Investigation of the effect of impact load on concrete-filled steel tube columns under fire by Ali Golsoorat Pahlaviani, Ali Mohammad Rousta, Peyman Beiranvand

“…As compared to reinforced concrete columns, existence of the exterior steel tube not only bears a portion of axial load but also most importantly provides confinement to the infill concrete.with the confinement provided by the steel tube, axial strength of the infill concrete can be largely enhanced.this paper presents the investigation effect of impact load on concrete-filled steel tube columns under fire by numerical simulations using ABAQUS software.the results indicate that the CFST sections with larger confinement factor ξ=1.23 behaved in a very ductile manner under lateral impact. And the sections with smaller confinement factor ξ=0.44  generally behaved in a brittle mechanism.…”
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The Problem of Non-Execution of Decisions of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation by V. R. Borisova

“…The author gives a specific example, when a decision of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation was issued in the interests of the applicants, however, the corresponding federal law was not adopted in the manner prescribed by law. Solutions to this problem are proposed. …”
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Effects of esculentoside A on turnour necrosis factor production by mice peritoneal macrophages by Fang Jun, Zheng Qin Yue, Wang Hong Bin, Ju Dian Wen, Yi Yang Hua

“…EsA was found to decrease both extracellular and cell associated TNF production in a dose dependent manner at concentrations higher than 1 μmol/l EsA. …”
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Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm for Solving Optimal Power Flow Problem by Luong Le Dinh, Dieu Vo Ngoc, Pandian Vasant

“…The numerical results have indicated that the proposed algorithm can find high quality solution for the problem in a fast manner via the result comparisons with other methods in the literature. …”
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Goal-directed vocal planning in a songbird by Anja T Zai, Anna E Stepien, Nicolas Giret, Richard HR Hahnloser

“…Can they, based on experienced mismatch with a known target, plan the necessary changes to recover the target in a practice-free manner without intermittently singing? In adult zebra finches, we drive the pitch of a song syllable away from its stable (baseline) variant acquired from a tutor, then we withdraw reinforcement and subsequently deprive them of singing experience by muting or deafening. …”
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Memes and Their Role in the 2019 Romanian Presidential Elections: An Exploratory Analysis by Andreea Stancea, Iulia Călin, Cecilia Ciocîrlan

“…Focusing on memes related to candidates Klaus Iohannis and Viorica Dãncilã, the article highlights the dual role of memes: as entertainment and as tools for framing political narratives in a biased manner. Employing content analysis, the article offers a view over the types of memes that emerged during the 2019 Romanian presidential elections, emphasizing the representation of the two front-runner candidates: Klaus Iohannis and Viorica Dãncilã. …”
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Parkinsonian Rigidity Depends on the Velocity of Passive Joint Movement by Takuyuki Endo, Naoya Yoshikawa, Harutoshi Fujimura, Saburo Sakoda

“…The elastic coefficient was not velocity-dependent, but the difference in bias increased in a velocity-dependent manner (P=0.0017). Conclusions. The features of rigidity may differ from the conventional definition, which states that they are not dependent on the velocity of joint movement.…”
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Polymicrobial Bacteremia Involving Comamonas testosteroni by Jose Orsini, Eric Tam, Naomi Hauser, Salil Rajayer

“…In spite of its uncommon human pathogenesis, there are few reports on the aggressive manner of it as an opportunistic pathogen, mostly related to testosteroni spp. …”
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Generalized Ellingham diagrams for utilization in solid oxide fuel cells by Kishimoto H., Yamaji K., Brito M.E., Horita T., Yokokawa H.

“…The multicomponent Ellingham diagram for the Ni-P-O-H system was constructed in a similar manner to the multicomponent Pourbaix diagram. The obtained diagrams have been discussed to examine the reactivity of nickel anodes with phosphorus compounds in SOFCs in terms of operational variables such as temperature, oxygen potential, overpotential under the anode polarization and so on.…”
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Parallel Integral Equation-Based Nonoverlapping DDM for Solving Challenging Electromagnetic Scattering Problems of Two Thousand Wavelengths by Qin Su, Yingyu Liu, Xunwang Zhao, Zongjing Gu, Chang Zhai, Zhongchao Lin, Weijun Wu

“…A parallel multilevel fast multipole algorithm (MLFMA) is extended to accelerate matrix-vector multiplications of subdomains as well as the coupling between them, and the coupling between different subdomains is computed in the manner of near field to avoid the storage of the mutual impedance. …”
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Making a narrative tourism map: the case of Jiaxing’s ‘Red Boat Spirit Map’, China by Lingqi Wang, Jiangyue Zhang, Min Weng, Mengjun Kang, Shiliang Su

“…Today, the marriage between cartographic language and narrative strategies has reshaped maps with the generative capability to represent the intangible historical characters and events involved in social memories following a narrative manner. Despite these advances, rather few efforts have been spared to unveil the potential of tourism maps in a narrative form. …”
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The Book Azf Ala Vatar el-Nas ol-Sheri from a Critical Point of View by Fatemeh Ghaderi

“…The present study aims to evaluate the book for its strengths and weak points in an objective and unbiased manner. The research method is descriptive for the structure and descriptive-analytical for the content of the book. …”
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Differential Quadrature Analysis of Free Vibration of Symmetric Cross-Ply Laminates with Shear Deformation and Rotatory Inertia by Moinuddin Malik, Charles W. Bert

“…Two, the relative effects of shear deformation and rotatory inertia are analyzed in a quantitative manner.…”
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Better than expected performance effect depends on the spatial location of visual stimulus by Soodeh Majidpour, Mehdi Sanayei, Reza Ebrahimpour, Sajjad Zabbah

“…These findings indicate that the discontinuity of evidence impacts the process of evidence integration in a manner more nuanced than that presumed by the theory positing perfect integration of evidence.…”
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Facile Synthesis of Hollow Carbon Nanospheres by Using Microwave Radiation by Jiareng Chen, Jiaqi Lin, Bin Cui, Yang Liu

“…Herein, we propose a new strategy to prepare hollow carbon nanospheres in a simple and fast manner by using microwave radiation. Polypyrrole-coated silica core-shell nanoparticles (SiO2@PPy NPs) were firstly prepared and subsequently processed by microwave radiation and aqueous alkaline solution to obtain the hollow carbon nanospheres. …”
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Advancing high-resolution musculoskeletal ultrasound: a histology- and anatomy-driven approach for enhanced shoulder imaging. Part 2: Anterior and lateral shoulder by Tamborrini Giorgio, Micheroli Raphael, Ricci Vincenzo, Becciolini Marco, Garcia-Pompermayer Mario, Gonzalo Andres Serrano Belmar, Müller-Gerbl Magdalena, Margenfeld Felix

“…The examination and normal results are presented in a methodical manner, beginning posteriorly, moving frontally, then more anteriorly, and concluding with a lateral and optional axillary examination. …”
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Isolation and function of a human endothelial cell C1q receptor by M. R. Daha, L. Dunn, R. van den Berg, Y. Muizert-de Lange, A. Gerritsen, L. A. van Es

“…It has been shown previously that cultured human venous and arterial endothelial cells (EC) bind C1q in a time- and dose-dependent manner. Cultured human endothelial cells express an average number of 5.2 × 105 binding sites/cell. …”
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Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor-Activated Neutrophils Express B7-H4 That Correlates with Gastric Cancer Progression and Poor Patient Survival by Zhi-guo Shan, Zong-bao Yan, Liu-sheng Peng, Ping Cheng, Yong-sheng Teng, Fang-yuan Mao, Kun Fan, Yuan Zhuang, Yong-liang Zhao

“…Tumor tissue culture supernatants from GC patients induced neutrophils to express CD54 and B7-H4 in both time-dependent and dose-dependent manners. Locally enriched CD54+ neutrophils and B7-H4+ neutrophils positively correlated with increased granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) detection ex vivo, and in vitro GM-CSF induced the expression of CD54 and B7-H4 on neutrophils in a time-dependent and dose-dependent manner. …”
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The In Vitro Immunomodulatory Effects of Gold Nanocomplex on THP-1-Derived Macrophages by Duaa Abuarqoub, Nouf N. Mahmoud, Rand Zaza, Rana Abu-Dahab, Enam A. Khalil, Dima A. Sabbah

“…While in the GNR group, IL-6 and TNF-α were downregulated (p<0.005, p<0.00005), and IL-12p40 (p<0.00005) was upregulated all in a statistically significant manner. While at protein level, cells were treated with our nanocomplex: IL-1β, IL-6, TNF-α, and IL-12p70 and were significantly decreased (p<0.00005,p<0.005,p<0.05,p<0.00005), and IL-10 was found to be significantly increased in culture compared to the untreated control group (p<0.005). …”
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Rotonda Mihail Sebastian (MLR, 1975) 30 de ani de la moarte by Lucian Chișu

“…Nevertheless, this unwritten literary history righted official wrongs, that is, those ignored in the literary histories, and it did so in an absolutely transient manner, as the truths exposed in such contexts did not last longer than the oxygen expired from the speaker’s lungs. …”
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