Comparison of designing simple steel frame & coaxial brace systems by contrast of blast, using two methods of load & resistance coefficients & performance surfaces

Nowadays, because of the increasing terrorist attacks around the urban areas, designing buildings by contrast of resulted loads of blast came into consideration particularly in some sensitive Ballasts buildings & vital arteries.When a blast occurs, the resulted emissions in environment leads to appearance of several penalties and endangers to the h

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Huitlacoche (Ustilago maydis), an Iconic Mexican Fungal Resource: Biocultural Importance, Nutritional Content, Bioactive Compounds, and Potential Biotechnological Applications

Worldwide, the fungus known as huitlacoche (Ustilago maydis (DC.) Corda) is a phytopathogen of maize plants that causes important economic losses in different countries.Conversely, it is an iconic edible fungus of Mexican culture and cuisine, and it has high commercial value in the domestic market, though recently there has been a growing interest

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Physical exercise in Chilean breast cancer survivors: Qualitative study of barriers, facilitators and preferences

Introduction Breast cancer survivors often experience pre and post-treatment physical and psychological symptoms, negatively affecting their quality of life.Regular physical exercise is associated with better quality of life and lower recurrence of cancer, and therefore all oncological patients are recommended to practice it in a regular basis.Desp

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Analysis on Local and Concurrent Commutation Failure of Multi-infeed HVDC Considering Inter-converter Interaction

This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of local and concurrent commutation failure (CF) of multi-infeed high-voltage direct current (HVDC) system considering multi-infeed interaction factor (MIIF).The literature indicates that the local CF is not influenced by MIIF, whereas this paper concludes that both the local CF and concurrent CF are inf

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