Hysteretic Behavior of H-Shaped Honeycombed Steel Web Composite Columns with Rectangular Concrete-Filled Steel Tube Flanges by Jing Ji, Yubo Lin, Liangqin Jiang, Wen Li, Hongguo Ren, Ruili Wang, Zihao Wang, MaoMao Yang, Chenyu Yu

“…The maximum bulging deformation and maximum stress of specimens appear at the column foot. …”
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Soft Artificial Synapse Electronics by Md. Rayid Hasan Mojumder, Seongchan Kim, Cunjiang Yu

“…This review explores the materials and device architectures integral to SAS fabrication, emphasizing flexibility and stability under mechanical deformation. Various architectures, including floating-gate dielectric, ferroelectric-gate dielectric, and electrolyte-gate dielectric, are analyzed for effective weight control in SASs. …”
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Fatigue Experiment and Failure Mechanism Analysis of Aircraft Titanium Alloy Wing–Body Connection Joint by Xianmin Chen, Shanshan Li, Yuanbo Liang, Shuo Wang, Liang Yan, Shichang Du

“…Entering the final fracture region, the joint mainly experienced ductile fracture, with typical plastic deformation features such as dimples and tear ridges before fracture. …”
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Evaluating the governance and preparedness of the Lebanese health system for the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study by Rasha Hamra, Marianne Moussallem, Anna Zein-El-Din, Alissar Rady, Michèle Kosremelli Asmar, Ibrahim R Bou-Orm

“…Better public governance and different reforms are needed to strengthen the health system preparedness and capacities to face future health security threats.…”
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Effect of annealing on the tribological behavior of Zr-based bulk metallic glass by Hsu-Ming Lien, Nicolás Molina, Aisha Lizaola, Michael Chandross, Filippo Mangolini

“…Bulk Metallic Glasses (BMGs) are promising materials for several applications owing to their high elastic limit and resistance to permanent deformation. However, BMGs have lower wear resistance than their crystalline counterparts during dry sliding. …”
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Dynamic recrystallization and mechanical behavior of Mg alloy AZ31: Constraints from tensile tests with in-situ EBSD analysis by Boissonneau, Gaëtan, Tommasi, Andréa, Barou, Fabrice, Lopez-Sanchez, Marco Antonio, Montagnat, Maurine

“…To investigate the entire deformation range up to failure at 65-67% engineering strain, step-wise experiments were conducted with in-situ EBSD acquisition at 2-5% strain intervals. …”
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Azole Antifungal Consumption in Community Pharmacy Sales in Mainland Portugal: Trend Analysis from 2014 to 2023 by Sofia Moura, Paulo Duarte, Ana Sofia Oliveira, José Martinez-de-Oliveira, Ana Palmeira-de-Oliveira, Joana Rolo

“…For this purpose, we used data from community pharmacies’ sales, which are available through INFARMED (the Portuguese national authority on medicines and health products). …”
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Temperature Adaptability of Asphalt Pavement to High Temperatures and Significant Temperature Differences by Xueying Zhao, Aiqin Shen, Baofu Ma

“…Besides, it also suggests that when the thickness of asphalt courses was equivalent, increasing the thickness of chemical-treated base courses would help with the deformation resistance, and vice versa.…”
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Gothic Fault-Lines in Anne Brontë’s Social Fiction: The Case of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848) by Isabelle Hervouet

“…It contends that critical disagreement on whether or not The Tenant is a feminist novel and the embedded narrative the instrument of Gilbert’s reformation, originates, at least partially, in the generic tension at work within Brontë’s novel, and the presence of Gothic fault-lines. …”
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Combined Treatment With Leuprolide Acetate and Burosumab in X-linked Hypophosphatemia and Precocious Puberty: A Therapeutic Response by Gustavo Tempone Cardoso Penna, MS, Carolina Costa Figueiredo, MD, MSc, Nara Michelle de Araújo Evangelista, MD, MSc, Vânia de Fátima Tonetto Fernandes, MD, PhD, Patricia Salmona, MD, Guido de Paula Colares Neto, MD, PhD

“…Conclusion: In the described XLH patient with CPP, the combined use of gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogs and burosumab was a safe strategy to stabilize pubertal progression and bone age, minimize anthropometric loss, and avoid exacerbating bone deformities.…”
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Elective Cesarean Section during Preterm Prevents Pulmonary Hypoplasia Development in Potter Sequence by Yuya Kinoshita, Rieko Sakamoto, Yusuke Hattori, Keishiro Furuie, Shohei Kuraoka, Yuko Hidaka, Hiroshi Tamura, Hiroshi Mitsubuchi, Kimitoshi Nakamura

“…Potter syndrome, first reported in 1946 by Edith Potter, refers to fatal cases of bilateral renal aplasia with pulmonary hypoplasia, peculiar facial features, and limb deformities. Presently, patients with oligohydramnios showing similar pathological manifestations due to oligohydramnios caused by conditions other than bilateral renal aplasia have been reported, and are known as the Potter sequence. …”
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Imaging pathology in archived cornea with Fuchs’ endothelial corneal dystrophy including tissue reprocessing for volume electron microscopy by Sayo Maeno, Philip N. Lewis, Robert D. Young, Yoshinori Oie, Kohji Nishida, Andrew J. Quantock

“…Here we report observations by light, transmission and volume scanning electron microscopy on changes in the endothelium and matrix associated with the characteristic deformations of Descemet’s membrane, termed guttae. Specimens were archived full-thickness human corneal tissue, removed during graft surgery, that had been fixed, stained and embedded by conventional processing methods for examination by transmission electron microscopy more than 40-years previously. …”
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Age-Stage, Two-Sex Life Table of <i>Leptinotarsa decemlineata</i> (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Experiencing Cadmium Stress by Bingyu He, Jiebo Zhang, Yang Hu, Yi Zhang, Jianan Wang, Chao Li

“…Cadmium exposure also resulted in a remarkable reduction in survival and reproductive rates at specific life stages, along with an increase in the incidence of deformations in newly emerged adults. These findings underscore the detrimental effects of cadmium on both crop health and pest populations. …”
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An EBSD study on microstructure and texture development in graphene-reinforced Al–Mg–Si nanocomposites via FSP by Hesam Pouraliakbar, Mohammad Reza Jandaghi, Hamed Jamshidi Aval, Sang Hun Shim, Johan Moverare, Yong-Sang Na, Gholamreza Khalaj, Vahid Fallah

“…Higher heat input and plastic strain lead to a reduction of the fraction of low-Σ boundaries, while increasing high-Σ boundaries suggest activation of other deformation mechanisms, i.e., from dislocation slip to twinning, respectively, as a function of dislocation generation and recovery kinetics. …”
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Modernization of government management in empires of new time: comparative political analysis by A. D. Aseev, V. V. Shishkov

“…The success of modernization reforms of the administration is one of the essential conditions for maintaining stability and development of the imperial political system, formalizing the domination of the center in relation to the periphery. …”
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Axial Compression Performance of Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Columns with Different D/t Ratios by Preetha Achuthan, Ganapathy Ganesh Prabhu, George Gabriel Vimal Arokiaraj, Panneerselvam Arul Sivanantham, Subramanian Suthagar

“…The central composite design (CCD) of the response surface methodology (RSM) was used to design the trials in order to complete the tests in a cost-effective manner. 13 (9 distinct tests) columns were evaluated according to the CCD experimental design, and the failure mode of the specimens, load–deformation behavior, and ultimate strength capacity were investigated. …”
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Factors influencing health service utilization among 19,869 China’s migrant population: an empirical study based on the Andersen behavioral model by Yalin Song, Jingru Liu, Shuming Yan, Mingze Ma, Clifford Silver Tarimo, Clifford Silver Tarimo, Yiyang Chen, Yanhong Lai, Xinghong Guo, Jian Wu, Beizhu Ye

“…Notably, healthier lifestyle choices correlated with the increased involvement in health services.ConclusionThe findings highlight a substantial need for targeted health policy interventions and healthcare system reforms to enhance the accessibility and utilization of health services among the migrant population in China. …”
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Damage evolution and toughening mechanism in brick-and-mortar structure: Essential role of interface thickness ratio by Tian Qiu, Chengyu Guan, Lihong Liang

“…At higher thickness ratios, tensile deformation is dominated by the hard phase, necessitating a larger aspect ratio to counteract the low modulus of the interface. …”
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Intermetallic compound layer and fatigue crack evolution of Bi-contained Sn-1.0Ag-0.5Cu solder under thermal aging and thermal fatigue by Junjie Zhao, Jun Wu, Jiayu Zhang, Mingqin Liao, Fengjiang Wang

“…The recrystallized grains evolved from the continuous recrystallization process of sub-grain rotation under the influence of thermal-mechanical stress and the discontinuous recrystallization process of deformation storage.…”
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Developing Vietnam's human resources in the context of the current Industrial Revolution and international integration by Le Thi Huong, Vu Thi Thu Trang, Le Hong Quang

“…The Communist Party of Vietnam has issued policies emphasizing the integration of education and training with scientific research, technological innovation, and practical applications in production and business. Bold educational reforms aim to maximize human potential, leveraging opportunities from the Industrial Revolution 4.0 to accelerate industrialization and modernization. …”
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