' ThouseestIhave morefleshthan anotherman,and thereforemorefrailty' Acknowledgements We would like to thank Tracy Scollin for all her invaluable help and efficient support of the project; Siobhan Ahearne-Smith for considerable help in the preparation of the manuscript; contribution to sections on multidisciplinary care; and Joanna Reid for her extensive and meticulous work on the final producti...

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With the development of industry and agriculture, organotin compounds are widely used as stabilizers, catalysts, and biocides.1 The use of organotin compounds as antifouling paints has led to deleterious effects for nontarget aquatic life even at low levels below several ng L–1. The fate of organotin compounds in the environment involves biotic and abiotic dealkylation processes leading to the ...

Nowadays, the stress analysis mostly aimed at general buried pipelines. And few of the gas pipelines in tunnel (especially under the seismic action) were analyzed. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze the stress distribution of gas pipeline under seismic action in tunnel. In this paper, CEASAR II software was used to establish the stress model of China-Myanmar XX tunnel pipeline under seismic ...

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