Analysis of the Coal Fluidization Mining Process with the Continuous-Discontinuous Coupled Particle-Block Method by Jing Li, Chun Feng, Xinguang Zhu, Yiming Zhang

“…The theory concept of an “equivalent mining height” is utilized to define the backfill mining height. The results partly reveal the influences of the filling rate on the stratum deformation, surface subsidence, and rock burst phenomena, all of which further indicate the advantages of the fluidization mining method.…”
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Latest news from the bonobos: Pan paniscus myths and realities by David Beaune

“…Sex has a pivotal role in this pacifist society, which lacks sexual restrictions with the one exception of incest. …”
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Study of Ground Vibration Site Effects on Substation in Inhomogeneous Strata by Jingqiu Yang, Quanjun Zhu, Xinming Li, Jinrui Zhang, Xiaolin Li

“…Based on the Mohr–Coulomb elastic-plastic constitutive model, the finite element models of the soft soil site and engineering site were established, and the seismic responses of the soft soil site with and without backfill were analyzed. Subsequently, the effect of layered soil site on the acceleration amplification of various ground shocks was further studied, yielding the seismic acceleration amplification coefficients for soft soil site and engineering site. …”
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Resistivity and AE Response Characteristics in the Failure Process of CGB under Uniaxial Loading by Tingye Qi, Guorui Feng

“…To understand the characteristics of the acoustic emission (AE) and electrical resistivity of cemented coal gangue backfill (CGB) under uniaxial compression, the variations in these characteristics at 1 day, 3 days, and 7 days are analyzed by means of a stress-strain-resistivity-AE test, and the microperformances are investigated. …”
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Examination of the Behavior of Gravity Quay Wall against Liquefaction under the Effect of Wall Width and Soil Improvement by Ali Akbar Firoozi, Mohd Raihan Taha, S. M. Mir Moammad Hosseini, Ali Asghar Firoozi

“…Deformation of quay walls is one of the main sources of damage to port facility while liquefaction of backfill and base soil of the wall are the main reasons for failures of quay walls. …”
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Dynamic Properties of Clean Sand Modified with Granulated Rubber by Dervis Volkan Okur, Seyfettin Umut Umu

“…In geotechnical engineering, tires are shredded to certain sizes and mixed with soil, especially used as backfill material behind retaining walls or fill material for roadway embankments. …”
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Irradiated Gao Miao Zi Bentonite for Uranium Retention: Performance and Mechanism by Yushan Zhang, Gang Song, Yujie Mo, Shuwen Wang, Diyun Chen, Minhua Su

“…Bentonite has been considered as backfill material in the long-term deep geological disposal sites for radioactive waste. …”
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A New Rule-Based Approach for Classical Arabic in Natural Language Processing by Ramzi Salah, Muaadh Mukred, Lailatul Qadri binti Zakaria, Rashad Ahmed, Hasan Sari

“…The proposed method relied on triggers words, patterns, gazetteers, rules, and blacklists generated by the linguistic information about entities named in Arabic. …”
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Daily feeding frequency impacts muscle characteristics and fat deposition in finishing pigs associated with alterations in microbiota composition and bile acid profile by Luga Hu, Huayu Tang, Zhaoxi Xie, Hongyu Yi, Lunjie Feng, Pan Zhou, Yong Zhang, Jingbo Liu, Xiang Ao, Jianchuan Zhou, Honglin Yan

“…The mRNA expression of slow-twitch fiber and myogenesis-associated genes in the longissimus muscle was upregulated, while lipid metabolism-related genes in the backfat were downregulated in the M4 group compared to the M2 group (p < 0.05). …”
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White Magic, Black Humour: Ella D’Arcy’s Narrative Strategies by Heather Marcovitch

“…A resisting reading, however, shows these men as egotistical fools whose efforts to set the terms of their romances backfire. D’Arcy’s double reading is dependent on her audience and therefore was rarely appreciated by her mostly male reviewers. …”
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Utilization of Buildings’ Foundations for a Seasonal Thermal Energy Storage Medium to Meet Space and Water Heat Demands by Ammar Alkhalidi, Hamzah Al Khatba, Mohamad K. Khawaja

“…This study offers an innovative design of an STES system that takes advantage of the backfill space in a building’s underground foundation to install the thermal storage medium on the excavated surface among the support pillars’ base. …”
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Whole Body Vibration Exposure among the Tractor Operator during Soil Tillage Operation: An Evaluation using ISO 2631-5 Standard by Amandeep Singh, Siby Samuel, Harwinder Singh, Jagmeet Singh, Chander Prakash, Yash Kumar Dhabi

“…Raw acceleration data were measured on the seat pan and seat backrest to varying tractor velocity, tillage depth, and pulling force. …”
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Deformation Analysis of Reinforced Retaining Wall Using Separate Finite Element by Xingli Jia, Jinliang Xu, Yuhai Sun

“…Taking the modulus of foundation soil as the influencing factor of the foundation soil, taking the geogrid stiffness, length, and spacing as the influencing factors of geogrids, and taking the filling type of limestone, fly ash, and silty clay as the influencing factors of backfill in the wall, the horizontal and vertical deformations of reinforced retaining wall under different factors using the methods of controlling a single variable analysis are calculated. …”
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Shaking Table Study on the Seismic Performance of Geogrid Reinforced Soil Retaining Walls by Xiaoguang Cai, Sihan Li, Honglu Xu, Liping Jing, Xin Huang, Chen Zhu

“…This study presents experimental results from shaking table tests on a reduced-scale geogrid reinforced soil retaining wall (RSRW) to investigate the seismic response of the fundamental frequency, acceleration amplification, face displacement, backfill surface settlement, and reinforcement strain under different peak accelerations and durations. …”
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Influence of Abutment Stiffness and Strength on the Seismic Response of Horizontally Curved RC Bridges in Comparison with Equivalent Straight Bridges at Different Seismic Intensity... by Khashayar Heydarpour, Payam Tehrani

“…In 7 bridge models, soil-abutment-bridge interaction is neglected, while in the rest of the bridge models, the seat-type abutments with the participation of the nonlinear backfill soil, gap, and abutment piles are used in structural modeling. …”
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Investigation of Engineering Properties of Cement-Stabilized Calcareous Sand Foundation by Yuan Chai, Dai-Ping Jiang, Fu-Jiang Wang, Hai-Bo Lyu

“…In oceanic and coastal engineering, calcareous sand is usually used as a building foundation and backfill material for airport runway embankments. The engineering characteristics of calcareous sand is different from terrigenous sand because of its irregular grain shape, lower particle strength, and internal voids, which have caused many engineering problems in the last decades. …”
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Japan in the Russia - U.S. Relations by S. V. Volkov

“…Tokyo is headed for the rapid rejection of pacifist principles of its foreign policy. Russian scenario for the international system is in an active course to establishing a polycentric world order. …”
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Bed Separation Characteristics of an LTCC Panel and Subsidence Controlling Grouting: Case Study of Longquan Coal Mine, China by Jun Zheng, Guoqing Zhou, Yuliang Zhou, Dongfeng Yuan, Tielin Zhao

“…The bed separation backfill grouting (BSBG) is commonly used to mitigate the surface subsidence caused by coal mining. …”
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Numerical Simulation Study of Variable-Mass Permeation of the Broken Rock Mass under Different Cementation Degrees by Chong Li, Banghua Yao, Qingqing Ma

“…It can also be extended to other engineering applications such as backfill paste piping and tailing dam erosion.…”
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Effects of Saline Solutions on the Desiccation Cracking and Shrinkage Behavior of Gaomiaozi Bentonite by Long Tan, Penglin Zheng, Qingbing Liu

“…Bentonite, when used as buffer/backfill material in the deep disposal of high-level radioactive waste (HLW), could undergo desiccation shrinkage or even cracking due to the heat released from HLW, impairing the efficiency of the barrier system. …”
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