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The Effect of Geometric and Material Nonlinearities on the Development of Membrane Resistance in Reinforced Concrete Flat Slab-Column Buildings. [PDF]

Materials (Basel)
Walach S, Kokot S, Kus J.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Xenocentric Mindset: Cultural and Personality Drivers Behind Consumer Preferences

Journal of Consumer Behaviour, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the psychological and cultural dimensions that influence consumer xenocentrism in Brazil and Iran, focusing on horizontal–vertical individualism–collectivism and the “Big Five” personality traits—extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and intellect/imagination.
José I. Rojas‐Méndez, Flavia Braga Chinelato, Golnoush Zeidabadi, Marta Massi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Yielding brace system as a next-generation lateral load mechanism for seismic resilient cities. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Rc B, Rani V, Shirkol AI, Vyas R, Gondaliya K, Debnath P, Alluqmani AE, Fissha Y, Cheepurupalli NR, Ghodhbani R, Mandhaniya P, Ansari A.   +11 more
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Decoding Emotional Signatures of Ethical Ads: An Analysis of Actor‐Viewer Synchrony

Journal of Consumer Behaviour, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine whether ethical advertisements differ from conventional ads in their on‐screen emotional signatures and whether those signatures transfer to actor‐viewer synchrony. Study 1 analyses 138 professionally produced YouTube ads using Automated Facial Expression Recognition (AFER) and Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) to quantify actor ...
Vik Naidoo, Nicolas Hamelin
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of Thermal Cycles on the Compressive Properties of 3D-Printed Polymeric Lattice-Reinforced Cement-Based Materials. [PDF]

Polymers (Basel)
Tang C, Zhou Y, Qiao J, Kanwal H, Song G, Hao W.   +5 more
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Strengthening Faculty Development Through Cross‐Institutional Partnerships: Assessing Faculty Development Opportunities and Outcomes

New Directions for Community Colleges, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How can in‐house experts at 2‐year colleges leverage partnerships with colleagues at 4‐year colleges to design, assess, and research faculty development initiatives? This article showcases two examples of Maricopa Community Colleges’ partnership with 4‐year universities: (1) implementation and assessment of the community college district's ...
Stacy Wilson, Alex Arreguin, Jessie L. Moore   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Male infertility as a critical equity case: reframing nursing epistemologies through masculinities and justice-oriented reflexivity. [PDF]

Int J Equity Health
Abdullahzadeh M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Hyperledger Fabric for the (digitalized) lifecycle of construction products: Applied review on fastening technology

Civil Engineering Design, Volume 7, Issue 1, Page 9-22, March 2025.
Abstract Blockchain technology is a digital decentralized data ledger recording transactions in an encrypted format. Its implementation can potentially hold significant advantages for the built environment, particularly in manufacturing and building product usage aligned with Building Information Modeling (BIM). This paradigm shift toward decentralized
Aileen Pfeil, Dimosthenis Kifokeris, Panagiotis Spyridis   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intelligent low carbon reinforced concrete beam design optimization via deep reinforcement learning. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Hosseinzadeh A, Dehestani M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Framing Modern Slavery: Do Stakeholders Talk Past Each Other?

Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l'Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Modern slavery literature has thus far mostly adopted a downstream perspective, in the sense that researchers investigated corporate actors' responses after the enactment of transparency legislation. The common finding is that corporate disclosure is poor and ineffective, contributing to a failure to eradicate modern slavery.
Sylvain Durocher, Darlene Himick, Leigh Ellen Walsh   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source