Bolted connections are crucial in joining mechanical assemblies and ensuring the integrity and reliability of structural components. This study proposes a method for estimating bolt loosening life by practically applying material fatigue life predict...
Earthquakes are among of the most harmful and potentially fatal natural disasters. Masonry structures in seismic zones of urban and rural areas around the world pose a threat to human life. Housing that is both affordable and earthquake-resistant in...
Agreement in a global reaction does not necessarily preserve local fracture outputs. We audit this distinction in idealized bonded blocks using a four-mode shared-scalar damage law, with separate independent-mode comparisons and prescribed crusher-lo...
Manual order picking, the process of retrieving stock keeping units from their storage location to fulfil customer orders, is one of the most labour-intensive and costly activity in modern supply chains. To improve the outcome of order picking system...
Fractal dimension (Frac) and lacunarity (Lac) are frequently proposed as biomarkers of multiscale image complexity, but their incremental value over standardized radiomics remains uncertain. We position both measures within the Image Biomarker Standa...
The authors developed two types of block systems consisting only of main block and key block without joint mortar to improve the seismic performances and to enhance the workability. Two types of block systems have different key block shapes: one is t...
The present study describes the development of novel block copolymer nanocarriers of the phytocannabinoid cannabidiol (CBD), designed to enhance the solubility of the drug in water while achieving high encapsulation efficiency and prolonged drug rele...
Close-distance coal seams are widely distributed in China, and the mining of overlying coal seams leads to floor damage. To grasp the properties and the fracture spans of the damaged main roof in the underlying coal seam, combining the calculation of...
Very high cycle fatigue (VHCF) tests were carried out under variable amplitude loading for TC21 titanium alloy. The first level of high amplitude loading was set as 950 MPa close to yield strength, and the second level of low amplitude loading was de...
An experimental testing system for the two-dimensional (2D) fuze overload loading process was designed to address the loading issues of recoil overload and centrifugal overload in fuze safety and arming (S&A) device. By incorporating centrifuge r...
As part of the search for a seismic isolator for low-rise buildings, this paper proposes a marble-graphite slide seismic isolation system composed of marble-graphite slides, an upper foundation beam, the lower counterpart of the upper beam, and the c...
We report a red-fluorescent drug delivery system formed by biodegradable and biocompatible amphiphilic A-B-A block copolymers. Each polymer consists of a red fluorescent dye covalently bonded in the middle of hydrophobic block (B) of polylactone, tet...
Background/Objectives: This study evaluates the structural strength of various fixation models for distal tibial fractures using finite element analysis, comparing the biomechanical performance of different interlocking and blocking screw configurati...
The authors developed two types of block systems, consisting only of main and key blocks, without joint mortar, to improve the in- and out-of-plane seismic performances and enhance the workability. Two types of block systems have different key block...
This work addresses the lack of focus on verification and comparison of existing fatigue damage accumulation and life prediction models on the basis of large and well-documented experiment datasets. Sixty-four constant amplitude, 54 two-level block l...
Polymeric micelles represent a fundamental self-assembled architecture of gel-based soft materials and have emerged as promising nanocarriers for anticancer drug delivery. Their performance is largely governed by the block composition of constituent...
This study evaluates the structural behavior of aerated autoclave concrete (AAC) blocks laterally loaded in the in-plane direction under quasi-static loading. The study started with the evaluation of the basic physical properties of the AAC blocks, i...
The present study evaluated the risk effect of 12 Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in the SORL1 gene in the Mexican population using Late-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease (LOAD) and control subjects. Considering APOE as the strongest genetic risk facto...
With the explosive growth of cloud computing applications, the east-west traffic among servers has come to occupy the dominant proportion of the traffic in data center networks (DCNs). Cloud computing tasks need to be executed in a distributed manner...
The development of new approaches for the treatment of the increasingly antibiotic-resistant pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa was targeted by enhancing the effect of local antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) using poly(ethylene glycol)-block-pol...
Urban sustainability has been connected to form and compactness of the urban tissue. At the same time the relationship between urban form and energy efficiency is strongly affected by climate. This paper investigates the effect of climate conditions...
This paper presents the results of an experimental study on the charging process of selected mobile device batteries using a dedicated charging system operating in the Universal Serial Bus Power Delivery (USB PD) mode. The charging circuit was develo...
We propose in this paper a two-phase approach that decomposes the process of solving the three-dimensional single Container Loading Problem (CLP) into subsequent tasks: (i) the generation of blocks of boxes and (ii) the loading of blocks into the con...
The in-plane loading conditions of carbon fiber/epoxy composite (CFRP) and aluminum nested-tube-reinforced expanded polypropylene (EPP) blocks were empirically examined. This study used crashworthiness metrics to estimate the best design configuratio...
The integration of a CSP tower system with a PV solar field, sharing a thermal energy storage, is modeled and discussed. The tower system uses a new-design solid particle fluidized bed receiver integrated with a thermal storage, where hot particles a...
Smart health care will be a major application in future smart cities. Timely and precise delivery of patients’ data to their medical consultant, to allow the necessary actions, is one of the basic needs in health care systems. Blockchain techno...
Resistance training (RT) is commonly used to enhance neuromuscular performance and sprint swimming outcomes. However, the optimal relative load for elite junior swimmers remains unclear. In particular, little is known about whether very low relative...
Cell outages are conventionally mitigated through cell outage compensation, but national roaming frameworks offer alternative solutions with extra cost and energy efficiency benefits. Most national roaming studies evaluate performance over aggregate...
In this study, to achieve the constant current drive and brightness control without a separate pulse width modulation (PWM) converter, a single converter is designed and verified by experiment under the condition of a multiple LED light load with di...
Two design solutions such as modular and mono-block Ti6Al4V porous implants for femoral defect repair were implemented and compared. Static stress analysis on each model was performed via finite element analysis to investigate potential critical elem...
The coefficient of restitution (COR) represents the fraction of pre-collision kinetic energy remained after the collision between two bodies. The COR parameter plays an important role in the discrete numerical analysis of granular flows or the design...
Numerosity can be represented in symbolic formats and non-symbolic dot arrays. How numerosity load unfolds across WM encoding/maintenance and test-stage comparison within a single paradigm remains unclear, especially within the tested 4–6 range...
The interleaving effect indicates that students learn better from multiple areas that are interleaved rather than blocked. Two experiments tested the hypothesis that the effect is because interleaving facilitates comparisons between areas and is a va...
Background: There are no data in the literature regarding the optimal pitch training load (PTL) for elite soccer teams during congested seasons. Objectives: This study had three goals: (1) identify whether there is an adaptation in match physical per...
Background: Implant primary stability is determined by screw characteristics and surgical procedure. The aim of the present study was to evaluate, on a polyurethane model, the insertion torque (IT), removal torque (RT), and resonance frequency analys...
To study the load-transfer law and shock environment of a pipe–float system, an experimental model was designed, manufactured, and installed on a floating shock platform. Two underwater explosion cases were studied, focusing on vertical and hor...
Mobile operators must increase investments in network infrastructures due to the emergent growth of the internet and technological advancements. Mobile operators consider cloud-RAN and software defined networking to be developing technologies that ca...
In order to ensure the safety of the cooling water source of coastal nuclear power plants (NPP), trash-blocking nets (TBNs) are usually installed at the entrance of the penstock to prevent marine sewage and organisms flowing into the front pool of th...
Conventional wedge analyses evaluate a block selected before calculation and do not directly resolve competition among finite blocks generated by repeated discontinuities. This study develops a deterministic phase-aware benchmark for an idealized cla...
Flexible corrugated skins are ideal structures for morphing wings, and the associated load measurements are of great significance in structural health monitoring. This paper proposes a novel load-identification method for flexible corrugated skins ba...
Field evidence for earthen and natural-fibre walls in hot climates remains scarce. This study reports a six-month field comparison of two wall constructions, instrumented on both faces at Riyadh (hot-arid) and Taif (milder highland), Saudi Arabia. Tw...
Nanoparticle-based chemotherapy is considered to be an effective approach to cancer diagnostics and therapy in modern biomedicine. However, efficient tumor targeting remains a great challenge due to the lack of specificity, selectivity, and high dosa...
The loading sensitivity of a self-sensing cementitious composite depends on the stress amplitude at which it is measured. That dependence is established, but its consequence for the protocol used to obtain the sensitivity has not been examined. Conve...
This paper introduces a novel control archetype designed to mitigate high-altitude electromagnetic pulse (HEMP)
This exploratory case series clinically and histologically investigated the performance of allogeneic cancellous freeze-dried bone allograft (FDBA) bone blocks (Maxgraft®) for the lateral augmentation of local alveolar defects in the posterior ma...
This study investigates a parametric architectural design methodology that arises from the relationship between humans, architecture, and nature and utilizes modern technological means and sustainable construction materials. Specifically, it concerns...
Given the importance of light construction in terms of better performance of structure, in case of earthquake, reduction of life and financial casualties, as well as shortage of studies in this field, the present research studied building non-structu...
The article is devoted to the problem of reducing fuel consumption in a diesel generator set (DGS) as a part of a wind-diesel power plant (WDPP). The object of the research is a variable speed DGS. The goal is to develop the WDPP intelligent control...
The hydraulic system of a powered roof support performs two functions. The first function is to control the powered roof support in the extraction wall. The second function is to protect against adverse overloads resulting from rock mass pressing dir...
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the primary stability of a two-miniscrew system inserted into a synthetic bone and to compare the system with the traditional one. Forty-five bi-layered polyurethane blocks were used to simulate maxillary...
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