Bridge Assessment and Health Monitoring with Distributed Long-Gauge FBG Sensors by Chunfeng Wan, Wan Hong, Jianxun Liu, Zhishen Wu, Zhaodong Xu, Shu Li

“…Most sensors for structural testing and health monitoring are “point” sensors which strongly limit the ability to correct damage detection and structural assessment. …”
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Reduction of Maximum and Residual Drifts on Posttensioned Steel Frames with Semirigid Connections by Arturo López-Barraza, Edén Bojórquez, Sonia E. Ruiz, Alfredo Reyes-Salazar

“…The aim of this paper is to study the seismic performance of self-centering moment-resisting steel frames with posttensioned connections taking into account nonlinear material behavior, for better understanding of the advantages of this type of structural system. Further, the seismic performance of traditional structures with rigid connections is compared with the corresponding equivalent posttensioned structures with semirigid connections. …”
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Analytical Evaluation of Reinforced Concrete Pier and Cast-in-Steel-Shell Pile Connection Behavior considering Steel-Concrete Interface by Jiho Moon, Dawn E. Lehman, Charles W. Roeder, Hak-Eun Lee, Tae-Hyung Lee

“…In practice, the steel casing is not considered in the structural design and the pile is assumed to be an RC member. …”
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Bending and Shear Experimental Tests and Numerical Analysis of Composite Slabs Made Up of Lightweight Concrete by F. P. Alvarez Rabanal, J. Guerrero-Muñoz, M. Alonso-Martinez, J. E. Martinez-Martinez

“…The aim of this paper is to understand the structural behaviour of composite slabs. These composite slabs are made of steel and different kinds of concrete. …”
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Preventing Escape of Non-Native Species from Aquaculture Facilities in Florida, Part 4: Operational Strategies by Quenton M. Tuckett, Carlos V. Martinez, Jared L. Ritch, Katelyn M. Lawson, Jeffery E. Hill

“… Structural strategies to prevent the escape of non-native species from aquaculture facilities have numerous environmental benefits, and research at the UF/IFAS Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory has shown that structural strategies also reduce non-compliance with Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Best Management Practices. …”
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Investigating the Factors Affecting the Performance of Businesses in Science and Technology Parks by Akbar Bahmani, Farshid Aslani, Seyyed Reza Mousavizadeh

“…Therefore, by understanding this issue through Interpretive-Structural Analysis (ISA), this research seeks to design a model based on the classification and segregation of factors affecting the performance of companies located in the Science and Technology Park.Methodology: The present research is applied in terms of purpose, descriptive nature, and survey in the data collection method. …”
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Unified study of viscoelasticity and sound damping in hard and soft amorphous solids by Hideyuki Mizuno, Kuniyasu Saitoh, Yusuke Hara, Atsushi Ikeda

“…Abstract Amorphous solids are diverse materials that take on various forms such as structural glasses, granular materials, foams, emulsions, and biological systems. …”
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Semantic difficulties of the English aerospace terminological system by Irina Suima

“…Research Limitations include the study of basic terminative morphemes and structural models of terms that determine the specificity of term formation in the aerospace industry; the study of semantic and structural features of English-language aerospace terms.  …”
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HealthCare Access Barrier (HCAB) framework for the barriers to cancer care during conflicts: perspective from Iraq by Richard Gilson, Kouther Mohsin, Layth Mula-Hussain

“…To identify the barriers to accessing and delivering cancer care services, we used the HealthCare Access Barriers framework, which categorises the barriers into three groups: financial, structural and cognitive. Moreover, a structured search was performed in multidisciplinary databases. …”
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Seepage Force and Its Direct Mechanical Effects in Hydrate-Bearing Porous Media by Lifeng Zeng, Longtan Shao, Xiaoxia Guo

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An Intelligent Health Monitoring Model Based on Fuzzy Deep Neural Network by Tianye Xing, Yidan Wang, Yingxue Liu, Qi Wu, Rong Ma, Xiaoling Shang

“…This paper comprehensively reviews the structural health monitoring method based on an intelligent algorithm, introduces the application model of neural networks in structural health monitoring in detail, and points out the shortcomings of using neural network technology alone. …”
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Assessment of Enzymatic Browning and Evaluation of Antibrowning Methods on Dates by Mariam Al-Amrani, Ahmed Al-Alawi, Insaaf Al-Marhobi

“…More work is suggested to reveal structural and functional properties of dates’ melanin.…”
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Gaussian Process-Based Response Surface Method for Slope Reliability Analysis by Bin Hu, Guo-shao Su, Jianqing Jiang, Yilong Xiao

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Adaptive Noise Cancellation System for Low Frequency Transmission of Sound in Open Fan Aircraft by Steven Griffin, Adam Weston, Jeff Anderson

“…This paper describes the use of a structural/acoustic model of a section of a large aircraft to help define the sensor/actuator architecture that was used in a hardware demonstration of adaptive noise cancellation. …”
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An Algorithm for Higher Order Hopf Normal Forms by A.Y.T. Leung, T. Ge

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The European Fiscal Rules Need Major Reforms by Carl Mühlbach

“…Estimations of the structural deficit are prone to huge revisions and the current set of fiscal rules led to harmful pro-cyclicality during the euro crisis.…”
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Indifferentiable hash functions in the standard model by Juha Partala

“…Abstract Indifferentiability of iterated hash functions is seen as evidence that there are no structural flaws in the iteration structure of the algorithm. …”
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Analysis of Key Factors Affecting the Coke Pushing Stability of Coke Pusher by Jin Xiang

“…In order to find out the key factor affecting the stability of coke pusher, the structural deformation and vibration mode parameters of the coke pusher are obtained by thermal-structural coupling simulation and thermal-modal coupling simulation, and the vibration signals in the process of coke pushing are collected for time-domain analysis and time-frequency analysis. …”
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Teacher competency and work engagement among secondary school physical education teachers: the multiple mediating roles of occupational stress, emotional exhaustion, and profession... by Weisong Chen, Zhen Huang, Bo Peng, Lin Li, Jingsong Chen

“…Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-tests, one-way ANOVA, correlation analysis, and structural equation modeling (SEM). Mediation effects were assessed through bootstrapping, and structural invariance was tested using multigroup SEM.ResultsDemographic analyses revealed significant differences. …”
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Effect of bisphosphonate on bone microstructure, mechanical strength in osteoporotic rats by ovariectomy by Yuzhu Wang, Zhanglin Wu, Chun Li, Chenhao Ma, Jingyang Chen, Mincong Wang, Dawei Gao, Yufeng Wu, Haibin Wang

“…The femoral micro-CT images were used to measure the structural parameters and reconstruct the 3D models in volume of interest. …”
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