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Impact properties of carbon fibers-epoxy composite/aluminum laminates: effect of cryogenic and thermal aging
Carbon-reinforced aluminum laminate (CARALL) structures, by exposure to various aging conditions, were studied to examine the effect of aging on their impact properties. After 40 thermal cycles between 25 and ...
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Open AccessUltra-strong polymeric hollow fiber membranes for saline dewatering and desalination
Osmotically assisted reverse osmosis (OARO) has become an emerging membrane technology to tackle the limitations of a reverse osmosis (RO) process for water desalination. A strong membrane that can withstand a...
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Open AccessNon -fatal overdose among people who inject drugs in Tehran, Iran
With increasing frequencies of non-fatal overdose in people who inject drugs (PWID), it is essential to improve our knowledge about associated risk factors for overdose to inform overdose prevention and assist...
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The Effect of Large Deflections of Joints on Foldable Miniature Robot Dynamics
In miniature robotics applications, compliant mechanisms are widely used because of their scalability. In addition, compliant mechanism architecture is compatible with the manufacturing methods used to fabrica...
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Sustained release of TGF-β1 via genetically-modified cells induces the chondrogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells encapsulated in alginate sulfate hydrogels
Strategies based on growth factor (GF) delivery have attracted considerable attention in tissue engineering applications. Among different GFs, transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-β1) is considered to be a p...
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Development of a Dynamometer to Measure All Forces and Moments Applied on Tillage Tools
A new triaxial dynamometer was designed, constructed and tested to measure and locate the position of all forces and moments on tillage implements, up to a maximum force of 10 kN and a maximum moment of 10 kN ...
