Effect of Drying-Wetting Cycles on Engineering Properties of Expansive Soils Modified by Industrial Wastes by Chengfu Chu, Meihuang Zhan, Qi Feng, Dong Li, Long Xu, Fusheng Zha, Yongfeng Deng

“…These results show that drying-wetting cycles will destroy the soil structure. The compressibility of modified expansive soils increases with the drying-wetting cycles, where an empirical formula between compressibility and the cycle number was established. …”
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Thermophysical investigation of glycol ethers in mannitol solutions at various temperatures by Chakraborty Nabaparna, Thakur Priya, Juglan Kailash Chandra, Syed Abrar Hussain

“…The propensity of the solute to generate or destroy structures in a solvent is also a subject of research. …”
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Simulation of wind flow around an alternative flat-roofed fortress tower ruin by Martin Poliak, Michal Franek, Jana Gregorová

“…The modelled ruin has almost cube-like proportions, with an open roof plane and a destroyed corner. Roofs over ruins are seen as a means of protection against the wind, which is considered a destructive mechanism. …”
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The thermal damaging process of diorite under microwave irradiation by Xirui Lu, Chen Yuan, Zeng Junsen, Hu Qijun, Shao Dadong, Zhang Haibin, Lu Xirui

“…The result indicates that diorite can be effectively destroyed under microwave irradiation.…”
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Early Childhood Caries by Yumiko Kawashita, Masayasu Kitamura, Toshiyuki Saito

“…Although dental caries can be arrested and potentially even reversed in its early stages, it is often not self-limiting and progresses without proper care until the tooth is destroyed. Early childhood caries (ECC) is often complicated by inappropriate feeding practices and heavy infection with mutans streptococci. …”
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A Solution to Reconstruct Cross-Cut Shredded Text Documents Based on Character Recognition and Genetic Algorithm by Hedong Xu, Jing Zheng, Ziwei Zhuang, Suohai Fan

“…The reconstruction of destroyed paper documents is of more interest during the last years. …”
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Using Pneumatic Systems in the Representation of Historical Buildings Damaged in Earthquakes: The Case of Hatay by Esra İmamoğlu Yılmaz, Güray Yusuf Baş, Tayfur Emre Yavru, Semih Yılmaz

“…As a result of the earthquakes centered in Kahramanmaraş in 2023, many historical buildings were destroyed. Since these structures represent the cultural memory of the city and its inhabitants, the renewal, reinforcement and restoration of these structures are essential. …”
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STRATEGY FOR THE PREVENTION OF WORLD WARS IDEAL POLITICAL MAP OF THE WORLD, FROM 195 TO 21 MEGA-FEDERATIONS by Luca DIACONESCU, Angelica NECȘULEA

“…Wars have always caused millions and millions of dead, destroyed peoples' wealth and held development back. …”
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Emergency Pneumonectomy: A Life-Saving Measure for Severe Recurrent Hemoptysis in Tuberculosis Cavitary Lesion by Ravisagar Patel, Abhinav Singh, Rajendra Mohan Mathur, Anula Sisodiya

“…Because of bronchial artery or a branch of pulmonary artery erosion due to cavitary infiltration, bronchiectasis, fungus ball, broncholithiasis, or destroyed lung, the bleeding can lead to highly compromised gas exchange or sometimes can be a life-threatening situation. …”
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Breakup of Spiral Wave and Order-Disorder Spatial Pattern Transition Induced by Spatially Uniform Cross-Correlated Sine-Wiener Noises in a Regular Network of Hodgkin-Huxley Neurons by Yuangen Yao, Wei Cao, Qiming Pei, Chengzhang Ma, Ming Yi

“…Comparing with non-cross-correlated sine-Wiener noises, CCSW noises can destroy organized spiral wave with lesser noise amplitude.…”
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Eurasian Aerospace Defense: the Role of Strategic Nonnuclear Arms by A. I. Podberezkin

“…The author claims that by 2020 all strategic objects in Russian will be targeted by aerospace defense systems and there’s great probability that they might be destroyed by the first disarming strike of a potential adversary. …”
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Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis with Pyoderma Gangrenosum by Adrián Imbernón-Moya, Elena Vargas-Laguna, Antonio Aguilar, Miguel Ángel Gallego, Claudia Vergara, María Fernanda Nistal

“…Peripheral ulcerative keratitis is a process which destroys the peripheral cornea. Its cause is still unknown although it is often associated with autoimmune conditions. …”
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Advances in Immunotherapy for Melanoma: A Comprehensive Review by Carmen Rodríguez-Cerdeira, Miguel Carnero Gregorio, Adriana López-Barcenas, Elena Sánchez-Blanco, Beatriz Sánchez-Blanco, Gabriella Fabbrocini, Brunilda Bardhi, Ardiana Sinani, Roberto Arenas Guzman

“…These treatments have the same goal as drugs that are already used to stimulate the proliferation of T lymphocytes in order to destroy tumor cells; however, immunotherapies aim to selectively attack the tumor cells of each patient. …”
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Adsorption of Fluoride from Aqueous Solution on Calcined and Uncalcined Layered Double Hydroxide by L.A. Ramírez-Llamas, R. Leyva-Ramos, A. Jacobo-Azuara, J.M. Martínez-Rosales, E.D. Isaacs-Paez

“…The adsorption capacity of LDH was influenced by the calcination temperature and was enhanced by increasing the calcination temperature. The calcination destroyed the crystalline structure of the LDH, which was recovered when the calcined LDH was rehydrated in aqueous solution. …”
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Damages of Underground Facilities in Coal Mines due to Gas Explosion Shock Waves: An Overview by Dezhi Ran, Jianwei Cheng, Rui Zhang, Yu Wang, Yuhang Wu

“…Among them, gas explosion shock waves not only can destroy the machines and equipment in mine roadways but also cause the failure of mine ventilation facilities resulting in secondary hazards. …”
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A Novel Mesh Quality Improvement Method for Boundary Elements by Hou-lin Liu, Cui Dai, Liang Dong, Ming-gao Tan

“…In addition, the existing smoothing algorithm can improve the mesh quality only by repositioning vertices of the interior mesh. Without destroying boundary conformity, bad elements with all their vertices on the boundary cannot be eliminated. …”
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Simulation of the Collapse Mechanism of a Minaret under the Effect of Strong Wind by Taha Yasin Altıok, Ali Demir

“… In this study, the collapse mechanism of a destroyed minaret under strong wind influence was simulated to understand such structural interactions and identify potential risky regions. …”
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Appropriate amount of modified corn flour improves the structural and physicochemical properties of wheat dough by Mengdi Song, Zhiqiang Fan, Zhan Liang, Shihong Wang, Xing Zhang, Youqiang Pei, Haiyan Gao, Jie Zeng

“…However, the excessive addition of SG-CF or HB-CF destroyed the gluten network structure. Results of this study are expected to provide valuable guidance for the application of SG-CF and HB-CF in flour-based products.…”
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A Novel Experiment to Study the Roll Motion Characteristics of a Sailing Ship in a Landslide-Generated Wave in the Three Gorges Reservoir by Peiyin Yuan, Pingyi Wang, Yu Zhao

“…Strong earthquakes, heavy rains, changes in reservoir water levels, and other external factors destabilize large rock masses causing them to fall into the water at high speed, thereby destroying the original ecological balance in the region. …”
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‘If this is of God’: Choosing to Curse in Ghanaian Charismatic Christianity by Mark S. Aidoo

“…Moreover, it is about destroying physical or spiritual beings that oppose one’s wellbeing. …”
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