Seismic Behavior of RNC-Isolated Bridges: A Comparative Study under Near-Fault, Long-Period, and Pulse-Like Ground Motions by Mohammed Ismail, José Rodellar, Joan R. Casas

“…The RNC isolator is a rolling-based isolation system with several integrated features in a single unit providing all the necessary functions of vertical rigid support, horizontal flexibility, full stability, hysteretic energy dissipation, and resistance to minor vibration loads. …”
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Development of an Integrated Software Framework for Enhanced Hybrid Simulation in Structural Testing by Gidewon G. Tekeste, António A. Correia, Aníbal G. Costa

“…Hybrid simulation integrates numerical and experimental techniques to analyze structural responses under static and dynamic loads. It physically tests components that are not fully characterized while modeling the rest of the structure numerically. …”
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YOLOv8-DBW: An Improved YOLOv8-Based Algorithm for Maize Leaf Diseases and Pests Detection by Xiang Gan, Shukun Cao, Jin Wang, Yu Wang, Xu Hou

“…Additionally, BiFPN was introduced to construct a bidirectional feature pyramid structure, which realized efficient information flow and fusion between different scale features and enhanced the feature fusion ability of the model. …”
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Extracellular matrix ligand and stiffness modulate immature nucleus pulposus cell-cell interactions. by Christopher L Gilchrist, Eric M Darling, Jun Chen, Lori A Setton

“…The nucleus pulposus (NP) of the intervertebral disc functions to provide compressive load support in the spine, and contains cells that play a critical role in the generation and maintenance of this tissue. …”
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A study on the classification and prediction of firefighter's operational fatigue level. by Mingwei Xu, Shangxue Yang, Ke Wang, Chengliu Yu, Guanlin Liu, Chao Dai, Ruiqi Wang

“…Firefighting operations in high-rise building fires require firefighters to navigate complex environments while undertaking physically demanding, heavy-load tasks, which often lead to severe fatigue, impairing their operational efficiency and decision-making. …”
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Nonlinear localized modes in one-dimensional nanoscale dark-state optical lattices by Chen Zhiming, Zeng Jianhua

“…Herein, we study theoretically and numerically the formation, property, and dynamics of matter-wave localized gap modes of Bose–Einstein condensates loaded in a one-dimensional nanoscale dark-state OL consisted of an array of optical subwavelength barriers. …”
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A study on the causes of the inconsistencies of the microstructure of welded joints of steel wire cord by I. V. Borisovets, T. P. Kurenkova, A. A. Sakharnaya

“…Relevance: the increase in the number of destruction of welded joints of the metal wire cord due to discrepancies in the microstructure of the welded seam.Purpose: to find the roots of defects in welded joints of metal wire cord to reduce the number of inconsistencies in this parameter and study the features of the formation of the microstructure of welded joints.Methods of research: as a material for research the metal wire cord of various designs made in steel – wire shop No. 2 of OJSC «BSW – Management Company of Holding «BMC» – a rod of own production was applied; the study was conducted using a Nikon SMZ 1000 stereoscopic microscope with a video system and an inverted metallographic microscope OLIMPUS GX-51 with a video system; measurement of hardness was carried out according to Vickers with a load of 0.5 kg on a hardness testing ZWICK 3Х5624АТ.Research results: the regularities and causes of the formation of mismatch of the microstructure of welded joints during welding on metal: incorrect setting of the welding machine (slowing down of the welding carriage); mismatch of the tempering temperature (a faulty button or operation home run twice); a small dwell time in the terminals (jaws) for tempering; inadequate execution of Regulation of the welded connection of the operator’s actions (pass or failure of the operation «tempering of the weld»); influence of external environmental factors (microclimate) of the operator’s workplace.…”
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The rhetorical aspects of the syntactic element of interjection in the poems of Akhavan_sales by Nasser Alizadeh Khayyat, Azam Roohi Kyasar

“…The results show that Akhavan with full knowledge of the aesthetic aspects of Persian literature andlanguage proficiency of all its features-and considering the subject of an element called - used to deliver the desired concept In changing the position of interjection in his poems, he cares about two axes: the subject and the content of the structure that was originally laid out, as well as the emotional and emotional load on it. …”
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TRACTOR GEARBOX: RESEARCH OF SHIFTING GEARS’ PROCESSES by N. N. Demidov, A. A. Krasilnikov, S. I. Hoodorozhkov

“…Currently, the existing calculation methods do not fully reflect the features of the engine and automated gearbox interaction by switching stages under load using more than two friction clutches at the same time. …”
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Peculiarity of Clinical Course of Childhood Hepatitis C Depending on the Viral Genotype by E. A. Leybman, L. I. Nikolaeva, E. I. Samokhvalov, K. K. Kyuregayn, O. V. Isaeva, G. V. Sapronov, T. V. Cherednechenko, A. G. Pisarev, A. E. Grishechkin, M. I. Michailov, V. F. Uchaikin

“…The aims of the study were to establish the structure of HCV genotype in infected children in Moscow region and to analyse the features of hepatitis, induced by different viral subtypes. …”
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A method of fatigue life prediction for rubber materials based on convolutional neural network by Jiao Li, Qi Li, Feng Wang, Liuxiangzi Yang, Mingshan Lou

“…Dumbbell-shaped rubber specimens, vulcanized from rubber materials, were subjected to uniaxial tensile fatigue tests under varying temperatures, hardness levels, and load conditions. Using the obtained fatigue test data, a CNN model was developed, incorporating environmental temperature, material hardness, and peak engineering strain as input features, with the corresponding measured fatigue life of rubber materials as the output. …”
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Enhanced diagnosis of planetary gear train faults based on bispectrum and attention mechanism deep convolutional generative adversarial networks by Dalian Yang, Yang Zhang, Renjie Li, Hui Long, Changzheng Huang

“…Secondly, by utilizing the experimental data of the planetary gear train, bispectral feature samples under three load conditions and five fault states were constructed. …”
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Prestressed ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) beams for reusable structural systems: design and testing by Dario Redaelli, Jonathan Moix, Alex Muresan, Jan Brütting, Corentin Fivet

“…A finite set of elements can be used to form the main load-bearing system of multiple successively constructed buildings having different and unpredicted layouts and static systems. …”
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Characterization of microstructure evolution and weld geometry in micro-friction stir spot welding of lightweight AZ31B magnesium alloy by Agus Widyianto, Edwar Yazid, Aan Yudianto, Herminarto Sofyan, Gunadi

“…This resulted in a maximum shear load of 326 ± 37 N and a cross-tensile load of 88 ± 2 N. …”
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On the Non-Dimensional Modelling of Friction Hysteresis of Conformal Rough Contacts by Kristof Driesen, Sylvie Castagne, Bert Lauwers, Dieter Fauconnier

“…The non-dimensional groups are derived from a mixed friction model composed of the transient Reynolds equation, a statistical mixed friction contact model, and the load balance. The non-dimensional groups capture physical parameters that influence friction behaviour, including normal load, sliding speed, viscosity, density, and surface roughness. …”
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New Method for High Water Pressure Tunnel Design Based on Machine Learning for Smart Grid Energy Management and Groundwater Environmental Balance by Xiaoming You, Gongxing Yan, Zhengqiang Yang

“…The problems of large buried depth and high water pressure have posed major challenges to the safety of segmented structures. The load-bearing capacity and damage of segmented structures under high water pressure features have always attracted attention. …”
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Microbial composition on microplastics mediated by stream impairment by Anne L. Gilewski, Saurav Shrestha, Sharon N. Kahara, Nikolas M. Stasulli

“…Conclusions Our results indicate impaired waterbodies with a microplastic burden may retain greater fecal coliform bacterial loads than unimpaired waterbodies. Increased microplastic loads in compromised lotic systems may have an additive impact. …”
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Optimization of Wear Process Parameters of Al6061-Zircon Composites Using Taguchi Method by R. Vijayakumar, J. S. Srikantamurthy, Shanawaz Patil, S. Rudresha, A. Manjunatha, T. Hemanth Raju, A. Haiter Lenin

“…According to the outcomes, the factor with the major impact is the load, followed by speed, sliding distance, and the percentage of reinforcement. …”
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AI-based model for Prediction of Power consumption in smart grid-smart way towards smart city using blockchain technology by Emran Aljarrah

“…Data can be collected using a smart city in a power-consumed smart grid data and pre-process using a Z-Score normalization technique. It can extract features using a Spatial-Temporal Correlation (STC) to assess smart grid power usage within the context of a smart city using large-scale, high-dimensional data. …”
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Multimodal bearing fault classification under variable conditions: A 1D CNN with transfer learning by Tasfiq E. Alam, Md Manjurul Ahsan, Shivakumar Raman

“…Under the baseline condition (1500 rpm, 0.7 Nm load torque, and 1000 N radial force), the model reaches an accuracy of 96% with addition of L2 regularization. …”
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