Metabolic Syndrome and Outcomes after Renal Intervention by Daynene Vykoukal, Mark G. Davies

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Numerical Simulation of the Dynamic Responses of Electric Power Fitting of Transmission Lines after Ice Shedding by Zhongfei Ye, Chuan Wu, Xiaohui Liu, Fei Huang

“…As the key connecting components between tower and conductors, electric power fittings play an important role in the provision of the safe operation of transmission lines. …”
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Synchronized diaphragmatic stimulation: a case report of a novel extra‐cardiac intervention for chronic heart failure by Lee R. Goldberg, Ana Jorbenadze, Tamaz Shaburishvilli, Michael J. Mirro, Marat Fudim, Michel Zuber, Simon F. Stämpfli, Felix C. Tanner, Paul Erne, John G. Cleland

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Investigation on Seismic Response of Long-Span Special Steel Truss Cable-Stayed Bridge by Yong Zeng, Xueqin Li, Yutong Zeng

“…Due to the small self-weight of the steel truss cable-stayed bridge with a single tower and a single cable plane, the torsional stiffness and wind stability of the structure are reduced. …”
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Modeling Evapotranspiration Response to Climatic Forcings Using Data-Driven Techniques in Grassland Ecosystems by Xianming Dou, Yongguo Yang

“…Three novel machine learning approaches, namely, group method of data handling, extreme learning machine (ELM), and adaptive neurofuzzy inference system (ANFIS), were developed to simulate and forecast the daily evapotranspiration (ET) at four different grassland sites based on the flux tower data using the eddy covariance method. …”
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Analysis of Change in the Wind Speed Ratio according to Apartment Layout and Solutions by Won-gil Hyung, Young-Moon Kim, Ki-Pyo You

“…Currently, the forms of internal arrangements of apartment complexes are divided into the flat type and the tower type. …”
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Collapse Scenarios of High-Rise Buildings Using Plastic Limit Analysis by G. Liu, D. K. Liu, W. K. Chow

“…The Twin Towers of the World Trade Center (WTC) in New York, USA collapsed on 11 September, 2001. …”
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Combined Earthquake-Wave Effects on the Dynamic Response of Long-Span Cable-Stayed Bridges by Xinhu Tang, Peng Chen

“…Compared to the solitary action of earthquakes, the increase in the amplitude of the internal force response of the main tower and auxiliary piers under the combined action is about 10%–12%, indicating that the impact of wave action on the dynamic response of the structure cannot be ignored, but earthquake action still dominates.…”
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Réception du 11 septembre 2001 au Québec. Persistance des mémoires nationales et émergence de mémoires globalisées by Christian Bergeron

“…Everyone (or almost) remembers the fateful date associated with the collapsing Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York, the terrorist attacks in Washington and Pennsylvania State. …”
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Substructural Identification of Flexural Rigidity for Beam-Like Structures by Ki-Young Koo, Jin-Hak Yi

“…This novel method is also rigorously investigated by applying it for estimating the flexural rigidity of a simply supported beam model with different boundary conditions, a concrete plate-girder bridge model with different length of an internal substructure, a cantilever-type wind turbine tower structure with different type of excitation, and a steel box-girder bridge model with internal structural damages.…”
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Research on Fluid Viscous Damper Parameters of Cable-Stayed Bridge in Northwest China by Xiongjun He, Yongchao Yang, Xiang Xiao, Yulin Deng

“…Nonlinear time-history analysis method is used to research on the relation among the internal forces, displacements, and damping parameters of the 650 tonnage FVD. …”
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“How ‘ya gonna keep’em down at the farm now that they’ve seen Paree?”: France in Super Hero Comics by Nicolas Labarre

“…The depiction of France in super-hero comics originates in part in the perception of the country in the United States, but it also derives in a significant way from the internal evolutions of the genre.…”
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Optimum design of wind turbine foundation according to rebar detailing by Italo Linhares Salomão, Placido Rogério Pinheiro, Napoleão Vieira Nepomuceno, Gabriel Xavier Santiago Marinho, Matheus Martins Palmela Bastos de Oliveira, Joel J.P.C. Rodrigues, Bruno Ricardo de Almeida

“…After analysing the internal forces in circular foundations, the designer must define the calculation sections to determine the required area of steel and select the diameter of the steel bars and their positioning in the base. …”
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Virtual biopsy for non-invasive identification of follicular lymphoma histologic transformation using radiomics-based imaging biomarker from PET/CT by Chong Jiang, Chunjun Qian, Qiuhui Jiang, Hang Zhou, Zekun Jiang, Yue Teng, Bing Xu, Xin Li, Chongyang Ding, Rong Tian

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Application of Securitization of Leasing Assets by I. V. Linev

“…The special attention is deserved by a question of decrease in credit risk of the investor. External and internal providing is applied to its decision in different types. …”
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Determination of Modelling Error Statistics for Cold-Formed Steel Columns by R. P. Rokade, K. Balaji Rao, B. Palani

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The first Lithuanian Archaeological expedition in Afghanistan by Aleksiejus Luchtanas, Ramunė Butrimaitė

“…With the creation of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan and the establishment of the provincial reconstruction team in Ghor province, conducted by Lithuania, civilian projects related to culture, education, and health services are being carried on. …”
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Identification of multiple complications as independent risk factors associated with 1-, 3-, and 5-year mortality in hepatitis B-associated cirrhosis patients by Duo Shen, Ling Sha, Ling Yang, Xuefeng Gu

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Efficacy and safety of jaktinib hydrochloride tablets in active axial spondyloarthritis: a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase II clinical trial by Xiaomei Li, Xiaoxia Wang, Jian Wu, Xiao Zhang, Chunde Bao, Shengqian Xu, Lingyun Sun, Juan Wang, Guixiu Shi, Xiaofei Wang, Qing Dai, Antao Xu, Huaxiang Wu, YongQing Wang, Yan Ye, Yongfu Wang, Huaxiang Liu, Chenyin Lv, Jun Miao, Weiqi Min, Kuanting Wang, Luan Xue, Shanhui Ye

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Presenting the model of factors affecting the resilience of entrepreneurial behavior in Technical and Vocational University of Alborz province by Ali Abdi Jamayran, Manouchehr Niknam, Hasan Rangriz

“…Financial and legal strategy, operational strategy, international strategy, and policy making strategy is needed to increase the resilience of entrepreneurial behavior in the university, which leads to economic, scientific and cultural consequences at the level of the country. …”
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