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Experimental study on unloading induced shear performances of 3D saw-tooth rock fractures

Qian Yin, Xinxin Nie, Jiangyu Wu, Qi Wang et al. • International Journal of Mining Science and Technology (2023)

A fractal model governing saw-tooth fractures was first introduced to replicate sandstone samples containing an inclined 3D penetrating rough fracture surface with various joint roughness coefficients (JRC). In conventional triaxial compres...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmst.2023.02.002

Comparative Study of Field-Effect Transistors Based on Graphene Oxide and CVD Graphene in Highly Sensitive NT-proBNP Aptasensors

Anastasiia Kudriavtseva, Stefan Jarić, Nikita Nekrasov, Alexey V. Orlov et al. • Biosensors (2024)

Graphene-based materials are actively being investigated as sensing elements for the detection of different analytes. Both graphene grown by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and graphene oxide (GO) produced by the modified Hummers’ method ar...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/bios14050215

Experimental Study on the Sliding of WJ-8 Small Resistance Fastener Composite Pad

Zhiping Zeng, Di Wang, Fushan Liu, Abdulmumin A. Shuaibu et al. • Advances in Civil Engineering (2020)

Under long-term temperature loading, long bridges stretch and deform, causing the beam and rail to move relative to each other. This phenomenon could cause a gradual slide of the rail relative to the fastener composite pad and ultimately re...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1155/2020/1918043

Deflection and bending moment dynamic load allowance of runway bridges: Theoretical and numerical studies

Yuxin Xue, Wei Hou, Yongjun Zhou, Huichi Li et al. • Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering (English ed. Online) (2026)

Runway bridges offer a practical structural solution for airport construction in terrain-constrained areas. However, their dynamic behavior under aircraft landing loads remains insufficiently studied, and design-oriented theoretical guidanc...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtte.2026.01.002

A study on high-shear and low-pressure grinding with body-armour-like abrasive tool (BAAT) for Inconel 718 superalloys

Yebing Tian, Chengjin Tian, Sohini Chowdhury, Jinguo Han et al. • Journal of Materials Research and Technology (2023)

A novel body-armour-like abrasive tool (BAAT) was developed for the high-shear and low-pressure grinding of super alloys with an aim to reduce the ratio of normal force to tangential force. A composite process model was developed based on f...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.jmrt.2023.04.205

Online Classification of Road Roughness Conditions with Vehicle Unsprung Mass Acceleration by Sliding Time Window

Zhongxing Li, Wenhao Yu, Xiaoli Cui • Shock and Vibration (2018)

Suspension control systems are in need for more information of road roughness conditions to improve their performance under different roads. Existing methods of gauging road roughness are limited, and they usually involve visual inspections...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1155/2018/5131434

HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT IN CANADA

Devidas Menon, Leigh-Ann Topfer • International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care (2000)

OBJECTIVES: Since 1988, four government-funded health technology assessment (HTA) agencies have been established in Canada. This paper is a descriptive review of reports issued by these organizations during the period from 1988 to 1998. MET...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0266462300102168

HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT EVIDENCE ON E-HEALTH/M-HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES: EVALUATING THE TRANSPARENCY AND THOROUGHNESS

Vladimir Vuković, Carlo Favaretti, Walter Ricciardi, Chiara de Waure • International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care (2018)

OBJECTIVES: Evaluation is crucial for integration of e-Health/m-Health into healthcare systems and health technology assessment (HTA) could offer sound methodological basis for these evaluations. Aim of this study was to look for HTA report...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0266462317004512

Efficient thermal dissipation in wafer-scale heterogeneous integration of single-crystalline β-Ga2O3 thin film on SiC

Wenhui Xu, Tiangui You, Yibo Wang, Zhenghao Shen et al. • Fundamental Research (2021)

The semiconductor, β-Ga2O3 is attractive for applications in high power electronic devices with low conduction loss due to its ultra-wide bandgap (∼4.9 eV) and large Baliga's figure of merit. However, the thermal conductivity of β-Ga2O3 is ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.fmre.2021.11.003

Prediction of Hypersonic Boundary Layer Transition on Ablative Rough Surfaces of Deep Space Reentry Capsules

Qi LI, Rui ZHAO, Zhi CHEN, Bin GUO et al. • 气体物理 (2024)

In order to improve aerodynamic deceleration efficiency, deep space reentry capsules generally adopt large blunt windward shape and ablative heat protection system. However, factors such as the flat forebody shape and the sharp increase in ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.19527/j.cnki.2096-1642.1073

Effect of Surface Roughness on Adhesive Instabilities for the Elastic Layer

Junki Joe, M. D. Thouless, M. D. Thouless, J. R. Barber • Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering (2020)

If an incompressible elastic layer bonded to a rigid plane is placed close to a second rigid plane, adhesive interactions between the surfaces can cause elastic instabilities. These lead to spatially non-uniform traction and gap distributio...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fmech.2020.00031

How nurses address psychosocial needs in patients with advanced heart or lung failure: a qualitative interview study

Janneke van Oirschot, Esmee D. Noijons, Hanneke Merten, Bregje D. Onwuteaka-Philipsen et al. • BMC Nursing (2026)

Abstract Background Patients with advanced heart failure or lung failure often experience significant changes in psychosocial needs, which may affect their quality of life, emotional wellbeing, and daily functioning. Although nurses are wel...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12912-026-04537-8

DualSight: multi-stage instance segmentation framework for improved precision

Stephen Price, Kiran Judd, Kyle Tsaknopoulos, Rodica Neamtu et al. • Scientific Reports (2025)

Abstract Powder properties, particularly their morphology (which includes size, shape, surface roughness, etc.), play a critical role in the quality of cold spray additively manufactured materials. A change in feedstock powder morphology ca...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-09642-3

Multi‐modal broad learning for material recognition

Zhaoxin Wang, Huaping Liu, Xinying Xu, Fuchun Sun • Cognitive Computation and Systems (2021)

Abstract Material recognition plays an important role in the interaction between robots and the external environment. For example, household service robots need to replace humans in the home environment to complete housework, so they need t...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1049/ccs2.12004

Membrane surface wettability and roughness under operating conditions and their implications for membrane performance

Rawda Serag, M. Bassyouni, Fathy Shokry, Monica Toderaș et al. • Desalination and Water Treatment (2026)

Membrane wettability is an important factor influencing separation efficiency, fouling resistance, water flux, and durability. Although membrane wetting has been extensively studied, few reviews have quantitatively examined the relationship...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.dwt.2026.101951

Restoring the Fluctuation–Dissipation Theorem in Kardar–Parisi–Zhang Universality Class through a New Emergent Fractal Dimension

Márcio S. Gomes-Filho, Pablo de Castro, Danilo B. Liarte, Fernando A. Oliveira • Entropy (2024)

The Kardar–Parisi–Zhang (KPZ) equation describes a wide range of growth-like phenomena, with applications in physics, chemistry and biology. There are three central questions in the study of KPZ growth: the determination of height probabili...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/e26030260