The seismic vulnerability of reinforced concrete (RC) buildings has been an important issue, especially in earthquake-prone regions with limited seismic design codes such as South Sudan. Improving the seismic performance of reinforced concrete buildings is critical for maintaining structural functionality under normal service loads and for rapid re...
The internal pore structure of nano-TiO2 concrete deteriorates gradually during freeze–thaw (F–T) cycles. The deterioration process can reveal the F–T damage mechanism and the deterioration law of photocatalytic performance. The evolution law of the pore structure of nano-TiO2 concrete during F–T damage was investigated. Moreover, this paper define...
Efficient, sustainable, safe, and portable energy storage technologies are required to reduce global dependence on fossil fuels. Lithium-ion batteries satisfy the need for reliability, high energy density, and power density in electrical transportation. Despite these advantages, lithium plating, i.e., the accumulation of metallic lithium on the gra...
This paper discusses novel numerical techniques for studying the damage to automotive safety components in carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) deployed in the automotive industry to protect passengers, high voltage batteries and powertrains from rear impacts. The idea proposed in the manuscript is to use Newmark’s methodology with the FEM for th...
The choice of constitutive model significantly affects the accuracy of concrete perforation simulation. This study analyzes four concrete constitutive models, HJC, RHT, KCC, and TCK, focusing on their strength models, damage evolution, and strain rate effects. Combining the damage pattern and erosion cracks, the effectiveness of the four constituti...
Tissue damage and repair are hallmarks of inflammation. Despite a wealth of information on the mechanisms that govern tissue damage, mechanistic insight into how inflammation affects repair is lacking. Here, we investigated how interferons influence tissue repair after damage to the intestinal mucosa. We found that type III, not type I or type II, ...
Published in Rheumatology (Oxford, England)
The objectives of this study were to assess the prevalence and incidence of multimorbidity and its association with the SLICC/ACR damage index (SDI) among patients with SLE. Using prevalent and incident population-based cohorts of patients with SLE and their matched comparators, we assessed 57 chronic conditions. Chronic conditions were categorized...
The Sichuan Basin in China is one of the most concentrated areas of red beds in China. In the red-bed area, abundant rainfall can easily cause natural disasters, such as landslides, mudslides, collapses, and subsidence. This has had a great impact on the safety of people and property and sustainable modernization in the area. Zhongjiang County of S...
In the twenty-first century, the seismic design of buildings seems to have become a fully recognized topic. There are guidelines and standards which should be taken into account by designers in seismic areas. Designers using modern international guidelines have ascertained that the behavior of structures is not as expected. New challenges in the co...
Soil-based emissions from land conversions are often overlooked in climate planning. The objectives of this study were to use quantitative data on soil-based greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for the state of Georgia (GA) (USA) to examine context-specific (temporal, biophysical, economic, and social) climate planning and legal options to deal with the...
