Fatigue Performance of Reinforced Concrete T-Girders under Cyclic Loading by Jinquan Zhang, Bing Bai, Kechao Zhang, Shoushan Cheng, Shangchuan Zhao, Lei Wang, Chenxu Zhuang

“…Seven T-girders were casted and tested. All girders were loaded under different constant cyclic loading in the midspan with the load ratio of 0.14∼0.23 and frequency of 3∼4 Hz. …”
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Preparation and Supercritical CO2 Foaming of Modified Nanocrystalline Cellulose Reinforced Polylactic Acid Bionanocomposites by Dan Chen, Ping Zhang, Jiajun Wang, De Gao

“…The solution casting method was used to prepare polylactic acid/modified nanocrystalline cellulose (PLA/mNCC) composites, and the effects of the mNCC content on the morphology, thermal characteristics, and rheological properties of the PLA nanocomposite were examined. …”
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Effect of Quarry Waste on Self-Compacting Concrete Containing Binary Cementitious Blends of Fly Ash and Cement by Baboo Rai, Sanjay Kumar, Kumar Satish

“…In all, 108 cube samples and 54 cylindrical samples were cast to study the strength parameters of SCC with and without quarry waste. …”
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Preaugmentation Soft Tissue Expansion: A Report of Four Pilot Cases by Farah Asa’ad, Gionata Bellucci, Luca Ferrantino, Davide Trisciuoglio, Silvio Taschieri, Massimo Del Fabbro

“…Optical scanning and superimposition of cast models were used for volumetric analysis. The mean soft tissue volume increase was 483.8 ± 251.7 mm3. …”
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Revealing Annemarie Schimmel's Interpretation of The Sufi Texts Through Gadamer's Philosophical Hermeneutic Analysis by Muhammad Hisyam Syafii, Ahmad Hermawan, Husain Azhari, Lala Afafa

“…The results of the study show that Schimmel's understanding of Sufi texts is influenced by her prejudices and understandings as an orientalist. Schimmel's "casting fusion" process produces a rich interpretation but is not free from inherent bias. …”
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Structural Behavior of Reinforced Self-Compacted Engineered Cementitious Composite Beams by Bashar S. Mohammed, M. F. Nuruddin, Muhammad Aswin, Nursyuhada Mahamood, Hashem Al-Mattarneh

“…Eight large-scale reinforced self-compacted engineered cementitious composite (R-SC-ECC) beams with different steel reinforcement ratios have been designed, prepared, cast, cured, and tested to failure at the age of 28 days. …”
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Dental Laboratory Production of Prosthetic Restorations in a Population in Sofia, Bulgaria: A Descriptive Study by Nikola D. Damyanov, Dick J. Witter, Anneloes E. Gerritsen, Nico H. J. Creugers

“…Production was related to dentitions as noted from casts. Dentitions were classified as edentulous, interrupted/reduced, slightly interrupted, shortened, and complete. …”
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Fabrication of Highly Porous Alumina-Based Ceramics with Connected Spaces by Employing PMMA Microspheres as a Template by Kazutaka Kamitani, Takeo Hyodo, Yasuhiro Shimizu, Makoto Egashira

“…Highly porous alumina-based ceramics were fabricated by a slip casting method by employing polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) microspheres having different diameters as a template and MgO or SiC powder as a sintering aid and subsequent calcination at 1600∘C. …”
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Computer-Aided Designing and Manufacturing of Lingual Fixed Orthodontic Appliance Using 2D/3D Registration Software and Rapid Prototyping by Soon-Yong Kwon, Yong Kim, Hyo-Won Ahn, Ki-Beom Kim, Kyu-Rhim Chung, Seong-Hun Kim (Sunny)

“…By exporting design information to 3D CAD software, we have produced a stereolithographic prototype and converted it into a cobalt-chrome alloy appliance as a way of combining traditional prosthetic investment and cast techniques. While the bonding procedure of the appliance could be reinforced, CAD technology simplified the fabrication process by eliminating the soldering phase. …”
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Investigating the Use of Waste Vehicle Tyres as Partial Replacement of Coarse Aggregates in Structural Concrete. by Nkwasibwe, Kraph

“…A total of 30 cube specimens were cast. The results of the test were compared with the respective conventional concrete properties. …”
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Comparative Study of the Effect of Pumice Sand, River Sand, and Quarry Dust as Fine Aggregates on the Unit Weight of Concrete. by Niyonzima, Richard

“…The experimental investigation was conducted on both fresh and hardened concrete such as workability, density, compressive strength, particle size distribution, water absorption, and fineness modulus. Concrete cubes were cast and soaked in a curing tank for 7 days, 14 days, and 28 days.…”
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Experimental Investigation on Shear Strength between Ultra-High-Performance Concrete and Normal Concrete Substrates by Xinghong Jiang, Hengxiang Song, Ke Li, Jing Qiang, Jing Tian

“…Tunnel engineering in China has developed to the stage of both construction and maintenance, and the problem of structural defect is widespread. The cast-in-situ jacketed arch treatment takes a long time and has a great impact on traffic. …”
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Ambivalence and Ambiguity in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman by Monica Michlin

“…Or is Gaines’s point to undo the “retrick” of heroics and of alienation alike, and, against of backdrop of constant, ordinary destruction of black lives, to cast the adult Miss Jane as a Brer Rabbit-like figure, for whom survival and resistance are both dialectically connected and opposed? …”
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“Cameralism” or “patrimonialism”: at the origins of Peter the Great’s reformation of higher management in Russia by N. A. Omelchenko

“…Based on the analysis of the transformations carried out at the beginning of the XVIII century in the system of higher administration, the author of the article concludes about the strengthening of the personal principle in public administration during the reign of Peter I, which casts doubt on the widespread opinion about the formation of a rational system of public administration during the reforms carried out by Peter I. …”
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Virtual Planning of a Complex Three-Part Bimaxillary Osteotomy by Chiara Di Blasio, Marilena Laura Anghinoni, Alberto Di Blasio

“…Conventional methods to study the deformities are still reliable, but the advent of tridimensional (3D) imaging, especially computed tomography (CT) scan and laser scanning of casts, created the opportunity to better understanding the skeletal support and the soft tissue structures. …”
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Preparing for opening night: temporal boundary objects in textually-mediated professional practice by Elisabeth Davies, Pamela J. McKenzie

“…In the theatre setting, qualitative interviews with the cast and crew and document analysis of the prompt book were the means of data collection. …”
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ANN and RSM Modeling for the Synthesis of Avocado Seed Starch Combined Orange Peel Extract Antimicrobial Packaging Film by Yasin Ahmed Waday, Ermias Girma Aklilu

“…The active films were developed through the solvent casting method. The influence of avocado seed starch and orange peel essential oil was investigated and optimized using response surface methodology and an artificial neural network on the tensile strength, water vapor permeability, and antimicrobial properties of active films. …”
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The Integral Field View of the Orion Nebula by Adal Mesa-Delgado

“…The analysis of these morphologies using IFS has given us new insights into the abundance discrepancy problem, a long-standing and unresolved issue that casts doubt on the reliability of current methods used for the determination of metallicities in the universe from the analysis of H II regions. …”
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MIMO With 1-b Pre/Postcoding Resolution: A Quantum Annealing Approach by Ioannis Krikidis

“…The algorithm is associated with a rigorous mathematical framework that casts the pre/postcoding vector design to appropriate real-valued quadratic unconstrained binary optimization (QUBO) problems. …”
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