A statistically self-consistent fatigue damage accumulation model including load sequence effects under spectrum loading

A probabilistic methodology is proposed to evaluate fatigue damage accumulation and fatigue lives of specimens under variable amplitude loading.With probabilistic modifications in the present model, the calculative consistency is achieved between fatigue damage and fatigue life.The load sequence effects on fatigue damage accumulation are properly s

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Comparing the resilience of Sharia and conventional banking to the financial crisis in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations

This study aims to analyze the comparison of the resilience of Islamic and conventional banking in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) during the COVID-19 pandemic.Comparison of banking resilience was proxied by the Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) and Loan-to-Deposit Ratio (LDR) factors, Return on Assets (ROA) and Non-Performing Loans (

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Network positions in active learning environments in physics

This study uses positional analysis to describe the student interaction networks in four research-based introductory physics curricula.Positional analysis is a technique for simplifying the structure of a network into blocks of actors whose connections are more similar to each other than to the rest of the network.This method describes social struc

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Considerations of trial design and conduct in behavioral interventions for the management of chronic pain in adults

Abstract.Introduction:.A growing number and type of nonpharmacological approaches for the management of chronic pain have demonstrated at least modest evidence of efficacy, and for some, there is emerging evidence of their effectiveness in relatively large scale trials.Behavioral approaches are those that generally seek to promote adaptive behavior

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