Pull-In and Snap-Through Analysis of Electrically Actuated Viscoelastic Curved Microbeam by Ehsan Akrami-Nia, Hamid Ekhteraei-Toussi

“…In this research, assuming a clamped-clamped initially curved microbeam, the effects of viscoelastic behavior on the snap-through and pull-in instabilities are investigated. …”
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Crystallization and Mechanical Properties of Polypropylene under Processing-Relevant Cooling Conditions with respect to Isothermal Holding Time by Christopher Fischer, Dietmar Drummer

“…For semicrystalline thermoplastics, aside from pressure and shear, the temperature-time behavior while cooling the melt significantly affects the geometry and degree of ordered structures (e.g., spherulite size, degree of crystallization, and crystal modification) and, as a consequence, the resulting global component properties. …”
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Investigating Aerobic Hive Microflora: Role of Surface Microbiome of Apis Mellifera by Grigory Kashchenko, Amir Taldaev, Leonid Adonin, Daniil Smutin

“…While the significance of the microbiome to insect health and behavior is increasingly recognized, research on invertebrate surface microbiota lags behind that of vertebrates. …”
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O discurso de vereadores de um município do Estado de Minas Gerais: aproximações com a representação teatral e distanciamento da dialogicidade by Juliana Cristina Teixeira, Priscila Gomes de Araújo, Mariana Pereira Chaves Pimentel, Flávia Luciana Naves Mafra

“…Thus, it is considered that such behavior is distant from a public representation that ensures a dialogical decision-making process, i.e., that is close to the will of the represented ones.…”
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Organizational commitment of employees as a result of job satisfaction by Ilić-Koderman Đurđijana

“…Generally speaking, job satisfaction is an attitude that manifests in the workplace as individual behavior of the employee and can have an impact on the organization and organizational behavior. …”
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Electromagnetic Characterization of a Composite (RE-CB-MT) by Time Domain Spectroscopy by Amina Bounar, Nacerdine Bouzit, Nacerdine Bourouba

“…The aim of this article is to study the dielectric behavior (ε, σ) in microwaves domain of composites made with Epoxy Resin (RE), Carbon Black (CB), and Magnesium Titanate (MT) on a large band of frequency. …”
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Chaotic Vibration Prediction of a Free-Floating Flexible Redundant Space Manipulator by Congqing Wang, Linfeng Wu

“…Then, the chaotic dynamic behavior of the manipulator is analyzed by chaotic numerical methods, in which time series, phase plane portrait, Poincaré map, and Lyapunov exponents are used to analyze the chaotic behavior of the manipulator. …”
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Reinforcement Learning with Probabilistic Boolean Network Models of Smart Grid Devices by Pedro Juan Rivera Torres, Carlos Gershenson García, María Fernanda Sánchez Puig, Samir Kanaan Izquierdo

“…Different reward structures were created to characterize preferred behavior. This information can be used to guide the PBN to avoid fault conditions and failures.…”
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Modeling and Dynamic Analysis of Spherical Roller Bearing with Localized Defects: Analytical Formulation to Calculate Defect Depth and Stiffness by Behnam Ghalamchi, Jussi Sopanen, Aki Mikkola

“…The proposed model shows the behavior of the bearing as a function of defect location and size. …”
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Combined Effect of Vertical and Horizontal Ground Motions on Failure Probability of RC Chimneys by Xuan Guo, Wei Chen, Jianbing Yu

“…Studies have focused on the seismic behavior of reinforced concrete (RC) chimney structures subjected to earthquake load only along the horizontal direction. …”
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A Car-Following Driver Model Capable of Retaining Naturalistic Driving Styles by Jie Hu, Sheng Luo

“…The modeling of car-following behavior is an attractive research topic in traffic simulation and intelligent transportation. …”
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Effect of the Bracing System on the Probability of Collapse of Steel Structures under Maximum Credible Earthquake by Alireza Kianmehr

“…It is said empirically that due to this type of shaping, eccentric bracing frames exhibit more ductile behavior and concentric bracing frames exhibit more stiff behavior. …”
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An Analytical Method for Determining the Load Distribution of Single-Column Multibolt Connection by Nirut Konkong, Kitjapat Phuvoravan

“…Finite element analysis with shell elements was used to model the cold-formed steel plate while solid elements were used to model the bolt fastener for the purpose of studying the structural behavior of the bolt connections. Material nonlinearities, contact problems, and a geometric nonlinearity procedure were used to predict the failure behavior of the bolt connections. …”
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Application of Acoustic Emission on the Characterization of Fracture in Textile Reinforced Cement Laminates by J. Blom, J. Wastiels, D. G. Aggelis

“…This work studies the acoustic emission (AE) behavior of textile reinforced cementitious (TRC) composites under flexural loading. …”
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User Segmentation Based on Purchasing Habits and Preferences on the Amazon Platform Using K-Means Clustering by Al Isra Denk Rimakka, Rezty Amalia Aras

“…The study employs the K-Means Clustering method to segment Amazon platform users based on their purchasing behavior, site feature interactions, and preferences. …”
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Recent Progress on the Description of Relativistic Spin: Vector Model of Spinning Particle and Rotating Body with Gravimagnetic Moment in General Relativity by Alexei A. Deriglazov, Walberto Guzmán Ramírez

“…We describe a number of applications and show how the vector model clarifies some issues presented in theoretical description of a relativistic spin: (A) one-particle relativistic quantum mechanics with positive energies and its relation with the Dirac equation and with relativistic Zitterbewegung; (B) spin-induced noncommutativity and the problem of covariant formalism; (C) three-dimensional acceleration consistent with coordinate-independence of the speed of light in general relativity and rainbow geometry seen by spinning particle; (D) paradoxical behavior of the Mathisson-Papapetrou-Tulczyjew-Dixon equations of a rotating body in ultrarelativistic limit, and equations with improved behavior.…”
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Microscopic Fluctuations in Power-Grid Frequency Recordings at the Subsecond Scale by Benjamin Schäfer, Leonardo Rydin Gorjão, G. Cigdem Yalcin, Ellen Förstner, Richard Jumar, Heiko Maass, Uwe Kühnapfel, Veit Hagenmeyer

“…Many complex systems display multifractal behavior, correlated fluctuations and power laws. …”
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An Asymmetric-Anticipation Car-following Model in the Era of Autonomous-Connected and Human-Driving Vehicles by Ammar Jafaripournimchahi, Wusheng Hu, Lu Sun

“…Herein, we explored the impact of anticipation and asymmetric driving behavior on vehicle’s position, velocity, acceleration, energy consumption, and exhaust emissions of CO, HC, and NOx in mixed traffic flow. …”
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Enhancing the Performance of Concrete Coupled Shearwall Using Shape Memory Alloys by Hamidreza Nasiri, Mehdi Ghassemieh

“…Despite the high cost of SMAs, their unique flag‐shaped stress–strain behavior and effective energy dissipation make them an attractive material choice in some structures. …”
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Positive Oscillating Magnetoresistance in a van der Waals Antiferromagnetic Semiconductor by Xiaohanwen Lin, Fan Wu, Nicolas Ubrig, Menghan Liao, Fengrui Yao, Ignacio Gutiérrez-Lezama, Alberto F. Morpurgo

“…We establish that this unexpected behavior originates from transport being space-charge limited and not injection limited as for the layered antiferromagnetic semiconductors studied earlier. …”
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