A cohort-based assessment of drug use trends during the COVID-19 pandemic: relationship with mood and sociodemographic factors in Brazil by Nubia Heidrich, Nubia Heidrich, Maurício Schüler Nin, Felipe Borges Almeida, Felipe Borges Almeida, Hilda M. R. M. Constant, Luana Freese, Helena M. T. Barros, Helena M. T. Barros

“…The ASSIST (alcohol, cannabis, hallucinogens, and cocaine/crack) and DASS-21 (anxiety, depression, and stress) scores decreased over time. …”
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Effect of Annealing Process on CH3NH3PbI3-XClX Film Morphology of Planar Heterojunction Perovskite Solar Cells with Optimal Compact TiO2 Layer by Dan Chen, Xiaoping Zou, Hong Yang, Ningning Zhang, Wenbin Jin, Xiao Bai, Ying Yang

“…It has achieved a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 14.64%, which is 80.3% higher than the reference cell (8.12% PCE) without optimal perovskite layer. …”
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Effect of Al and Ta Impurities on Si Adsorption on (001) and (111) Surfaces of B1-TiN by Yury M. Koroteev, Leonid A. Svyatkin, Sergey O. Ognev, Vyacheslav M. Silkin

“…In the present work, the multicomponent system Ti-Al-Ta-Si-N is studied, which has high hardness and crack resistance combined with thermal stability and oxidation resistance. …”
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Possibilities and scope of environmental protection through criminal law: The new environmental crime directive by Stojanović Zoran, Bodrožić Ivana

“…The second is dedicated to the structure, aims and goals of the new Environmental Crime Directive in fighting environmental crime, as a part of fulfilling processes of the European Green Deal. …”
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A Laboratory Investigation into the Effects of Coarse Aggregate Angularity on Performance of WMA by Jie Ji, Peng Zhai, Wenhua Zheng, Zhi Suo, Ying Xu

“…The test results indicated that the CAA value was linearly declined with the abrasive wearing passes increased. Higher CAA value improved the potential to resistance to rutting of WMA but was not suitable to enhance the resistance to thermal cracking of WMA due to sharp corners that caused higher stress concentration. …”
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Effect of Environmental Enrichment Within Cages on Production and Welfare in Laying Hens by U Özentürk, A Uysal

“…HB hens had higher productivity (86.07% vs. 82.01%) and lower cracked egg rates (0.19% vs. 0.92%) compared to IT (p<0.01). …”
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The Effects of Annealing Parameters on the Crystallization and Morphology of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Absorber Layers Prepared by Annealing Stacked Metallic Precursors by Chia-Ho Huang, Dong-Cherng Wen

“…As the heating rate increases, the surface morphologies of the CIGS films become looser and some cracks are observed. However, the influence of soaking time is insignificant and the selenization process only requires a short time when the precursors are selenized at a higher temperature with a lower heating rate and a higher Ar pressure. …”
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The impact of the variation in vertical load and the presence of openings on the mechanical response of masonry walls by Khanfri Chaimae, Mouhat Ouadia, Elrhaffari Younes, El Mennaouy Fatima, Rougui Mohamed

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The Effect of Length and Content of Fiber on Glass Fiber and Basalt Fiber-Reinforced Granite Residual Soil by Weijie Chen, Jin Zhao, Litao Fan, Jia Li, Bingxiang Yuan, Hongzhong Li, Guoping Jiang, Hanbo Li, Tianying Chen

“…Fiber-reinforced soil boasts fewer cracks, higher energy absorption, and higher residual strength. …”
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Mechanical Performance and Microstructure of Ultra-High-Performance Concrete Modified by Calcium Sulfoaluminate Cement by Meimei Song, Chuanlin Wang, Ying Cui, Qiu Li, Zhiyang Gao

“…High autogenous shrinkage property is one of the disadvantages of ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC), which may induce early age cracking and threaten the safety of concrete structure. …”
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Flexural Properties of ECC-Concrete Composite Beam by Yanhua Guan, Huaqiang Yuan, Zhi Ge, Yongjie Huang, Shuai Li, Renjuan Sun

“…Test results show that the bonded composite beam had a higher loading capacity. But the unbonded composite beam showed better postcrack energy absorption capacity with higher midspan deflection. …”
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Experimental Investigation on the Effect of Steel Fibers on the Flexural Behavior and Ductility of High-Strength Concrete Hollow Beams by Ahmmad Abbass, Sallal Abid, Mustafa Özakça

“…The hollow beams with fiber contents of 0, 0.5, and 1.0% were observed to withstand lower loads at cracking, yielding, and peak stages compared with their corresponding solid beams; this was not the case for the 1.5% fiber hollow beam, which exhibited a higher peak load than its corresponding solid beam. …”
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Influence of Deviatoric Stress on the Deformation and Damage Evolution of Surrounding Rock under Unloading Conditions by Gongyu Hou, Jinping Liang, Haoyong Jing, Jinxin Tan, Yongkang Zhang, Xi Yang, Xin Xie

“…The experimental results showed that the higher deviatoric stress level accelerated the damage development caused by the unloading effect and improved the expansion rate of the internal cracks, which led to a higher radial strain rate, total strain, and acoustic emission hits. …”
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Properties enhancement of Al-Zn-Mg alloy by retrogression and re-aging heat treatment by Zaid H.R., Hatab A.M., Ibrahim A.M.A.

“…The higher strength 7xxx aluminum alloys exhibited low resistance to stress corrosion cracking (SCC) when aged to the peak hardness (T6 temper). …”
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Investigations of Physical and Rheological Properties of Aged Rubberised Bitumen by Asim Hassan Ali, Nuha S. Mashaan, Mohamed Rehan Karim

“…In addition, the results showed that the softening point increment () and penetration aging ratio (PAR) of the rubberised bitumen binder decreased significantly due to crumb rubber modification. Furthermore, the higher crumb rubber content, the lower after PAV aging, which led to higher resistance to fatigue cracking bitumen.…”
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Effect of CaO on the Autogenous Shrinkage of Alkali-Activated Slag Mortar by Dengdeng Zheng, Tao Ji, Guojie Wang

“…The higher risk of concrete cracking due to autogenous shrinkage is a critical drawback to wider use of this promising alternative binder. …”
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Rheological and Morphological Characterization of Styrene-Isoprene-Styrene (SIS) Modified Asphalt Binder by Mithil Mazumder, Anwar Siddique, Raju Ahmed, Soon-Jae Lee, Moon-Sup Lee

“…The result of this study showed that (1) the addition of SIS modifiers increased the viscosity and had a positive effect on rutting resistance of the binder; (2) the addition of 5%, 10%, 15%, and 20% SIS content increased the rutting resistance by 600%, 3000%, 5600%, and 6400%, respectively; (3) the higher the SIS content, the better the cracking resistance of the binder and it is observed to have improved the stiffness by 26% and 51% with the addition of 5% and 10% content of SIS, respectively; (4) AFM images showed the significant correlation between the stiffness and microstructural properties of the binder; (5) the dominance of new oval phase over network structure was evident in ESEM images and observed to have significant correlation to the high stiffness of the binder; and (6) with the percentage increase of SIS modifier, the binder is found to have higher absorption at UV wavelength.…”
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Nanoclay Reinforced Ternary Blends Based on Biodegradable Polymers for Drug Delivery Application by Mohsin Ali, Sadullah Mir, Obaid-Ur-Rahman Abid, Mirza Arfan Yawer, Ihsan Ullah

“…SEM studies revealed that there are no gaps and cracks in prepared films and nanoclay was found dispersed in the formulations. …”
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Ultrastructural Changes in Human Trabecular Meshwork Tissue after Laser Trabeculoplasty by Jeffrey R. SooHoo, Leonard K. Seibold, David A. Ammar, Malik Y. Kahook

“…SLT-treated human TM revealed disruption of TM cells with cracked, extracellular pigment granules, particularly at higher treatment powers. …”
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Exploration of novel NSM methods to achieve stronger FRPs with minimal epoxy by Wei Sun, Handong Yan, Jianli Yin, Xinan Zhu, Tiejiong Lou, Haifeng Li

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