Strengthening strategies for unreinforced stone masonry walls using FRP and CFM composites by Tulin Celik

“…Additionally, the URM-5 specimen reduced wall fragility and maintained structural integrity during fracture.…”
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Challenges and risks in the process of Russia’s post-pandemic economic recovery by O. M. Makhalina, V. N. Makhalin

“…The objectives and activities of the “National Action Plan for Employment and Income Recovery, Economic Growth and Long-Term Structural Changes in the Economy” (hereinafter the “National Action Plan”) have been considered. …”
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Experimental Study of Deep Drawing of High-Strength Carbon Fiber-HDPE Composites by Mohammad J.Ziedan, Abdulkareem F. Hassan, Najim A. Saad, Ahmed Al-Mukhtar

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The influence of coach created motivation climate on student-athlete’s antisocial behavior with moral disengagement as a mediator and moderator by Jiale Zhong, Qiyi Wang

“…Through the utilization of structural equation modeling analysis and hierarchical regression analysis, we found that the coach-created mastery climate (β = − 0.27, p < .001) had a negative impact on antisocial behavior, whereas the performance climate (β = 0.24, p < .001) had a positive impact. …”
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From KL Divergence to Wasserstein Distance: Enhancing Autoencoders with FID Analysis by Laxmi Kanta Poudel, Kshtiz Aryal, Rajendra Bahadur Thapa, Sushil Poudel

“…We evaluated the proposed WAEs using the Fr´echet Inception Distance (FID), In- ception Score (IS) and Structural Similarity Index Mea- sure (SSIM). The experimental results in the CelebA dataset demonstrate that WAEs significantly outperform VAEs by 25% in FID, 13.6% in IS and 15.3% in SSIM. …”
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Research on the Role of Self-Efficacy in the Effect of Workplace Envy on Intention to Quit by Gamze Aydın, Serdar Bozkurt

“…The SmartPLS package program, which is a multi-level structural equation modeling (SEM) application, was used in the analysis of the data. …”
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The rise of 3D bioprinting advancements in modeling neurodegenerative diseases by Lucia Iafrate, Gianluca Cidonio

“…By enabling precise deposition of cells and biomaterials, it allows the creation of in vitro models with a high degree of structural and functional complexity. These advancements provide a valuable platform for faithfully modeling NDs, bridging critical gaps in our understanding, and paving the way toward innovative therapeutic approaches.…”
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Genesis and Evolution of Literary Conflict: From Antiquity to Middle Ages by Yukun Zhang, A. G. Kovalenko, Yumin Xu

“…Employing historical-philosophical and literary critical methods, the authors investigate the theoretical underpinnings of conflict, its structural features, and its transformations across different eras. …”
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Influence of Service Quality Dimensions of Islamic Banks on Customer Satisfaction and Their Impact on Customer Loyalty by A Afifah, Nurul Alfiah Kurniawati

“…The sampling technique of this study used a purposive sampling technique, and its analysis technique used Structural Equation Modeling based on Partial Least Square (SEM-PLS). …”
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CFD-based aerodynamic optimization of the fairing for a high-speed elevator by Xiawei Shen, Aimin Wang, Wanbing Liu, Rongyang Wang

“…The results show that by empirically adding the fairing, the aerodynamic resistance of the high-speed elevator car can be significantly reduced by 36.6% compared to that of the original model; moreover, by optimizing the designed fairing through modern optimization methods, the aerodynamic resistance of the high-speed elevator car can be further reduced by 39.3% compared to that of the original model. The structural parameters of the fairing have a significant impact on the aerodynamic performance of the high-speed elevator.…”
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Threshold selection for extreme value estimation of vehicle load effect on bridges by Xia Yang, Jing Zhang, Wei-Xin Ren

“…To investigate this issue, 417 days of strain data acquired from the long-term structural health monitoring system of Taiping Lake Bridge in China are employed in this article. …”
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Transformation of Kalmyk Dwellings during Their Transfer to Settled Life in Imperial and Soviet Periods by E. N. Badmaeva, V. V. Batyrov

“…The article shows changes in the structural features of dwellings in chronological order, typologizes them, and conducts a comparative analysis. …”
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Sounds of Nature and Sound of Speech in Associative Mechanisms of Phrase Formation by T. G. Nikitina, E. I. Rogaleva, Yu. A. Timofeeva

“…To achieve the goal, methods of phonosemantic, component, linguoculturological analysis, methods of structural-semantic modeling and lexicographic design are used. …”
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The "trauma pitch": How stigma emerges for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans seeking disability compensation. by Katinka Hooyer

“…Stigma was identified in two inter-related areas: 1) the structural level in the Veterans Affairs disability claims process and 2) the individual level in interactions with Veterans Affairs service providers. …”
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Alternative Lineages: The <i>Shisong lü</i> 十誦律 in Japanese Ancient Manuscript Buddhist Canons by Limei Chi

“…This study examines <i>Nihon kosha issaikyō</i> through a philological analysis of the <i>Shisong lü</i> (<i>Ten Recitation Vinaya</i>), assessing textual variants, structural patterns, and transmission histories. By situating <i>Nihon kosha issaikyō</i> within the broader East Asian Buddhist tradition, this research clarifies their role in preserving alternative textual lineages beyond standardized printed canons. …”
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Directions for improving the pension indexations mechanism in the context of Russian economy’s transformation by M. L. Dorofeev

“…The purpose of this study is to analyse the current mechanism for indexing pensions of Russian pensioners and find directions for its possible development in the context of the structural transformation of the Russian economy. To achieve this goal, a statistical and coefficient analysis of pension level indicators from the Rosstat database was carried out. …”
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Computational Insights into Substrate and Site Specificities, Catalytic Mechanism, and Protonation States of the Catalytic Asp Dyad of β-Secretase by Arghya Barman, Rajeev Prabhakar

“…Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations suggested that structural differences in the key regions (inserts A, D, and F and the 10s loop) of the enzyme are responsible for the observed difference in its activities towards the WT- and SW-substrates. …”
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Single-Sensor Impact Source Localization Method for Anisotropic Glass Fiber Composite Wind Turbine Blades by Liping Huang, Kai Lu, Liang Zeng

“…Accurate localization of those impact sources is a key technical link in structural health monitoring of the wind turbine blade. …”
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Asymmetry in centrosome maturation revealed through AIR-1 dynamics in the early Caenorhabditis elegans embryo by Shayne M. Plourde, Natalia Kravtsova, Adriana T. Dawes

“…These dynamics produce highly consistent microtubule arrays, independent of specific structural details. These findings offer novel insights into centrosome behavior and positioning during cell division and early embryonic development.…”
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HYBRID ACCRETIONARY/COLLISIONAL MECHANISM OF PALEOZOIC ASIAN CONTINENTAL GROWTH: NEW PLATE TECTONIC PERSPECTIVE by Karel Schulmann, Min Sun, Ondrej Lexa, Alexandra Guy, Vojtech Janoušek, Yingde Jiang, Pavla Štípská

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