Angiogenic and angiostatic factors in renal scleroderma-associated vasculopathy [PDF]
, 2017 BACKGROUND: The angiogenesis in systemic sclerosis (SSc) is impaired. An imbalance of pro-angiogenic factors and angiogenesis inhibitors has been implicated in the progression of peripheral microvascular damage, defective vascular repair and fibrosis ...
Afeltra, Antonella M. Vittoria +7 more
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Hysteretic Behavior of Steel Reinforced Concrete Columns Based on Damage Analysis
Applied Sciences, 2019 With the aim to model the seismic behavior of steel reinforced concrete (SRC) frame columns, in this research, hysteresis and skeleton curves were obtained based on the damage test results of SRC frame columns under low cyclic repeat loading and the ...
Bin Wang +3 more
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Analysis of the Steel Plate Shear Wall of Damage Index with pushover Method and Comparing with Special Steel Moment Frame [PDF]
Journal of Structural and Construction Engineering, 2019 Over the recent years, different damage indices have been to predict the building damage, each of which uses different parameters to model the building damage.
ghasem pachideh +2 more
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Fracture Damage Characteristics of Rock Under Pre-Peak and Post-Peak Cyclic Loading Condition
Shanghai Jiaotong Daxue xuebao, 2022 In the process of rock excavation, cyclic loading may occur before or after the peak value. In order to obtain the fracture damage evolution characteristics of rock under the pre-peak and the post-peak cyclic loading condition, the fracture tests of ...
TANG Jianhui, CHEN Xudong, BAI Yin
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Applied Sciences, 2019 Under cyclic and repetitive loads, fatigue cracks can be further propagated to a crucial level by accumulation, causing detrimental effects to structural integrity and potentially resulting in catastrophic consequences.
Hashen Jin +3 more
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Definition of Damage Indices for Railway Axle Bearings: Results of Long-Lasting Tests
Machines, 2021 The European Rail Transport System has set goals of improving the reliability, availability, durability, high-speed capacity, and maintenance. In this context, the condition monitoring approach is of fundamental importance for all components of the ...
Paolo Pennacchi +3 more
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RFID-Based Crack Detection of Ultra High-Performance Concrete Retrofitted Beams
Sensors, 2019 Ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) is a novel material with multiple known uses and many still yet to be discovered. Recently, the use of encasing welded shear studs in UHPC on the web of corroded steel beams was developed.
Benjamin Bruciati +2 more
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Early renal damage assessed by the SLICC/ACR damage index is predictor of severe outcome in lupus patients in Pakistan [PDF]
, 2010 We investigated Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus with the objective of assessing whether early damage accrued in systemic lupus erythematosus as measured by the SLICC/ACR Damage Index predicts mortality in lupus Patients that have been followed
Ahmad, A. +7 more
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Heart rate variability and target organ damage in hypertensive patients [PDF]
, 2012 Background: We evaluated the association between linear standard Heart Rate Variability (HRV) measures and vascular, renal and cardiac target organ damage (TOD).
2003 European Society of Hypertension +56 more
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Determination of Damage Index of Olive Fruit (Koroneiky variety) in Different Harvesting Methods and Times in Golestan Province [PDF]
Journal of Agricultural Machinery, 2019 Introduction Olive is one of the plants, that has been cultivated for long in Iran. The average extracted oil is about 65 kg per tree. Four to five kg olives give approximately one liter oil.
A Memari +3 more
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