Age-Related Differences in the Association between Plasma High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein and Noncalcified or Mixed Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaques by Tiewei Li, Ning Chen, Zhengan Liu, Zhiming Shan, Geng Dong, Junmei Yang, Minglu Qi

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The melting performance blast furnace slags with high alumina content by Zheng H.-Y., Zhang Y., Wang Z., Du J.-L., Jiang X., Gao Q.-J., Shen F.-M.

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Study on the Influence of Introducing Al Transition Layer on Deuterium Resistance of Al2O3 Coating by Weijing Wang, Qinghe Yu, Xiaopeng Liu, Lei Hao, Jing Mi, Shijie Li, Shuai Li, Zheng Lu, Shanshan Li, Hao Liu

“…The Al/Al2O3 composite deuterium barrier was deposited on the polished side of 316 L stainless steel by the method of radio-frequency magnetron sputtering. …”
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Quale posto per il passato nella città? Narrazioni e pratiche di recupero nella città vecchia di Taranto by Vincenzo Luca Lo Re

“…This relationship reveals an articulated tension that reflects, on the one hand, the need to find new solutions to the environmental crisis caused by the steel industry (ILVA - Arcelor Mittal) and, on the other, the possibility of rethinking the economy and management of urban spaces to capitalise and re-exploiting a marginalised territory that is now once again central. …”
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Effect of Explosive Reactive Armour Cover Plate on Interaction of ERA and Explosively Formed Projectile by Muhammad F. Rasheed, Cheng Wu, Ali Raza

“…ERA generally consists of an ERA sandwich and an outer steel cover to protect it from unintended initiation. …”
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New Approach to Managing Onychophagia by O. Marouane, M. Ghorbel, M. Nahdi, A. Necibi, N. Douki

“…In this paper we describe an exclusive nonpunitive fixed appliance utilizing a stainless steel twisted round wire bonded from canine to canine, in the mandibular arch, as a treatment of onychophagia. …”
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Analyse the effect of carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) strengthening of beams using ANSYS by Sabiha Barour, Abdesselam Zergua, Farid Bouziadi, Waleed Abed Jasim

“…The SOLID 65 and SHELL 181, LINK180 elements have been used to, respectively; model the 3D concrete beams and the composite layer, steel rebars. The results of the finite element were compared with the experimental data The results showed that the general behavior of the finite element models represented by the load-deflection curves shows good agreement with the test data from the previous researches. …”
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Optimal Control Method of Parabolic Partial Differential Equations and Its Application to Heat Transfer Model in Continuous Cast Secondary Cooling Zone by Yuan Wang, Xiaochuan Luo, Sai Li

“…Based on the real data in a plant, the simulation experiments show that the method can ensure the steel billet quality. From these experiment results, it is concluded that the improved conjugate gradient algorithm is convergent and the method is effective in optimal control problem of partial differential equations.…”
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Nonlinear Seismic Response Analysis of Curved and Skewed Bridge System with Spherical Bearings by Junwon Seo, Daniel G. Linzell, Jong Wan Hu

“…The approach is applied to a three-span curved and skewed steel girder bridge in the United States. The superstructure is modeled using 3D frame elements for the girders, truss elements for the cross-frames, and equivalent frame elements to represent the deck. …”
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Simultaneous Bilateral Rupture of the Patellar Tendon and Medial Collateral Ligament: A Case Report and Literature Review by Jean G. Louka, Damien Pourre

“…The symmetrical knee injury was treated with a primary direct repair of the MCL tears and using a suture anchor fixation of the patellar tendon ruptures, which was reinforced by a stainless steel wire and an autograft of the ipsilateral quadriceps tendon.…”
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Finite-Element Analysis of Vertical Displacement of Laminated Rubber Bearing under Earthquake Action for Disaster Resilience of the Smart City by Denglian Yang, Yanli Liu

“…According to the experimental data, an ideal elastic-plastic principal structure model was selected for the steel and a Yeoh principal structure model was selected for the rubber material, and the finite element analysis was carried out for the bearing. …”
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Impact of Thin-Walled Projectiles with Concrete Targets by Rayment E. Moxley, Mark D. Adley, Bob Rohani

“…An experimental program to determine the response of thin-walled steel projectiles to the impact with concrete targets was recently conducted. …”
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Crack tip fields in elastic-plastic and mixed mode I+II+III conditions, finite elements simulations and modeling by F. Fremy, S. Pommier, E. Galenne, S. Courtin

“…This paper is devoted to the analysis of the load path effect on I+II+III mixed mode fatigue crack propagation in a 316L stainless steel. Experiments were conducted in mode I+II and in mode I+II+III. …”
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Fuzzy Adaptive PID Algorithm in Temperature Control System of Lead Patenting Furnace by Junmei Huang, Feiyu Huang, Jintao Liang, Jianxin Chen, Pengtao Li

“…Following practical application, the microstructure analysis of the steel wire postpatenting demonstrated the creation of a more consistently distributed sorbite with enhanced properties by leveraging the new FA-PID system.…”
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Theoretical and Experimental Study of the Pounding Response for Adjacent Inelastic MDOF Structures Based on Dimensional Analysis by Qiaoyun Wu, Ziliang Liu, Tao Wang, Xuyong Chen

“…Finally, the validity of the proposed theoretical method is further proved by the comparison between results from the shaking table tests of adjacent four-story and three-story steel frame structures and the corresponding numerical results obtained by the MATLAB program.…”
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Core Microstructure and Strain State Analysis in MgB2 Wires with Different Metal Sheaths by C. E. Sobrero, M. T. Malachevsky, A. Serquis

“…Several Ti, stainless steel, and copper monofilamentary wires were prepared using these powders by the PIT method. …”
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VDB Entropy Measures and Irregularity-Based Indices for the Rectangular Kekulene System by Weidong Zhao, K. Julietraja, P. Venugopal, Xiujun Zhang

“…The study of PAHs has been steadily increasing because of their wide-ranging applications in several fields, like steel manufacturing, shale oil extraction, coal gasification, production of coke, tar distillation, and nanosciences. …”
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Interface Bond Characterization between Fiber and Cementitious Matrix by Won-Chang Choi, Seok-Joon Jang, Hyun-Do Yun

“…This paper aims to establish a design methodology that employs coefficients to represent the design parameters for the interfacial properties for three types of fibers: carbon fiber, polypropylene fiber, and twisted wire strand steel cord. The parameters for each type of fiber include the water-to-binder ratio and fiber embedment length. …”
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Pit nucleation on as-cast aluminiuim alloy AW-5083 in 0.01M NaCl by Dolić N., Malina J., Begić-Hadžipašić A.

“…The use of aluminium alloys in a wide range of technical applications is related mostly to the two facts: they facilitate weight saving of final products (if compared to the steel) and they are prone to spontaneous passivity due to the coherent surface oxide layer which impedes further reaction of aluminium with the environment. …”
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Structural Characterization of Carbon Nanomaterial Film In Situ Synthesized on Various Bulk Metals by J. Y. Xu, R. Yang, Z. Z. Fan, X. C. Lei

“…Carbon nanofiber films were prepared via a simple chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method on various bulk metal substrates including bulk 316 L stainless steel, pure cobalt, and pure nickel treated by surface mechanical attrition treatment (SMAT). …”
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