Test on Hysteretic Behaviour of Prestressed Composite Joints with Concrete-Encased CFST Columns by Kun Wang, Huihui Luo

“…The experimental results showed that a type of mixed mode consisting of shear failure in the panel zone and flexural failure at beam ends was found for three prestressed joint specimens, whilst only flexural failure at beam ends was observed for the non-prestressed one, and all joint specimens showed good hysteretic behaviour. …”
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Compras sustentáveis nas instituições federais de ensino do Estado do Rio de Janeiro: uma análise a partir dos planos de gestão de logística sustentável by Vitor Neves Cabral, Daduí Cordeiro Guerrieri

“… O Plano de Gestão de Logística Sustentável (PLS) é uma ferramenta de planejamento que permite que a administração pública federal estabeleça práticas de sustentabilidade e racionalização de seus gastos e processos. Considerando que a norma jurídica exige que órgãos e entidades federais elaborem e disponibilizem seus PLS, e que as compras públicas sustentáveis são um relevante eixo desse instrumento de planejamento, este estudo analisou as compras públicas sustentáveis (CPS) das instituições que compõem o sistema federal de ensino do estado do Rio de Janeiro, a partir do exame de seus Planos de Gestão de Logística Sustentável e seus Relatórios de Avaliação (RA). …”
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Determinants of Familiarity and Experience with HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in Primary Care Providers in Ontario, Canada by Jorge Martinez-Cajas, Beatriz Alvarado, Carmela Rapino, Emma Nagy, T. Hugh Guan, Nicholas Cofie, Nancy Dalgarno, Pilar Camargo, Bradley Stoner

“…Methods: We surveyed a non-probabilistic sample of PCPs using an online questionnaire, designed with the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR). …”
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Integrated Bioinformatics-Based Identification of Potential Diagnostic Biomarkers Associated with Diabetic Foot Ulcer Development by Long Qian, Zhipeng Xia, Ming Zhang, Qiong Han, Die Hu, Sha Qi, Danmou Xing, Yan Chen, Xin Zhao

“…The present study was designed to detect possible biomarkers associated with diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) incidence in an effort to develop novel treatments for this condition. The GSE7014 and GSE29221 gene expression datasets were downloaded from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database, after which differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified between DFU and healthy samples. …”
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Parking Volume Forecast of Railway Station Garages Based on Passenger Behaviour Analysis Using the LSTM Network by Songxue Gai, Xiaoqing Zeng, Tengfei Yuan

“…Therefore, passenger behaviour analysis based on parking duration category analysis and time series similarity measures was introduced into the forecast model in this research. Also, a novel parking volume forecast model based on the long short-term memory (LSTM) is proposed. …”
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A Survey of Data Partitioning and Sampling Methods to Support Big Data Analysis by Mohammad Sultan Mahmud, Joshua Zhexue Huang, Salman Salloum, Tamer Z. Emara, Kuanishbay Sadatdiynov

“…Computer clusters with the shared-nothing architecture are the major computing platforms for big data processing and analysis. …”
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Aquatic and Marine Ecosystems—Lesson 2: Wetland Ecosystems—Freshwater Marshes and Swamps by Karen Blyler, Joy Jordan

“…Written by Karen Blyler and Joy Jordan, and published by the UF Department of 4-H Youth Development, November 2014. 4H348/4H348: Aquatic and Marine Ecosystems—Lesson 2: Wetland Ecosystems: Freshwater Marshes and Swamps (ufl.edu) …”
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Robust Adaptive Fuzzy Control of Chaos in the Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor by Jinpeng Yu, Junwei Gao, Yumei Ma, Haisheng Yu, Songfeng Pan

“…Fuzzy logic systems are used to approximate unknown nonlinearities, and an adaptive backstepping technique is employed to construct controllers. …”
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Adaptive Gain Control Method of a Phase-Locked Loop for GNSS Carrier Signal Tracking by Zhibin Luo, Jicheng Ding, Lin Zhao

“…This paper presents a novel PLL with an adaptive loop gain control filter (AGCF-PLL) that can provide an alternative. …”
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A Rare Stapes Abnormality by Hala Kanona, Jagdeep Singh Virk, Gaurav Kumar, Sanjiv Chawda, Sherif Khalil

“…We report the case of a 13-year-old female reporting progressive left-sided hearing loss and high resolution computed tomography was initially reported as normal. Exploratory tympanotomy revealed an absent stapedius tendon and lack of connection between the stapes superstructure and footplate. …”
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Waterflood Management Using Hybrid Approach of Streamline-Based Interwell Flux Information and Finite Volume Reservoir Simulation by Zhouyuan Zhu, Zhengdong Lei, Zhangxin Chen

“…All simulations conducted here are rigorously finite volume based, which takes into account the full physics of nonadvective processes such as gravity and capillary effects. …”
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Comentarios al dossier“¿Cómo se piensa lo ‘queer’ en América Latina”? by Edgar Vega Suriaga

“…Destaca la crítica a la masculinidad hegemónica desde una noción de la alteridad enla que convergen las categorías de clase, etnia, género y edad. …”
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Measurement of Capsaicinoids in Chiltepin Hot Pepper: A Comparison Study between Spectrophotometric Method and High Performance Liquid Chromatography Analysis by Alberto González-Zamora, Erick Sierra-Campos, Rebeca Pérez-Morales, Cirilo Vázquez-Vázquez, Miguel A. Gallegos-Robles, José D. López-Martínez, José L. García-Hernández

“…HPLC-DAD revealed that capsaicin, dihydrocapsaicin, and nordihydrocapsaicin comprised up to 98% of total capsaicinoids detected. …”
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Birds in the ‘Burbs’: Do migratory birds prefer urban forest fragments or residential yards? by Ryan Byron, Mark Hostetler, Michael Andreu

“…During migration, birds travel from their northern breeding grounds to their southern wintering grounds and vice versa. …”
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Preparation, characterization, and performance of 4A zeolite based on opal waste rock for removal of ammonium ion by Zongshan Wu, Jingjing Xie, Haibo Liu, Tianhu Chen, Peng Cheng, Can Wang, Dianchao Kong

“…The experimental results provided a novel approach for the utilization of opal waste rock, which is produced during the mining of opal-rich palygorskite, and for the synthesis of 4A zeolite and the removal of ammonium ion.…”
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EMPLOYMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION AND VOCATIONAL COLLEGE GRADUATES WITH DISABILITIES IN MOSCOW: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS by Elena V. Arzhanyh, Olga A. Gurkina

“…University graduates are more often guided by the motives and factors associated with non-material aspects of work. In contrast, college graduates are characterized by "materialism": focus on earnings accompanied by rejection of getting further education leads them to occupy positions with lower rates of payment. …”
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The impact of digital transformation on sustainability: a case of the Iranian telecom industry by Jamal Aghayari, Changiz Valmohammadi, Mahmood Alborzi

“…Digital technologies transform markets and create novel paradigms in the industry. In addition, they present new solutions to organizations to cope with sustainability issues. …”
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Gothic Sounds and the Foreshadowing of Victorian Soundscapes by Lucie Ratail

“…Manipulating the readers’ emotions and interpretation through the evocation of horror and terror, novelists used sound as one of the key features in the creation of the gothic sublime. …”
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Association between terminal pleural elastance and radiographic lung re-expansion after therapeutic thoracentesis in patients with symptomatic pleural effusion: a post-hoc analysis... by Fabien Maldonado, Michael Lester, Otis B Rickman, Lance J Roller, Sameer K Avasarala, James M Katsis, Robert J Lentz

“…The sensitivity and positive predictive value of radiographic lung re-expansion for normal visceral pleural recoil were 44% and 24%, respectively.Conclusion Radiographic lung re-expansion by post-thoracentesis chest radiograph or thoracic ultrasound is a poor surrogate for normal terminal pleural elastance. …”
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¿Es posible medir el capital de movilidad para evaluar sus diferenciaciones sociodemográfica e intraurbana? El caso de los habitantes del Área Metropolitana de Santiago de Chile by Daniel Delaunay, Jean-Marc Fournier, Yasna Contreras

“…En este trabajo se pretende dar una realidad estadística a la noción de “capital de movilidad” con base en una encuesta cuantitativa que se llevó a cabo en Santiago de Chile en el año 2009. …”
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