EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON THE FORCE-BEARING PERFORMANCE OF MASONRY STRUCTURES WITH A MARBLE-GRAPHITE SLIDE SEISMIC ISOLATOR AT THE FOUNDATION

Experimental Study on the Force-Bearing Performance of Masonry Structures with a Marble-Graphite Slide Seismic Isolator at the Foundation

As part of the search for a seismic isolator for low-rise buildings, this paper proposes a marble-graphite slide seismic isolation system composed of marble-graphite slides, an upper foundation beam, the lower counterpart of the upper beam, and the corresponding stop blocks, with the stop blocks consisting of restrictive screws, positioning plates,

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GPS-based activity space exposure to greenness and walkability is associated with increased accelerometer-based physical activity

Introduction: Built and natural environments may provide opportunities for physical activity.However, studies are limited by primarily using residential addresses to define exposure and self-report to measure physical activity.We quantified associations between global positioning systems (GPS)-based activity space measures of environmental exposure

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Investigating the Antioxidant Properties of Royal Jelly and Vitamin C on Enzymes, Histomorphometric and Liver Cells Apoptosis in Mice Suffering Hemolytic Anemia

Background & Objective: Hemolytic anemia induced by phenylhydrazine (PHZ) as a hemolytic composition can change the function and structure of liver.Therefore, the present mscbonline study attempts to evaluate the protective effects of vitamin C and royal jelly co-administration against the oxidative damages and liver apoptosis induced by hemolytic

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The impacts of lithium and silicon coating on the W source in EAST

Application of lithium (Li) or silicon (Si) wall coating in the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) has proven to be an effective method to reduce fuel recycling and control impurity level, and also to improve the plasma performance.In 2014, the upper graphite divertor in EAST was upgraded into a full tungsten (W) one with ITER-lik

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Two large-scale analyses of Ty1 LTR-retrotransposon de novo insertion events indicate that Ty1 targets nucleosomal DNA near the H2A/H2B interface

Abstract Background Over the years, a number of reports have revealed that Ty1 integration occurs in a 1-kb window upstream of Pol III-transcribed genes with an approximate 80-bp periodicity between each integration hotspot and that this targeting requires active Pol III transcription at the site of integration.However, the molecular bases of Ty1 t

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