Key Factors for In-Store Smartphone Use in an Omnichannel Experience: Millennials vs. Nonmillennials by Ana Mosquera, Emma Juaneda-Ayensa, Cristina Olarte-Pascual, Jorge Pelegrín-Borondo

“…The results show that the model explains both the behavioral intention to use a smartphone in a brick-and-mortar store and use behavior. The UTAUT2 predictors found to be most important were habit, performance expectancy, and hedonic motivation. …”
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Corrosion Characteristics of Anchor Cables in Electrolytic Corrosion Test and the Applicability of the Test Method in Study of Anchor Cable Corrosion by Tao Yin, Xingsong Sun, Yujie Wang, Yufei Zhao, Shuangjing Wang, Lipeng Liu, Hongjie Chen

“…With the corrosion of the anchor, the central wire of the cable was basically not corroded, and the cross-sectional shape of the outer wire changes from a round to fan shape. …”
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Sustainable coastal living spaces using shipping containers by Savaniu Ioan Mihail, Tonciu Oana, Francu Catalin

“…The comparative study between building a house using classical building solutions, reinforced concrete structure and brick masonry, and building the same house using maritime containers attempts to highlight the need to use these containers as coastal living space. …”
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Experimental and numerical study on the flexural performance of reinforced laminated bamboo lumber beams with prestressed GFRP bars by Haitao Li, Dong Yang, Ben Chen, Sarah Mohrmann, Rodolfo Lorenzo, Kun Zhou, Feng Shen

“…Based on the test results, a theoretical calculation model for the bearing capacity of the LBL beam was finally proposed, and the calculation results were basically consistent with the experimental results. …”

Research on Load Characteristics of Axle-Box Bearing Raceway under Wheel-Rail Excitation by Xiaokang Liao, Cai Yi, Fengyu Ou, Yi Zhang, Zili Chen, Jianhui Lin

“…Comparing the roller-raceway contact load characteristics under different working conditions, results show that the peak values of roller-outer raceway contact load with wheel-polygonal excitation are basically the same with those without wheel-rail excitation. …”
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Comparative Study on Torsional Shear and Triaxial Test of Asphalt Mixtures by Jun Xie, Yifan Wang

“…The internal friction angle was basically equivalent in the two methods for different mixtures, asphalts, and temperatures, which indicated that the internal friction angle was mainly related to the spatial distribution of the aggregates or the mutual interlock and had little to do with the test method and external conditions. …”
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Study on Rock-Breaking Depth and Damage Area under Particle Jet Impact by Fushen Ren, Tiancheng Fang, Xiaoze Cheng

“…The experimental results and mathematical calculation are basically consistent, which could verify the correctness of the mathematical model. …”
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A Study of Moment Based Features on Handwritten Digit Recognition by Pawan Kumar Singh, Ram Sarkar, Mita Nasipuri

“…A 130-element feature set which is basically a combination of six different types of moments, namely, geometric moment, moment invariant, affine moment invariant, Legendre moment, Zernike moment, and complex moment, has been estimated for each digit sample. …”
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Simulation of Mechanical Heart Valve Dysfunction and the Non-Newtonian Blood Model Approach by Aolin Chen, Adi Azriff Bin Basri, Norzian Bin Ismail, Masaaki Tamagawa, Di Zhu, Kamarul Arifin Ahmad

“…The shear-thinning blood viscosity model is the basics to build the blood, also the blood exhibiting viscoelastic properties. …”
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THE ORTHODONTIC REVOLUTION: INVISALIGN, A MODERN SOLUTION by Irina Adriana Beuran, Gabriel-Valeriu Popa, Anamaria Zaharescu, Bogdan Radu Dragomir, Elisabeta Maria Vasca

“…However, there are also drawbacks, such as the higher cost compared to traditional braces, the need for strict discipline, and limitations for complex orthodontic cases. …”
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Experimental Study on the Reliability of an Active Unloading System for Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete Columns by Yongquan Wang, Tianfu Li, Kaifa Dong, Zhengxing Guo, Jing Fu

“…According to the requirements of the unloading force, an active unloading self-balancing system using the steel diagonal braces and prestressed steel tie rods was designed for the RC column structure. …”
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Plastic forms of architecture in Dynamo-Revit and GrasshopperRhino-Archicad by K. A. Shumilov, Yu. A. Guryeva

“…Lotus, Canopy, Parametric Pavilion, Parametric Brick Wall, Small architectural form, Pergola, Beam structure objects are chosen as models for the researching. …”
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Durability Studies on the Recycled Aggregate Concrete in China over the Past Decade: A Review by Zhiming Ma, Qin Tang, Dingyi Yang, Guangzhong Ba

“…Considering the waste concrete, bricks, and ceramics used in preparing RA are frequently mixed together in China, this study proposes an index of average water absorption rate to quantify the effects of RA types, quality, and replacement percentages on the durability of RAC. …”
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Relationship between Fractal Dimension of Fragmentation Degree and Energy Dissipation of Rock-Like Materials under Initial Stress by Ying Xu, Jinjin Ge, Hailong Li, Rongzhou Yang, Kun Wang, Shi Hu

“…The impact test results show that (1) the prediction value on the fragmentation degree of cemented sand specimens by using the fractal model is basically consistent with the screening results of actual test, which verifies the applicability of the fractal calculation model given in this study; (2) the more the fracture energy dissipated in the crushing process of cemented sand specimens, the more serious the fragmentation degree is, and accordingly the larger the fractal dimension is, that is, the fracture energy is positively correlated with the fractal dimension; (3) there is an exponential relationship between the fractal dimension and energy dissipation of cemented sand specimens under initial stress, which is so different from that under no initial stress. …”
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Vibration Test and Shock Absorption of Coal Crusher Chambers in Thermal Power Plants (II): Numerical Analysis by Hanquan Yuan, Lihua Zhu, Haoyi Zhou, Dong Jiang, Baoquan Liu, Chunzhu Fan, Liujiu Tang

“…Firstly, modal and harmonic response analyses were conducted, and the comparison shows that the numerical results are basically in accordance with the test results. Then, shock absorption research was performed using a parametric analysis that included the stiffness and position of the spring vibration isolator, the mass, and material of the vibration-isolation platform. …”
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The Hysteresis Performance and Restoring Force Model for Corroded Reinforced Concrete Frame Columns by Guifeng Zhao, Meng Zhang, Yaoliang Li, Dawang Li

“…As for the features of the skeleton curve, the trends for corroded and noncorroded members were basically consistent and roughly corresponded to the features of a trilinear equivalent model. …”
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Cancer Detection Rates of Systematic and Targeted Prostate Biopsies after Biparametric MRI by Maudy C. W. Gayet, Anouk A. M. A. van der Aa, Harrie P. Beerlage, Bart Ph Schrier, Maaike Gielens, Roel Heesakkers, Gerrit J. Jager, Peter F. A. Mulders, Hessel Wijkstra

“…An in-patient control study of 82 men undergoing SB and subsequent TB in case of positive prostate MRI between 2015 and 2017 in the Jeroen Bosch Hospital, the Netherlands. Results. Prostate cancer (PCa) was detected in 54.9% with 70.7% agreement between TB and SB. …”
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Towards a Prototype of a Spherical Tippe Top by M. C. Ciocci, B. Malengier, B. Langerock, B. Grimonprez

“…The commercially available tippe tops basically consist of a section of a sphere with a rod. …”
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Experimental Accuracy and Stability of Gas Outburst Experimental System by Yanbao Liu, Haitao Sun, Bo Wang, Linchao Dai, Jie Cao

“…Combined with CAE simulation analysis, the displacement and pressure of the indenter of the experimental machine remained basically unchanged during the experiment, and the system did not produce resonance. …”
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A Short Study Role of Wireless Networks in Smart Agriculture by Antônio Clécio Fontelles Thomaz

“…Thus, brilliant lacking is basically a welcome tech gadget of arising food this is even and is viable for the groups. …”
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