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Open AccessCreep Effect on Time to Corrosion-Induced Cracking of Concrete Cover
This paper presents an innovative method to include creep deformations in the prediction of time to corrosion-induced cover cracking. Using experimental results, creep and cracking criteria used in this method...
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Severe functional impairment increases the risk of major morbidity and mortality in older patients after digestive tract surgery: a retrospective cohort study
The relationship between the severity of impairment in basic activities of daily living (ADLs) function and postoperative outcomes in older surgical patients remains unclear. This study aimed to clarify the as...
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Open AccessPreoperative hyponatremia predicts complications in older patients undergoing digestive tract surgery: a propensity score matching analysis
This study aimed to investigate the association between preoperative hyponatremia and life-threatening postoperative complications (including death) among older patients undergoing digestive tract surgery.
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Open AccessThe composite risk index based on frailty predicts postoperative complications in older patients recovering from elective digestive tract surgery: a retrospective cohort study
Limitations exist in available studies investigating effect of preoperative frailty on postoperative outcomes. This study was designed to analyze the association between composite risk index, an accumulation o...
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Design, Synthesis, and Antifungal Activity of Alkyl Gallates Against Plant Pathogenic Fungi In Vitro and In Vivo
A series of alkyl gallates was synthesized by reacting gallic acid with the corresponding alcohols. Their structures were determined on the basis of spectroscopic data, including NMR and MS. The antifungal act...
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Experimental Investigations of End Bearing Anchors Under Uplift Load Using Transparent Soil and Numerical Simulation
This paper presents a series of small-scale physical model tests, using transparent soil and particle image velocimetry technique. The soil displacements, anchor load and displacement responses were measured d...
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A Theoretical Framework for Risk–Cost-Optimized Maintenance Strategy for Structures
This paper presents a theoretical framework for develo** a risk–cost optimised maintenance strategy for structures during their whole service life. A time-dependent reliability method is employed to determin...
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Analytical and Experimental Investigation on Corrosion-Induced Concrete Cracking
Practical experience and observation suggest that corrosion-affected reinforced concrete structures are highly susceptible to cracking. This paper presents an analytical time to corrosion-induced concrete crac...
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Open AccessLow vitamin D levels are associated with high viral loads in patients with chronic hepatitis B: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Previous studies have investigated the vitamin D status in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and its relationship with HBV replication, the results however were inconsistent. The present ...
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Impediments to Implementing Design for Construction Safety
While many studies have indicated that design for construction safety (DFCS) has potential ability to function effectively to improve construction site safety, there is no clear evidence DFCS has been or will ...
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Liana: a decentralized load-dependent scheduler for performance-cost optimization of grid service
This paper addresses the scheduling problem in decentralized grid systems. Such problem focuses on computing a large set of arbitrary tasks to optimize the system performance while minimizing the average syste...
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Critical Success Factors for ERP Life Cycle Implementation
ERP implementations are complex undertakings. The purpose of this study is to establish ERP implementation model in China firms based on project life cycle theory. ERP implementation is an information system p...
