Dynamic behavior of reinforced concrete beams under varying rates of concentrated loading by Adhikary, Satadru Das, Li, Bing, Fujikake, Kazunori

“…The test program was successful in providing a substantial volume of test data including load vs. mid-span displacement, crack profiles, strain at the mid-point of longitudinal tensile reinforcements and acceleration at several locations along the specimens. …”
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Enhancing Roll Form Bending Processes through Experimentation and Informed Predictive Analysis: A Strategic Approach to Optimize Tooling by Kompella, Sarvagnya

“…These insights can be integrated within Novelis’ production line to boost production efficiency and roll performance. …”
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Experimental and numerical investigations of hot-rolled stainless steel channel section columns susceptible to flexural buckling by Li, Shuai, Zhang, Lulu, Liang, Yating, Zhao, Ou

“…A thorough testing and numerical modelling programme has been conducted to investigate the minor-axis flexural buckling behaviour and resistances of pin-ended hot-rolled stainless steel channel section columns. …”
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Enzyme‐Triggered Intestine‐Specific Targeting Adhesive Platform for Universal Oral Drug Delivery by Li, Ying, Lee, Jung Seung, Kirtane, Ameya R., Li, Mengyuan, Coffey, Charles William, Hess, Kaitlyn, Lopes, Aaron, Collins, Joy, Tamang, Siddartha, Ishida, Keiko, Hayward, Alison, Wainer, Jacob, Wentworth, Adam J., Traverso, Giovanni

“…Here proof-of-concept pharmacokinetics is demonstrated in the swine model for two drugs, hydrophilic amoxicillin and hydrophobic levodopa. …”
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Dynamic omnidirectional adhesive microneedle system for oral macromolecular drug delivery by Chen, Wei, Wainer, Jacob, Ryoo, Si Won, Qi, Xiaoyue, Chang, Rong, Li, Jason, Lee, Seung Ho, Min, Seokkee, Wentworth, Adam, Collins, Joy E., Tamang, Siddartha, Ishida, Keiko, Hayward, Alison, Langer, Robert, Traverso, Giovanni

“…Moreover, we incorporate sodium N-[8-(2-hydroxybenzoyl) amino] caprylate along with semaglutide and demonstrate enhanced absorption in swine resistant to physical displacement in the gastric cavity. …”
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Measuring membrane capacitance during a depolarizing stimulus by Chen, Peng., Gillis, Kevin., Xue, Renhao., Pui, Tze Sian.

“…It is critical to resolve the highly dynamic kinetic steps along the molecular cascade of exocytosis in order to pin down the specific actions of regulatory molecules and eventually decipher this complex and fundamental process.…”
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Study on mechanical behaviors of cable-supported ribbed beam composite slab structure during construction phase by Qiao, W. T., Zhao, Ming Shan, An, Q., Wang, D.

“…Scheme one indicates that each span of CBS has certain level of mechanical independence such that the construction of a span is not significantly affected by the adjacent spans. …”
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Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors as molecular links between caloric restriction and circadian rhythm by Duszka, Kalina, Wahli, Walter

“…One of the restrictive nutritional approaches, caloric restriction (CR) achieves stunning results in extending health span and life span via coordinated changes in multiple biological functions from the molecular, cellular, to the whole-body levels. …”
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Innocent Until Proven Guilty: Addressing Problem of Criminal Investigation in Pakistan by Ghani, Abdul, Ayub, Zainal Amin, Mat Rus, Mukhriz

“…Criminal investigation of murder cases in Punjab, Pakistan is not up to mark, and this results in pendency of such cases for years. The time span for data collection for the present study ranges from January 01 to 31st of December 2020. …”
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Bach performance practice in the late French Romantic Organ School: a study of Welte organ roll recordings by Holman, C

“…Organists in this pedagogical line comprised the French Romantic Organ School, which developed distinct aesthetics and performance techniques in their own compositions based on their ideas of Bach performance practice. …”

A vibrating ingestible bioelectronic stimulator modulates gastric stretch receptors for illusory satiety by Srinivasan, Shriya S., Alshareef, Amro, Hwang, Alexandria, Byrne, Ceara, Kuosmanen, Johannes, Ishida, Keiko, Jenkins, Joshua, Liu, Sabrina, Madani, Wiam Abdalla Mohammed, Hayward, Alison M., Fabian, Niora, Traverso, Giovanni

“…We evaluated VIBES across 108 meals in swine which consistently led to diminished food intake (~40%, <jats:italic>P</jats:italic> &lt; 0.0001) and minimized the weight gain rate ( <jats:italic>P</jats:italic> &lt; 0.05) as compared to untreated controls. …”
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RoboCap: Robotic mucus-clearing capsule for enhanced drug delivery in the gastrointestinal tract by Srinivasan, Shriya S., Alshareef, Amro, Hwang, Alexandria V., Kang, Ziliang, Kuosmanen, Johannes, Ishida, Keiko, Jenkins, Joshua, Liu, Sabrina, Madani, Wiam Abdalla Mohammed, Lennerz, Jochen, Hayward, Alison, Morimoto, Josh, Fitzgerald, Nina, Langer, Robert, Traverso, Giovanni

“…Vancomycin (1.4 kilodaltons of glycopeptide) and insulin (5.8 kilodaltons of peptide) delivery mediated by RoboCap resulted in enhanced bioavailability 20- to 40-fold greater in ex vivo and in vivo swine models when compared with standard oral delivery (P < 0.05). …”
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Development of oil-based gels as versatile drug delivery systems for pediatric applications by Kirtane, Ameya R., Karavasili, Christina, Wahane, Aniket, Freitas, Dylan, Booz, Katelyn, Le, Dao Thi Hong, Hua, Tiffany, Scala, Stephen, Lopes, Aaron, Hess, Kaitlyn, Collins, Joy, Tamang, Siddartha, Ishida, Keiko, Kuosmanen, Johannes L. P., Rajesh, Netra Unni, Phan, Nhi V., Li, Junwei, Krogmann, Annlyse, Lennerz, Jochen K., Hayward, Alison, Langer, Robert, Traverso, Giovanni

“…In a clinical study, we showed that the oleogels can be formulated to be as fluid as thickened beverages and as stiff as yogurt puddings. In swine, oleogels could deliver four drugs ranging three orders of magnitude in their water solubilities and two orders of magnitude in their partition coefficients. …”
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Parallel Algorithms for Hierarchical Nucleus Decomposition by Shi, Jessica, Dhulipala, Laxman, Shun, Julian

“…We also introduce a parallel approximation algorithm for nucleus decomposition, which achieves much lower span in theory and better performance in practice. …”
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Development of a counter-UAV system by Tang, Wen Yue

“…Upon testing, the firing pin mechanism was found to be unable to reliably puncture the CO2 canister, even after improvements. …”
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Lessons from a retrospective look at India’s upstream sector by Elango, P

High-voltage IR-UWB pulse generator MMIC design and beamforming for indoor-ranging and radar applications by Hussain Ansari Md Arif

“…In recent times, impulse-radio ultra-wideband (IR-UWB) systems have gained significant attention for indoor positioning and short-range radar applications due to many of their inherent properties like ultra-fine temporal resolution, non-line-of-sight detection, multipath immunity, low power consumption, low-cost, etc. …”
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女性媒介形象建构与话语权赋权 ——《脱口秀大会》系列为例 = Female discourse power and construction of female image —— Rock&Roast stand-up comedy series... by 郭跃男, Guo, Yuenan

“…Traditional forms Chinese comedy, represented by comic strips (xiao pin) and sketches (xiang sheng), has been produced by and for the gaze of male, both in terms of its historical development and the content. …”
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Soil-water characteristic curves of hydrophobic sand by Tan, Nicole Shi Qi

“…In this project, the effect of hydrophobicity is investigated using fine and coarse sands. Fine sand was made hydrophobic and mixed with either fine or coarse sand such that sand mixtures of hydrophobicity 20%, 50% and 80% by mass were obtained. …”
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The modern comfort object by Goh, Sherri Sze Yin

“…Combined with research and analysis from personal experience as well as surveys done in the field of anxiety disorders, this project aims to draw connections and blur the line between the immateriality of mental health and physical touch. …”
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