Enhancement and Optimization of the Mechanical Properties in Cement Concrete with Recycled Asphalt Pavement (RAP) by Ahmed H. Alwathaf, Mu’tasim Abdel Jaber, Yasser M. Hunaiti

“…This study investigated the mechanical properties of concrete containing RAP and the potential of silica fume (SF) and superplasticizer (SP) to enhance these properties. Thirty-five concrete mixtures were prepared with a 0%, 25%, 50%, 75%, or 100% replacement of natural coarse aggregate by crushed coarse RAP. …”
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Inelastic Moment Resistances of Welded Steel Beams with Initial Shape Imperfections by Van Pham Phe, Doan-Tan Thi, Le-Dang Dung, Xuan-Huy Nguyen

“…The convergent deformations/moments of the present solutions are excellently validated against experimental results. Thirty-seven steel beams with different sectional classes are then proposed to quantify the effects of initial shape imperfections of welds, braces, and out-of-straightness on the system deformations and moment resistances. …”
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Incisional Site Metastasis in a Patient with Cervical Carcinoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by C. Iavazzo, K. Madhuri, A. Tailor, S. Butler-Manuel

“…After our literature search, we clarified that the median time of recurrence was 14 months (range 1.5 month to 45 months). Thirty-three out of 42, 8/42, and 1/42 were squamous, adeno-, and adenosquamous carcinomas, respectively. …”
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Love Is in the AI of the BeholderArtificial Intelligence and Characters of Love by Renata E. NTELIA

“…The article argues that since it is difficult, if not impossible, to exactly know how an AI thinks and as we can only discern it by its results and effects, a way to anticipate its outcome is to look at the possibilities of attachment its input entails. …”
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Change of Neural Connectivity of the Red Nucleus in Patients with Striatocapsular Hemorrhage: A Diffusion Tensor Tractography Study by Sung Ho Jang, Hyeok Gyu Kwon

“…We investigated the change of connectivity of the RN (RNc) and its relation to motor function in patients with striatocapsular hemorrhage. Thirty-five chronic patients with striatocapsular hemorrhage were recruited. …”
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SCULPTURE3D, du projet de laboratoire à l’exposition numérique by Marion Boudon-Machuel, Barthélemy Serres

“…It is an association between researchers from the University of Tours, working with the Centre d’études supérieures de la Renaissance (CESR) and with the Fundamental and Applied Computer Science of Tours (LIFAT), and various heritage institutions (DRAC Centre, Museum of Fine Arts of Tours, CMN, Château de Blois…) as well as a team of experts on innovative softwares (CETU ILIAD3), and the new small business Kulturae’com, two innovative entities who got their start through that project. The thirty digital objects created with the help of a 3D optical scanner is the first key part of a virtual museum of 3D sculptures from the Renaissance Era in the Val de Loire, intended both for researchers and the general public. …”
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Influences of footstrike patterns and overground conditions on lower extremity kinematics and kinetics during running: Statistical parametric mapping analysis. by Yifang Zhuang, Wenxing Zhou, Ziwei Zeng, Shiwei Mo, Lin Wang

“…This study investigated lower extremity biomechanics when running on different surfaces among runners with different footstrike patterns. Thirty rearfoot strikers (RFSs) and non-rearfoot strikers (nRFSs) ran at 3.3 m/s on a specially designed indoor track covered with three surfaces: artificial grass, synthetic rubber, and concrete. …”
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1987-2017 : Regard sur l’évolution de l’histoire des origines by Brigitte Senut

“…Over the last thirty years, studies on human origins have undergone a real revolution due to the development of fieldwork, to the improvement of dating methods that allow better calibration of deposits and a better understanding of evolutionary changes in time. …”
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Diabetes and Stroke Prevention: A Review by Jonathan Hewitt, Luis Castilla Guerra, María del Carmen Fernández-Moreno, Cristina Sierra

“…Abnormal glucose regulation, of which diabetes is one manifestation, is seen in up to two-thirds of people suffering from an acute stroke. Surprisingly, aggressive management of glucose after an acute stroke has not been shown to improve outcome or reduce the incidence of further strokes. …”
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Volatile organic compounds of Thai honeys produced from several floral sources by different honey bee species. by Praetinee Pattamayutanon, Sergio Angeli, Prodpran Thakeow, John Abraham, Terd Disayathanoowat, Panuwan Chantawannakul

“…Interestingly, 2-phenylacetaldehyde was detected in all honey sample except longan honey produced by A. cerana. Thirty-two VOCs were identified as possible floral markers. …”
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Short-term results of treatment of non-epithelial gastro-intestinal tumors complicated by bleeding by S. G. Shapovalyants, A. I. Mikhalev, Ye. D. Fedorov, R. V. Plakhov, L. M. Mikhaleva, Z. V. Galkova, Ye. V. Ivanova, A. E. Sergeyenko

“…In 13 (25%) of patients primary endoscopic hemostasis was carried out. Thirty five patients were operated (67,3%), and in 8 (22,8%) of them endoscopic erasion of bleeding non-epithelial tumor was carried out. …”
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Fat Embolism Syndrome Mimicking a COVID-19 Infection by Alexandru Leonard Alexa, Adela Hilda Onutu

“…We present a mild FES case on a 32-year-old man with no medical history admitted for an orthopedic procedure, following both tibia and fibulae fractures. Thirty hours postoperatively, he developed respiratory failure with altered mental status and needed admission in the intensive care unit. …”
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TEIGINIO COGITO ERGO SUMLEGITIMIŠKUMO PROBLEMA by Alvydas Noreika

“…But logical operator ergo existing between cogito and sum shows that cogito - is premise, sum is conclusion, and proposition cogito ergo sum - is abridged syllogism or entimema (omitted general presupposition is "Everyone, who thinks, exists"). Descartes agrees that it is possible to think the general presupposition prior to the proposition. …”
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Right Traumatic Diaphragmatic Hernia: A Case Report and A review by Thaimi Conde Cueto, Ivette Cepero Pérez, Francisco Olascoaga Pérez, Martha Yudey Rodríguez Pino

“…His skin and mucous membranes were pale and vesicular murmurs were abolished in the inferior two thirds of the right hemithorax. The patient was ordered a complete blood count (CBC), an antero-posterior chest x -ray, an abdominal ultrasound , a thoracic-abdominal ultrasound, a chest computerized axial tomography, respiratory function tests and a medulloculture. …”
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eSports Participation among Hong Kong Middle-Aged and Older Adults: A Qualitative Study by Ka-Man Leung, William Chu

“…This qualitative study is aimed at gaining an understanding of the perception of and experiences in eSports among middle-aged and older adults in HK, China, using the Theory of Planned Behavior. Thirty-nine adults aged >45 years were stratified by (a) whether they had experience of participating in eSports and (b) age (i.e., 45–64 years vs. ≥65 years). …”
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Levatorplasty’s role in rectal prolapse management for patients with wide pelvic hiatus: a cohort study by Mohamed Yehia Elbarmelgi, Ali Ahmed Shafik, Shady Fathy Badee, Osama Refaie Mohamed, Mohamed Tamer

“…Patients and methods Our study is a combined retrospective and prospective cohort study which included sixty patients with rectal prolapse with wide pelvic hiatus, they were divided into two groups (each group thirty patients). One group underwent rectal prolapse repair, the other group underwent rectal prolapse repair with levatorplasty. …”
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The Importance of Magnesium in Clinical Healthcare by Gerry K. Schwalfenberg, Stephen J. Genuis

“…Emerging evidence confirms that nearly two-thirds of the population in the western world is not achieving the recommended daily allowance for magnesium, a deficiency problem contributing to various health conditions. …”
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Orally administered organophosphorus dimethoate mediated biochemical alterations in male and female experimental Rattus norvegicus (albino rats) by Nida Saleem, Mushtaq Hussain Lashari, Hafiz Ishfaq Ahmad

“…Albino rats of the exposed groups were fed simple laboratory chow along with a low dose: five milliliters were given to the T1 group; the medium dose, ten milliliters, was given to the T2 group; and the high dose, twenty milliliters, was given to the T3 group of dimethoate pesticide for thirty, sixty, or ninety days under controlled laboratory conditions. …”
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Setting the tone: crossmodal emotional face-voice combinations in continuous flash suppression by Ulrich W. D. Müller, Antje B. M. Gerdes, Georg W. Alpers

“…Faces were presented either unimodally or paired with non-linguistic vocalizations (fearful, happy, neutral). Thirty-six healthy participants were asked to respond as soon as the faces reached conscious awareness. …”
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Field of the Administrative Geography of the Sasanian Empire on the Auspicious Occasion of the Publication of La Géographie Administrative de l’Émpire Sassanide. Les Témoignages É... by Hossein Habibi

“…For the rather recent developments of the subject, though, Rika Gyselen’s studies have been crucial. Thirty years after her trailblazing 1989’s book in the field, the publication of La géographie administrative de l’empire sassanide. …”
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