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Deformation and damage characteristics of ball bearings under blast loading [PDF]
EPJ Web of Conferences, 2021 This paper presents the unique failure characteristics, such as fragmentation, internal cracks, general deformation and pitting, observed on a SS420C ball bearing from direct blast loading using a cylindrical PE-4 explosive. Axisymmetric simulations were
Qi Ruixuan +3 more
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A multispecies investigation of the strain rate sensitivity of the modulus of cortical bone [PDF]
EPJ Web of Conferences, 2021 The stiffness of cortical bone shows both inter- and intra-species variation. Currently, it is unclear whether this variation is due to differing testing protocols or an inherent feature of the material.
Rampersadh Claire Victoria +2 more
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Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2023 IntroductionPrevious studies have shown that musical instrument training programs of 16 or more weeks improve verbal memory (Logical Memory Test delayed recall), processing speed (Digit Symbol Coding Test), and executive function (Trail Making Test Part ...
Xueyan Wang +6 more
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Journal of Safety Science and Resilience, 2021 Since the advent of a new academic regime that examines the nexus of humans and water, resilience studies of the coevolution of human–water systems have advanced rapidly because of the climate change. However, the concept of resilience poses a new social
Ryo Tsuchida, Shutaro Takeda
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Extending the annular in-plane torsional shear test specimen to applications at high strain rates [PDF]
EPJ Web of Conferences, 2021 In-plane torsional shear testing is a well-established material testing technique in the metal forming community. The corresponding specimen is designed to be machined from sheet metal with a continuous annular shear zone intended to deform in simple ...
Osman Muhsin +2 more
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The Journal of Industrial Economics, 2022 We investigate the impact of public procurement on business survival. Using Italy as a laboratory, we construct a large‐scale dataset of firms—covering balance‐sheet, income‐statement, and administrative records—and match it with public contract data.
Cappelletti, Matilde +2 more
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Lake Biwa, Japan represents a crucial example of the complex climatic and anthropogenic drivers influencing lake ecological transformations, vital to informing Sustainable Development Goals globally.
Botong Gao +9 more
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Economies, 2022 This study re-examined the effect of official development assistance (ODA) of five major donor countries (France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States) on foreign direct investment (FDI) using panel data from 2003 to 2020.
Saori Ono, Takashi Sekiyama
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Network analysis of attitudes towards immigrants in Asia
Applied Network Science, 2020 This study models cross-national attitudes towards immigrants in East and Southeast Asia as a signed and weighted bipartite network of countries and evaluative reactions to a variety of political issues, or determinants.
Rachael Kei Kawasaki, Yuichi Ikeda
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Projecting XRP price burst by correlation tensor spectra of transaction networks
Scientific Reports, 2023 Cryptoassets are becoming essential in the digital economy era. XRP is one of the large market cap cryptoassets. Here, we develop a novel method of correlation tensor spectra for the dynamical XRP networks, which can provide an early indication for XRP ...
Abhijit Chakraborty +2 more
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