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Experimental Investigation on the Anchorage Performance of a Tension–Compression-Dispersed Composite Anti-Floating Anchor

Rapid advancements in construction technologies have accelerated the development of complex and deep underground structures, raising concerns about the impact of groundwater on structures, particularly anti-floating measures. Traditional tensioned anchors, commonly used for preventing flotation, suffer from limitations like low pull-out bearing capacity, shallow critical anchoring depth, and localized stress concentration. To overcome these limitations, this paper introduces a tension–compression dispersed composite anchor, which combines casing, load-bearing plates, and tensioned anchors. Comparative tests were conducted between these composite anchors and traditional tensioned anchors to analyze their anchoring behavior. Our results show that tensioned anchors exhibit a stable axial force distribution as anchoring length increases. By identifying abrupt changes in the axial force curve, optimal anchoring lengths for load-dispersed anchors can be determined, thereby enhancing rock and soil strength utilization. The tension–compression-dispersed composite anchor outperforms tensioned anchors, with 1.44 times the ultimate bearing capacity for equivalent anchoring lengths and 1.1 times the capacity for an additional 1 m length. It also displays superior deformation adaptability and structural ductility under high-bearing loads compared to tensioned anchors with extended anchoring lengths. Effectively mobilizing the strength of the lower anchoring segment within the rock and soil results in a lower critical anchoring depth and a more uniform distribution of lateral friction resistance. In conclusion, the tension–compression-dispersed composite anchor offers significant advantages, making it a promising engineering solution for anti-floating anchor systems in complex underground environments.
Cultural Geographies: An Introduction

1. Introduction Section I. Cultural Processes and Politics 2. Cultural Production 3. Cultural Consumption Section II Several Cultural Geographies 4. Architectural Geographies 5. Landscapes 6. Textual Geographies 7. Performed Geographies 8. Identities Section III: Key Concepts for Cultural Geographers 9. Everyday Geographies 10. Material Things 11. Emotional and Affective Geographies 12. Bodily Geographies 13. Space and Place 14. Conclusion
Pediatric Rehabilitation of Acute Hyperextension-Induced Myelopathy After Surfing

This case is a unique pediatric presentation of a surfer’s myelopathy, now referred to as acute hyperextension-induced myelopathy (AHIM), that provides an optimistic rehabilitation outcome. A 13-year-old boy presented to the emergency department with back pain, paraplegia, urinary retention, and dysesthesia following his first surfing lesson while visiting Hawaii. MRI of the thoracic spine without contrast showed a significant T2 hyperintense signal in the T9-T12 distal thoracic cord, consistent with AHIM. He completed a 10-day inpatient rehabilitation program and experienced exceptional improvement in functional mobility. AHIM is a rare phenomenon that is triggered by repetitive spinal hyperextension. While there are studies describing this clinical syndrome in detail, the literature lacks information about rehabilitation outcomes for these patients. Following the diagnosis and acute management of AHIM, a comprehensive inpatient rehabilitation program is recommended to maximize functional improvement.
Histopathological Evaluation of the Application of Zinc Nanoparticles in Conjunction With Chitosan Dressing on the Wound Healing of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infected Skin Wounds in Rats

Objectives: Wound healing and tissue regeneration have raised serious challenges for healthcare systems worldwide, affecting both aesthetic and health-related aspects of the community well-being. Wound healing is a complex sequence of physical, cellular, and molecular events involving cell recruitment, proliferation, as well as the synthesis and accumulation of the new extracellular matrix components. The present study aimed to histopathologically evaluate the application of zinc nanoparticles in conjunction with chitosan dressing for the wound healing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infected skin wounds in rats. Materials and Methods: In this experimental investigation, 28 healthy male rats were randomly divided into 4 groups, each of which including 7 rats. The wound healing process was evaluated based on histopathological studies and biochemical findings on days 7, 14, and 21. Results: According to the results from the two-way ANOVA analysis, the means of wound area in the study groups were statistically and significantly different on all evaluated days ( P < 0.001). The highest wound area was associated with group III (i.e., wound with zinc oxide) on days 6, 18, 15, 12, and 9, while the lowest wound area was observed in group IV (i.e., wound with chitosan-nanoparticles-zinc oxide). A statistically significant difference was also found among the study groups in terms of the mean values of hydroxyproline ( P < 0.001). According to the post hoc Tukey test for pairwise comparisons, a significant difference was observed among all groups regarding the hydroxyproline values ( P < 0.001). Additionally, the highest collagen density was detected in the chitosan-nanoparticles-zinc oxide group. Conclusion: The application of biodegradable chitosan-nanoparticles-zinc oxide dressing significantly improved the histopathological and biochemical indices of the full-thickness skin wound healing. This study highlighted the effectiveness of chitosan-nanoparticles-zinc oxide dressing in wound healing enhancement, indicating its potential application in wound healing.
Analysis and Design of CNTFET-Based Electronic Circuits: A Review

In this review we present some design of CNTFET-based circuits, already proposed by us and here critically examined. For some of these, we compare the performance of proposed circuits both in CNTFET and CMOS technology. For CNTFET model, we use a compact, semi-empirical model, already proposed by us and briefly recalled, while, for the MOSFET model, we use the BSIM4 one of ADS library. Moreover in some design examples we compare our results with those obtained using the Stanford model. All simulations are carried out using the software ADS, which is compatible with the Verilog-A programming language.
Petrogenesis and Geochemistry of Archean Komatiites

Komatiites are products of decompression melting of mantle so hot that they are almost exclusively restricted to the Archean. The high degree of partial melting (F) and pressure (P) required for their generation facilitates comparison between the magma composition and its mantle source. To investigate compositional variations in Archean komatiites, a global selection of 38 Archean komatiites spanning five cratons (Kaapvaal, Zimbabwe, Yilgarn, Pilbara, Superior) were analysed for their major and trace element contents. Included are the Aluminium-Depleted (ADK, Barberton-Type) and Aluminium-Undepleted (AUK, Munro-Type) petrogenetic types that have been equated with high P/moderate F and moderate P/high F, respectively, on the basis of their Al/Ti and Gd/Yb ratios. Following calculation of the primary magma composition of each suite, we show that the absolute Al content at a specified MgO proves a more sensitive indicator of P than either of the above two ratios and hence we introduce a new classification using Al. The Mg# is a reliable proxy for F, independent of the two endmember melting styles, fractional and batch. We demonstrate that most komatiites form by batch melting, ceding to fractional melting with decreasing pressure as the density contrast between the liquid and solid grows. The Munro AUKs are the only suite to show evidence of fractional melting, with melt extraction occurring at the lowest F and P, ? 25% melting at 5? GPa (mantle potential temperature, TP? =? 1750°C) whereas the ADKs of Barberton segregated at the highest F and P (? 40%, 9? GPa, TP? =? 1950°C). The petrogenetic type is a combination of P and F, where, at a given pressure, higher F will produce AUKs over ADKs as majorite is consumed in the source. Through numerical simulations, it is shown that both types can occur within the same mantle plume, with ADKs forming in its cooler, distal fringes whereas AUKs occur along its axis. Furthermore, and contrary to previous views, there is no temporal distinction between the two komatiite types, with both AUKs and ADKs occurring throughout the Archean. By contrast, younger, 2·7 Ga komatiites tend to have sources that are more depleted than those of older, 3·5 Ga komatiites. Komatiites are invaluable records of the mantle’s chemical and physical evolution during the Archean.
Assessment of zootechnical classification of local populace of Sarotherodon melanotheron raised in confinement

Abstract Tilapia Sarotherodon melanotheron is naturally adapted to both fresh and brackish environments. In order to improve its farming potential, this study evaluated the growth, survival and reproductive parameters of individuals from three lakes of southern Benin according to their sex and age at experimental fishing. During fry rearing and breeding, fish were fed with commercial feed granulated. The chlorophyll a concentration and the abundance of plankton were determined by molecular absorption spectrometry and under a light microscope respectively. Physico -chemical parameters were within acceptable limits for good survival and growth of S. melanotheron . Together with chlorophyll a, three phytoplankton species and five zooplankton species were also available in the rearing tanks. At the end of the experiment (90 days post nursery), most of the growth parameters did not vary significantly according to the waterway of origin and the sex. However, the a ge at experimental fishing influenced significantly most of the growth parameters. The individuals from Lake Nokoué and Lake Toho were characterized by higher body weight, total length, standard length, weight gain, average weight gain, daily weight gain, nutritive quotient, survival rate, net biomass, biomass per square meter while Grand-Popo Lagoon individuals were characterized by higher ccondition factor and a weak ponderal and linear specific growth rates. Overall, reproductive parameters were higher i n females than males. The majority of males were with empty testicles, while females with ova were expelled by manual pressure. S. melanotheron individuals from the considered lakes can be recommended for selective breeding program in fresh and brackish waters.
Laboratory colonization by Diro�laria immitis alters the microbiome of female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes

Background: The ability of blood-feeding arthropods to successfully acquire and transmit pathogens of medical and veterinary importance has been shown to be interfered with, or enhanced by, the arthropod’s native microbiome. Mosquitoes transmit viruses, protozoan and �larial nematodes, the majority of which contribute to the 17% of infectious disease cases worldwide. Diro�laria immitis, a mosquito-transmitted �larial nematodes of dogs and cats, is vectored by several mosquito species including Aedes aegypti. Methods: In this study, we investigated the impact of D. immitis colonization on the microbiome of laboratory reared female Ae. aegypti. Metagenomic analysis of the V3-V4 variable region of the microbial 16S RNA gene was used for identi�cation of the microbial differences down to species level. Results: We generated a total of 1068 OTUs representing 16 phyla, 181 genera and 271 bacterial species. Overall, in order of abundance, Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Actinobacteria and Firmicutes were the most represented phylum with D. immitis-infected mosquitoes having more of Proteobacteria (71%) than uninfected mosquitoes (56.9%). An interesting �nding in this study is the detection of Klebsiella oxytoca in relatively similar abundance in infected and uninfected mosquitoes, suggesting a possible endosymbiotic relationship, and has been previously shown to indirectly compete for nutrients with fungi on domestic house�y eggs and larvae. While D. immitis colonization has no effect on the overall species richness, we identi�ed signi�cant differences in the composition of selected bacterial genera and phyla between the two groups. We also reported distinct compositional and phylogenetic differences in the individual bacterial species when commonly identi�ed bacteria were compared. Conclusions: To the best of our knowledge, this is the �rst study to understand the impact of a �larial infection on the microbiome of its mosquito vector. Further studies are required to identify bacteria species that could play an important role in the mosquito biology. While the microbiome composition of Ae. aegypti mosquito have been previously reported, our study shows that in an
Connections Between Recent Water Level Drops in Lake Victoria, Dam Operations and Drought

Summary The past 2-3 years have seen sharp decreases in Lake Victoria’s water level, currently more than 1.1 m below the 10-year average. In the past year it has been claimed that the dams at Owen Falls (Nalubaale and Kiira) are responsible for a portion of the lake’s drop, while others insist that the drop is due only to recent droughts. This study sought to determine what factors have contributed to what extent to recent drops in Lake Victoria. Data has for some time been kept out of the public eye, but recently released reports as well as on-line resources allowed for rough analyses of the situation. At the same time, the implications for the designs and benefits of the Owen Falls and Bujagali Dams of recent level and outflow changes of Lake Victoria, as well as past observed hydrology, was analysed. The major conclusions of the study are: 1. Recent severe drops in Lake Victoria (2004-2005) are approximately 45% due to drought and 55% due to over-releases from the Owen Falls Dams (Nalubaale and Kiira). 2. The Owen Falls Dams have not been adhering to the Agreed Curve for operations, releasing more water than dictated. 3. Based on the current Lake Victoria hydrology, as well as observations from the past 100+ years, the Owen Falls Dams are likely over-dimensioned. 4. The current hydrology, long-term observations and non-adherence to the Agreed Curve for Owen Falls Dam operations must be considered in the costbenefit analysis of the proposed Bujagali Dam. 5. The lack of public information on dam releases, dam operations and river flows is disturbing and makes it difficult for outsiders to soundly judge implemented and proposed hydroelectric projects on the Victoria Nile. Future climates, which will likely involve “drier conditions, lower lake levels… and lower downstream river flows” (WREM, 2005a), will exacerbate conclusions 3 and 4, making it increasingly more difficult for Victoria Nile dams to produce their projected power, and thus challenge hydropower on the Victoria Nile as a viable energy alternative for Uganda.
THE ROLE OF IMPROVING ENTREPRENEUR COMPETENCY, INNOVATION AND USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE SUSTAINABILITY OF MSMES IN BANYUMAS DISTRICT

Every company must be able to compete in facing the challenges of globalization. Increasing business actors' competence (knowledge, skills, abilities) and innovative products is a primary concern to win the competition and achieve business sustainability. Mainly if MSMEs can utilize social media strategically in developing their business. This research focuses on MSMEs in the Banyumas Regency area to examine increasing entrepreneurial competence, innovation and the use of social media towards achieving sustainable MSMEs. The sample obtained was 51 MSME respondents. The analysis method uses multiple regression. Based on the results of the analysis, it shows that knowledge and social media have a positive and significant effect on the sustainability of MSMEs. In contrast, skills, abilities and innovation do not affect the sustainability of MSMEs. Based on the research results, the implication is that MSME actors can pay more attention to skills, abilities, and innovation, which must continue to be improved to produce better patterns, motifs and product quality and will maintain the company's existence and compete sustainably.
Mathematical model of a Hot Dry Rock system

SUMMARY We derive a mathematical model which can be used to determine the evolution of the temperature in a Hot Dry Rock system. The essential feature of this approach is given by the fact that the solution is available by analytical methods. Therefore, long-term predictions of the evolution of the temperature as well as a detailed study concerning the influence of critical parameters become available. Although this approach is based on simplifying hypotheses, it provides a good overview of the evolution of the temperature in a Hot Dry Rock system which can be used for efficiency calculations.
Inventory of Shopping centers and fickleness in the BRVM

This paper studies the relationship between expected stock market returns and volatility in the regional stock market of the West African Economic and Monetary Union called the BRVM. Using weekly returns over the period 4 January 1999 to 29 July 2005 and, an EGARCH-in-Mean model assuming normally distributed and Student's t distribution for error terms, the study reveals that: 1) expected stock return has a positive but not statistically significant relationship with expected volatility. 2) volatility is higher during market booms than when market declines.
A Research By Radon Measurements In Milan AndIn The Prealps

Atmospheric Radon 222 detector was installed at ground level in Milan and two others at height of 800-1000 in the Lombard Prealps. From the behaviour of the concentrations of this radioactive tracer it was possible to get data on the turbulence of the low troposphere and the structure of the Mixed Layer. The changes in daily and weekly atmospheric Radon levels are interesting to study since they are generally related to the stability or turbulence of the atmosphere. The analysis of sunny day data from the Milan station indicated growth and dissolution of the inversion layer. Radon levels in the upland overlooking the plain are constant, whereas inversion and local turbulence phenomena characterize the Prealp Basin. Radon data can be used as the basis for the development of pollutant distribution models and, in particular, they could provide a support to studies on plume conveyance from Milan to the lake district and the Prealps. Transactions on Ecology and the Environment vol 15, © 1997 WIT Press, www.witpress. com, ISSN 1743-3541
MIT Open Access Articles ZAC: A zone path construction approach for effective real-time ridesharing

Real-time ridesharing systems such as UberPool, Lyft Line, GrabShare have become hugely popular as they reduce the costs for customers, improve per trip revenue for drivers and reduce trafﬁc on the roads by grouping customers with similar itineraries. The key challenge in these systems is to group the right requests to travel in available vehicles in real-time, so that the objective (e.g., requests served, revenue or delay) is optimized. The most relevant existing work has focussed on generating as many relevant feasible (with respect to available delay for customers) combinations of requests (referred to as trips) as possible in real-time. Since the number of trips increases exponentially with the increase in vehicle capacity and number of requests, unfortunately, such an approach has to employ ad hoc heuristics to identify relevant trips. To that end, we propose an approach that generates many zone (abstraction of individual locations) paths – where each zone path can represent multiple trips (combinations of requests) – and assigns available vehicles to these zone paths to optimize the objective. The key advantage of our approach is that these zone paths are generated using a combination of of-ﬂine and online methods, consequently allowing for the generation of many more relevant combinations in real-time than competing approaches. We demonstrate that our approach outperforms (with respect to both objective and runtime) the current best approach for ridesharing on both real world and synthetic datasets.
Association between systemic lupus erythematosus and inflammatory bowel disease in European and East Asian populations: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study

Background Previous studies have shown a coexistence phenomenon between systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), but the causal relationship between them is still unclear. Therefore, we conducted a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis using publicly available summary statistics data to evaluate whether there was a causal relationship between the two diseases. Methods Summary statistics for SLE and IBD were downloaded from the Open Genome-Wide Association Study and the International Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics Consortium. European and East Asian populations were included in this MR work. We adopted a series of methods to select instrumental variables that are closely related to SLE and IBD. To make the conclusion more reliable, we applied a variety of different analysis methods, among which the inverse variance–weighted (IVW) method was the main method. In addition, heterogeneity, pleiotropy, and sensitivity were assessed to make the conclusions more convincing. Results In the European population, a negative causal relationship was observed between SLE and overall IBD (OR = 0.94; 95% CI = 0.90, 0.98; P < 0.004) and ulcerative colitis (UC) (OR = 0.93; 95% CI = 0.88, 0.98; P = 0.006). After removing outliers with Mendelian Randomization Pleiotropy RESidual Sum and Outlier (MR-PRESSO), the results remained consistent with IVW. However, there was no causal relationship between SLE and Crohn’s disease. In the East Asian population, no causal relationship was found between SLE and IBD. Conclusion Our results found that genetic susceptibility to SLE was associated with lower overall IBD risk and UC risk in European populations. In contrast, no association between SLE and IBD was found in East Asian populations. This work might enrich the previous research results, and it may provide some references for research in the future.
Palaeolimnology and organic geochemistry of the Middle Devonian in the Orcadian Basin

Summary An interdisciplinary study of the Middle Devonian lacustrine laminites from the Orcadian Basin of NE Scotland has enabled the construction of a predictive source-rock model which we have applied to the Moray Firth area. Parameters characterizing areal source-rock extent, primary organic input, and the depths, salinity levels and redox potential of the depositional water column are discussed, together with the quantity and maturity of the preserved sedimentary organic matter. On the basis of this model, we suggest that a Middle Devonian component is present in the Beatrice crude (an atypical North Sea oil) in the Moray Firth Basin. This proposal is largely supported by molecular geochemical evidence.