Residual mortar attached to recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) always leads to a decrease in Young’s modulus and an increase in the drying shrinkage of RCA concrete, mainly due to an increase of total mortar volume.To overcome this inherent problem, Mantel Clock the modified and equivalent mortar volume (EMV) methods were proposed by researche
Purpose: Pelvic chemoradiation therapy (CRT) is the curative therapy for non-metastatic anal cancer, resulting in excellent survival rates.However, anal cancer survivors may experience diminished quality of life (QOL) due to late toxicities from pelvic CRT.Few studies use patient-reported QOL, and few include thematic analyses of the patient experi
Lu Cao,1 Ping-Guo Duan,1 Xi-Lei Li,1 Feng-Lai Yuan,3 Ming-Dong Zhao,2 Wu Che,1 Hui-Ren Wang,1 Jian Dong11Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; 2Department of Orthopedic Surgery, PLANTS Jinshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; 3A