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Numerical and parametrical investigations of the behavior of composite steel plate shear walls with opening [PDF]

open access: yesمهندسی عمران شریف, 2021
The use of steel shear walls has been considered as a lateral load-bearing system in tall buildings. The significant advantage of Composite Steel Plate Shear Wall (CSPSW) is that the buckling of the infill steel plate, which is a serious disadvantage of ...
M. Ebadi Jamkhaneh, M. Ahmadi
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The Importance of Financial Literacy: Opening a New Field

open access: yesSocial Science Research Network, 2023
We undertake an assessment of our two decades of research on financial literacy, building on our empirical research and theoretical work casting financial knowledge as a form of investment in human capital. We also draw on recent data to determine who is

semanticscholar   +1 more source

Enhancing the Shear Capacity of RC Beams with Web Openings in Shear Zones Using Pre-Stressed Fe-SMA Bars: Numerical Study

open access: yesBuildings, 2023
Openings in the shear span can significantly affect the structural behavior of reinforced concrete (RC) beams, particularly in terms of shear capacity and crack propagation.
Mohamed Elkafrawy   +4 more
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Opening the black box: the promise and limitations of explainable machine learning in cardiology.

open access: yesCanadian Journal of Cardiology, 2021
Many clinicians remain wary of machine learning due to long-standing concerns about "black box" models. "Black box" is shorthand for models that are sufficiently complex that they are not straightforwardly interpretable to humans.
J. Petch, Shuang Di, W. Nelson
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Les jeux de l’éternité d’Antonio Moresco ou la catastrophe du temps

open access: yesRecherches, 2021
This article aims to describe the narrative and thematic processes related to catastrophic time in Antonio Moresco’s The Games of Eternity. A work of unusual vastness due to its characteristic feature: breaking with the mimetic conventions of ...
Laurent Lombard
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Counterfactual Explanations without Opening the Black Box: Automated Decisions and the GDPR [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv.org, 2017
There has been much discussion of the right to explanation in the EU General Data Protection Regulation, and its existence, merits, and disadvantages. Implementing a right to explanation that opens the black box of algorithmic decision-making faces major
Sandra Wachter   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Natural Daylighting Performance at Stilt House in Jambi City

open access: yesJournal of Applied Science and Engineering, 2021
The stilt house in Seberang Jambi City is a heritage of Jambi Malay culture. There is something unique on the sheath of this stilt house. The window section has various sizes, for example, the window size on the living room is larger than the family room.
Pratomo Soni   +3 more
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A glycan gate controls opening of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein

open access: yesNature Chemistry, 2021
SARS-CoV-2 infection is controlled by the opening of the spike protein receptor binding domain (RBD), which transitions from a glycan-shielded ‘down’ to an exposed ‘up’ state to bind the human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 receptor and infect cells ...
Terra Sztain   +16 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Iterative Finite Element Analysis of Concrete-Filled Steel Tube Columns Subjected to Axial Compression

open access: yesBuildings, 2022
Since laboratory tests are usually costly, simulating methods using computers are always under the spotlight. This study performed a finite element analysis (FEA) using iterative solutions for simulating circular and square concrete-filled steel tube ...
Payam Sarir   +4 more
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What Happened to the ‘Truth Universally Acknowledged’? Translation as Reception of Jane Austen in France

open access: yesHumanities, 2022
There are now, in 2022, sixteen French translations of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. The incipit includes one of the most famous statements in the English language, as well as a modal auxiliary, the rendering of which constitutes a minor challenge ...
Isabelle Bour
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