Structural Fatigue Life Monitoring with Piezoelectric-Based Sensors: Fundamentals, Current Advances, and Future Directions by Aliakbar Ghaderiaram, Erik Schlangen, Mohammad Fotouhi

“…Case studies are presented, highlighting applications of fatigue life monitoring in metals, polymeric composites, and reinforced concrete structures. The paper concludes by identifying challenges and opportunities for advancing piezoelectric-based sensors for fatigue life monitoring in engineering structures.…”
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Iconicity and Typography in Steve McCaffery’s Panel-Poems by Fiona McMahon

“…Cet article se propose de retracer les étapes d’un projet d’écriture qui se rattache historiquement aux mouvances internationales de la poésie concrète comme à l’émergence d’une poétique de l’iconicité chez l’avant-garde nord-américaine du vingtième siècle. …”
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Les projets de restauration écologique en question : expérimenter un trajet d’instauration sur le fleuve Rhône avec Souriau by Yves-François Le Lay, Fanny Reymond, Emeline Comby, Marylise Cottet, Clotilde Lebreton, Jean-Michel Olivier, Jérémie Riquier

“…Souriau's work provides a solid theoretical framework for recent developments in the revitalization of the Rhône River, which are more the results of the trial and error inherent in real-life experimentation than with the scrupulous respect for all the steps imposed by a restoration project blind to the particularities of local and concrete situations.…”
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A conceptual ethical framework to preserve natural human presence in the use of AI systems in education by Werner Alexander Isop

“…State-of-the-art ethical frameworks suggest high-level principles, requirements, and guidelines, but lack detailed low-level models of concrete processes and according properties of the involved actors in education. …”
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Combined Effect of Vertical and Horizontal Ground Motions on Failure Probability of RC Chimneys by Xuan Guo, Wei Chen, Jianbing Yu

“…Studies have focused on the seismic behavior of reinforced concrete (RC) chimney structures subjected to earthquake load only along the horizontal direction. …”
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A Simple Benchmark to Evaluate the Influence Parameters of the Microstructure of the Masonry Wall on Capillary Water Migration Dynamic by Martial Nde Ngnihamye, Fabien Kenmogne, André Abanda, Michel Mbessa, Jean-De-La-Croix Gnappoun, Didier Fokwa

“…The variation of the compactness of masonry blocks is obtained by compacting the concrete blocks with a hydraulic block press. The investigations consist of the monitoring of moisture front and moisture rate as a function of porosity, obtained by varying the compactness of the masonry wall, and the granular class of sand constituting the masonry. …”
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Intellectual Virtues in Education: Digital Challenges by L. V. Shipovalova, R. I. Gallyamov

“…From an epistemological point of view, it is obvious that intellectual virtues have advantages in the field of education, concretizing its goals, justifying the acquisition of knowledge, endowing educational practices with value meaning. …”
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The Subject Role in the Application of Conceptual Metaphor by Hossein Razavian, Sedighe Tahmasebi

“…Metaphor is a kind of inter-domain modeling that refers to understanding and expressing an abstract domain in a more concrete context. It is one of the most important issues in the cognitive field. …”
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Semi-Idealized Study on Estimation of Partly and Fully Space Varying Open Boundary Conditions for Tidal Models by Jicai Zhang, Haibo Chen

“…This work provides a concrete evidence that ill-posedness of inverse problem can generate wrong parameter inversion results and produce an unreal “good data fitting.”…”
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The possibility of using high-quality fused magnesia in the manufacture of crucibles for vacuum-induction melting by B. L. Krasnii, K. I. Ikonnikov, V. S. Anikanov, A. L. Galganova, M. A. Mikhailov

“…It has been established that the production of a material based on MgO using concrete technology is limited to the hydration and loosening of the structure due to the formation and subsequent decomposition of brucite (native magnesia). …”
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Seismic Response of Rock Slopes with the Anchor Cable in Centrifuge Modeling Tests by Yong Nie, Yufei Zhao, Xiaogang Wang, Linhao Li, Hongtao Zhang

“…In order to study the seismic response of the rock slopes with the anchor cable, centrifuge modeling tests were performed on concrete slope models. Different seismic loadings were performed to investigate the horizontal acceleration response, the rock slope displacement, and the stress of anchor cables. …”
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Web of 4D dualities, supersymmetric partition functions and SymTFT by Zhihao Duan, Qiang Jia, Sungjay Lee

“…We proposed that their behaviour under various symmetry operations are entirely captured by the topological boundary of the SymTFT, resulting in strong constraints. Concrete examples are considered, including the Witten index, the lens space index and the Donaldson-Witten and Vafa-Witten partition functions.…”
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Rocky Start of Dinosaur National Monument (USA), The World's First Dinosaur Geoconservation Site by Kenneth Carpenter

“…The quarry museum at Dinosaur National Monument, which straddles the border between the American states of Colorado and Utah, is the classic geoconservation site where visitors can see real dinosaur bones embedded in rock and protected from the weather by a concrete and glass structure. The site was found by the Carnegie Museum in August 1909 and became a geotourist site within days of its discovery. …”
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Broken Wire Detection System for PCCPs Based on Raspberry Pi and Deep Learning by SUN Xuechao, ZHANG Youyuan, ZHU Jinxiang, WANG Ping, YIN Da

“…Broken wire electromagnetic detection technology for prestressed concrete cylinder pipes (PCCPs) is an important technical means to maintain the safety of PCCP engineering. …”
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Systematology, theoretical psychology and the epistemology of psychology: a framework for analyzing the systems of psychology by Catriel Fierro, Ornella Bruna, Laureano Brisuela Blume

“…We conclude both on the centrality of psychological systems in psychologists' education, and on the need for concrete pronouncements on the diverse variables that make the curricular concretion of systematology. …”
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Intrinsic Mixed-State Topological Order by Zijian Wang, Zhengzhi Wu, Zhong Wang

“…Specifically, we construct concrete examples by proliferating fermionic anyons in the toric code via local quantum channels. …”
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Joint equilibrium strategy for I/Q imbalance and CFO in MIMO OFDM system based on STBC by Hai-jun ZHAO, Min LI, Meng-tian CUI, Ming-dong LI

“…Based on the STBC scheme, the combined effect of the transmitter and receiver I/Q imbalance, the front-end filter unmatch, CFO and frequency selective channel distortion for the presence at the same time in MIMO OFDM com-munication system was intensively studied , and an applicable joint equilibrium strategy was also proposed.The concrete implementation is that a frequency domain equalizer was firstly obtained through the analysis of the only presence of the transmitter I/Q imbalance and multipath channel interference in MI OFDM system. …”
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Inhibition of Cracks on the Surface of Cement Mortar Using Estabragh Fibers by Tahereh Soleimani, Ali Akbar Merati, Masoud Latifi, Ali Akbar Ramezanianpor

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Modeling of Shear Crack Propagation in Rock Masses Using Mesh-Free LRPIM by Qingbo Li, Nengxiong Xu, Weifeng Wan, Yazhe Li

“…The modeling of shear cracks in materials is critical in various engineering applications, such as the safety analysis of concrete structures and stability analysis of rock slopes. …”
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The Permeable Character of CSG Dams and Their Seepage Fields by Xin Zhao, Yunlong He

“…The permeability coefficient of CSG exhibits a “self-healing” phenomenon similar to concrete, with the seepage characteristics of a dam tending to become stable over time. …”
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