Blasting of Unstable Rock Elements on Steep Slopes by Marco Casale, Giovanna Antonella Dino, Claudio Oggeri

“…Considering the significant number of influencing factors for both the rock mass features and for the topography, the present research has been necessarily validated through the analysis of several case histories, thus on an experiential basis focusing on some simple control parameters to help engineers and practitioners regarding the first design and control of blasting schemes.…”
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Chemical Recruitment for Foraging in Ants (Formicidae) and Termites (Isoptera): A Revealing Comparison by Klaus Jaffe, Solange Issa, Cristina Sainz-Borgo

“…Despite these very different evolutionary histories, both taxa evolved chemical recruitment systems involving attractants and orientation signals, and at least two divergent decision making system for recruitment. …”
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Cumulative earnings of Black, Chinese, South Asian and White individuals born in Canada by Aneta Bonikowska, René Morissette, Grant Schellenberg

“…Conversely, the lower cumulative earnings of Black men (relative to White men) cannot be accounted for by differences in sociodemographic characteristics, human capital, job characteristics or work histories. The higher cumulative earnings of Chinese and South Asian women relative to White women can be explained mostly or entirely by cross-group differences in these observable factors, the most important being education and representation in STEM fields. …”
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With big data comes big responsibility: Strategies for utilizing aggregated, standardized, de‐identified electronic health record data for research by Veronica R. Olaker, Sarah Fry, Pauline Terebuh, Pamela B. Davis, Daniel J. Tisch, Rong Xu, Margaret G. Miller, Ian Dorney, Matvey B. Palchuk, David C. Kaelber

“…Currently, sources are available that offer insight into the health histories of well over a quarter of a billion people. …”
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Prevalence of dual diagnosis in the south of Peru: descriptive clinical study by Jonathan A. Zegarra-Valdivia, Brenda Nadia Chino Vilca, Ernesto Cazorla Perez

“…It is a descriptive epidemiological study based on analysis of 445 case histories (HC) of patients admitted during the period of three years (2011-2013). …”
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Insect size responses to climate change vary across elevations according to seasonal timing. by César R Nufio, Monica M Sheffer, Julia M Smith, Michael T Troutman, Simran J Bawa, Ebony D Taylor, Sean D Schoville, Caroline M Williams, Lauren B Buckley

“…Our analysis further reinforces the need to move beyond expectations of universal responses to climate change to consider how environmental exposure and sensitivity vary across elevations and life histories.…”
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Vibration Analysis of a Single-Cylinder Reciprocating Compressor considering the Coupling Effects of Torsional Vibration by Siyuan Liu, Wanyou Li, Zhijun Shuai, Meilong Chen

“…Firstly, the dynamics of a crank-connecting rod mechanism is analyzed based on the measured instantaneous angular speed which contains the torsional vibration of the air compressor. The time histories of piston slap impact forces considering and without considering torsional vibration are compared. …”
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A Simplified Parametric Study on Occupant Comfort Conditions in Base Isolated Buildings under Wind Loading by F. Ubertini, F. Comodini, A. Fulco, M. Mezzi

“…The procedure is based on (i) the nonlinear dynamic analysis of the structure modeled as a single-degree-of-freedom oscillator with hysteretic base isolators, (ii) the digital generation of time histories of turbulent wind velocity, and (iii) comfort evaluations based on international standards. …”
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Review of Arctic sea-ice records over the last millennium from modern, historical, and proxy data sources by Natasha Leclerc, Jochen Halfar

“…We describe available Arctic sea-ice data sources, discuss each data set’s strengths and limitations, and compare multisourced Arctic sea-ice histories in different regions. We conclude with remarks on the impacts of internal forcing from natural feedbacks and oscillations versus anthropogenic impacts on sea-ice variability. …”
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Mobile sedentism? The Marakwet settlements of the Elgeyo Escarpment, north-western Kenya by David K. Kay

“…Combining archaeological/contemporary household survey data with local oral histories, this paper explores how the incremental movement of individual housing compounds has contributed to the gradual shift of Marakwet settlement across the landscape over the past two centuries. …”
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Synergism Analysis of Bedding Slope with Piles and Anchor Cable Support under Sine Wave Vehicle Load by Li Dan-Feng, Wang Lian-Jun

“…In order to reduce error of the elastic boundary conditions caused by the reflection effect of wavelengths, the combination of Lysmer surface viscous boundary and traditional ground support boundaries is utilized to analyze and calculate the time-histories during bedding slope under dynamic load. …”
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Transfer Learning for CNN-Based Damage Detection in Civil Structures with Insufficient Data by Mona Chamangard, Gholamreza Ghodrati Amiri, Ehsan Darvishan, Zahra Rastin

“…A compact CNN is utilized as the source domain network and the target domain network receives all of its knowledge from this source. Acceleration time histories from a numerical model, an experimental structure, and a full-scale bridge are utilized to validate the proposed methodology. …”
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Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: A Case Report by Ozlem Ece Basaran, Emine Seda Guvendag Guven, Suleyman Guven

“…The patient’s family and medical histories were both unremarkable. She had a 36 weeks and 2 days dichorionic diamniotic twin pregnancy. …”
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Violencia económica, conceptualizaciones transversales en la familia y la realidad social by Rolando Castillo Santiago

“…A través de un enfoque cualitativo, utilizando principalmente el método de análisis sistemático y descriptivo, se revela que la educación, el sistema educativo, el historial socioeconómico y el origen familiar son factores sociales que influyen en la configuración de las experiencias familiares y en la perpetuación de la violencia económica. …”
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Heimatfilm – zarys dziejów gatunku by Beata Kosińska-Krippner

“…Palfreyman, Heimat – a German Dream... (2000) szkicuje - stanowiącą niezbędną podstawę dla zrozumienia ewolucji Heimatfilmu - niezwykle bogatą i skomplikowaną historię pojęcia Heimat, ściśle związanego z istotnymi zwłaszcza dla Niemiec wydarzeniami historycznymi. …”
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Frihet og vennskap. Om ungdom og rusopplevelser by Øystein Skjælaaen, Ola Røed Bilgrei, Kristin Buvik, Janne Scheffels

“…I denne artikkelen tar vi et annet utgangspunkt og utforsker ungdommenes egne historier om alkoholens tiltrekningskraft i denne formative livsfasen. …”
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Empowering communities through social learning: Enhancing engagement in waste management at Mandiri Kasturi by Fajri Hidayatul, Saputra Boni, Pegi Andre Lofika, Renaldi Irfan, Halawa Historis Soterman, Wahyuni Nila

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Incorporation of Mean/Maximum Stress Effects in the Multiaxial Racetrack Filter by Marco Antonio Meggiolaro, Jaime Tupiassú Pinho de Castro, Hao Wu

“…The MRF efficiency is evaluated from tension-torsion experiments in 316L stainless steel tubular specimens under non-proportional (NP) load paths, showing it can robustly filter out nondamaging events even under multiaxial NP variable amplitude loading histories. KEYWORDS. Multiaxial racetrack filter; Mean/peak stress effects; Nondamaging events; Multiaxial loads.…”
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W kierunku dizajnu: o projektowaniu (historii) mody by Piotr Szaradowski

“…Ostatecznie autor proponuje również, aby odpowiednio wzbogacić o perspektywę dizajnu także historię mody, by dyscyplina ta nabrała nowego znaczenia i tym samym wspomagała przemianę mody w przyszłości. …”
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