The paper reports the results of experimental programme focused on the effect of various synthetic fibres on fracture properties and ductility of concrete.The fracture energy was assessed on beams with initial notches in three-point bend test.The incorporation of synthetic fibres had a slight effect on mechanical properties of concrete but, at the

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of story reading on incidental lexical and grammatical collocation learning.Moreover, it was an attempt to scrutinize whether there was any significant difference between incidental lexical and grammatical collocation learning.To this end, 36 Iranian EFL learners attending Sadra English

Although insulin resistance (IR) is a key pathophysiologic condition underlying various metabolic disorders, impaired Effect on physiological parameters and anaesthetic dose requirement of isoflurane when tramadol given as a continuous rate infusion vs a single intravenous bolus injection during ovariohysterectomy in dogs cellular glucose uptake is

Investigating relation between meteo-climatic indices and between-year variation in Daphnia population density and phenology is crucial for e.g.predicting impact of climate change on lake ecosystem structure and functioning.We tested whether and how two teleconnection indices calculated for the winter period, namely the East Atlantic pattern (EADJF