Crack Initiation, Propagation, and Failure Characteristics of Jointed Rock or Rock-Like Specimens: A Review by Ri-hong Cao, Ping Cao, Hang Lin, Xiang Fan, Chunyang Zhang, Taoying Liu

“…The purpose of this review is to discuss the development and the contribution of the experiment test and numerical simulation in failure behavior of jointed rock or rock-like specimens. Overall, this review can be classified into three parts. …”
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Study of dynamics and rigidity of multifunctional coating of protective element of aircraft by A. V. Kupryashov

“…In this work using a finite element study the author has numerically solved the problem of the dynamic behavior of a multifunctional coating of an aircraft protective element. …”
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HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for women: Claiming risk and recognizing responsibility to end the AIDS epidemic in New York by Lauren SUCHMAN

“…While campaign messaging around PrEP accepted men’s ‘risky’ sexual behavior, women’s expe- riences with PrEP often were framed in the context of responsibility and ‘risky’ behavior was a barrier rather than a gateway to access. …”
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Evaluation of the Effect of Five-Finger Shoes on Calf Muscle Electromyography Activity in Novice Runners by Behrouz Hajilou, Elaheh Azadian, Sara Sadeghi, Rounak Mohammadi Sasan

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2D-Action Asynchronous Cooperative Lane Change Trajectory Planning Method for Connected and Automated Vehicles by Liyang Wei, Weihua Zhang, Haijian Bai, Jingyu Li

“…The results indicate that the AALC model achieves the transfer of collision space between lanes through asynchronous process of behavior execution time window, thereby reducing the possibility of vehicle collision. …”
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Agent-Based Modeling of Harvest Decisions by Small Scale Forest Landowners in Maine, USA by Jessica E. Leahy, Erika Gorczyca Reeves, Kathleen P. Bell, Crista L. Straub, Jeremy S. Wilson

“…These three scenarios were analyzed using ANOVA and MANOVA tests on harvested hectares and landowner goal scores to assess landowner behavior and priorities by action. We conclude by reviewing implications for future modeling efforts.…”
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An Extended Car-Following Model in Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Environment: Perspective from the Cooperation between Drivers by Shenzhen Ding, Xumei Chen, Zexin Fu, Fei Peng

“…Although car-following behavior in mixed traffic with CAVs and human-driven vehicles (HDVs) is a core component of microscopic traffic simulation, intelligent traffic systems, etc., the current study of car-following behavior in mixed traffic has some limitations. …”
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Experiment on Mine Ground Pressure of Stiff Coal-Pillar Entry Retaining under the Activation Condition of Hard Roof by Wen-long Shen, Wen-bing Guo, Hua Nan, Chun Wang, Yi Tan, Fa-qiang Su

“…The results of mining ground pressure in the physical model can clearly illustrate the mechanical behavior of the rock around the retained entry with stiff coal pillar.…”
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Quality of Life in Patients with Minimal Change Nephrotic Syndrome by Yoshiko Shutto, Hideaki Yamabe, Michiko Shimada, Takeshi Fujita, Norio Nakamura

“…We also used the Self-Care Behavior Scale for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), which consists of 31 questions with 4 subscales. …”
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Thermal analysis of transient MHD ferrofluid flow and natural convection in a Porous cavity with a cylindrical barrier by Pan Zhang, Hassan Roshani, Payam Jalili, Bahram Jalili, Hammad. Alotaibi, Davood Domiri Ganji

“…The effects of Darcy, Rayleigh, and Hartmann numbers on the time-dependent (0≤t≤0.15seconds) This article investigates the ferrofluid flow behavior in a porous square cavity with a cylindrical barrier filled with 5 % iron oxide III ferroparticles (Fe3O4) and water (H2O) as the base fluid. …”
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Development and validation of social inclusion scale for stock market participation by S. M. Riha Parvin, Niyaz Panakaje, Madhura K, Niha Sheikh, Shakira Irfana

“…Social inclusion is essential to inclusive development but is less explored in relation to financial behavior, especially stock market participation. This study aims to develop and validate a social inclusion scale specific to stock market participation. …”
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Features of personal competence of the employees of preventive activity units of the National Police by O. Yu. Shlomin

“…Personal competence is considered to be the basic characteristic of a person, which allows to predict the behavior of a person in life and professional situations, therefore the purpose of the study was to study the general personal competence and specificity of the social competence of police officers of preventive activity units at different stages of the professional genesis. …”
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Bioinspired hydrophobic pseudo-hydrogel for programmable shape-morphing by Zhigang Wang, Haotian Hu, Zefan Chai, Yuhang Hu, Siyuan Wang, Cheng Zhang, Chunjie Yan, Jun Wang, Wesley Coll, Tony Jun Huang, Xianchen Xu, Heng Deng

“…This study demonstrates a unusual approach to achieve water-responsive behavior in hydrophobic materials, expanding the possibilities for programmable shape-morphing in soft materials and soft robotic applications.…”
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Fleet Management for HDVs and CAVs on Highway in Dense Fog Environment by Bowen Gong, Ruixin Wei, Dayong Wu, Ciyun Lin

“…The car-following model is proposed to simulate the driver behavior in the fleet in local. The DMPC-based model is proposed to optimize rolling of the fleet. …”
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Novel Application for Activated Carbon Pharmaceutical Formulation as an Efficient Adsorbent of Iron (III) from Contaminated Canned Food by Zahrah T. Althagafi, Hassan A. Arida, Reham F. Hassan

“…Different parameters affecting the adsorption behavior of active carbon towards iron (III) have been optimized. …”
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Inside the impulsive brain: a narrative review on the role of neurobiological, hormonal and genetic factors influencing impulsivity in psychiatric disorders by Hannah Raji, Susha Dinesh, Sameer Sharma

“…Recognition of gender-specific impulsive behaviors and hormonal influences is imperative for tailoring treatment plans. …”
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Restless Leg Syndrome and Sleep Quality in Lumbar Radiculopathy Patients by Ersoy Kocabicak, Murat Terzi, Kursad Akpinar, Kemal Paksoy, Ibrahim Cebeci, Omer Iyigun

“…To investigate the frequency of restless leg syndrome (RLS), sleep quality impairment, depression, fatigue, and sleep behavior disorder and to determine the effects of surgery on these parameters in radiculopathy patients resistant to conservative treatment. …”
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On the state of nature and social life: thinking about humans and chimpanzees by Eliane Sebeika Rapchan

“…Only since the 1960s has the cumulative knowledge on wild chimpanzee behavior informed us about their ability to produce and use tools, for social learning, and to produce unique patterns of collective behavior. …”
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Analyzing radiative heat on third-grade fluids over an expanding inclined sheet subject to higher-order chemical reaction: An overlapping grid spectral quasilinearization approach by Titilayo M Agbaje, Folarin Oluwaseun, S.R. Mishra, Rupa Baithalu, Subhajit Panda

“…The transformed equations equipped with characterizing parameters are handled by a numerical technique known as the over lapping grid spectral quasilinearization method. The quantitative behavior of the factors intricate in it is deployed graphically and described briefly. …”
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Adept Domestic Energy Load Profile Development Using Computational Intelligence-Based Modelling by Olawale Popoola, Agnes Ramokone, Ayokunle Awelewa

“…Most studies undertaken on energy usage in buildings have shown that energy utilization is widely influenced by occupancy presence and occupants’ activities relative to the indoor environment, which may be widely dependent on weather conditions and user behaviors. However, the core drawback that has negated the proficient estimation of energy is the modelling of occupant behavior relative to energy use. …”
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