Mesoscopic Numerical Simulation of Fracture Process and Failure Mechanism of Concrete Based on Convex Aggregate Model by Yijiang Peng, Xiyun Chen, Liping Ying, Ying Chen, Lijuan Zhang

“…At mesoscale, concrete is considered as a three-phase heterogeneous material composed of aggregate particles, cement mortar, and the interfacial transition zones between the two phases. …”
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Microclimate land surface temperatures across urban land use/ land cover forms by S. Ali, S. Patnaik, O. Madguni

“…The urban mosaic of land use and land cover is thus characteristically composed of local climate zones. The spatial variation in the land surface temperature across specific zone is studied for Bhopal city. …”
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A novel gold and SiO2 material based planar 5-element high HPBW end-fire antenna array for 300 GHz applications by Kamili Jagadeesh Babu, Aldhaheri Rabah W., Nella Anveshkumar, Alharbi Khalid H., Sheikh Muntasir M.

“…The proposed radiating structure composes of a 5-element off-set feed rectangular patch antenna array fed by a tapered microstrip line to accomplish high HPBW. …”
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Nasogastric Tube Feeding-Induced Esophageal Bezoar: Case Description by Jad A. Degheili, Mikhael G. Sebaaly, Ali H. Hallal

“…Dislodging of the nasogastric tube at one time rendered it difficult to reinsert it, with investigation showing the presence of calcified material within the distal oesophagus, mainly composed of casein-based products secondary to enteral feeding. …”
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Loadability Analysis of Smart Solid-State Transformer Considering its Interactions Amongst all the Ports by Junru Chen, Yi Zhang, Muyang Liu, Yutian Chen, Rongwu Zhu

“…Generally, the ST is composed of three-stage offering medium voltage alternative current (MVAC), medium voltage direct current (MVDC), low voltage direct current (LVDC) and low voltage alternative current (LVAC) connectivity. …”
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Portland Cement Use in Dental Root Perforations: A Long Term Followup by Álvaro Henrique Borges, Matheus Coelho Bandeca, Mateus Rodrigues Tonetto, Luis Augusto Faitaroni, Elibel Reginna de Siqueira Carvalho, Juliane Maria Guerreiro-Tanomaru, Mário Tanomaru Filho

“…The intracanal medication was composed of calcium hydroxide and the perforation cavity was filled with Portland cement. …”
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Klebsiella pneumoniae Biofilms and Their Role in Disease Pathogenesis by Maria Eduarda Souza Guerra, Giulia Destro, Brenda Vieira, Alice S. Lima, Lucio Fabio Caldas Ferraz, Anders P. Hakansson, Michelle Darrieux, Thiago Rojas Converso

“…Biofilms are complex bacterial communities composed of one or more species encased in an extracellular matrix made of proteins, carbohydrates and genetic material derived from the bacteria themselves as well as from the host. …”
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Plant Growth Response of Pinus patula and P. maximinoi Seedlings at Nursery to Three Types of Ectomycorrhizal Inocula by Manuel F. Restrepo-Llano, Nelson W. Osorio-Vega, Juan D. León-Peláez

“…., and Suillus luteus); the second was a crude inoculum composed by root fragments of Pinus seedlings colonized by S. luteus suspended in a sterile matrix soil-sand; the third inoculum was a mixture of two ectomycorrhizal fungi A. muscaria and S. luteus produced under in vitro conditions in the potato-dextrose-agar medium. …”
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Investigation and evaluation of economic variables affecting the national power of countries by Reyhaneh SalehAbadi, Mohammad Reza HafezNia, Seyyed Hadi Zarghani, syrus ahmadi

“…The national strength of algebraic aggregation is a large number of positive and negative factors that are composed of numerous sources and resources. One of the important sources of national power in the world today and in the post-Cold War period is economic power, which is itself the bedrock of other superstructures, such as political, military, and so on. …”
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Immunity in the Cervix: Interphase between Immune and Cervical Epithelial Cells by Jorgelina Barrios De Tomasi, Michael Makokha Opata, Chishimba Nathan Mowa

“…The two cervical regions are bordered by the cervical transformation zone (CTZ), an area of changing cells, and are predominantly composed of cervical epithelial cells. Epithelial cells are known to play a crucial role in the initiation, maintenance, and regulation of innate and adaptive response in collaboration with immune cells in several tissue types, including the cervix, and their dysfunction can lead to a spectrum of clinical syndromes. …”
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Uniaxial Compression Mechanical Properties of Rock Samples in Soft and Hard Composite Strata by Bo Wu, Wei Huang

“…For this purpose, the artificial composite samples composed of two kinds of materials with different strengths were prepared by using cement and kaolin as similar materials. …”
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Strategic Analysis of Sports Tourism Marketing Mix in Mazandaran with 7P\'s Approach by shahab hasibi, vahid shojaei

“…The purpose of this study was to analyze the strategic combination of sports tourism marketing in Mazandaran province with a 7 P's approach. 235 managers of sport and tourism organizations, managers of tourism offices, tourism guides and academic experts in the fields of sport and tourism management, as a sample of this research, were randomly selected, completed a researcher-made questionnaire composed of 57 valid questions & 7 Component (α=0.792) voluntarily. …”
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A data-driven methodology for the classification of different liquids in artificial taste recognition applications with a pulse voltammetric electronic tongue by Jersson X Leon-Medina, Leydi J Cardenas-Flechas, Diego A Tibaduiza

“…In this sense, this work introduces a taste recognition methodology, which is composed of several steps including unfolding data, data normalization, principal component analysis for compressing the data, and classification through different machine learning models. …”
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Ayuka’s Title of Daichin Khan: Examining Tibetan-Language Sources by Bembya L. Mitruev

“…The article examines materials contained in various Tibetan-language texts, such as the autobiography of the Great Fifth Dalai Lama and that composed by Desi Sangye Gyatso, biography of Fifth Panchen Lama, etc. …”
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Silicon‐Based Optical Switch with Ge2Sb2Te5‐Enabled Phase‐Shifting Region by Xiaojun Chen, Jiao Lin, Ke Wang

“…This optical switch is based on contra‐directional couplers composed of two phase‐shifted Bragg gratings. To minimize the impact of GST absorption loss, GST is only used in the phase‐shifting area, and the switching function is achieved by changing the state of GST. …”
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The High-Temperature Synthesis of the Nanoscaled White-Light Phosphors Applied in the White-Light LEDs by Hao-Ying Lu, Meng-Han Tsai

“…In order to obtain the white-light phosphors, the vanadium ions were applied to substitute the phosphorus ions to compose the YP1-XVXO4 phosphors. From the PL spectra, the strongest PL intensity can be obtained with 30% vanadium ions. …”
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Analysis and Discussion of Atmospheric Precursor of European Heat Summers by Christine Träger-Chatterjee, Richard W. Müller, Jörg Bendix

“…To consider the ENSO effect, the novel Central European Drought Index (CEDI) has been developed, which is composed of the GNDI and the Bivariate ENSO Time Series Index. …”
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A New Design of Vibration Absorber for Periodic Excitation by Shyh-Chin Huang, Kao-An Lin

“…The PVA designed in this paper is composed of a dual-beam interconnected with a discrete spring in between. …”
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Tea Garden Lateritic Soil as a High-Temperature Desulfurization Sorbent: Effect of Oxygen on Regeneration Process by Tzu-Hsing Ko, Chen-Yao Chu

“…The desulfurization and regeneration experiments were carried out using a fixed-bed reactor at 500°C and the gaseous mixture composed of 1% H2S, 25% CO, 15% H2, and balance N2 for the desulfurization process. …”
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Unlocking autism’s complexity: the Move Initiative’s path to comprehensive motor function analysis by Ashley Priscilla Good, Elizabeth Horn

“…In response, this Perspective introduces the Move Initiative, a coalition spearheaded by the nonprofit 2 m Foundation, composed of self-advocates, families, clinicians, researchers, entrepreneurs, and investors who aim to advance and refine the measurement of movement in autism. …”
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