Tectonic coal, an aggregate of coal particles formed by compacting pulverized coal, has been developed extensively in China. Currently, reconstituted coal specimens are widely adopted to investigate the mechanical properties of tectonic coal, but the...
Changes in the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) material properties due to neutron irradiation are monitored by means of surveillance specimen programs, which are used for realistic evaluation of the RPVs’ lifetime. Due to a limited number of surv...
This study investigates the behaviour of dense silty sands with kaolinite clay under static drained/undrained conditions at low confining stress. Conventional laboratory tests assessed the mixtures’ physical properties, but standard void ratio...
The understanding of naturally occurring materials such as clay, sand, hard and soft rocks under a common theoretical framework has been a topic of persistent research interest. Over the past few decades, various sample reconstitution techniques have...
The present investigation determines the influence of abaca (Musa textilis) fiber inclusion on the simple compressive strength of reconstituted sandy silt specimens. For this purpose, fibers of different lengths (5, 10 and 15 mm) and quantities (0.5,...
To investigate the effects of the properties of plastic fines on the pore water pressure generation characteristics of fine-grained soils during cyclic loadings, we used 29 sets of test data from the literature and prepared another 21 reconstituted s...
Many significant landslide movements are often observed in the upper weathering zone of flysch, which constitutes the most critical landslide-prone geological formation in Western Greece. In this article, a laboratory approach is adopted to investiga...
We report the first case, to our knowledge, in Italy, of a severe combined immunodeficiency patient with a persistent rotavirus infection due to a vaccine derived strain. Rotavirus was detected by enzyme immunoassays and RT-PCR in stool specimens for...
A large number of experimental studies on sand–clay mixtures are well documented in the literature; however, the preparation protocol is rarely clearly detailed or varies a lot according to the authors. Variations in the preparation technique obvious...
Background: Thymoma-associated pure white cell aplasia (PWCA), characterized by agranulocytosis with absent myeloid precursors in the bone marrow in the setting of preserved erythropoiesis and megakaryopoiesis, is exceedingly rare, with only a few ca...
Liquefaction risk assessment is critical for the safety and economics of structures. As the soil strata of Ramsar area in north Iran is mostly composed of poorly graded clean sand and the ground water table is found at shallow depths, it is highly su...
This study shows the influence of the inclusion of abaca fiber (Musa Textilis) on the coefficients of consolidation, expansion, and compression for normally consolidated clayey silt organic soil specimens using reconstituted samples. For this purpose...
To study the mechanical properties of argillaceous weakly cemented rock under dynamic loading, a sample reconstituted and graded loading scheme is firstly designed, and then the reorganization rock sample is used as the research object. Using a Hopki...
Gassy clays containing large, discrete gas bubbles are widely spread in deposits in shallow waters. The existence of gas bubbles may impair the original soil structure, resulting in the instability of offshore foundations and the occurrence of submar...
The study of the strength of reconstituted and stabilised soft soils is very important in geotechnical engineering. The soil particles, such as clay, sand, and silt play important roles in determining the behaviour of soils. The behaviour of clay and...
To study the soil-water effect of red clay, a leaching test is conducted by loading red clay into a soil column and collecting the leaching waste liquid periodically for analysis of the ion content and conductivity changes in the leaching waste liqui...
The erosion of limestone and calcarenite ridges that existed parallel to the Mediterranean shoreline forms the calcareous sand (CS) formation at the surface layer of Egypt’s northern coast. The CS is often combined with broken shells which are consid...
This paper presents the findings of a laboratory study of the shear strength and yielding behavior of two glacial till soil deposits from the area of Heiligenhafen, northern Germany. The tests were conducted on reconstituted forms of the soils using...
The construction of high-speed railways in cold regions needs to consider the effects of freeze–thaw cycles (FTHs) on the long-term deformation of subgrades. However, at present, research on the creep characteristics of frozen–thawed rock...
To investigate the geotechnical soil properties of Emilia Romagna Region, a large series of in situ tests, laboratory tests and geophysical tests have been performed, particularly at the damaged city of Scortichino—Bondeno. Deep site investigations h...
It has long been known that the hysteresis loops of sand under cyclic loading gradually become asymmetric with the increase of strain amplitudes, but a symmetrical hysteresis loop is widely assumed in current practice. Despite several methods which h...
Background: Opioids are considered the cornerstone of pain management: they show good efficacy as a first-line therapy for moderate to severe cancer pain. Since pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic information about the tissue-specific effect and toxicity...
The formation of layering during the sedimentation process of tailings makes it of great significance to investigate tailings and to analyze their susceptibility to flow liquefaction. In this study, homogeneous iron ore tailings (IOTs) specimens were...
The development of novel therapies or the improvement of currently used approaches to treat prostate cancer (PCa), the most frequently diagnosed male tumor in developed countries, is an urgent need. In this regard, the functional characterization of...
The success rate of establishing human cancer cell lines is not satisfactory and the established cell lines often do not preserve the molecular and histological features of the original tissues. In this study, we developed a novel culture method whic...
Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) is an opportunistic infection that mostly affects children with suppressed cellular immunity. PJP was the most common cause of infectious death in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia prior to the inclusio...
Transcriptomics profiles of miRNAs, tRNAs or tRFs are used as biomarkers, after separate examination of several cancer cell lines, blood samples or biopsies. However, the possible contribution of all three profiles on oncogenic signaling and translat...
Kaolin clay, with its consistent properties, fine particle size, high surface area, and extensive historical use, stands out as a reliable choice for laboratory research. This study aims to assess the interface shear adhesion behaviour between compac...
In order to investigate the influence of the coexistence of clay and silt on the compression characteristics of sand, one-dimensional compression consolidation tests were carried out on reconstituted saturated sand–silt–clay mixtures with...
Alkaline cements have been extensively tested for soil stabilisation in the last decade. However, only a few studies have focused on the assessment of such performance by establishing the constitutive behaviour of the cement. In this paper, we focus...
Two as-cast low-density steels grades (austenite-based duplex Fe-30.9Mn-4.9Al-4.5Cr-0.4C and austenitic Fe-21.3Mn-7.6Al-4.3Cr-1C) with an initial dendritic microstructure were subjected to hot working conditions to understand the influence of deforma...
Humanized mice generated by hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) transplantation are limited by the immune system developed being allogeneic to the tumor. We have innovated a platform to reconstitute an autologous human immune system (HIS) in immunodeficien...