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Research on the Local Damage Characteristics of Steel Box Girder Structures Under the Effects of Explosive Shock Waves

Applied Sciences
This study investigates the local damage characteristics and influencing factors of steel box girder structures under explosive shock waves. The single-box, double-chamber steel box girder commonly used in urban road bridges was chosen as the research ...
Shouyi Qu, Yumin Song
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Syrinx anatomy and vocalizations in New World vultures (Aves: Cathartidae): Implications for avian vocal evolution

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
New World vultures are the only avian clade proposed to lack a syrinx and have been described as non‐vocal. Using dissection, diceCT, and histology, we demonstrate that cathartid vultures have novel syringeal features that form a syrinx and vocal characterization reveals that they produce more complex vocalizations than previously reported.
Bradley A. Ibarra, Carmen A. Urban, Lucas J. Legendre, Julia A. Clarke   +3 more
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Mitigating Temperature Effects in Curved Continuous Steel Box Girders: A Parametric Thermodynamic Analysis and Design Recommendations

Buildings
Curved continuous steel box girders are extensively utilized in bridge construction due to their efficiency and environmental benefits. However, in regions with significant temperature fluctuations, temperature effects can result in cumulative ...
Shichao Wang, Gang Zhang, Haoting Liu, Boxing Zhang, Xu Hou, Zhuoya Yuan   +5 more
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The Kichwa of Sarayaku Case at the Inter‐American Court of Human Rights: Legal Pluralism, Identity and Citizenship in a Context of Extractivism

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the tension between a universal approach to law and the recognition of indigenous peoples' rights at the Inter‐American Court of Human Rights. The struggle for citizenship in a situation of extractivism and land dispossession demonstrates how identity is mobilized to obtain and attribute rights. The focus of this study is
Elisabeth Cunin
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Experimental and Numerical Investigation on Behavior of Rectangular Closed Section Steel Truss Beams with Concrete-Filled Joints

Buildings
This study investigates the flexural performance of steel trusses with concrete infill and gradient stiffeners at the joints. Three specimens were fabricated and subjected to flexural tests.
Junlong He, Fanlei Kong, Pingming Huang, Kuihua Mei   +3 more
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The Experience of Care in People With Palliative Needs and Their Families: A Qualitative Metasynthesis

Journal of Clinical Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To synthesise and reinterpret qualitative evidence on how people with palliative care needs and their family caregivers experience the care process. Background Palliative care aims to provide holistic, person‐ and family‐centred care.
Ana Gil Méndez, Caterina Checa Jiménez, Ingrid Bullich Marín, Laura Navarrete Reyes, Carolina Watson Badia, Nina Granel Gimenez, Lídia Ribera Barberan, Mireia Subirana Casacuberta, Juan M. Leyva‐Moral   +8 more
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Drgania Swobodne i Wyboczenie Płyty Trójkątnej Wzmocnionej Żebrami

Engineering Transactions, 1958
In the first part of this paper, an isotropic triangular plate is considered. The plate is simply supported on the edges and rests on an elastic foundation. The stiffening rib is parallel to one of the sides adjacent to the right angle.
Z. Reipert
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Middle Managers’ Regulation of the Emotions of Others in Strategy Implementation: A Process Perspective

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This article develops a process model of how middle managers regulate the negative emotions of their team members to support strategy implementation. Based on a 9‐month ethnographic study in a public broadcasting company, we examine how managers navigate emotionally charged resistance to top‐down strategic themes during meetings.
Henrika Franck, Philip Gylfe, Timo Vuori, Eero Vaara   +3 more
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Disentangling the Leadership Theory Jungle: A Reconciliation of Bright and Dark Side Leadership Theories

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract The literature on the relationship between leader behaviours and effectiveness is a jungle of complementary yet often conflicting leadership theories that perplexes researchers and practitioners alike, as indicated by various theories of bright and dark side leadership (i.e., leader behaviours reflecting widely considered positive and negative
Jianyun Tang, Mary Crossan
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Trait Neuroticism and the Nocebo Effect: The Mediating Role of Side‐Effect Expectations

Journal of Personality, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Neuroticism has not only been linked to heightened negative expectations and general somatic complaints but also to increased nocebo responses following medical treatments. Since side‐effect expectations are considered a main driver of nocebo responses, we tested whether side‐effect expectations mediate the neuroticism–nocebo ...
Anton Fischer, Li‐Ching Chuang, Nick Augustat, Pia von Blanckenburg, Erik M. Mueller   +4 more
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