To replace conventional concrete with coal gangue concrete in the construction industry, lateral cyclic loading tests were applied to three shear walls with different coal gangue replacement rates in this study, in which the replacement rate of coal...
The rates of mortality and involuntary culling of dairy calves and replacement heifers have great economic implications on the dairy cattle industry around the world. The main objectives of this study were: (1) to obtain population parameters of mort...
Funded pensions have become a key focus in strategies to ensure supplementary income during retirement. This paper explores two distinct approaches for estimating replacement rates: a deep learning model and a Mamdani Fuzzy Inference System (FIS). Us...
Background/Objectives: We sought to evaluate changes in hemoglobin level and renal function in patients 5–12 months after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), and to examine possible relationships between these changes. Anemia is comm...
In order to study the mechanical properties of L-shaped columns of recycled aggregate concrete-filled steel tubes (L-RACFST) with a recycled aggregate concrete (RAC) coarse aggregate replacement rate of 100%, three L-RACFST columns with a RAC coarse...
Background: In sporting and combat settings, optimal fluid replacement is rarely achieved, exacerbating physiological strain. It is unknown if prescribed fluid replacement following exercise in heat impacts heart rate variability (HRV). Purpose: Comp...
Background: Malignant ureteral obstruction (MUO) is a sequela of advanced malignant disease that requires renal drainage, with tandem ureteral stents (TUSs) being a viable option. This study aimed to evaluate the TUS failure rate, associated risk fac...
In the context of population aging, the study of the impact of the pension insurance system on the savings behavior of urban residents can help reduce preventive savings, increase current consumption, and promote the healthy development of the econom...
Ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) has gained widespread application across various domains owing to its superior properties. Nevertheless, the high cement content and associated costs present challenges, including significant shrinkage of the ce...
Recycled concrete is a heterogeneous composite material, and the composition and volume fraction of each phase affect its macroscopic properties. In this paper, ANSYS APDL was used to construct a two-dimensional numerical model of recycled aggregate...
Introduction: Peritoneal dialysis and continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) are the most frequently used treatment modalities for acute kidney injury. CRRT is currently being used for the treatment of several non-renal indications, such as cong...
Joint replacement arthroplasty for the treatment of thumb osteoarthritis is gaining popularity as recent studies have demonstrated better pinch and grip strength and faster rehabilitation. Our aim was to identify early complications in modern implant...
(1) Background: The aims of this study were to compare serial changes in outcome measures in the early postoperative period after rotator cuff repair (RCR), anatomical total shoulder replacement (ATSR), and reverse total shoulder replacement (RTSR)....
There is no consensus on the judgment of the adequacy status of the old-age pension benefit in China at present. Therefore, clarification of various types of indicators and benchmarks of pension adequacy is urgently needed. According to the theoretic...
In this article, by considering both a limited number of failure replacements and a limited number of random working cycles as warranty terms, a hybrid warranty (HW) is designed from the manufacturer’s point of view to warrant the product that...
Multiple recycling of waste concrete has attracted widespread attention. This study presented the carbonation behavior of repeatedly recycled aggregate concrete (RRAC) used in a micro-frozen region. The effects of freeze–thaw cycles on the carbonatio...
Under the influence of the sedimentation process, the phenomenon of intraformational non-homogeneity is widely observed in low-permeability reservoirs. In the development process of water and gas replacement (WAG), the transport law of water and gas...
Dynamic consolidation is widely applied in the consolidation of soft soil foundation, though there is no in-depth subdivision research on the mechanism of dynamic consolidation of coastal soft soil foundation, and there is no independent, complete, t...
This study develops a green, high-performance, cement-based grout by replacing manufactured sand with iron tailings sand (ITS) at ratios of 0–50% to address resource depletion. Fluidity, mechanical strength, and expansion rates were experimenta...
This study provides a new idea for improving chlorophyll stability and color quality of green leafy vegetables by Zn2+ synergistic HHP. Zn-chlorophyll was prepared with zinc acetate and chlorophyll under HHP treatment. The effects of different zinc a...
Facilitated by advanced digital technologies, reliability managers can monitor system working cycles during the whole life cycle. Such a technological realization can help reliability managers ensure system reliability in real time by monitoring work...
As a new type of building material with great potential, recycled concrete is playing a vital role in the context of the current construction industry’s pursuit of sustainable development. At present, the analysis method of recycled concrete st...
To obtain the mechanical properties of recycled concrete (RC) under different replacement rates (RRs) of recycled coarse aggregate (RCA), a quasi-static uniaxial compression test, a uniaxial splitting tension test and a uniaxial dynamic compression t...
This study investigates the impact of varying shell sand replacement rates (0%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%) on the properties of clay ceramsite lightweight aggregate concrete (CLC) through six experimental groups. Results indicate that a 5% replacement r...
The utilization of recycled aggregate (RCA) in preparing recycled concrete (RAC) is an effective measure to solve the increase in construction waste. Furthermore, applying RAC to flexural members is a viable practice. The addition of steel fiber to R...
With the help of advanced digital technologies, product managers can use monitored mission cycles to sustain product reliability. In this study, a random warranty model and a random replacement next (RRN) model are designed to sustain the through-lif...
The recycled powder (RP) of construction waste, as a kind of silica–aluminum waste, can have a certain gelling effect after alkali activation modification. Sodium silicate (water glass) and NaOH are used as composite alkali activators to stimul...
Calcium barium sulphoaluminate (CBSA), derived from calcium sulphoaluminate (CSA), has excellent cementitious properties. In this study, the sintering system of CBSA with a theoretical stoichiometric Ca3BaAl6SO16 was investigated. Rietveld refinement...
Taking mortality distribution, surrender value, and tax relief factors into consideration, the authors construct an actuarial model for the influence of personal income tax deferred commercial pension insurance on changes in personal pension wealth a...
This study investigated the influence of age, body weight, and backfat thickness at puberty and first insemination on the reproductive performance and retention rate across multiple parities in replacement gilts. A total of 3025 DanBred gilts were cl...
Construction and demolition wastes (C&DWs) have raised a large number of ecological and environmental problems. Recycling C&DWs into arecycled concrete aggregate (RCA) will help save natural resources effectively and reduce the negative impac...
Driven by digital technologies, it is possible that high-tech equipment management personnel use monitored job cycles to ensure products’ operation and maintenance over their life cycle. By means of monitored job cycles, this paper designs two...
A monitoring system (MS) has been used to monitor products’ job cycles. It is indicated that by incorporating the job cycle into the product’s life cycle, warrantors can devise novel warranty models and consumers can define and model rand...
Carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) is a composite material consisting of a resin matrix reinforced with carbon fibers. This study focuses on CFRP composite pipe piles as the subject of investigation, exploring the impact of substituting steel bar...
The 1920s are often described by demographers as a period of “population depression” across Europe. By the end of the decade, many Western and Northern European countries were approaching or had already fallen below replacement level fert...
Amid growing urban climate uncertainty and complex water demand, conventional standalone rainwater harvesting (RWH) systems often fail to ensure supply reliability and overflow control. Most existing studies focus on single-function building clusters...
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For greater sustainability in construction, coarse recycled aggregate concrete (RAC) is becoming popular as a replacement for natural aggregate concrete (NAC) in structures. The elastic modulus of concrete (E) is a fundamental parameter in structure...
Driven by the trend of integrating monitored data into reliability management to explore innovative and practical approaches for managing reliability, researchers in the industry–university–research community have proposed random warranti...
To advance the application of sustainable recycled aggregate concrete (RAC) in bridge engineering, this study introduces a novel reinforced RAC-filled circular steel tubular (RRACFCST) column, leveraging the dual confinement of an external steel tube...
Overweight has been suggested to increase the risk of kidney stone formation. Although weight reduction might affect risk factors for urolithiasis, findings on the impact of different dietary weight loss strategies are limited. This randomized, contr...
Legg Calve Perthes disease is a pediatric hip condition that leads to early hip degeneration. The efficacy of operative and nonoperative treatment is not well defined in the literature. Using the rate of total hip arthroplasty as a surrogate measure...
Background/Objectives: Planned kidney replacement therapy (KRT) proactively selects and prepares appropriate dialysis modalities and ensures timely vascular access—be it arteriovenous or peritoneal—before dialysis is needed. This approach...
Using monitored job cycles to design and model random maintenance strategies for ensuring life-cycle reliability has been extensively researched. The reliability heterogeneity over the life cycle has been ignored universally in this type of strategy....
For severe polytrauma patients with an early AKI requiring renal replacement therapy, anticoagulation remains a great challenge. Due to a high bleeding risk, hemodynamic instability, and increased lactate levels, continuous modality (CKRT) and citrat...
Carbonation of cementitious binders implies gradual capture of CO2 and significant compensation for the abundant cement-related CO2 emissions. Therefore, one should always look at the CO2-sequestration-to-emission ratio (CO2SP/EM). Here, this was don...
Proximal tibiofibular dislocation in closing-wedge high tibial osteotomy increases the risk of medium and long-term total knee replacement. Background: High tibial osteotomy is an effective treatment for medial osteoarthritis in young patients with v...
Fabry disease is a rare lysosomal storage disorder caused by mutations in the GLA gene, which, without treatment, can cause significant renal dysfunction. We evaluated the effects of enzyme replacement therapy with agalsidase alfa on renal decline in...
The stress and deformation of pile-supported immersed tunnels under seismic loads is a critical issue in tunnel design. This paper utilizes ABAQUS (version 2020) finite element software to analyze the seismic load response of the sand compaction pile...
(1) Background: Although all severe calcific aortic stenosis (SCAS) patients have decreased sympathetic compensation to active standing, it has not been studied in patients who underwent aortic valve replacement (AVR). The objective was to assess the...
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