This paper reports on double shear push-out tests conducted steel-to-ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) connections based studs of 30- or 22-mm diameter in slabs 35, 55, 150 mm thickness. The results show that with an increase stud diameter, the longitudinal strength has improved by 25% and 94% for ultra-short long (of aspect ratios below equal to 4.0), respectively. For short studs, both r...

This paper evaluates the shrinkage performance of concrete under complex internal constraint environments comprising steel plates, studs, and reinforcement to investigate their respective influence laws on concrete. An early model constraints was established based theory capillary tension, effects plate, nails, were theoretically analyzed. Six sets concrete-constrained tests pore structure then...

We introduce a new class of spintronic devices in which a spin-valve-like effect results from strong spin-orbit coupling in a single ferromagnetic layer rather than from injection and detection of a spin-polarized current by two coupled ferromagnets. The effect is observed in a normal-metal-insulator-ferromagnetic-semiconductor tunneling device. This behavior is caused by the interplay of the a...

We consider current-induced domain wall motion and, the reciprocal process, moving domain wall-induced current. The associated Onsager coefficients are expressed in terms of scattering matrices. Uncommonly, in (Ga,Mn)As, the effective Gilbert damping coefficient alphaw and the effective out-of-plane spin-transfer torque parameter betaw are dominated by spin-orbit interaction in combination with...

This is my first editorial as a new editor for Studies in Theatre and Performance. I am grateful to be joining this team at key moment re-shaping the priorities of theatre performance stud...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to compare the retention and stability of the Nobel Biocare standard ball (NBS), Nobel Biocare 2.25-mm-diameter ball (NB2), Zest Anchor (ZA), Zest Anchor Advanced Generation (ZAAG), Sterngold ERA orange (SEO), and Sterngold ERA white (SEW) attachments on an implant-retained overdenture model. MATERIALS AND METHODS The attachments were tested using 2 permanent...

In the living conditions prevalent in the less developed world, characterized by a lack of potable water, sanitation, and refrigeration, the bacteria and other pathogens that cause diarrheal diseases are easily transmitted to young children by contaminated water, hands, and food. As a result, infants in less developed countries suffer on the average six to eight separate episodes of diarrheal d...