Seismic performance of RC structural squat walls with limited transverse reinforcement by Xiang, Weizheng

“…These squat walls are usually detailed according to current provisions and reinforced against the shear by either conventionally or by adding additional cross-inclined bidiagonal bars to achieve the full ductile behavior of the RC member. …”
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Evaluation of high-strength concrete interior beam-column joints under simulated seismic loading by Leong, Chee Lai

“…The congestion of reinforcement in a high strength concrete beam-column joint can be improved when the usage of larger bars are allowed.…”
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Evaluation of carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua L.) pods, through three different drying techniques, and ultrasonic assisted extraction, for presence of bioactives by Hussain, Ashiq, Arif, Muhammad Rehan, Ahmed, Adnan, Laaraj, Salah, Firdous, Nida, Ali, Muhammad Qasim, Haya Fatima, ., Yaqub, Shazia, Kauser, Samina, Nisar, Rizwan, Gorsi, Faiza Iftikhar, Ud Din, Ghulam Mueen, Elfazazi, Kaoutar

“…The purpose of this study was to determine how ethanolic extracts of carob pods from Morocco, prepared with ultrasonic assistance were affected by microwave (525 °C for 2.5 min), hot air (65 °C for 16 h), and spray drying (input and output air temperatures 180 and 90 °C, respectively, feed flow rate 2.5 mL/min and 5 bars, respectively), in terms of their physicochemical composition and biological activity. …”
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The corrosion of stirrups and its effect on the seismic fragility of a corroded reinforced concrete (RC) column by Zhang, Guanghui, Li, Bing

“…The corrosion of stirrups is more serious than that of longitudinal bars, due to smaller clear concrete cover and smaller diameter. …”
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Corrosion damage detection in reinforced concrete using Rayleigh wave-based method by Cheng, Weixia, Sun, Hai-Han, Wan, Li Soon, Fan, Zheng, Tan, Kang Hai

“…Corrosion of reinforcing bars is a dominant cause of degradation of reinforced concrete (RC) structures. …”
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Dataset for 'Quantitative CEST Imaging of Amide Proton Transfer in Acute Stroke': MAT files for figures of quantitative results by Msayib, Y

“…Refer to the paper in order to identify what the error bars represent in each figure. The structure of the data are described below for each figure, where square brackets indicate the dimension of matrix being accessed i.e. …”

Microbially induced calcite precipitation in residual soil improvement by Murtala Umar

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Brewers’ spent grains as potential novel functional food ingredients for food security by Tan, Yong Xing

“…BSG are residues generated as side streams from beer production. Currently, BSG are used as animal feed or disposed in landfills and these massive amount of BSG generated annually are causing significant environmental, economic, and climatic issues. …”
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Carbene-catalyzed N,N-nucleophilic activation of thioureas for access to pyrimidinthione derivatives by Cao, Liya, Li, Tingting, Chi, Robin Yonggui, Jin, Zhichao

“…Pyrimidinthione derivatives bearing various substituents and substitution patterns are afforded as the products in moderate to good yields.…”
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Study on mechanism and influential factors of progressive collapse resistance of base-isolated structure by Bao, Chao, Zhang, Yuhang, Lv, Dahai, Wang, Huxiang, Ma, Xiaotong, Cao, Jixing, Lim, Kar Sing

“…In the case of side isolation bearing failure, due to the lack of sufficient lateral restraint, the capacity was significantly lower than other conditions, which were more likely to cause partly collapse. …”
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Design and comparative analysis of different pricing mechanisms and energy allocation policies for energy trading by Lim, Jerand Ze Hui

“…As a result, the dependency on fossil fuels, natural gas, and coals to produce electricity will be minimized. Peer-to-peer (P2P) energy trading has been proposed as a solution to this problem. …”
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Study on structural robustness to resist progressive collapse of vertical irregularly base-isolated structures by Bao, Chao, Ma, Xiaotong, Lv, Dahai, Wu, Qiaozhi, Doh, Shu Ing, Chin, Siew Choo, Shu, Hongbo, Nor Hayati, Abdul Hamid

“…It is suggested that reasonable protection measures should be set for the isolation bearing with greater vulnerability coefficient which may suffer from extreme accidents and the potential risk of isolation bearing with greater component importance coefficient is eliminated or reduced.…”
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The golden thread of Woolmington – A domestic yarn that should never have been spun by Dyer, Karen

“…The case of Woolmington v The Director of Public Prosecutions [1935] 1 AC 462 is renowned for Viscount Sankey’s ‘golden thread’ ruling, that the prosecution bears the burden of proof at trial. However, what is frequently overlooked is that this judgment arises from domestic violence. …”
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Design of blockchain-based P2P energy trading framework and a SCADA system for distributed energy resources in microgrids by Li, Yao

“…This project mainly completed the development and implementation of a peer-to-peer (P2P) energy trading framework between prosumers based on an Ethereum private blockchain network. …”
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An approach to establishing a multi-organisational public sector security operations centre by Brett, Mark

“…The paper further proposes that the approach should work with nodes at a peer sub-regional and local level with information being aggregated at a regional or national level, with central oversight. …”

Soil solution compositions and mineralogy of some active acid sulfate soils in Malaysia as affected by laboratory incubation with lime by Shamshuddin, J., Auxtero, E.A.

“…Acid sulfate soils in Malaysia are developed when pyrite bearing deposits in the coastal plains are drained for agricultural production. …”

Cobalt-catalyzed intramolecular reactions between a vinylcyclopropane and an alkyne : switchable [5+2] cycloaddition and homo-ene pathways by Wu, Chunlin, Yoshikai, Naohiko

“…Furthermore, a highly enantioselective variant of the homo‐ene reaction afforded chiral tetrahydrofuran, pyrrolidine, and cyclopentane derivatives bearing 1,3‐diene and alkylidene substituents.…”
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A large scale test of the gaming-enhancement hypothesis by Przybylski, Andrew K., Wang, John C.

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Impact of structural eurocodes on steel and composite structures by Jin, Y. F., Cai, Y. Q., Chiew, Sing Ping, Lee, Chi King

“…It is found that the flexural buckling resistance, web bearing and buckling resistance and lateral-torsional buckling resistance determined from Eurocodes 3 and 4 are much larger than those from BS5950. …”
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Fragmentation of white phosphorus by a cyclic (alkyl)(amino)alumanyl anion by Koshino, Kota, Kinjo, Rei

“…Structural and electronic features of the latter were fully characterized by standard spectroscopic means, X-ray diffraction analysis, and computational studies, which revealed that 2 bears highly polarized Al (δ+) and P (δ-) and relatively short Al-P bonds, indicative of the σ-donating and π-accepting nature of CAAAl groups.…”
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