Effects of MAPP Compatibilization and Acetylation Treatment Followed by Hydrothermal Aging on Polypropylene Alfa Fiber Composites by Noura Hamour, Amar Boukerrou, Hocine Djidjelli, Jean-Eudes Maigret, Johnny Beaugrand

“…The Fourier transformed infrared (FTIR) allows us to distinguish the characteristic absorption bands of the main chemical functions present in the composite material before and after aging. …”
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THE DIFFERENCE OF MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS BEFORE AND AFTER WORKPLACE STRETCHING EXERCISE by Mitha Aulia Harahap, Decy Situngkir, Ahmad Irfandi, Ira Marti Ayu, Cut Alia Keumala Muda

“…Background: Workers who undertake occupations that require bending, climbing, crawling, reaching, twisting, excessive activity, or repeated movements may suffer from musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). …”
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Microwave Absorption Properties of Double-Layer RADAR Absorbing Materials Based on Doped Barium Hexaferrite/TiO2/Conducting Carbon Black by Sukanta Das, G. C. Nayak, S. K. Sahu, P. C. Routray, A. K. Roy, H. Baskey

“…Microwave absorption properties of all the composites were analyzed in X-band region. Maximum reflection loss of −32 dB at 10.64 GHz was observed for barium hexaferrite based double-layer absorber whereas for doped barium hexaferrite based absorber the reflection loss was found to be −29.56 dB at 11.7 GHz. …”
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Coupled Dynamic Analysis for the Riser-Conductor of Deepwater Surface BOP Drilling System by Kanhua Su, Stephen Butt, Jianming Yang, Hongyuan Qiu

“…The dynamic lateral displacement, the bending moment, and the parameters’ sensitivity of the wellhead and the conductor were analyzed.…”
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Dynamic mechanical response and deformation-induced co-axial nanocrystalline grains facilitating crack formation in magnesium-yttrium alloy by Shuang Yang, Fei Liu, Fei Chen, Yuan-Biao Tan, Hao Fu, Si-Yuan Wei, Song Xiang

“…Contrary to crack initiation mechanism facilitated by adiabatic shear bands, we find that high-density co-axial nanocrystalline grains form near cracks, which leads to local softening and promotes crack initiation and rapid propagation. …”
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Micropower Impulse Radar: A Novel Technology for Rapid, Real-Time Detection of Pneumothorax by Phillip D. Levy, Tracey Wielinski, Alan Greszler

“…In this report, we describe a novel hand-held device that utilizes Micropower Impulse Radar to reliably detect the presence of a pneumothorax. …”
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Constraining the Gamma-Ray Burst Jet Opening Angle Based on the Very Steep Decay Phase by Qian Xu, Dong-Jie Liu, Yuan-Chuan Zou

“…Thanks to the rapid follow-up observations by the Swift X-Ray Telescope (XRT), a good part of gamma-ray bursts' (GRBs) high-latitude emission have been observed in the X-ray band. Some even show a dropdown decay after this period, which strongly indicates the edge of the jet is corresponding to the breaking time. …”
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Enhanced Fatigue Strength of Commercially Pure Ti Processed by Rotary Swaging by Hasan ALkhazraji, Ehab El-Danaf, Manfred Wollmann, Lothar Wagner

“…Fully reversed bending fatigue tests were performed on polished hour-glass specimens of commercially pure titanium grade 1 with three different grain sizes, that were produced by severe plastic deformation (rotary swaging) and subheat treatments, in order to examine the effect of grain size on fatigue. …”
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Contribution of longitudinal stiffener rigidity and position to bridge girder integrity by Emanuele Maiorana

“…The optimum value of a conventional flat stiffener position, respect panel height and an useful practical law is given to correlate the best position with respect to variations in stress gradient, from pure bending to pure compression. This practical law facilities calculation regarding where to put a stiffener with respect to compressed edge in a web panel subjected to flexural-compressive loads, in order to maximize the benefit of its action and increase the stability of bridge girders.…”
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Analysis of Deformation and Stress Characteristics of Anchored-Frame Structures for Slope Stabilization by Wei-na Ye, Yong Zhou, Shuai-hua Ye

“…The formula of the deformation and bending moments for the columns and beams in the anchored-frame structures are derived. …”
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An Analytical Step-by-Step Procedure to Derive the Flexural Response of RC Sections in Compression by Piero Colajanni, Marinella Fossetti, Maurizio Papia

“…This paper proposes an analysis procedure able to determine the flexural response of rectangular symmetrically reinforced concrete sections subjected to axial load and uniaxial bending. With respect to the usual numerical approaches, based on the fibre decomposition method, this procedure is based on the use of analytical expressions of the contributions to the equilibrium given by the longitudinal reinforcement and the concrete region in compression, which depend on the neutral axis depth and the curvature at each analysis step. …”
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Modification Effect of Cellulase on the Physicochemical Characteristic of Polysaccharides Edible Films by Anna Zimoch-Korzycka, Jagoda Ambrozik-Haba, Dominika Kulig, Andrzej Jarmoluk

“…FTIR analysis proved that chemical changes in polysaccharides structure were caused by cellulase incorporation in films composition, which may be observed in appearance of 1656 cm−1 band. The aw values did not change.…”
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Preparation and Electronic Property Investigation of Zinc(II)-Schiff Base Complexes in the Confined Space by Peng Shang, Lei Zhang

“…The marked shift of the absorption onset was associated with a band-gap reduction between the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) and the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO). …”
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Treatment of Coexisting Chronic Neutrophilic Leukemia and Light Chain Multiple Myeloma with Hydroxyurea, Bortezomib, and Dexamethasone by Evelyn Taiwo, Huiying Wang, Robert Lewis

“…Complete blood count (CBC) revealed neutrophilia with band predominance and mild thrombocytopenia. Peripheral blood flow cytometry was unremarkable without any evidence of lymphoproliferative disorder or myeloblasts. …”
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The Continuous Monitoring of the Health of Composite Structure by T. P. Masango, O. Philander, V. Msomi

“…The samples used for the tests were manufactured through the use of vacuum infusion process. The three-point bending test was performed to determine the material properties. …”
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Experimental and Theoretical Analysis for a Fluid-Loaded, Simply Supported Plate Covered by a Damping and Decoupling Composite Acoustic Coating by Baihua Yuan, Meng Chen, Yu Liu, Shexu Zhao, Heng Jiang

“…The model treated the damping layer and base plate as a unified whole under pure bending moments and the decoupling layer as a three-dimensional, isotropic, linear elastic solid. …”
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Simultaneous Suppression of IMD3 and IMD5 in Space TWT by IMD3 and 2HD Signal Injection by Dongming Zhao, Huijuan Liu, Kewen Xia, Shi Li, Xiaoxu Shi

“…Thus, the IMD3 injection performs better than that of second harmonic injection to suppress IMD5s for the narrow-band STWT.…”
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The Effect of Terbium Dopant on Structural Characteristics of Zinc Tungstate by Gholamreza Gholami, Morteza Raeisi, Sanaz Alamdari, Nooshin Heydarian Dehkordi

“…Based on the FTIR results, the characteristic bands of Zn-O, Zn-O-W, and W-O bonds appeared at 428, 716, and 697 cm-1, respectively. …”
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A Resting-State Brain Functional Network Study in MDD Based on Minimum Spanning Tree Analysis and the Hierarchical Clustering by Xiaowei Li, Zhuang Jing, Bin Hu, Jing Zhu, Ning Zhong, Mi Li, Zhijie Ding, Jing Yang, Lan Zhang, Lei Feng, Dennis Majoe

“…Then the coherence, MST, and the hierarchical clustering were obtained. In the theta band, coherence analysis showed that the EEG coherence of the MDD patients was significantly higher than that of the healthy controls especially in the left temporal region. …”
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Bacterial Cellulose-Hydroxyapatite Nanocomposites for Bone Regeneration by S. Saska, H. S. Barud, A. M. M. Gaspar, R. Marchetto, S. J. L. Ribeiro, Y. Messaddeq

“…Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy analysis showed bands assigned to phosphate and carbonate ions. In vivo tests showed no inflammatory reaction after 1 week. …”
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