A microstructure-based numerical approach for uniaxial fatigue life-based non-uniaxial fatigue life prediction of hypo-eutectoid steels by Jonghoon Shin, Hyunki Kim, Minwoo Kang, Chungan Lee, Seunghyun Hong, Yoon Suk Choi

“…The proposed prediction procedure involves the generation of a statistically representative synthetic microstructure, the development of slip system-based fatigue constitutive models for the primary ferrite and pearlite phases constituting the hypo-eutectoid steel, the synthetic microstructure-based finite element simulations for uniaxial, torsional, and in-phase and out-of-phase axial plus torsional fatigue loading conditions using the developed constitutive models, the extraction of the cyclic increment of the fatigue indicator parameters (ΔFIP) from fatigue-simulated microstructures for the local fatigue damage quantification, the calibration of the uniaxial fatigue life prediction model by linking simulated uniaxial ΔFIPs to the uniaxial fatigue life data, and finally the prediction of the non-uniaxial fatigue life (through simulated non-uniaxial ΔFIPs) using the uniaxial fatigue-calibrated life prediction model. …”
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Molecular Tools for Diagnosis of Pediatric Infectious Diseases by Nivedhana Subburaju

“…Molecular techniques constitute valuable tools to improve the diagnosis of bacterial infections in children when cultures remain negative, etiologies of which would otherwise go nondocumented. …”
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The employment of optic coherence tomography in the diagnosis of papilledema by Yaney González Yglesias, Carlos E. Mendoza Santiesteban, Lillian G. León Veitía, Yosbelkys Martín Páez

“…<strong>Background:</strong> The optic coherence tomography constitute one of the most revolucionary tool in the ophtalmic diagnosis in the latest years, and is very useful in the papilledema studies. …”
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Effect of Seismic Frequency Spectra on Surrounding Rock Damage Evolution of Large Underground Caverns by Yumin Zhang, Zeqi Zhu, Rongchao Xu, Zhiquan Huang

“…To explore the distribution and evolution of the surrounding rock of underground caverns of hydropower stations, the dynamic compression tests for granite sample were carried out and the dynamic constitutive relation suitable to computer programming was established in terms of strain-based static elastic-plastic damage constitutive relation. …”
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Dynamic Characteristic and Fatigue Accumulative Damage of a Cross Shield Tunnel Structure under Vibration Load by Qixiang Yan, Hang Chen, Wenyu Chen, Junchen Zhang, Shuqi Ma, Xi Huang

“…According to the constitutive model, the dynamic response and cumulative damage of the tunnel cross structure under various train operation years were analyzed. …”
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Dynamic Compressive and Tensile Characteristics of a New Type of Ultra-High-Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE) and Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA) Fibers Reinforced Concrete by Bashir H. Osman, Xiao Sun, Zhenghong Tian, Hao Lu, Guilin Jiang

“…Based on the macrodamage factor, the traditional nonlinear viscoelastic constitutive model was simplified and improved. The four-parameter constitutive model was obtained, and the influence of these parameters on the performance of fiber concrete was analyzed. …”
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EBV-Infection in Cardiac and Non-Cardiac Gastric Adenocarcinomas is Associated with Promoter Methylation of p16, p14 and APC, but not hMLH1 by Helene Geddert, Axel zur Hausen, Helmut E. Gabbert, Mario Sarbia

“…Background: Epstein–Barr virus (EBV)-associated gastric carcinomas (GC) constitute a distinct clinicopathological entity of gastric cancer. …”
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Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4 Activity Is Related to Body Composition, Measures of Adiposity, and Insulin Resistance in Subjects with Excessive Adiposity and Different Degrees of Glucose... by Wellington S. Silva Júnior, Maria das Graças C. Souza, José Firmino Nogueira Neto, Eliete Bouskela, Luiz Guilherme Kraemer-Aguiar

“…However, studies that associate its constitutive activity with body composition, anthropometry, and insulin resistance (IR) are very scarce and included only healthy people. …”
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The fabrication of synthetic data promises: Tracing emerging arenas of expectations and boundary work by Louis Ravn

“…Second, it demonstrates that promissory organizations’ reports on synthetic data are generically performative as they circulate widely and constitute a source of authority for various stakeholders. …”
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Bryophytes Floristic Patterns in the Sicilian Aquatic and Humid Habitats—Important Refuges for Biodiversity Safeguarding in the Mediterranean Islands by Patrizia Campisi, Mattia Letizia Marino

“…Overall, the analysis found that, with a total of 224 taxa, this group constitutes 36% of the Sicilian bryophyte flora; it is quite diversified from a taxonomic point of view, being represented by 55 families and 106 genera. …”
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The temporal and embodied structure of the mineness sphere: some phenomenological ideas to frame mental health by Camilo Sánchez Sánchez, Camilo Sánchez Sánchez

“…This conception leads to consider two of Husserl’s phenomenological findings: first, awareness has a temporal structure, and second, temporal experience is constituted from the flow of consciousness. These findings are considered in terms of their constitutive import to subjectivity through the two variables. …”
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Structure and usage do not explain each other: an analysis of German word-initial clusters by Wiese Richard, Orzechowska Paula

“…Only a limited set of cluster properties investigated in the present paper constitutes a relevant predictor of frequency measures. …”
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Research on Fluid Viscous Damper Parameters of Cable-Stayed Bridge in Northwest China by Xiongjun He, Yongchao Yang, Xiang Xiao, Yulin Deng

“…Also, the 1 : 1 full-scale FVD model is made and used in the constitutive relation test. Then the test result of the damping parameters can be got by normal equation method. …”
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“Significant Negatives”: Genre and Ethics in Alice Meynell’s Familiar Essays, 1893–1909 by Rachel O’Connell

“…Meynell’s use of the genre of the familiar essay constituted an exploration of the position of retreat—the refusal to impose. …”
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Effectiveness and Safety of Newer Antidiabetic Medications for Ramadan Fasting Diabetic Patients by Ehab Mudher Mikhael

“…Hypoglycemia is the most common side effects for most glucose-lowering therapies. It constitutes a serious risk that faces diabetic patients who fast during Ramadan (the 9th month in the Islamic calendar). …”
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Indigenous communities and lithium extraction in Argentina: Juridification and action strategies by Deborah Pragier, Mariano A. Novas, Lucas G. Christel

“…In this article, we analyze the strategies deployed by indigenous actors in the face of non-compliance with constitutionally-recognized rights. Based on a study conducted in the communities of Salinas Grandes and Laguna de Guayatayoc between 2009 and 2019, we show that in the face of unfulfilled constitutional rights, indigenous communities have deployed a cumulative and complementary strategy based on their right to self-determination. …”
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Acting queerly: Jonah as the implicated subject and vulnerability by G.F. Snyman

“…The essay concludes that the spectacle of the conversion of the Ninevites constitutes a drag performance whilst Jonah’s watching of this drag performance queers himself in as much as he suffers the heat and wind while remaining silent. …”
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A Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm with Gradient Perturbation and Binary Tree Depth First Search Strategy by Xionghua Huang, Tiaojun Zeng, MinSong Li

“…In the sense of the binary tree concept, the three solutions constitute the father-son relationship, and the solution generated throughout the entire search process constitutes the binary tree. …”
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Adherence to the Clinical Good Practical Guide of Bronchial Asthma in the Allergy Consultation by Marisela Pérez Pacaréu, Rafael Zamora Puerta, Magalys Olivares Elegia, Rosa Naranjo Revollido

“…<p><strong>Background:</strong> Bronchial asthma constitutes a high prevalence disease which gets the 10 % of our milieu. …”
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Nigerian Federalism: The Quest for Restructuring by AYOTUNDE DAVID ODEWALE, BANJI MARCELLINUS ADEPOJU, KEHINDE REBECCA KAREEM

“…These agitations for secession/disintegration, and restructuring from different strata of the nation have constituted a major threat to Nigerian sovereignty. …”
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