Silicone Structural Glazing Under Blast Loading

Silicone sealants have a long history of successful use in high performance windows and curtainwalls, such as structural glazing (bonding) systems which can contribute to bomb blast mitigating window designs.Previous experimental work illustrated the increase in strength and elongation for silicone sealants at the typically higher strain rates of b

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Multiple time points of transcriptome analysis revealed altered genes involved in maintaining hibernation in the hypothalamus of Tamias sibiricus

Hibernation, an adaptive mechanism to extreme environmental conditions, is prevalent among mammals.Its main characteristics include reduced body temperature and metabolic rate.However, the mechanisms by which hibernating animals re-enter deep sleep during the euthermic phase to sustain hibernation remain poorly understood.We selected the Tamias sib

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