Deformation Response and Safety Evaluation of Buildings Affected by Subway-Station Construction by Chunlei Feng, Dingli Zhang, Hualao Wang, Xuan Zhang

“…Based on the sand and pebble stratum in the Beijing area, this paper studies the interaction between deep-foundation-pit excavation for subway stations and surrounding buildings using an orthogonal test. …”
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Determinants in adopting cashless payments in Europe: a multilevel analysis by Jose Domingo García-Merino, Leire San-Jose, Nerea San-Martin

“…However, the application of the Technology Acceptance Model highlights the presence of overarching characteristics conducive to extensive adoption. Thus, an additional stratum, the multilevel perspective, needs to be examined. …”
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Experimental Research on the Impact of Interface Temperature on the Adhesion Properties of Clay under the Condition of Different Contacting Time by Tao Qiu, Yonggang Zhang

“…Mud cakes are very likely to occur at the shield cutter when the shield machine passes through a clay stratum, which adhere to the cutter and reduce the excavation efficiency. …”
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A case study of newly tunnels over-crossing the existing subway tunnels by Ben Wu, Wei Liu, Peixin Shi, Xiangyang Xu, Yingjing Liu

“…In this study, a case history of closely spaced twin tunnels excavated above the existing tunnels in soft soil stratum was presented. The deformation of the existing tunnels induced by the excavation of the new tunnels was automatically monitored. …”
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Surface Settlement Damage Model of Pile-Anchor Supporting Structure in Deep Excavation by Yuanxun Li, Wuyu Zhang, Ningshan Jiang, Hui Li

“…Based on the principle of the stratum loss method, the surface settlement around a deep excavated pit was assumed as a skewed distribution curve, and the surface settlement of the pile-anchor supporting pit was solved. …”
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Loading Behavior and Soil-Structure Interaction for a Floating Stone Column under Rigid Foundation: A DEM Study by Feng Liu, Panpan Guo, Haibo Hu, Chengwei Zhu, Xiaonan Gong

“…The interaction between column and soft soil shows that the column does not penetrate into the underlying stratum but drags the surrounding soil down.…”
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Safety evaluation method of bottom coal thickness in thick coal seam roadway by Yunliang Tan, Shilin Song, Xiufeng Zhang, Xuesheng Liu

“…The research results shown that the stress concentration area of composite floor is distributed in coal seam or rock stratum with large elastic modulus. With the increase of floor rock strength, the stress of coal-rock composite floor increased gradually, but the displacement and energy decreased gradually. …”
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Study on the Mix of Slurry Membrane for Soil Conditioning of EPB Shield and Its Application Effect in Water-Rich Gravel Strata by Jinpeng Zhao, Zhongsheng Tan, Rongsen Yu, Aidong Jia, Chao Qu

“…Based on the section tunnel engineering of the Inner Mongolia University South Campus Station-Xilin Park Station of line 2 of Hohhot Rail Transit, the optimum mix proportion of bentonite slurry and foam diluent for forming slurry membrane in water-rich gravel stratum was studied in this study at first. The characteristics of conditioned soil were analyzed in combination with slag soil. …”
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Toxoplasmosis infection. by Irina Clara Delgado Varela, Carmen Niurka Piña Loyola, Ariel García Borges

“…<strong><br />Results:</strong> There was a prevalence of the age group between 16 and 30 years, mainly females in the Stratum III of socioeconomic level. Serological prevalence rate of antibodies IgG anti-Toxoplasma gondii was 63, 56/100 inhabitants and the most significant risk factors were: cohabitation with dogs and cats, raw vegetables and fruit intake, and no drinkable water intake. …”
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Dermoscopy and Ultraviolet-Enhanced Fluorescence Dermoscopy (UEFD) Increase the Accuracy of Diagnosis and Are Useful in Assessing the Effectiveness of <i>Kerion celsi</i> Treatment by Justyna Putek, Danuta Nowicka, Alina Jankowska-Konsur

“…<i>Microsporum canis</i>, a zoophilic dermatophyte, infects the stratum corneum and keratinized tissues like hair and nails in cats and dogs, with cats serving as the primary reservoir. …”
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Behavior of Overcoming graduate degree in nursing Cienfuegos by Vladimir Barco Díaz, Zoraida Caridad Álvarez Figueredo, Yusimy Miranda Pérez, Juan Carlos Alvarado Peruyero, Esteban Jesús Sánchez Martínez

“…<strong><br />Methods</strong>: A retrospective descriptive study of 72 nursing graduates working in Primary Health Care, selected by random combination, first each of the areas of health was considered a stratum and then the professionals were selected by simple random method. …”
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Aspirations, Apprehensions and the Availability of Career Guidance among Dental Interns in Kerala, India by PS Sajitha, Susan Thomas, Vivek Narayan

“…The apprehension score was high among interns from private institutions and those who belonged to a higher socioeconomic stratum (P < 0.05). However, the level was low among those who expressed strong aspirations (r = -0.213) and satisfaction (r = -0.329). …”
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Enhancing transdermal drug delivery: formulation and evaluation of simvastatin-loaded invasomes in carbopol gel for improved permeability and prolonged release by Deepak Kumar Dash, Dibya Sundar Panda, Satyanarayan Pattnaik, Riya Vaiswade, Gayatri Gupta

“…Within this context, the stratum corneum is a crucial barrier limiting the permeation of many drugs. …”
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Application of Analytical Solution to Steady-State Temperature Field by Double-Row-Pipe Freezing and Verification with Field Measurement: A Case Study of Connected Aisle by Zequn Hong, Xiangdong Hu

“…In order to solve the problem of sealing water and bearing capacity of a connected aisle in an underwater shield tunnel, a double-circle horizontal freezing method was adopted for ground reinforcement in the connected aisle of Maliuzhou Tunnel, which is China’s first shield tunnel with superlarge diameter built in a composite stratum. This paper proposed a new double-row-pipe freezing model for the calculation of frozen wall thickness based on analytical solution to steady-state temperature field. …”
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Differential Analysis and Prediction Optimization of Ground Surface Settlement Induced by Quasi-Rectangular Shield and Pipe Jacking Tunnelling by Xue Liu, Peinan Li, Jun Liu, Zeyu Dai, Peixin Chen, Xiaoyong Kou, Jie Fan

“…Due to their different tunnelling principles and their cross-section characteristics, the impact on the stratum is often different. To study the differences between the two construction methods on ground surface settlement, numerical simulations, Peck empirical formulas, and field measurement data were used for analysis and comparison in this work. …”
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The Late Permian Kupferschiefer Fossils and the Geological Educational Trail in the UNESCO Global Geopark TERRA.vita (NW Germany) by Tobias Fischer, Lothar Schöllmann, Johannes Haunert

“…The iconic Kupferschiefer is a stratigraphic marker horizon of the Upper Permian in Northern and Central Europe, which is recognized internationally as a unique stratum because of its outstanding preservation of fish, reptile, and plant fossils. …”
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BER Performance of Stratified ACO-OFDM for Optical Wireless Communications over Multipath Channel by Zelalem Hailu Gebeyehu, Philip Kibet Langat, Ciira Wa Maina

“…STACO-OFDM utilizes even subcarriers on the first stratum and odd subcarriers on the rest of strata to transmit multiple ACO-OFDM frames simultaneously. …”
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Analysis on the Influence of Increasing Seismic Fortification Intensity on Seismic Performance of Underground Station by Ying Zeng, Shiguang Xu, Shiqian Yin

“…It is necessary to conduct in-depth discussion on the impact of the seismic performance of the built underground station structure. In this paper, a stratum-structure finite element model is established with a Chengdu subway station as an example. …”
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Effect of Seepage Velocity on Formation of Shaft Frozen Wall in Loose Aquifer by Jian Lin, Hua Cheng, Hai-bing Cai, Bin Tang, Guang-yong Cao

“…A shaft is used as a prototype, and COMSOL multiphysics finite element software is employed to perform a numerical simulation of the shaft freezing process at various stratum seepage velocities. The numerical simulation results are verified via a comparison with field measurement data. …”
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The Influence of Small Clear-Distance Tunnel Construction on Adjacent High-Voltage Transmission Tower Foundation by Aijun Yao, Jinbiao Lin, Bin Ren

“…The new tunnel construction will inevitably cause the change of the stress field and displacement field of the stratum where the adjacent existing structures are located, which poses a great threat to the safe and stable operation of the existing structures. …”
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