Enhancing the flexural performance of lightweight concrete slabs with CFRP Sheets: an experimental analysis by Mustafa J. Khadim, Abdulkhalik J. Abdulridha

“…As to the experiment findings, the ultimate load capacity increased by 30.3% at the strengthened specimen, 17.7% at the 50% damage level, 12.6% at the 60% damage level, and 10.9% at the 70% damage level. …”
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Study on hot deformation behavior of 9Cr18Mo stainles bearing steel by ZHANG Yu, WANG Jianguo, LIU Dong, LIANG Zhirui, ZHAO Jiahang

“…In combination with the calculation results of the JMAPTPRO software, it was determined that the coarse banded carbides were not dissolved in the matrix at high temperature were composed of M7C3 carbide and M23C6 carbide.…”
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Green Synthesis, Characterization, and Evaluation of the Antimicrobial Activity of Camellia sinensis Silver Nanoparticles by Toga Khalid Mohamed, Marivt Osman Widdatallah, Maida Musa Ali, Afraa Mubarak Alhaj, DhiaEldin AbdElmagied Elhag

“…The synthesized nanoparticles showed antimicrobial activity against Staphylococcus aureus with a zone of inhibition of 7 mm, but none was detected against Escherichia coli. The obtained physicochemical properties were correlated with the antibacterial activity of the silver nanoparticles.…”
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Effect of Growth Rate on Physical and Mechanical Properties of 4-year-old Acacia mangium Wood from Wonogiri, Central Java by Fanny Hidayati, Ramadhani Ayu Purnama, Harry Praptoyo, Sri Sunarti

“…Basic density, shrinkage, T/R ratio, static bending strength (MOE and MOR), compressive strength parallel and perpendicular to grain were determined. …”
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NATURAL DESTRUCTION FROM HEAVY METAL PERSPECTIVE: ECOCRITICAL READING OF BURGERKILL’S SELECTED SONG LYRICS by Yohanes Mahatmo Suryo Widiasmoro

“… This study aims to analyze two song lyrics titled “Hancur” and “Tinggalkan Aku Terdiam” from the Indonesian heavy metal band Burgerkill in order to see how environmental destruction in Indonesia is represented through heavy metal song lyrics. …”
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Evaluation of the Single-component Thermal Dust Emission Model in Cosmic Microwave Background Experiments by Hao Liu, Jia-Rui Li, Yi-Fu Cai

“…It is well known that multiple Galactic thermal dust emission components may exist along the line of sight, but a single-component approximation is still widely used, since a full multicomponent estimation requires a large number of frequency bands that are only available with future experiments. …”
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Robust and time-resolved estimation of cardiac sympathetic and parasympathetic indices by Diego Candia-Rivera, Fabrizio de Vico Fallani, Mario Chavez

“…However, a strict separation of HRV into frequency bands may cause biased estimations, especially in the low-frequency range. …”
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Characterization of WO3 Thin Films Grown on Silicon by HFMOD by Joel Díaz-Reyes, Roberto Castillo-Ojeda, Miguel Galván-Arellano, Orlando Zaca-Moran

“…By Raman scattering is confirmed the change of crystalline phase, of monoclinic to triclinic, since that lattice vibrational modes of as-deposited WO3 and annealed at 500°C present clearly differences. WO3 band gap energy can be varied from 2.92 to 3.15 eV by annealing WO3 from 0 to 500°C as was obtained by transmittance measurements. …”
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Implementation of fatigue model for unidirectional laminate based on finite element analysis: theory and practice by D. Carrella-Payan, B. Magneville, M. Hack, C. Lequesne, T. Naito, Y. Urushiyama, W. Yamazaki, T. Yokozeki, W. Van Paepegem

“…The validation case is run on a bending test coupon (with arbitrary stacking sequence and load level) in order to minimise the risk of inter-laminar damages. …”
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Effects of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure on Sleep EEG Characteristics in Patients with Primary Central Sleep Apnea Syndrome by Cheng Zhang, Kun Chen, Guangfa Wang, Jue Zhang, Jing Ma

“…Additionally, conventional EEG spectral analysis in the delta, theta, alpha, and beta bands was conducted using a fast Fourier transform. …”
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Article Review on Vectran-Super Fiber from Thermotropic Crystals of Rigid-Rod Polymer by Derseh Yilie limeneh, Kelem Tiessasie Yilma

“…On average, tensile strength for Vectran is 26 grams/denier (grouped as a high tenacity grade) and the strength of the fiber is maintained after several flexing and bending actions. Abrasion resistance of Vectran is even higher than a similarly sized aramid yarn. …”
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Influence of vacuum carburizing treatment on fatigue crack growth characteristic in DSG2 by K. Nambu, N. Egami

“…The fatigue-crack progress was examined by subjecting the samples to four-point bending. The loading-capacity fixed experiment was done using a maximum load of Pmax = 4000– 7000 N. …”
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Performance of OFDM: FSO Communication System with Hybrid Channel Codes during Weak Turbulence by Ritu Gupta, Tara Singh Kamal, Preeti Singh

“…The performance of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing- (OFDM-) based free-space optics (FSO) depends on various parameters such as number of subcarriers, base band modulation, nature of laser beam, turbulence modelling, and much more. …”
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Algorithm study of digital HPA predistortion using one novel memory type BP neural network by Chun-hui HUANG, Yong-jie WEN

“…Based on the characteristic analysis of the high power amplifier (HPA) in wide-band CMMB repeater stations,a novel neural network was proposed which can respectively process the memory effect and the nonlinear of power amplifier.The novel model based on real-valued time-delay neural networks(RVTDNN) uses the Levenberg-Marquardt (LM) optimization to iteratively update the coefficients of the neural network.Due to the new parameters w⁰in the novel NN model,the modified formulas of LM algorithm were provided.Next，in order to eliminate the over-fitting of LM algorithm,the Bayesian regularization algorithm was applied to the predistortion system.Additionally,the predistorter of CMMB repeater stations based on the indirect learning method was constructed to simulate the nonlinearity and memory effect of HPA.Simulation results show that both the NN models can improve system performance and reduce ACEPR (adjacent channel error power ratio ) by about 30 dB.Moreover,with the mean square error less than 10⁻⁶,the coefficient of network for FIR-NLNNN is about half of that for RVTDNN.Similarly,the times of multiplication and addition in the iterative process of FIR-NLNNN are about 25% of that for RVTDNN.…”
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Mechanical Stability Investigation of Advanced Composite Plates Resting on Elastic Foundations Using a New Four-Unknown Refined Theory by Yassine khalfi, Aboubakar Seddik BOUCHIKHI, Yassine BELLEBNA

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The Low-Mass End of the MBH/Mhost Relation in Quasars by Roberto Decarli, Renato Falomo, Jari K. Kotilainen, Tomi Hyvönen, Michela Uslenghi, Aldo Treves

“…We do not find any evidence of a population of massive black holes lying below the relation.…”
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The NOMAD Experiment at CERN by F. Vannucci

“…The purpose of this paper is to review the experimental apparatus and some physics results from the NOMAD (neutrino oscillation magnetic detector) experiment which took data in the CERN wide-band neutrino beam from 1995 to 1998. It collected and reconstructed more than one million charged current (CC) νμ events with an accuracy which was previously obtained only with bubble chambers. …”
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Elastostatic loading rejuvenation behavior in bulk metallic glasses and its origin: A review by Seyyedeh Maryam Mirhashemi, Mehdi Malekan

“…However, due to the localization of deformation in one or several shear bands, most have low plasticity at ambient temperature. …”
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The Relationship between Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury and Osteoarthritis of the Knee by David Simon, Randy Mascarenhas, Bryan M. Saltzman, Meaghan Rollins, Bernard R. Bach, Peter MacDonald

“…ACL insufficiency results in deterioration of the normal physiologic knee bending culminating in increased anterior tibial translation and increased internal tibial rotation. …”
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Structural Performance of a Hybrid FRP-Aluminum Modular Triangular Truss System Subjected to Various Loading Conditions by Dongdong Zhang, Yaxin Huang, Qilin Zhao, Fei Li, Feng Li, Yifeng Gao

“…The results indicated that (1) the structural behavior of the off-axis load differs from that of the on-axis load, and the off-axis load is the critical loading condition controlling the structural performance of the triangular truss; (2) under the off-axis load, the FRP trussed members and connectors bear certain out-of-plane bending moments and are subjected to a complicated stress state; and (3) the stress state of these members does not match that of the initial design, and optimization for the redesign of these members is needed, especially for the pretightened teeth connectors.…”
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