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Once has been completed the algorithmization that gives rise to the definitive passage of the disciplinary societies to the control societies, we are transiting post-control paths of a serial nature. We would like to see the manifestation of such a transit in the serial production of academic papers, in the context of the loss of expressive force and governance of platforms such as Law and Literature, and the emergence of new expressive government platforms such as Netflix or Spotify. We also try to offer alternatives for writing and government to those of the serial society, starting from the notion of "prose of thought" by Miguel Morey. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the current paper, the effect of tensile softening parameters, the tensile strength σt and the initial slope k1 of the stress-crack width curve, on the structural size-effect law in bending of concrete are studied by a bending model. The model results show that the size-effect law in bending strength normally presented by flexural strength and beam height diagram (σf-logH) is strongly dependent on σt and k1. With increase of beam height, the general size-effect law in bending can be characterised as a fast reduction stage followed by a stable decreasing stage and finally converged to the tensile strength of concrete. With increasing tensile strength, the σf-logH curve goes up and the value of dσf/dlogH gradually increases. In the meantime, for a given beam height, bending strength increases with increase of k1. The model predictions are compared with experimental results. Good agreement between model predictions and experiments has been obtained. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]