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Females are more proactive, males are more reactive: neural basis of the gender-related speed/accuracy trade-off in visuo-motor tasks
In the present study, we investigated neural correlates associated with gender differences in a simple response task (SRT) and in a discriminative response task (DRT) by means of event-related potential (ERP) ...
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Modality-specific sensory readiness for upcoming events revealed by slow cortical potentials
Human brain activity allows to anticipate future events and to prepare the next action accordingly; consistently, event-related potential (ERP) studies found action preparatory brain activities in the premotor...
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Load Ratio Estimation Through Striation Height and Spacing Analysis of an Aerospace Al Alloy 7475-T7351
It is well known that striation spacing may be related to the crack growth rate, da/dN, through Paris equation, as well as the maximum and minimum loads under service loading conditions. These loads define the lo...
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Studying space representation within a neuropsychological perspective
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Effect of Alloying Elements on Thermal Diffusivity of Gray Cast Iron Used in Automotive Brake Disks
The purpose of this work was to experimentally investigate the thermal diffusivity of four different gray cast iron alloys, regularly used to produce brake disks for automotive vehicles. Thermal diffusivity me...
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Modified Steels for Cold-Forming U-Bolts Used In Leaf Springs Systems
In this work, a low alloy steel and a fabrication process were developed to produce U-Bolts for commercial vehicles. Thus, initially five types of no-heat treated steel were developed with different additions ...
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Evaluating the berkovitz method to predict fatigue loads in mechanical failure investigations
This article evaluates a proposed analytical-experimental methodology by which the fatigue load levels leading to failure of structural components is inferred. The so-called Berkovitz method is recognized to d...
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Modeling of stress ratio effect on Al alloy SAE AMS 7475-T7351: Influence of loading direction
The main goal of this work was to evaluate the effectiveness of Walker’s equation in collapsing the fatigue crack propagation data of a SAE AMS 7475-T7351 aluminum alloy loaded either longitudinally (L-T) or t...
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Effect of surface rolling on fatigue behavior of a pearlitic ductile cast iron
Surface rolling is a mechanical treatment usually used in parts fabricated with steel and ductile cast iron, specifically in stress concentration regions, to improve fatigue properties. This process hardens an...
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Grain size effects in the charpy impact energy of a thermally embrittled RPV steel
The Charpy impact energies of a reactor pressure vessel (RPV) steel in the as-received and several thermally embrittled conditions have been assessed on the basis of microstructural parameters. It has been con...
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Grain size effects on the critical stretch zone width of charpy impact specimens
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Grain-size effects in the quasi-static fracture resistance of a thermally embrittled RPV steel (quenched and tempered microstructures)
The elastic-plastic fracture toughness and crack extension behavior under the quasi-static loading regimen of several thermally embrittled conditions of a nuclear reactor pressure vessel (RPV) steel were asses...
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Grain size effects in the quasi-static fracture resistance of a thermally embrittled RPV steel (annealed microstructures)
The elastic-plastic fracture toughness and crack extension behavior under quasi-static loading regimes of the as-received and several thermally embrittled states of a reactor pressure vessel (RPV) steel were a...
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Creep properties of austenitic stainless-steel weld metals
The creep behavior of two austeitic stainless-steel weld metals was investigated. Two AISI 316L stainless-steel base plates were welded together using the submerged arc-welding process. Creep tests were carrie...
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Influence of retained austenite on short fatigue crack growth and wear resistance of case carburized steel
The influence of the amount of retained austenite on short fatigue crack growth and wear resistance in carburized SAE 8620 steel was studied in this article. Different amounts of retained austenite in the micr...
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The Direct-Acting Mutagenicity of Nitrothiophenes Derivatives in Salmonella Typhimurium
Nitroheterocyclic drugs have in recent years become of great interest for their mutagenicity and carcinogenicity. A series of nitrocompounds (structurally-related to the 5-nitro-3-thiophenecarboxylic acid) wer...
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Short-term and long-term timolol maleate effects on corneal sensitivity
The authors present data concerning the effect of timolol maleate on corneal sensitivity investigated with the Cochet-Bonnet aesthesiometer and with cotton wool wisps. Among 30 subjects with open-angle glaucom...
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Development of Infant Contrast Sensitivity Evaluated by Evoked Potentials
Visually evoked cortical potentials were recorded in infants of ages ranging from 2 months to 1 year. Visual acuity, optimal spatial frequency of stimulation, and maximum contrast sensitivity are evaluated as ...
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Studies on the Physiology of Hypnosis
Up till the present time the study and treatment of the neuroses has been rather one-sided. The psychotherapist has been dependent for his knowledge of the nature of neurosis almost entirely on what the patien...
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The reaction of arylthionylhydrazines with sodium
Trattando le tionil-idrazine opportunamente sostituite, con sodio polvere in toluolo anidro, si ottengono i corrispondenti tiofenoli. Tale reazione è inibita da sostituenti fortemente elettron-attrattori.
