...
In this paper, we study the constrained minimization problem for an energy functional which is related to a Kirchhoff-type equation. For
This paper evaluates the limit behavior for symmetry interactions networks of set points for nonlinear mathematical models. Nonlinear mathematical models are being increasingly applied to most software and engineering machines. That is because the no...
Young adults tend to frequently consume foods that are high in fat. Efforts to limit the consumption of fat among the Saudi population have been initiated; however, data concerning current behaviors related to limiting fat intake are lacking. We aime...
30 January 2022
Traffic accidents occurring on expressways tend to give rise to traffic bottlenecks. To ensure the vehicles safely and smoothly pass through the accident segments, speed limits are generally taken to regulate the vehicles’ movements. This study...
The study of complex networks with topological indices has flourished in recent years. The aim of this paper is to study the limiting behaviors of Gutman and Schultz indices in random polygonal chains, whose graph-theoretic mathematical properties an...
Commercial aircraft are becoming highly automated, but pilots must take control if automation systems fail. Failures can be due to known limitations (system-limit failures) or unforeseen malfunctions (system-malfunction failures). This study quantifi...
The concepts of culinary sustainability and avoiding the waste of surplus food have become important sustainability trends today. How the handling of surplus food can be integrated into the catering industry is a topic of concern in the industry. Kit...
Both human and AI behavior requires material as its carrier, and the behavior-directing information of both is influenced by internal and external factors. Their behavioral processes are mediated by information. The essence of their behavioral proces...
How older adults psychologically appraise their health while managing multiple chronic conditions is a behavioral-science question as much as a clinical one. This study estimated the weighted prevalence of favorable mental-health self-appraisal, iden...
13 April 2021
Human behavior is implicated in most road accidents. The current study examined drivers’ behavior that interferes with decision making and reaction time to an incidence. Adults (≥17 years-old) participated in a questionnaire-based survey for driver’s...
In this paper, a measure is proposed that, based on the trajectories of moving objects, computes the speed limit rate in each of the cells in which a region is segmented (the space where the objects move). The time is also segmented into interva...
Background/Objectives: Self-reported function, exercise behavior, and performance-based fitness describe related but distinct aspects of health in later life. This study compared their age- and sex-specific descriptive profiles using independent Kore...
This work is devoted to the analysis of the limit behavior of the solution to a class of fractional stochastic differential equations with Markovian switching and multiplicative fractional Brownian motion. With the aid of fractional calculus, general...
Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are widely used in electric vehicles (EV) and energy storage stations (ESS). However, combustion and explosion accidents during the thermal runaway (TR) process limit its further applications. Therefore, it is necessary t...
21 December 2023
Background: International prenatal care guidelines set a standard for clinicians to discuss gestational weight gain with their patients along with the complications associated with prepregnancy obesity and excessive gestational weight gain. Clinician...
Speeding in residential areas is a rampant high-risk driving behavior that occurs worldwide. This study investigated the intention and behavior of speeding in residential streets (with a speed limit of 30 km/h) in Iran based on the Theory of extended...
Background: Pain is a prevalent occupational health concern among nurses and may affect functional capacity and work performance. However, evidence from Central and Eastern Europe remains limited, particularly regarding behavioral and occupational co...
6 November 2020
Recently, the phenomenon of purchasing limited edition products has been spreading rapidly in the reselling open market. As various technologies are introduced in the era of the fourth industrial revolution, platform-centered digital distribution has...
12 December 2014
Elderly persons’ perceived accessibility to railway traveling depends on their functional limitations/diseases, their functional abilities and their travel behaviors in interaction with the barriers encountered during whole trips. A survey was conduc...
Fire plays an important role in shaping forested ecosystems around the globe. Unlike many other fire-driven forest types, our understanding of pre-settlement fire behavior in quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) systems is limited. To better understan...
In aerospace and automotive industries, hot press forming (HPF) technology is widely used for rapid and precise deformation of the complex sheet metal component, where the fracture behavior has always been a focused problem. In this study, the hot te...
In the last 20 years, a significant mortality of Fagus sylvatica L. (European beech) has been documented in central and northern European forests. Surprisingly, no beech die off occurred at the southern limit. This fact leads us to hypothesize that E...
The Benedictine Monastery of São Miguel de Refojos, located in Cabeceiras de Basto (Portugal), is a monumental complex and a distinctive example of the 18th century Portuguese Baroque architecture. This study addresses the state of conservatio...
Recycled Concrete Aggregate (RCA), made of construction and demolition waste, provides a sustainable alternative to natural aggregates. Experimental research using locally available RCA is necessary due to the differences in properties between the or...
GPR37 is an orphan G-protein-coupled receptor, a substrate of parkin which is linked to Parkinson’s disease (PD) and affective disorders. In this study, we sought to address the effects of early life stress (ELS) by employing the paradigm of li...
Body awareness was studied experimentally in the rat snakes Elaphe radiata. The experimental design required that the snakes take into account the limits of their bodies when choosing a suitable hole for penetration into the shelter. The experimental...
Expansive soils represent a critical challenge in geotechnical engineering due to their significant volumetric changes in response to moisture variations, which cause recurrent structural damage to foundations, pavements and infrastructure. The inten...
Light-modulated lead-free perovskites-based memristors, combining photoresponse and memory, are promising as multifunctional devices. In this work, lead-free double perovskite Cs2AgBiBr6 films with dense surfaces and uniform grains were prepared by t...
Callous–unemotional (CU) traits are associated with specific cognitive and emotional deficits, which help explain their severe aggressive behavior. In the ICD-11/DSM-5, CU traits have been added to the diagnostic criteria for disruptive behavio...
This paper studies the ballistic impact performance of 3D woven composites (3DWCs) with hexagonal binding patterns. Para-aramid/polyurethane (PU) 3DWCs with three kinds of fiber volume fraction (Vf) were prepared by compression resin transfer molding...
The creep behavior and microstructural evolution of three Al–Cu–Mg–Ag alloys with Cu content around its solid solubility limit in Al (5.65 wt %) were investigated at 180–240 °C and applied stress of 150–300 MPa. The creep resistance of aged alloy, wh...
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a leading cause of disability worldwide and is characterized by the gradual degradation of articular cartilage in weight-bearing joints, notably the knees and hips. However, the primary morphological and anatomical determinants...
To extend initial ignition-related fire prevention in ship engine room, this work presents a case study of marine diesel leakage for identifying accidental ignition by hot surface. Based on a self-designed experimental platform, a full-scale innovati...
Interference fits are very common shaft–hub connections due to their low manufacturing costs and excellent technical properties. The Plastic Conditioning of this machine element is a new and not very well-known method. During the development of...
Background/Objectives: Few studies have examined the associations of the Oral Behaviors Checklist (OBC) and the Jaw Functional Limitation Scale (JFLS) of the Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (DC/TMD) Axis II with magnetic resonance...
This study focuses on the tire–road friction estimation for the predictive control strategy of electronically limited slip differential (ELSD) to improve the handling and acceleration performance of front-wheel drive cars, which typically suffe...
Background/Objectives: School-age athletes occupy a paradoxical position in the adolescent opioid crisis, combining health-oriented activity with elevated risk of sports-related injury and prescription opioid exposure. In response to the opioid epide...
Passionate psychology behavior is a common behavior in everyday society but has been rarely studied on complex networks; so, it needs to be explored in more scenarios. In fact, the limited contact feature network will be closer to the real scene. In...
The study identified a typology of pro-environmental behaviors in relation to demographic correlates and reasons for lack of engagement. A total of 647 Israelis completed the survey. Latent class analysis identified three subgroups based on the degre...
In utero cannabis exposure can disrupt fetal development and increase risk for various behavioral disruptions, including hyperactivity, inattention, delinquent behaviors, and later substance abuse, among others. This review summarizes the findings fr...
Recycled aggregate concrete incorporating glazed hollow beads (GHBRC) achieves the dual objectives of energy conservation and emission reduction by combining recycled coarse aggregate with glazed hollow bead aggregate, aligning with the construction...
Navigating multiple drones autonomously in complex and unpredictable environments, such as forests, poses a significant challenge typically addressed by wireless communication for coordination. However, this approach falls short in situations with li...
Canine splenic hemangiosarcoma is a highly malignant vascular neoplasm and is among the most frequent and clinically relevant splenic tumors in dogs. Its biological behavior is characterized by rapid growth, marked invasiveness, and early metastatic...
In the context of behavior recognition, the emerging bed-exit monitoring system demands a rapid deployment in the ward to support mobility and personalization. Mobility means the system can be installed and removed as required without construction; p...
The plastic behavior of strengthened haunched beams utilizing carbon fiber-reinforced polymers (CFRP) was investigated using a probabilistic design that took into account random concrete properties, CFRP properties, and complementary strain energy va...
In this paper, we introduce a spread model using multi-type branching processes to investigate the evolution of the population during a pandemic in which individuals are classified into different types. We study some limiting behaviors of the populat...
High-throughput firewall telemetry increasingly demands real-time interpretation from short, dense observation windows rather than long historical baselines. We operationalize behavioral slicing, a privacy-preserving approach that extracts interpreta...
The crack widths in reinforced concrete structures are affected by various influencing parameters, such as the tensile strength of the concrete, which is a highly variable parameter. While safe predictions of crack widths are possible with the existi...
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