Experimental study on pore structure and dynamic mechanical properties of modified rubber concrete after freeze-thaw cycle by Minggao Chen, Shujie Yang, Shuyuan Wang, Yan Zhou

“…The elastic action of rubber particles can reduce the increase of the internal porosity of concrete under the action of freeze-thaw cycles and reduce the internal porosity of concrete materials. (3) The peak stress and dissipated energy of three kinds of concrete specimens decreased linearly due to freeze-thaw cycle, and the decrease of plain concrete was higher than that of modified rubber concrete. …”
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Non-Uniform Thermal Transfer of Molten Steel and Its Effect on Inclusion Particles Removal Behavior in Continuous Casting Tundish by Zhixiao Zhang, Tianpeng Qu, Deyong Wang, Xianglong Li, Lei Fan, Xingzhi Zhou

“…While the inlet temperature is lower, the horizontal stream cannot be maintained, resulting in a decrease in the removal rate of inclusions. Increasing the casting speed will increase the velocity of the molten steel in the tundish, make it easier to shorten the temperature difference between the inlet and outlet, and reduce the removal rate of inclusions. …”
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Vibration Reduction Effect of Steel Spring Floating Slabs under Water Immersion Conditions by YUAN Dehao, ZHANG Hongliang, YANG Lin, ZHOU Yu, NIU Xiaoli

“…The isolator stiffness and train speed affecting the vibration reduction performance of the water-immersed floating slab under train load action is analyzed. …”
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Accelerating contributions of restoration ecology for enhancing natural climate solutions by Timothy R. Seastedt

“…Such actions will reduce the current knowing-versus-doing gap, speed up essential activities, and increase the spatial extent of restoration efforts that benefit climate solutions and provide community resilience to extreme climate events. …”
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Honeybee colony thermoregulation--regulatory mechanisms and contribution of individuals in dependence on age, location and thermal stress. by Anton Stabentheiner, Helmut Kovac, Robert Brodschneider

“…The differential individual endothermic and behavioral reactions sum up to an integrated action of the honeybee colony as a superorganism.…”
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Aerosol forces mesoscale secondary circulations occurrence: evidence of emission reduction by Jixiang Li, Haipeng Yu, Markku Kulmala, Tom V. Kokkonen, Kai Tang, Jianmin Ma, Zeyong Hu, Siyu Chen, Yuling Hu, Rong Dai, Bofei Zhang, Hongyu Luo, Shu Tao

“…We found that the reduction in wind speed caused by aerosol feedback and related convergence and divergence of the air mass play a pivotal role in SCs evolution. …”
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Optimization and Experimental Testing of the Drag Torque Model Based on the Cavitation Effect by Li Jie, Lian Hailong, Lan Hai, Wang Zhiyong

“…With the increased rotation speed, the cavitation effect volume fraction increases first and then decreases. …”
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Features of ignition and combustion of low-grade coal mixed with pyrolysis liquid by K. V. Slyusarskiy, A. K. Asilbekov

“…It was found that an increase in the concentration of the additive in the mixture leads to a stable decrease in the ignition delay times, while the amount of gas-phase products formed varied additively with respect to the composition of the mixture. …”
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Simulation of the Vibratory Behavior of Slender Shafts Subject to Transverse Loads Moving in the Axial Direction by F. Bucchi, P. Forte

“…The effect of a load moving axially at a given speed followed by similar loads after given spatial intervals was simulated investigating the influence of speed and load interval on shaft vibrations and resonance. …”
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The influence of the chosen method of anesthesia on the severity of postoperative cognitive dysfunction in patients with ophthalmic surgery by G.S. Dorofeeva

“…The function of short-term memory, attention function, and the speed of psychomotor cognitive reactions are the most vulnerable to the action of general anesthetics. …”
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Production of Hydrogen Molecule from Methane Molecule Amplified with Excitation of Anti-Symmetric Modes of Vibration by Sinan Erdoğan

“…Similarly, the translational, vibrational, and rotational energy levels of reactants can be increased by preheating. According to the kinetic molecular theory of gases, preheating increases the kinetic energies of the gases and the speed of their collision, so the reaction takes place faster. …”
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Tactical measures set to improve the import substitution process in the field of Russian pharmaceuticals by L. V. Orlova, P. V. Zobov

“…Based on the information received, the policy of state actions for the purchase of imported substances, raw materials, equipment from China and India is analyzed using modern data processing methods. …”
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PARAMETRIC SELF-EXCITATION OF CUTTING DYNAMIC SYSTEM by Vilor Lavrentyevich Zakovorotniy, Pham Thu Huong

“…It is also shown that through the parametric actions, with increase in cutting speed under the spindle row growth, there always exists critical frequency at which the system loses its stability.…”
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Evaluating and Forecasting the Probability of Lightning Occurrence in Rasht City by Afsaneh Ghasemi, Jamil Amanollahi

“…In this research, the data of the years 2012_2018 of the Meteorological Station of Rasht were used, including dependent variable of occurrence and non-occurrence of lightning during 7 years and independent variables of factors affecting lightning including temperature, relative humidity, cloudy, wind speed, wind direction, pressure air and Previous day's lightning. …”
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The influence of pulse current on drop transfer during double-electrode gas surfacing by Sergey K. Elsukov, Ilya V. Zorin, Dmitry S. Nesin

“…It was found that the common drop under the action of electrodynamic forces acquires centripetal acceleration, which contributes to its directed transfer to the weld pool and allows minimizing the amount of spatter on the surface of the base metal. …”
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Study on flame fractal characteristics of coal dust explosion at the decompression position of Hartmann tube by Zemiao Yang, Ke Gao, Yinhui Wang

“…The fractal dimension decreases with the increase of coal dust particle size. …”
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The Strategic Communication Planning in an emergency at the Almirante Álvaro Alberto Nuclear Power Plant (CNAAA) by Fernando Barcellos Razuck, Raul dos Santos, Paulo Escarani

“…In a world where information has a high speed of propagation and is present in the most diverse media, it is essential to follow the news in order to keep the population informed about the actions taken, the real risks and the consequences of an alleged nuclear accident. …”
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Alfacalcidol in clinical practice: focus on the efficacy and safety of the Russian generic drug by N. V. Toroptsova, M. V. Kozyreva, O. V. Dobrovolskaya

“…The time for the "Chair Stand Test" and the "Time up and go" test decreased by 17.4% (p=0.000012) and 13.6% (p=0.00004) respectively. The gait speed test increased on average by 13.9% (p=0.000013), it increased in 26 (86.7%) women. …”
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Kinematic analysis of the back squat at different load intensities in powerlifters and weightlifters by Valerio Giustino, Domenico Savio Salvatore Vicari, Domenico Savio Salvatore Vicari, Flavia Figlioli, Flavia Figlioli, Marco Gervasi, Eneko Fernández Peña, Naima Schifaudo, Mattia Tedesco, Patrik Drid, Antonio Paoli, Giuseppe Battaglia, Giuseppe Battaglia, Antonino Bianco, Antonino Patti

“…., 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, 100%) of the 1-RM. An action camera recorded the execution of each BS trial in the sagittal plane and, afterward, the videos were analyzed by measuring the range of motion (ROM) of hip, knee, and ankle for the angular kinematics, and the timing, distances, speeds, and accelerations of the barbell for the linear kinematics.ResultsRegarding the angular kinematics, no significant differences were found in the parameters in the starting and ending positions among the 5 trials, while a significant decrease was found in the hip relative angle (p = 0.026) in the maximum flexion position as load intensity increased. …”
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Study and evaluation method of concrete erosion under a wind–sand flow load by Wei Liu, Yaoyu Zhu, Ying Jia, Jinyan Si, Li Zhu, Shucheng Li, Xueru Yang, Dangxian Xu

“…As the wind speed increases from 18 m/s to 30 m/s, the wind–sand flow pressure on the surface of the concrete specimen increases by 243.43 %, and the strength loss rate increases from 0.03 % to 9.34 %. …”
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