EVALUATION OF EARLY-AGE SHRINKAGE CRACKING BEHAVIOR OF PARTIALLY CONTINUOUS REINFORCED CONCRETE PAVEMENT USING RESTRAINED RING TEST

Evaluation of early-age shrinkage cracking behavior of partially continuous reinforced concrete pavement using restrained ring test

Continuously reinforced concrete pavement (CRCP) has deficiencies such as high initial construction cost and irregular crack distribution.To address the shortcomings of CRCP, a rigid pavement structure called partially continuous reinforced concrete pavement (PCRCP) was proposed.Instead of reinforced concrete slabs in the field tests, concrete ring

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Cloning, Expression, Purification, and Characterization of Clostridium botulinum Neurotoxin Serotype F Domains

The use of recombinant BoNT domains has been proposed as a means to develop strategies to treat and prevent botulism.Here, details on the molecular cloning, protein expression, purification, and immunoreactivity of BoNT/F domains from Clostridium botulinum are presented.Initially, full-length synthetic genes encoding recombinant BoNT/F domains (cat

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Worldwide Alien Invasion: A Methodological Approach to Forecast the Potential Spread of a Highly Invasive Pollinator.

The Chairs ecological impacts of alien species invasion are a major threat to global biodiversity.The increasing number of invasion events by alien species and the high cost and difficulty of eradicating invasive species once established require the development of new methods and tools for predicting the most susceptible areas to invasion.Invasive

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