Fracture Behavior of Engineered Cementitious Composites Concrete Under Center Point Bending Load by Al-Masraf Harith Mohammed, Al-Attar Tareq Salih, Freyyah Qais Jawad

“…Five mixes for each strength grade were cast to test fresh and hardened properties; the optimum mixture that gave the higher modulus of rupture was chosen for fracture parameters investigations. …”
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A Descriptive Study of Some of the Dento-Gingival Components of Esthetics of Patients at a Tertiary Care-center in the Eastern Part of Nepal by Arati Sharma

“…Variables (above mentioned) were marked and measured on the casts with a calibrated digital vernier caliper and entered in the data sheet, and descriptive analysis was done with SPSS version 20. …”
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Reservoir Physical Properties and Micropore Nanocharacteristics of Cores in the Shihezi Formation, Sudong District, Sulige Gas Field, Ordos Basin by Xin Zhang, Feng Wang, Shuyi Liang, Qintao Guo, Jingchun Tian, Bingyue Shen

“…According to that microscopic observation of sandstone thin section and cast thin section combined with the analysis of scan electron microscope, the results show that both Shan-1 member and He-8 member of Sudong area 2 in Sulige gas field are dominated by class I reservoirs and class II reservoirs. …”
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High temperature effects on fatigue performance and crack initiation mechanisms of 316LN stainless steel for nuclear power pipelines by JianNeng Zheng, JunChao Hu, YueHui Jiang, QingYuan Wang, Kun Yang

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Certain Death: Mike Flanagan’s Gothic Antidote to Traumatic Memory and Other Enlightenment Hang-Overs in <i>Doctor Sleep</i> by Erik Bond

“…I support this argument by closely reading how Flanagan’s filmic tools of domestic metaphor, uncanny casting, and repurposed sets from Kubrick’s <i>The Shining</i> not only tell how to exorcise the inherited stills of the Overlook Hotel but also show viewers how to do so. …”
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ChatGPT Versus Modest Large Language Models: An Extensive Study on Benefits and Drawbacks for Conversational Search by Guido Rocchietti, Cosimo Rulli, Franco Maria Nardini, Cristina Ioana Muntean, Raffaele Perego, Ophir Frieder

“…For evaluation, we used the TREC CAsT datasets to assess the retrieval effectiveness of the rewrites of both <monospace>gpt-3.5-turbo</monospace> and our fine-tuned models. …”
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Modeling Concrete Compressive Strength Variation with Age Using Origin Pro Software. by Nabaweesi, Alice

“…These were taken from compressive strength data for the concrete cast for the upgrading to paved standard of 9.5km of roads, reconstruction of 6.72km of roads including signalization of junctions and channelization of 3.9km of drainages in Lubaga, Kawempe, Makindye Division, and Wakiso district, a project by the Korea Consultants International as the Consultant, China Communications Construction Company as the Contractor and KCCA as the client. …”
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The effects of tungsten content on the mechanical behavior, ignition and energy-release characteristics of short-tungsten-fibers/Zr-BMGCs under dynamic loading by Xin Yu, Jianbin Li, Xiqiang Gai, Chong Chen, Zhenxiong Wang, Xin Zhao, Hongwei Zhao, Kaichuang Zhang

“…The short tungsten fibers/Zr-based bulk metallic glass composites (SWF/Zr-BMGCs) were prepared by melt infiltration casting. The effects of tungsten content on mechanical properties and energy-release characteristics under dynamic loading of Zr59.62Cu14.4Ni12Al10Nb3Hf0.78Y0.2 bulk metallic glasses (Zr-BMGs) were systematically investigated. …”
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Evaluation of the degradation of mortar with volcanic tuff replacement via destructive and non-destructive testing by Hebah Mohammad Al-jabali, Walid. Fouad Edris, Mahmoud Al-Tamimi, Abd Al-Kader A. Al Sayed, Tarek Ibrahim Selouma

“…One hundred eighty standard cubes and Thirty-six prisms with dimensions of (50 × 50 × 50 mm3) and (25 × 25 × 285 mm3), respectively, were cast using three different mixes of the cement mortar. …”
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A Reliable Generative Adversarial Network Approach for Climate Downscaling and Weather Generation by Neelesh Rampal, Peter B. Gibson, Steven Sherwood, Gab Abramowitz, Sanaa Hobeichi

“…The skill of cGANs is highly sensitive to a hyperparameter known as the weight of the adversarial loss (λadv), where the value of λadv required for accurate results varies with season and performance metric, casting doubt on the reliability of cGANs as usually implemented. …”
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Enhancing the Tribological Characteristics of Epoxy Composites by the Use of Three-Dimensional Carbon Fibers and Cobalt Oxide Nanowires by Muad Muhammed Ali, Haidar Akram Hussein, Nabil Kadhim Taieh, Ying Li, Riad Abdul Abas, Sumair Ahmed Soomro, Salman Aatif

“…Composites are made using the cast-in-place method. Under different normal loads and sliding velocities, these composites' wear and friction coefficient performances are assessed. …”
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An Electrochemical Dopamine Assay with Cobalt Oxide Palatinose Carbon Dots by Ram Chandra Nepal, Elif S. Seven, Roger M. Leblanc, Charles C. Chusuei

“…Cyclic (CV) and linear sweep (LSV) voltammetry measurements were obtained, drop-casting the CDs onto GCEs and measuring DA in a phosphate-buffer solution (pH = 7). …”
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Cutting-edge: bionanomaterial solutions in the battle against Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 by U. Saeed, R. Uppal, M. H. Najmi, I. Fazal, A. A. Khan, Z. Z. Piracha, M. R. Uppal, H. N. Ijaz, D. U. Ozsahin, B. Uzun, I. Ozsahin

“…These microscopic champions effectively hinder viral ingress into host cells and orchestrate the controlled release of antiviral agents, casting a profound influence on the course of viral infections. …”
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Data on hydrodynamic flow and aspiration mechanisms in a patient-specific pharyngolaryngeal model with variable epiglottis anglesMendeley Data by Amr Seifelnasr, Chen Sun, Peng Ding, Xiuhua April Si, Jinxiang Xi

“…The study utilized a biomechanical swallowing model developed using transparent casts of an anatomically accurate pharyngolaryngeal structure. …”
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Pore Structure Differentiation between Deltaic and Epicontinental Tight Sandstones of the Upper Paleozoic in the Eastern Linxing Area, Ordos Basin, China by Jimei Deng, Huan Zeng, Peng Wu, Jia Du, Jixian Gao, Fei Zhao, Zhixun Jiang

“…This paper mainly studies the reservoir characteristics of tight sandstone in the north-central area close to the provenance in eastern Linxing. Cast thin section, scanning electron microscopy, high-pressure mercury injection, and X-ray diffraction (XRD) were applied to discriminate the tight sandstone reservoir differences between the Permian Taiyuan and Shanxi formations in the study area. …”
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Effects of Simulation-Guided Microwave Presintering Process on the Preparation and Final Properties of Pure Ceramic Rings: Lower Sintering Temperature and Higher Mechanical Propert... by Xiao Lu, Tong-Tong Zhou, Feng-He Zhao, Xiao-Xiong Wang, Li-Xiang Chen, Yun-Ze Long

“…The 3Y-TZP ceramic rings are shaped by gel-casting. The effect of presintering on the performance of ceramic rings is investigated by applying conventional sintering and microwave sintering methods. …”
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Pharmacological Inhibition of Caspase-1 Ameliorates Cisplatin-Induced Nephrotoxicity through Suppression of Apoptosis, Oxidative Stress, and Inflammation in Mice by Jung-Yeon Kim, Jae-Hyung Park, Kiryeong Kim, Jungmin Jo, Jaechan Leem, Kwan-Kyu Park

“…We found that administration of Ac-YVAD-cmk effectively attenuated cisplatin-induced renal dysfunction, as evidenced by reduced plasma levels of blood urea nitrogen and creatinine, and histological abnormalities, such as tubular cell death, dilatation, and cast formation. Administration of Ac-YVAD-cmk inhibited caspase-3 activation as well as caspase-1 activation and attenuated apoptotic cell death, as assessed by terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick-end labeling, in the kidneys of cisplatin-treated mice. …”
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In-Hospital Macro-, Meso-, and Micro-Drivers and Interventions for Antibiotic Use and Resistance: A Rapid Evidence Synthesis of Data from Canada and Other OECD Countries by Rosa Stalteri Mastrangelo, Anisa Hajizadeh, Thomas Piggott, Mark Loeb, Michael Wilson, Luis Enrique Colunga Lozano, Yetiani Roldan, Hussein El-Khechen, Anna Miroshnychenko, Priya Thomas, Holger J. Schünemann, Robby Nieuwlaat

“…We conducted a search in Ovid MEDLINE and McMaster University’s evidence databases for systematic reviews and then for individual Canadian studies. To cast a wider net, we searched OECD organization websites and screened reference lists from systematic reviews. …”
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H.A.R. Gibb ve Onun Arap Dili ve Kur’an Bağlamında İslâm Algısı by Yusuf Seller

“…Basically, when it comes to the arguments related withIslam in any way, he never meant to cast a cloud over his objectivity as ascholar. Hardly did he sustain his unbiasedness because of accounting forKor’an through Arabic Language and for Islam through Kor’an, though. …”
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Cross-Linked Self-Standing Graphene Oxide Membranes: A Pathway to Scalable Applications in Separation Technologies by Juan A. G. Carrio, Vssl Prasad Talluri, Swamy T. Toolahalli, Sergio G. Echeverrigaray, Antonio H. Castro Neto

“…The membranes were prepared by casting aqueous suspensions of GO and SiC or oxide powders onto substrates, followed by drying and detachment to yield self-standing films. …”
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