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Chapter and Conference Paper
Performance of Jointed S&C Bearers
Long bearers are used at switches and crossings (S&C) to maintain the gauge and prevent relative lateral movement between the rails for all possible routes a train may take. Traditionally, these bearers are fo...
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Chapter
Carbohydrate Receptors of Bacterial Adhesins: Implications and Reflections
Bacteria entering a host depend on adhesins to achieve colonization. Adhesins are bacterial surface structures mediating binding to host surficial areas. Most adhesins are composed of one or several proteins. ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Patients infected with high-hazard viruses: scientific basis for infection control
Most of the viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) are caused by viruses that are handled in high containment laboratories in Europe and the United States because of their high pathogenicity and their aerosol infecti...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Fracture Prediction in Elastic-Plastic Problems Using Finite Element Method
A general finite element program, based on the plane stress assumption, is presented to analyze elastic-plastic problems involving monotonically increasing loads. The fracture program presented directly predic...