Gradient-enriched linear-elastic tip stresses to perform the highcycle fatigue assessment of notched plain concrete by C. Bagni, H. Askes, L. Susmel

“…This is done by simply assuming that the material under investigation obeys a linear-elastic constitutive law, albeit equipped with additional spatial strain gradients. …”
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Gradient enriched linear-elastic crack tip stresses to estimate the static strength of cracked engineering ceramics by Harm Askes, Luca Susmel

“…This peculiar modus operandi results in stress fields in the vicinity of sharp cracks which are no longer singular, even though the assessed material is assumed to obey a linear-elastic constitutive law. Given both the geometry of the cracked component being assessed and the value of the material length scale, the magnitude of the corresponding gradient enriched linear-elastic crack tip stress is then finite and it can be calculated by taking full advantage of those computational methods specifically devised to numerically implement gradient elasticity. …”
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Study on the Deformation and Stability of Proppant Column in High-Conductivity Channel Fracturing by Ming Wang, Feng Zhang, Hanxiang Wang

“…The nonlinear constitutive model of the proppant column was established through laboratory experiments on the stability of the proppant column. …”
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NUMERICAL SIMULATION STUDY OF LIGHTWEIGHT-DEFORMABLE PROJECTILE IMPACT 6061-T651 ALUMINUM ALLOY PLATE (MT) by HU Jing, HU Ang, DENG YunFei

“…In order to investigate the ballistic performance, failure patterns and energy dissipation of aluminum alloy target plates against the impact of different strength and head shape projectiles, the three-dimensional models of 3 mm thick 6061-T651 aluminum alloy target plates impacted by lightweight-deformable projectiles of different materials were established by Abaqus finite element software, and the modified Johnson-Cook（MJC） constitutive model and the Lode-dependent modified Mhor-Coulomb（MMC） fracture criterion are used for numerical simulation. …”
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Beyond Anything Realism Can Represent? Monstrous Crime in Marx’s Victorian Novel by Jayson Althofer

“…The article argues that, because actuality under the rule of Capital is structurally and monstrously criminal, Marx’s Gothic constitutes a realistic medium to represent criminal monsters and structures.…”
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In Vivo Optical Imaging of Neurogenesis: Watching New Neurons in the Intact Brain by Sebastien Couillard-Despres, Rudolf Finkl, Beate Winner, Sonja Ploetz, Dirk Wiedermann, Robert Aigner, Ulrich Bogdahn, Juergen Winkler, Mathias Hoehn, Ludwig Aigner

“…Hence, our DCX-promo-luciferase transgenic model constitutes an effective tool that answers the pressing need for rapid investigation of the impact on neurogenesis of a large number of candidate compounds waiting to be tested.…”
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Assessment of awareness about contraception among a sample of Iraqi women using hormonal contraceptives: a cross-sectional study by Fatima Mahdi Salh, Manal Khalid Abdulridha

“…Women had moderate levels of knowledge about hormonal contraceptives (46.25%), a neutral attitude level constituted the majority of women’s responses (52.5%), and a good practice level (53.75%). …”
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Postcolonial/Decolonial Critique and the Theory of International Relations by Aziz Elmuradov

“…The two fields of intellectual quest have developed not only separately, but they have often diverged in their very epistemological constitution. Based on a review of an extensive literature, the author explores the links between the production of postcolonial knowledge and the theory of international relations. …”
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The Home and the World: Analysing Socio-Spatial Dynamics and Identity-Formation in Indian Picturebooks by Aditi Bhardwaj, Devjani Ray

“…Place identity constitutes a crucial component of children’s sense of self as they learn to locate themselves and others around them in relational social networks. …”
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Paleontological Heritage and its Conservation in the UNESCO European Geoparks. by Dan Grigorescu

“…Through their sheer variety of forms, beauty, and sometimes rarity, as well as by the facts of geobiological history to which they attest, fossils – these vestiges of past life – constitute the most attractive facet of ancient geodiversity. …”
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Prediction of mental strength from the satisfaction of basic needs in CABA and GBA esports players by Pablo Christian González Caino

“…Methods: For this, a sample of 426 participants (85% male) was constituted, with a mean age of 22 years (SD = 3.67), who answered the Basic Needs Satisfaction in Sport Scale (BNSSS) and the Mental Toughness Index (MTI) questionnaire, as well as a sociodemographic questionnaire. …”
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Former les enseignants à l’analyse didactique. Un cas en histoire by Sylvain Doussot

“…From the theoretical angle of learning by problem construction and working on epistemological obstacles, we compare the data (successive writings of the student, transcripts of exchanges in seminars and interviews, email exchanges over the course of the year) and our didactic hypotheses (the obstacle constituted for students by the apprehension of teaching situations separating the functioning of disciplinary knowledge and pedagogical relations). …”
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Thick as Trees: Kinship and Place in Transatlantic Small Press Poetry Networks by Ross Hair

“…L’exemple paradigmatique de la maison d’édition Jargon Society de Jonathan Williams illustre ces liens littéraires qui esquissent la constitution d’un canon ou d’une tradition. L’objectif de cet article est de démontrer comment les réseaux de petites maisons d’édition dans les années 1960 et 1970 ont non seulement fourni des plateformes essentielles pour la diffusion et le partage des œuvres poétiques, mais ont aussi offert les moyens de formuler une critique de la condition géographique en façonnant une “société” transatlantique socialement plus inclusive pour poètes, artistes et éditeurs.…”
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A qualitative study of support for young people who self-harm in residential care in Glasgow by Judith Piggot, Charlotte Williams, Stephen McLeod, Joanne Barton

“…These studies suggest that despite the belief that young people's needs can be better met in residential care settings, young people in residential care actually constitute a high-risk population for self harm (Robinson, Auckland, Crawford & Nevison, 1999). …”

Motion - Colonoscopic Surveillance is more Cost Effective than Colectomy in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis: Arguments Against the Motion by Anders Ekbom

“…Case series, analyses of intermediate results and extrapolations from other patient groups do not constitute reliable evidence. Available studies are susceptible to several biases: the ’healthy worker’ effect, surveillance bias and selection bias. …”
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Peut-on modéliser les activités physiques en éducation physique et sportive en termes de problématisation ? L’exemple de la course de haies by Alain Le Bas

“…We will proceed using the theory of problematization to test the theoretical hypotheses which constitute the five main characheristics of problematization such as they have been defined by M. …”
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Numerical analysis of repaired wall loss defect pipelines for optimum composite wrap thickness by M. Khaisem, S. Budhe, S. de Barros, M.D. Banea, N. R. F. Rohem

“…A nonlinear explicit FE code with constitutive models for metallic steel and composite material to failure modelling was used. …”
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Cartes et mémoire, droits et relations by Sian Sullivan

“…Second, I foreground a nexus of conceptual, constitutive and affective relationships with lands now bounded as CBNRM administrative units or ‘conservancies’ that have tended to be disrupted through both past events and as economising neoliberal governance approaches have taken hold in this context. …”
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A proposta da Base Nacional Comum Curricular e o debate entre 1988 e 2015 by Ileizi Luciana Fiorelli Silva, Henrique Fernandes Alves Neto, Daniel Vitor Vicente

“…In this article we analyze the proposals of the Common National Curricular Basis of 2014 and 2015, taking them as public policies and as challenges of Brazilian democracy, set since the enactment of the 1988 Federal Constitution. We then identify the main milestones in the development of national curricular proposals since 1988, focusing on the results after the enactment of the 1996 Law of Guidelines and Bases of National Education – the law that regulates education in Brazil –, as elements to be compared with the two most recent proposals. …”
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Freedom of Expression: what lessons should we learn from US experience? by Ronaldo Porto Macedo Junior

“…Court decisions based on balancing rhetoric is becoming dominant in Brazilian Constitutional court and usually try to avoid some epistemological issues concerning objectivity and moral justification. …”
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