Simulation of Chloride Diffusion in Cracked Concrete with Different Crack Patterns by Xiao-Yong Wang, Li-Na Zhang

“…Other crack characteristics, such as chloride depth, crack shape (equal-width crack or tapered crack), crack density, and spacing, are not studied in detail. To fill this gap, this paper presents a numerical procedure to simulate chloride ingression into cracked concrete with different crack geometry characteristics. …”
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Effects of Habitat Change on the Web Characteristics and Fitness of the Giant Wood Spider (Nephila pilipes) in Sri Lanka by Tharaka Wijerathna, Dilini Tharanga, Inoka C. Perera, Mayuri R. Wijesinghe

“…The nonforest webs were more closely knit (smaller mesh spaces) and the hub was placed at higher position on the web than that in the forest webs both altering prey capture efficiency. …”
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Optimized Hyper Beamforming of Linear Antenna Arrays Using Collective Animal Behaviour by Gopi Ram, Durbadal Mandal, Rajib Kar, Sakti Prasad Ghoshal

“…The optimized hyperbeam is achieved by optimization of current excitation weights and uniform interelement spacing. As compared to conventional hyper beamforming of linear antenna array, real coded genetic algorithm (RGA), particle swarm optimization (PSO), and differential evolution (DE) applied to the hyper beam of the same array can achieve reduction in sidelobe level (SLL) and same or less first null beam width (FNBW), keeping the same value of hyperbeam exponent. …”
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Hydrothermal Dissolution of Deeply Buried Cambrian Dolomite Rocks and Porosity Generation: Integrated with Geological Studies and Reactive Transport Modeling in the Tarim Basin, Ch... by Wenwen Wei, Daizhao Chen, Hairuo Qing, Yixiong Qian

“…The hydrothermal dissolution mainly occurred in dolomite wall-rocks with higher vertical permeability (extensive development of tensional fractures and connected pore spaces), producing additional dissolved porosity there during deep burial. …”
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Ground Settlements due to Construction of Triplet Tunnels with Different Construction Arrangements by Ahsan Naseem, Ken Schotte, Bart De Pauw, Hans De Backer

“…It results in 22.4% and 36.9% lesser settlements when compared to the equivalent horizontal twin tunnels spaced at 3D and the Left-Right-Top sequence, respectively.…”
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Response of the Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) Cultivar Gregory to Interactions of Digging Date and Disease Management by David L. Jordan, Barbara B. Shew, P. Dewayne Johnson

“…In 17 experiments from 2003 to 2012, economic return of peanut was determined over 5 digging dates spaced 1 week apart beginning in early to mid-September through mid-October. …”
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Analysis of Travel Hot Spots of Taxi Passengers Based on Community Detection by Shuoben Bi, Yuyu Sheng, Wenwu He, Jingjin Fan, Ruizhuang Xu

“…Based on the type of land use, as passengers' travel activity increased, travel hot spots formed clusters in urban spaces. After comparative verification, the results of this study were found to be accurate and reliable and can provide a reference for urban planning and traffic management.…”
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Performance and Profitability of Growing Ginger Using Single Bud Technique under High Density Arecanut-based Multispecies Cropping System by Samima Sultana, Partha Sarathi Medda, Sankar Saha, Sandip Hembram, Amarendra Nath Dey, Suraj Sarkar, Prabhat K. Pal

“…The performance of five known ginger cultivars of eastern India, namely Gorubathan, Suruchi, Suprabha, Bhaisay and a Local collection, were studied in an eight-year-old 2.7 m × 2.7 m spaced arecanut plantation at Uttar Banga Krishi Vishwavidyalaya within the Teraiagro-ecological region of West Bengal. …”
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Optimize the Power Consumption and SNR of the 3D Photonic High-Radix Switch Architecture Based on Extra Channels and Redundant Rings by Jie Jian, Mingche Lai, Liquan Xiao

“…Meanwhile, the greater channel spacing has great advantages to decrease the static power and increase the SNR of the optical network.…”
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Performance of Diaphragm Walls during Ultra-Deep Excavations in Karst Areas: Field Monitoring Analysis by Xingzhong Nong, Yanhong Wang, Benhai Lin, Wentian Xu, Wuzhang Luo, Ren Tang

“…Deep foundation pit excavations have become more extensive for the construction of underground spaces with rapid urbanization. Diaphragm walls are commonly used to support deep excavations. …”
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Additively manufactured ultrafine grained Aermet100 with superior mechanical property by Yanwen Liang, Jie Liu, Xiaotian Zhang, Yonghao Weng, Sheng Zhong, Tiannan Li, Peng Zhang, Chunpan Yang, Ying Xing, Jiazhe Fu, Kehong Wang

“…The results indicate that the specimens were well-formed, achieving a relative density of 99.99% through an optimal combination of process parameters: a laser power of 220 W, scanning speed of 1000 mm/s, scanning rotation of 67°, and hatch spacing of 0.07 mm.The additively manufactured Aermet100 specimens exhibited ultrafine grains with an average size of 0.4 μm. …”
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The Wind Loading Characteristics of MAN Type Dry Gas Storage Tank by Xinpeng Liu, Zhitao Yan, Zhengliang Li, Junfan Chen, Jingbo Liu

“…However, in common with 2D cylinder flows, the surface roughness with the spacing ratio (λ) greater than 0.9 had a significant effect on the wind pressures coefficient. …”
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Atomistic investigation of effect of twin boundary on machinability in diamond cutting of nanocrystalline 3C-SiC by Liang Zhao, Weimian Guan, Jiwen Xu, Zhiyuan Sun, Maoda Zhang, Junjie Zhang

“…Furthermore, the influence of twin boundary spacing on the diamond cutting characteristics of nanotwinned 3C-SiC was also addressed.…”
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Multi-resource constrained elective surgical scheduling with Nash equilibrium toward smart hospitals by Jun Xue, Zhi Li, Shuangli Zhang

“…The experimental results show that by introducing a digital twin, the physical and virtual spaces of the smart hospital can be integrated to visually simulate and verify surgical processes.…”
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Civil society organisations and the local politics of migration: how funding contexts matter by Christine Lang, Elisabeth Badenhoop

“…They do so by enhancing and restricting (1) CSOs’ access to spaces of policymaking as well as (2) CSOs’ capacities for political engagement. …”
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Finite Element Analysis of Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus: Influence of CSF Content and Anisotropy in Permeability by K. Shahim, J.-M. Drezet, J.-F. Molinari, R. Sinkus, S. Momjian

“…The present study shows that both inhomogeneous CSF content and anisotropy in permeability have a great influence on the CSF flow pattern through the parenchyma under an imposed pressure gradient between the ventricles and the subarachnoid spaces.…”
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Unveiling midcrustal seismic activity at the front of the Bolivian altiplano, Cochabamba region by Gonzalo Antonio Fernandez M, Benoit Derode, Laurent Bollinger, Bertrand Delouis, Mayra Nieto, Felipe Condori, Nathan Sarret, Jean Letort, Stephanie Godey, Mathilde Wimez, Teddy Griffiths, Walter Arce

“…We established a regional network consisting of 11 broadband and short-period seismic stations, spaced approximately 20 km apart. This study highlights the initial 6-month seismic bulletin made by manual and automated deep-neural-network based seismic phase picking. …”
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An Evaluation of the Architecture and Urban Positioning of the Phaselis Aqueduct by Kibar Cesur, Leyla Kaderli

“…Designed to align with the city’s topography, the aqueduct transported water from distant sources, to the city, delivering it through two directional shifts to baths, fountains, an other public spaces. In the Late Antique Period, the aqueduct was adopted to the city’s evolving urban plan through various repairs and reinforcements, enabling its contiuned use. …”
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High-Resolution Optical Coherence Tomography Retinal Imaging: A Case Series Illustrating Potential and Limitations by Olena Puzyeyeva, Wai Ching Lam, John G. Flanagan, Michael H. Brent, Robert G. Devenyi, Mark S. Mandelcorn, Tien Wong, Christopher Hudson

“…Using SD-OCT, the cases of DR and BRVO both exhibited macular edema with cystoid spaces visible in the outer retina. Conclusions. …”
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A Single-Layer Dual-Band Reflectarray Cell for 5G Communication Systems by Sandra Costanzo, Francesca Venneri, Antonio Borgia, Giuseppe Di Massa

“…The proposed configuration allows to achieve very small interelement spacings and negligible mutual coupling effects between the two bands, thus assuring an independent phase-tuning mechanism at both desired frequency bands. …”
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