Response of Water-Sediment Structure to Three-dimensional Baroclinic Effects in Yangtze River Estuary by ZHU Xian-bo, LU Chuan-teng, LUO Xiao-feng, ZHANG Gong-jin

“…[Objective]As a critical deep-water navigation channel, the stability of the water-sediment structure in the North Passage of the Yangtze River Estuary directly affects channel maintenance and navigational safety. …”
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Degradation analysis of dynamic properties for plain concrete structures under mixed-mode fracture conditions via an improved cohesive crack approach by Umberto De Maio, Daniele Gaetano, Fabrizio Greco, Raimondo Luciano, Andrea Pranno

“…The obtained numerical results highlight the effectiveness of the proposed model in determining the load-carrying capacity and the degradation of natural vibration frequencies during damage propagation, demonstrating its applicability in the framework of structural health monitoring. …”
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One class of continuous locally complicated functions related to infinite-symbol $\Phi$-representation of numbers by M. V. Pratsovytyi, O. M. Baranovskyi, O.I. Bondarenko, S.P. Ratushniak

Subjects: “…$\phi$-representation; cylindrical sets; cantor-type function; quasi-cantor type function; nowhere monotonic function; continuous function of unbounded variation; lebesgue structure of a function; lebesgue structure of a probability measure…”
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Differences in Subtidal Macrobenthic Community Structures and Influencing Factors Between Jindo and Jeju Islands in South Korea by Jian Liang, Chae‐Woo Ma, Kwang‐Bae Kim

“…There were marked differences in macrobenthic community structures between the two islands, including the number of species, species abundance, species richness index, and Pielou's evenness index (p < 0.05). …”
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Capitalizing on the wealth of chemical data in the accretionary structures of aquatic taxa: Opportunities from across the tree of life by Zoë A. Doubleday, Louise Hosking, Jasper Willoughby, Minoli Dias, Natasha Leclerc, Shanie Brault Nikolajew, Melita Peharda, Arieli Tristão Rézio, Clive Trueman

“…Abstract Aquatic organisms are natural data loggers and record chemical variations within hardened accretionary structures like shells and teeth. …”
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Optimizing electromagnetic wave propagation in cylindrical structures with beam-plasma interactions: A mode-matching approach. by Shahana Rizvi, Muhammad Afzal

“…This study introduces a method for analyzing the propagation of electromagnetic waves in cylindrical structures with central chambers facilitating beam-plasma interactions, particularly relevant for slow-wave structures in backward wave oscillators. …”
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Investigation of Fatigue Assessment Method for Glass Fiber Reinforced Composite Hull Structures Based on Stiffness Degradation by Kaiyan Li, Guanyi Gao, Guoqing Feng, Yaozhong Fan, Yiyang Han

“…Four fatigue hotspot areas in the midsection of the hull were selected, and mesh refinement was applied to these locations to accurately capture the variations in stress gradients. The structural stress response transfer function was calculated, and the short-term and long-term distribution data of wave loads were obtained. …”
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SARS-CoV-2 detection by surface plasmon resonance biosensors based on graphene-multilayer structures by Talia Tene, Marco Guevara, Paul Romero, Alberto Guapi, Lala Gahramanli, Lala Gahramanli, Cristian Vacacela Gomez

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Spectroscopic Properties of AlSb Nanocrystals Using Diamondoid Structures: A Density Functional Theory Study by Mudar Ahmed Abdulsattar, Hayder M. Abduljalil, Noor Al-Huda Talib Al-Aaraji

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Impact of High-Temperature Exposure on Reinforced Concrete Structures Supported by Steel Ring-Shaped Shear Connectors by Atsushi Suzuki, Runze Yang, Yoshihiro Kimura

“…Ensuring the structural integrity of reinforced concrete (RC) components in nuclear facilities exposed to extreme conditions is essential for safe decommissioning. …”
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Natural Frequency of Monopile Supported Offshore Wind Turbine Structures Under Long-Term Cyclic Loading by Rong Chen, Haitao Yang, Yilong Sun, Jinglong Zou, Boyan Sun, Jialin Xu

“…Offshore wind turbine structures (OWTs) commonly use monopile foundations for support, and long-term exposure to wind–wave cyclic loads may induce changes in foundation stiffness. …”
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Impact of Local Soil Conditions on the Seismic Performance of Reinforced Concrete Structures: In the Context of the 2023 Kahramanmaraş Earthquakes by Ercan Işık, Fatih Avcil, Aydın Büyüksaraç, Enes Arkan, Ehsan Harirchian

“…The study confirms that variations in soil types, as classified in Eurocode 8, have a major impact on the seismic behavior of reinforced-concrete structures. …”
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Seismic Facies Classification of Salt Structures and Sediments in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Using Self-Organizing Maps by Silas Adeoluwa Samuel, Camelia C. Knapp, James H. Knapp

“…This research focuses on identifying important structural and stratigraphic variations at the Mississippi Canyon Block 118 (MC-118) field, located on the northern slope of the Gulf of Mexico, which is significantly influenced by complex salt tectonics and slope failure. …”
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Robust Seismic Performance Evaluation of Super High-Rise Concrete Structures Using MCDM and Plithogenic-RAM Approach by Kaifeng Xing, Xiaoping Wang, Peng Chen

“…When using concrete in these structures, additional care must be taken. Evaluating Super High-Rise Concrete Structures using various criteria is a multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) challenge. …”
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Seismic Behavior of a Timber Structure Based on a Soft-Kill BESO Optimization Algorithm by Felipe Solis, Pablo F. Parra, Patricio Cendoya, Luis F. Gonzalez-Böhme, Francisco Quitral-Zapata, Ricardo Gallardo

“…The structural configuration was obtained through a topology optimization process using a variation of a soft-kill BESO algorithm implemented in MATLAB R2015a, obtaining topologies with low structural redundancy. …”
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Determination of in-situ concrete compressive strength under consideration of rearrangement effects by Rabea Anna Sefrin, Christian Glock

“…For the design of existing structures the concrete compressive strength and the derived mechanical parameters are of central importance. …”
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The archaeal and bacterial community structure in composted cow manures is defined by the original populations: a shotgun metagenomic approach by Vanessa Romero-Yahuitl, Karla Estephanía Zarco-González, Ana Lilia Toriz-Nava, Mauricio Hernández, Mauricio Hernández, Jesús Bernardino Velázquez-Fernández, Yendi E. Navarro-Noya, Marco Luna-Guido, Luc Dendooven

“…IntroductionOrganic wastes are composted to increase their plant nutritional value, but little is known about how this might alter the bacterial and archaeal community structure and their genes.MethodsCow manure was collected from three local small-scale farmers and composted under controlled conditions, while the bacterial and archaeal communities were determined using shotgun metagenomics at the onset and after 74 days of composting.ResultsThe bacterial, archaeal, methanogen, methanotrophs, methylotroph, and nitrifying community structures and their genes were affected by composting for 74 days, but the original composition of these communities determined the changes. …”
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Existence of solutions for the fractional Nirenberg problem with indefinite curvature functions by Jiaxing An, Jingbo Dou, Yunyun Hu

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Microstructural analysis and preliminary wear assessment of wire arc additive manufactured AA 5083 aluminum alloy for lightweight structures by Prasanna Nagasai Bellamkonda, Maheshwar Dwivedy, Kaushik N.Ch

“…The proliferation of Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) has significantly enhanced the production capabilities for lightweight and structurally robust components. This study investigates the microstructural characteristics, tensile properties, and preliminary wear performance of AA 5083 aluminum alloy processed via WAAM, focusing on applications for lightweight structures. …”
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Bird population trend analyses for a monitoring scheme with a highly structured sampling design by Rieger, Mirjam R, Grüneberg, Christoph, Oberhaus, Michael, Trautmann, Sven, Parepa, Madalin, Anthes, Nils

“…Second, we develop a correction factor that buffers population trend estimates for variation in observer expertise as reflected in variation in total bird abundance. …”
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