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Public Policy and Market Competition: How the Master Settlement Agreement Changed the Cigarette Industry [PDF]
This paper investigates the large and unexpected increase in cigarette prices that followed the 1997 Master Settlement Agreement (MSA). We integrate key features of rational addiction theory into a discrete-choice model of the demand for a differentiated
Ciliberto, Federico, Kuminoff, Nicolai
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Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.Here, we present a novel 3D cell patterning and culture platform. The “Floor‐Ceiling‐Chip” (FC‐Chip) consists of two opposing track‐etched membranes, creating a pseudo‐3D microenvironment for the cells in between. By providing the membranes with micropatterned cell‐adhesive islands of varying geometries and sizes, the FC‐Chip enables control over cell ...
Urandelger Tuvshindorj +10 more
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The Settlement Models of Deep Vacuum Dewatering Method
Advances in Civil Engineering, 2019 The deep vacuum dewatering method is effective for groundwater control in projects. By now, although the vacuum consolidation in soft soil foundation treatment has been analyzed much, the settlement of deep vacuum dewatering has not been researched ...
Feng Huang, Jianguo Lyu, Guihe Wang
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Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.3D printed hybrid scaffolds combining bioactive silica–calcium chemistry with elastic polymers guide human bone stem cells to form bone. The scaffolds support cell survival, organization, and invasion while releasing osteogenic ions. Together, architecture and composition drive bone‐specific gene expression, extracellular matrix organization, and ...
David R. Sory +3 more
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Plate Size Effects in Gravelly Soil Based on In Situ Plate Load Tests and Finite Element Analysis
Applied SciencesThe average contact stress–settlement behavior observed in plate load tests provides essential data for reliable foundation design. However, the test plate is often smaller than the actual foundation, requiring size extrapolation to interpret in situ ...
Wenshuai Li +5 more
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Evaluation of an Improved Technique for Geosynthetic-Reinforced and Pile-Supported Embankment
Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, 2015 With a large number of applications of conventional technique for geosynthetic-reinforced and pile-supported (GRPS) embankment (called CT embankment), many deficiencies have been exposed.
Jun Zhang, Shao-wen Liu, He-fu Pu
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Pore-scale modeling of fluid-particles interaction and emerging poromechanical effects
, 2013 A micro-hydromechanical model for granular materials is presented. It combines the discrete element method (DEM) for the modeling of the solid phase and a pore-scale finite volume (PFV) formulation for the flow of an incompressible pore fluid.
Barthélémy, Eric +2 more
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Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.This review summarizes the roles of key central nervous system cell types, the extracellular matrix, and the blood‐brain barrier in neuroinflammation, and their integration into diverse 3D culture systems. It examines major incorporation strategies, including direct co‐culture, hydrogel encapsulation, transwell migration assays, and bioprinting ...
Emmanuelle D. Aiyegbusi +2 more
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Motion of cranes of bridge type simulation in the MS Excel environment [PDF]
, 2014 The idle times of the crane caused by need of replacement of wheels, can have critical value for functioning of a logistic chain. In article the task about the movement of the crane with a skew with the accounting of several mutually influencing ...
Grigorov, Otto, Stepochkina, Olga
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Examining the results of the experimental solution with a focus to elastic effect area [PDF]
, 2018 Problematic of soil - structure - interaction is subject of research for many years, however satisfactory accuracy of numerical models has not been achieved yet. Therefore, it is necessary to examine this phenomenon. For this purpose, special testing
Marcaliková, Zuzana +2 more
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