Recent Advances in Multi-Atom Catalysts for Sustainable Energy Applications by Qing Wang, Bo Cheng, Shichang Cai, Xiaoxiao Li, Di Lu, Naying Zhang, Chaoqun Chen, Hanlu Zhang, Yagang Feng, Lei Duan, Shaoyong Qin, Zihan Meng

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COMPARISON OF DRYING SHRINKAGE AND DRYING CREEP KINETICS IN CONCRETE by Lenka Dohnalová, Petr Havlásek

“…The aim of this paper is to show and compare the time evolution of drying shrinkage and drying creep in concrete from three different perspectives. …”
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Identification of the anisotropic behavior of the laser welded Interstitial Free steels subjected to off-axis tensile tests by Arfaoui Latifa, Samet Amel, Znaidi Amna

“…The plastic behavior was modelled using an identification strategy based on a behavior law taking into account the anisotropy of this material, a hardening law describing the evolution of the hardening curves and an evolution law. …”
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Delamination effect on the mechanical behavior of 3D printed polymers by F. Majid, T. Hachimi, H. Rhanim, R. Rhanim

“…Furthermore, the results allowed us to evaluate the energy behavior of the 3D printed material subjected to static loads and subsequently predict the evolution of the damage and find out the impact of layers delamination. …”
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The Impact of Ho Addition on the Microstructural Features and Magnetic Performances of Sintered NdFeB Magnets by Xin-De Zhu, Wei-Ming Liu, Fei Wang, Zhao-Pu Xu, Qian Wang, Xiao-Qian Gu, Meng Li, Ya Jiang, Feng-Sheng Xue, Mei Wang

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Iridescent structural coloration in a crested Cretaceous enantiornithine bird from the Jehol Biota by Zhiheng Li, Jinsheng Hu, Thomas A Stidham, Mao Ye, Min Wang, Yanhong Pan, Tao Zhao, Jingshu Li, Zhonghe Zhou, Julia A Clarke

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Effect of grain size on mechanical properties and tribological behavior of size-tunable high entropy diboride ceramics obtained by two-step SPS sintering by Yao Yang, Jianqiang Bi, Linjing Qiao, Guandong Liang, Shuyong Liang, Shushuai Liu, Shaoyin Wang, Hongyu Gong, Zhao Qian, Jinwang Shi, Weiqiang Li

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IDENTITY AND INTERESTS IN EUROPEAN INTEGRATION THEORY: THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF THE CFSP by HORIA BARBULESCU

“…The contribution of this paper lies in emphasizing that even if interests, material and negotiation power and asymmetrical interdependence are useful starting points in analyzing the potential influence of states on early institutional evolution, power alone does not explain the final outcomes of this evolution or of the policies pursued inside the CFSP.…”
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Fatigue Strain and Damage Analysis of Concrete in Reinforced Concrete Beams under Constant Amplitude Fatigue Loading by Fangping Liu, Jianting Zhou

“…Concrete fatigue strain evolution plays a very important role in the evaluation of the material properties of concrete. …”
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A Simple Thermoelectrical Surface Approach for Numerically Studying Dry Band Formation on Polluted Insulators by Marc-Alain Andoh, Christophe Volat, Gbah Koné

“…Hence, the proposed model provides a simple numerical tool for studying the evolution of the potential and E-field distributions along uniformly and non-uniformly polluted insulation equipment to identify the probability of a region of high dry band appearance relative to the insulator material and geometry. …”
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Recent Advances in Green Hydrogen Production by Electrolyzing Water with Anion-Exchange Membrane by Lirong Zhang, Fang Qi, Rui Ren, Yulan Gu, Jiachen Gao, Yan Liang, Yafu Wang, Houen Zhu, Xiangyi Kong, Qingnuan Zhang, Jiangwei Zhang, Limin Wu

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Simulation of Grain Structure Formation of Ti-46at. %Al Alloy During Directional Solidification with CAFE Model by LIU Dong-rong, LU Hai-yang, GUO Er-jun

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Delamination effect on the mechanical behavior of 3D printed polymers by Fatima Majid, T. Hachimi, H. Rhanim, R. Rhanim

“…Furthermore, the results allowed us to evaluate the energy behavior of the 3D printed material subjected to static loads and subsequently predict the evolution of the damage and find out the impact of layers' delamination. …”
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A review of thermographic techniques for damage investigation in composites by Laura Vergani, Chiara Colombo, Flavia Libonati

“…The presence of defects, in fact, induces a localized variation in its temperature distribution and, then, the measured values of the surface temperature can be used to localize and evaluate the dimensions and the evolution of defects. In the past, many applications of thermography were proposed on homogeneous materials, but only recently this technique has also been extended to composites. …”
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PREDICTION OF LOAD LIMIT OF BI-MODULUS COMPOSITES LAMINATED STRUCTURE by HUANG ZheFeng, LI Li, YANG ZengQin, SHANG FuLin, HOU DeMen

“…Firstly,according to the bi-linear model of bi-modulus materials and constitutive theory of orthotropic material,the stress-strain relation for BFRP composites lamina was described. …”
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Fatigue crack propagation behavior of ethylene-propylene-diene monomer for external windshield capsule of high-speed train by SUN Guo-dong1, LIN Sheng2, TANG Wei2, HU Xiao-ling3

“…The results showed that when strain amplitude increased from 15% to 60%, crack propagation rate of the material was accelerated; when strain amplitude exceeded 35%, crack propagation behavior of the material underwent a process of initial accelerated propagation to stable propagation, and the larger strain amplitude was, the more obvious the initial accelerated crack propagation was, and the longer the cycle period needed to reach the stable crack propagation was. …”
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Paleopathology of Human Tuberculosis and the Potential Role of Climate by Andreas G. Nerlich, Sandra Lösch

“…Both origin and evolution of tuberculosis and its pathogens (Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex) are not fully understood. …”
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Phage-inducible chromosomal islands promote genetic variability by blocking phage reproduction and protecting transductants from phage lysis. by Rodrigo Ibarra-Chávez, Aisling Brady, John Chen, José R Penadés, Andreas F Haag

“…Since phage defense systems have been recently shown to be beneficial for the acquisition of exogenous DNA via horizontal gene transfer, we hypothesized that PICIs could provide a similar benefit to their hosts and tested the impact of PICIs in recipient strains on host cell viability, phage propagation and transfer of genetic material. Here we report an important role for PICIs in bacterial evolution by promoting the survival of phage-mediated transductants of chromosomal or plasmid DNA. …”
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Ancient Stratified Thermochemical Piles Due To High Intrinsic Viscosity by Matteo Desiderio, Maxim D. Ballmer

“…Abstract The two Large Low Velocity Provinces (LLVPs) in the lowermost Earth mantle are thought to affect large‐scale heat and material transport, governing mantle evolution. LLVPs have been interpreted as thermochemical piles of recycled oceanic crust (ROC) and/or other dense rock types. …”
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Modeling the Dynamic Failure of Railroad Tank Cars Using a Physically Motivated Internal State Variable Plasticity/Damage Nonlocal Model by Fazle R. Ahad, Koffi Enakoutsa, Kiran N. Solanki, Yustianto Tjiptowidjojo, Douglas J. Bammann

“…We implement this evolution equation into existing finite element subroutines of the plasticity/failure model. …”
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