Short-term Behavior Research Articles

High temperature and short-term oxidation behavior of CoCrCu1.2FeNi high entropy alloy in solid and semi-solid state

The short-term oxidation behavior of CoCrCu1.2FeNi high entropy alloy in solid and semi-solid state was investigated. Except for the two-stage parabola characteristic at 1340 ℃, the oxidation kinetics of other temperatures showed single-stage parabola characteristic. The oxidation products and oxide scales were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) with energy dispersion spectrum (EDS). During solid oxidation, the oxide scales were composed of outer oxide layer (CuO and Cu2O) and inner oxide layer (Co, Cr, Fe, Ni3O4) spinel oxides. During semi-solid oxidation, internal and external diffusion was significantly enhanced, liquid flow and holes became diffusion channels.

The association between the suicide crisis syndrome and suicidal behaviors: The moderating role of personality traits.

Personality traits have been associated with long-term suicide risk but their relationship with short-term risk is still unknown. Therefore, to address this gap, we explored the moderating effect of personality traits on the relationship between the Suicide Crisis Syndrome (SCS) and short-term suicidal behaviors (SB). Adult participants (N = 459) were administered the Suicide Crisis Inventory (SCI), a validated self-report questionnaire designed to measure the intensity of the Suicidal Crisis Syndrome, the Big Five Inventory for personality traits, and the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale for SB at intake and at a 1-month follow-up. The PROCESS macro in SPSS was used to test the moderation model. Covariates hypothesized to influence the results were added: age, gender, ethnicity, years of education, and depressive symptomatology on the Beck Depression Inventory. This study was a secondary analysis drawn from a larger study on the SCS. SCI total score had a significant positive relationship with SB at the 1-month follow-up for patients with lower levels of extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness, respectively. Hence, these four traits were protective against SB. There was an association between SCI and SB for patients with high levels of neuroticism at the 1-month follow-up. High levels of neuroticism served as a risk factor, whereas high levels of the other Big Five traits were protective factors against short-term SB in the context of elevated SCS symptoms. Thus, personality traits play a role in moderating the relationship between the SCS and imminent SB.

Do Patterns and Types of Negative Affect During Hospitalization Predict Short-Term Post-Discharge Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors?

We still have little understanding of short-term predictors of suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STBs). Prior research links increased negative affect to STBs, but the vast majority of earlier work is limited by measuring negative affect at one time point and aiming to predict STBs months or years in the future. Recently, intensive longitudinal studies have shown that negative affect is associated with suicidal thoughts over relatively short, clinically useful time periods; however, the specific patterns and types of negative affect that predict STBs remain unclear. Using ecological momentary assessment (EMA) data from psychiatric inpatients hospitalized for suicide risk (N = 83), this study sought to test whether the patterns (means and variability) of two types of negative affect (anxiety/agitation and shame/self-hatred, which were derived from a larger EMA battery) during hospitalization predict STBs in the four weeks after discharge: an extremely high-risk time for suicidal behavior. The mean - but not the variability - of both anxiety/agitation and shame/self-hatred during hospitalization predicted the number of days with suicidal thoughts after discharge. The mean and the variability of shame/self-hatred - but not anxiety/agitation - predicted post-discharge suicide attempt. We discuss implications for assessment and treatment of suicidal individuals and propose key directions for future research.

New methodology based on simplifications of the short-term models of CSP for long-term tuning: a case study in Spain

Incorporating Thermal Energy Storage (TES) to a general Concentrating Solar Power plant (CSP), gives the chance of dispatching the supplied energy to the grid and optimizing its sales. Running these plants beyond sunset supposes a complex set of decisions to be made by the plant operator at each moment, which must be previously incorporated into the corresponding plant model. In this sense, it is interesting that these models are relatively easy and reliable, reproducing acceptably the instantaneous behaviour of the plant, maintaining also cumulate results for a long time. In this work, several simplifications have been applied to a general model of a CSP with a parabolic-through collector solar field. For this purpose, certain effective factors have been included into the model, assuming incomplete information about the plant behaviour. A case study to a three-plant set in the Southern region of Spain has been carried out, being tuned to provide accurate results to the real operation of the plant, in both short-term and long-term behaviour during several years. As a result, cumulative yearly energy provided to grid agrees with those values published by Government (overall supplied energy to grid from 400 to 500 GWh/year, with a cumulative error below 1%, and less than 3% deviation among plants), since qualitatively accuracy has been observed for short-term profiles of several energy flows. It will allow to evaluate future dispatch improvements associated with this kind of plants with a lower computational charge.

External profit pressure and operating efficiency: evidence from Chinese listed companies

ABSTRACT Compared with western developed countries, the maturity and effectiveness of China’s securities market are relatively low, and investors are more likely to be swayed by analysts’ opinions. Efficiency is an important indicator to measure the competitiveness of listed companies, analysts’ earnings pressure can not only make management inclined to short-term investment behaviour, but also affect stakeholders’ views on the company, which is not conducive to the company’s efficiency and long-term development. Therefore, this study examines the impact of external profit pressure on the operating efficiency of Chinese listed companies and its internal mechanism. The technical efficiency (TE), pure technical efficiency (PTE) and scale efficiency (SE) of the samples of listed companies are calculated by data envelopment method (DEA), it is found that external profit pressure has a negative impact on TE and PTE but a positive impact on SE. The institutional investor plays an intermediary role between external profit pressure and operating efficiency, and corporate social responsibility regulates the relationship between external profit pressure and institutional investors’ shareholding. The conclusion of the research has important theoretical value and practical significance in clarifying the relationship between external profit pressure and the operating efficiency.

A Structural Determinants Framework for Financial Well-Being.

This study develops a conceptual framework that provides a broad understanding of financial well-being. Using the 2018 National Financial Capability Study and structural equation modeling methods, this study provides empirical evidence for the proposed framework by identifying significant direct and indirect determinants of financial well-being. Previous personal financial wellness and financial satisfaction-related research provides a theoretical rationale for the construction of the conceptual framework in the current study. The results reported the relationships among these determinants, including financial perceptions and knowledge factors, financial stress, short- and long-term positive financial behavior, and financial satisfaction. The findings indicate that financial satisfaction, short-term financial behavior, perceived financial capability showed positive and direct associations with financial well-being, whereas financial stress and long-term financial behavior were negatively and directly associated with financial well-being. Financial perception and knowledge factors, financial stress, and short-term financial behavior also showed significant indirect relationships with financial well-being. The findings of this study contribute to the literature on financial well-being and provide significant policy and practical implications. Implications for financial practitioners and policy makers are discussed.

Your Money or Your Life: Interplay Between Benefit Appeal and Valence Framing in Reducing Smoking Behavior

Smoking is one of the leading causes of preventable death globally, yet it remains a common behavior. Interventions that increase the concreteness of future smoking outcomes have been suggested to be effective, but little research has examined what type of future outcomes should be highlighted, and in what way. The present study therefore explores the efficacy of two types of framings of smoking cessation consequences: appeal type (time vs. money) and valence (gain vs. loss). A randomized controlled field experiment with 2,935 participants conducted via a digital therapeutics app found that messages focusing on money (time) are most likely to lead to immediate reduced smoking behavior when framed as a gain (loss). Effects on motivation or long-term smoking cessation were not detected. The results illustrate the psychological differences between money and time, between attitudes and behaviors, and between short-term and long-term behavior change. This study highlights the importance of considering both appeal type and valence framing when designing smoking cessation messages.

Experimental and numerical investigations of aluminium-timber composite beams with bolted connections

This paper presents an investigation of aluminium-timber composite (ATC) beams subjected to bending. In the proposed ATC beam, a timber slab was connected to an aluminium beam using bolts. ATC beams are a relatively new civil engineering solution and they are still being developed. The authors conducted push-out tests of the bolted connections and bending tests of the ATC beams. The slip moduli k0.4 and k0.6, and the load-carrying capacity of the connection were determined experimentally. Furthermore, the short-term behaviour, load carrying-capacity, mode of failure, load-deflection and load-slip response of the ATC beams with bolted connections were investigated. What is more, the authors used a calculation procedure for steel-concrete composite elements to calculate the load-carrying capacity of the ATC beams. The results from the analytical estimations were compared with the results from the laboratory tests. In addition, two non-linear finite element models of the tested composite beam were developed and verified against the experimental results. In the three-dimensional finite element model, laminated veneer lumber was described as an elastic-perfectly plastic material, and, as a consequence, this model did not need many input parameters. In the two-dimensional finite element model, laminated veneer lumber was described as an orthotropic material and its failure was captured using the Hashin damage model. It was an advanced model which needed many input parameters. The numerical results were similar to the experimental results.

Using volatile/non-volatile memristor for emulating the short-and long-term adaptation behavior of the biological neurons

Adaptive response to the timely constant stimulus is the common feature of real neurons. The circuit of the adaptive neuron model consumes less power and requires less data transmission bandwidth compared to the circuit of the non-adaptive neuron model, especially for encoding time-varying signals. Memristor is a good candidate for mimicking the behavior of neurons so that the simple memristor-based circuit can directly emulate many specific behaviors of the neurons with low power and low area consumption. In this work, for the first time, we show that as the nonvolatile switching property of the memristor can be useful for representing long-term adaptation behavior in the memristor-based neuron, the short-term adaptation behavior can also be emulated directly using the same memristor-based circuit due to the volatile switching property of the memristor. Here, short term adaptation is realized using the volatile property of memristor, unlike neuron circuits where adaptation is realized using leakage modulation. As a result, in the memristor-based neuron extra power dissipation can be reduced. Two different types of memristors are used for implementing the proposed circuit of adaptive leaky integrate-and-fire neuron, the volatile/non-volatile memristor and threshold switching memristor are in the charge and discharge path of the capacitor, respectively. Results show that the volatile or non-volatile resistance change of charging memristor upon different input patterns to the neuron circuit determines the type of adaptive behavior of the neuron response, i.e. the neuron may show short-term adaptation or long-term adaptation or does not show an adaptation behavior at all. Comparison with similar works shows that the energy consumption per spiking of the proposed neuron is relatively low, while the circuit is very area-efficient.

DETERMINANTS OF GOVERNMENT SECURITIES YIELD USING VECM

This study aims to uncover the determinants’ effect on the return rate of government securities (GS). This study's data uses the government bonds that can be traded with the ten-year tenor, and the time-horizon of the collected data spans from 2009:M1 to 2018:M6. The study methodology utilizes the vector error correction model (VECM) model to determine the short-term backward behavior, which refers to the situation where the short-term balances are corrected for the long-term balances. Additionally, it is also to reveal the relationship between the variables within the model. Thus, this study is to see whether GS’s reciprocal level has been at the value of efficient return or not. The results show that the cointegrated determinants of the Bank Indonesia (BI) rate / seven days repo, outstanding tradable government bonds, Fitch Rating, exchange rate, sovereign country risk, and regional bond index positively affects the GS yield. In contrast, the determinants of Fitch Rating, exchange rate, sovereign country risk, and outstanding tradable government bond negatively influence GS yields. The implication of this research is that the Indonesian government securities are interdependent with the identified determinants; thus, the Indonesian government should maintain the movement of those determinants to ensure that its GS stays positive.

Test of the Long-Term Behavior of Curved Steel–Concrete Composite Box Beams: Case Study

Abstract In comparison with the short-term behavior of bridges in the early stages of their service life, predicting the long-term behavior of the concrete due to their shrinkage and creep effects ...

A Qualitative Study on the Effect of Short-Term Dialectical Behavior Therapy-Skill Training for Women Victims in her twenties of Violent Crime

본 연구의 목적은 강력범죄 피해자들을 대상으로 변증법적 행동치료의 스킬훈련이 효과가있는지를 확인하는 데 있다. 연구 참여자는 기관에 방문해 개별 심리치료를 받고 있는 강력범죄(강도, 폭력, 성폭력) 피해자였다. 연구 자료는 심층면담을 사용하여 수집하였으며, 변증법적 행동치료의 스킬훈련 프로그램의 마지막 회기 실시 후 면담을 진행하였다. 수집된 자료는 연구의 신뢰도와 타당도를 높이기 위해 수행하고 있는 연구 주제, 질적 연구방법론, 관련분야에 식견이 있고, 연구에 대해 자신의 의견을 충분히 제공할 수 있다고 판단되는 동료 3 명을 선정해 이들에게 연구 분석 자료와 연구 결과에 대한 검토를 요청하는 동료 검토법을사용하였고, 분석과정에서 복수의 연구자의 의견과 관점을 토대로 하여 보다 확실하고 정확한 증거를 확보하고자 하였다. 연구 결과, 첫째, 강도, 폭력, 성폭력 피해자 모두 대인관계에서 다른 사람에게 원하는 것을 요청하거나 다른 사람이 내가 원하지 않는 것을 요구할 때 효과적으로 거절하는 기술과 지금 당장 변화시킬 수 없는 고통스러운 사실을 있는 그대로 수용하는 기술이 유용했다고 보고했다. 둘째, 범죄유형별 독특한 양상을 살펴본 결과, 강도 피해자는 사소한 자극에도 강렬한 부정적인 감정으로 발전하게 되는 경향이 있었고, DBT 스킬을통해 감정의 강도와 지속 시간을 사실에 부합한 수준으로 조절할 수 있었다. 폭력 피해자는강렬한 부정적인 감정을 표현하거나 감내하는 데 어려움이 있었으나 DBT 스킬을 사용해 자신과 주변 사람들이 상처를 받지 않는 방식으로 조절하는 것이 가능해졌다. 성폭력 피해자는 관계 내에서 스스로를 보호하는 기술이 부족했고, 정서적으로 쉽게 불안정해지면서 자기파괴적인 방식으로 대응하는 경향이 있었으나 DBT 스킬을 활용해 정서적으로 불안정한 상태에놓이는 것을 방지할 수 있었다. 연구 결과는 강력범죄피해자를 지원하는 관련 기관 종사자들이 심리치료를 실시하는 경우 참고할 수 있는 유용한 자료가 될 것으로 판단되며, 이와 관련하여 논의점 및 제안점을 제시하였다.

The revised suicide crisis inventory (SCI-2): Validation and assessment of prospective suicidal outcomes at one month follow-up

Background and AimThe Suicide Crisis Syndrome (SCS) is an evidence-based pre-suicidal cognitive and affective state predictive of short-term suicide risk. The most recent SCS formulation, proposed as a suicide-specific DSM diagnosis, features a feeling of Entrapment accompanied by four additional symptom clusters: Affective Disturbance; Loss of Cognitive Control; Hyperarousal; and Social Withdrawal. The aim of the present study was to revise the Suicide Crisis Inventory (SCI; Barzilay et al., 2020), a self-report measure assessing the presence of the SCS,in accordance with the current SCS formulation, as well as to assess the psychometric properties and clinical utility of its revised version, the Suicide Crisis Inventory—2 (SCI-2). MethodsThe SCI-2, a 61-item self-report questionnaire, was administered to 421 psychiatric inpatients and outpatients at baseline. Prospective suicidal outcomes including suicidal ideation, preparatory acts, and suicidal attempts were assessed after one month. Internal structure and consistency were assessed with confirmatory factor analysis, convergent, discriminant, and current criterion validity. Receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) curves with Area under the Curve (AUC) were used to examine the predictive validity of the SCI-2 to prospective outcomes. Exploratory analyses assessed the predictive validity of the five SCI-2 dimensions. ResultsThe SCI-2 demonstrated excellent internal consistency (Cronbach's α = 0.971), good convergent, discriminant, and current criterion validity. The SCI-2 significantly predicted all three outcomes, and was the only significant predictor of suicidal attempts with AUC = 0.883. DiscussionThe results of this study indicate that the SCI-2 is a valid and reliable tool to assess the presence and intensity of the Suicide Crisis Syndrome and to predict short-term prospective suicidal behaviors and attempts among psychiatric outpatients and inpatients regardless of patients’ readiness to disclose suicidal ideation.

Measuring short-term eating behaviour and desire to eat: Validation of the child eating behaviour questionnaire and a computerized ‘desire to eat’ computerized questionnaire

The Child Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (CEBQ) is designed to measure ‘usual’ eating behaviour, with no time period attached, thus may not be suitable for assessing the effectiveness of short-term experimental studies. The aim of this study was to validate i) the CEBQ adapted to measure ‘past week’ rather than ‘usual’ eating behaviour, and ii) a computerized questionnaire assessing desire to eat core and non-core foods, against an objective measure of eating behaviour and food intake (eating in the absence of hunger (EAH) experiment). Children (n = 103) aged 8–12 years completed the desire to eat questionnaire followed by the EAH experiment while primary caregivers completed the adapted CEBQ. Results from the CEBQ showed that children with greater ‘satiety responsiveness’ (1-point higher) consumed less energy (−342 kJ; 95% CI -574, −110) whereas those with greater ‘enjoyment of food’ scale consumed more energy (380 kJ; 95% CI 124, 636) during the ad-libitum phase of the EAH experiment. Higher scores for slowness in eating (−705 kJ; 95% CI -1157, −254), emotional undereating (−590 kJ; 95% CI -1074, −106) and food fussiness (−629 kJ; 95% CI -1103, −155) were associated with lower total energy intake. Children who expressed greater desire to eat non-core foods consumed more energy in total (275 kJ; 95% CI 87, 463). Overall, this adapted CEBQ appears valid for measuring several short-term eating behaviours in children. The desire to eat questionnaire may be useful for identifying short-term susceptibility to overeating, however further investigation into how ratings of desire relate to the intake of highly palatable, energy dense foods is warranted.

TRAIT2D: a Software for Quantitative Analysis of Single Particle Diffusion Data.

Single particle tracking (SPT) is one of the most widely used tools in optical microscopy to evaluate particle mobility in a variety of situations, including cellular and model membrane dynamics. Recent technological developments, such as Interferometric Scattering microscopy, have allowed recording of long, uninterrupted single particle trajectories at kilohertz framerates. The resulting data, where particles are continuously detected and do not displace much between observations, thereby do not require complex linking algorithms. Moreover, while these measurements offer more details into the short-term diffusion behaviour of the tracked particles, they are also subject to the influence of localisation uncertainties, which are often underestimated by conventional analysis pipelines. we thus developed a Python library, under the name of TRAIT2D (Tracking Analysis Toolbox - 2D version), in order to track particle diffusion at high sampling rates, and analyse the resulting trajectories with an innovative approach. The data analysis pipeline introduced is more localisation-uncertainty aware, and also selects the most appropriate diffusion model for the data provided on a statistical basis. A trajectory simulation platform also allows the user to handily generate trajectories and even synthetic time-lapses to test alternative tracking algorithms and data analysis approaches. A high degree of customisation for the analysis pipeline, for example with the introduction of different diffusion modes, is possible from the source code. Finally, the presence of graphical user interfaces lowers the access barrier for users with little to no programming experience.

Indication for radioactive iodine in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma without apparent disease after total thyroidectomy but with elevated antithyroglobulin antibodies.

To evaluate a criterion for the selective indication of radioactive iodine (RAI) based on the short-term behaviour of antithyroglobulin antibodies (TgAb) in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) who have negative thyroglobulin (Tg) and neck ultrasonography (US) without abnormalities after total thyroidectomy but elevated TgAb. This was a prospective study that evaluated 216 patients with low- or intermediate-risk PTC who had nonstimulated Tg ≤ 0.2 ng/ml and no US abnormalities but elevated TgAb 3 months after thyroidectomy. RAI was not indicated in patients with negative TgAb or a >50% reduction in TgAb concentrations 6 months after initial assessment followed by a negative test or an additional reduction (also >50%) after 12 months. Only two of the 114 patients who did not receive RAI developed recurrences; another 108 patients met the criterion of an excellent response to therapy in the last assessment and TgAb persisted in four patients but there was an additional reduction in their concentration during follow-up. Among the 102 patients who received RAI, post-therapy whole-body scanning (RxWBS) detected persistent disease in 8 (8%). Two of the 94 patients without persistent disease on RxWBS developed recurrences. In the last assessment, in the absence of additional treatment, 54/92 patients (58.7%) without structural recurrence had negative TgAb. The indication for RAI can be based on the short-term behaviour of TgAb in patients with PTC and elevated TgAb after thyroidectomy who are not high risk and who do not have apparent disease (nonstimulated Tg ≤ 0.2 ng/ml and no US abnormalities).

Sniffing out danger: rapid antipredator training of an endangered marsupial

Globally, predator aversion training has assisted naive prey species to learn to evade introduced predators, improving translocation success. Eastern barred bandicoots (Perameles gunnii; hereafter ‘bandicoot’) are extinct on mainland Australia due to habitat loss and introduced predators, and are the focus of a long-term captive breeding and reintroduction program. Our trials showed that captive bandicoots failed to recognise cat (Felis catus) scents as belonging to a predator, suggesting prey naivety towards cats. We trialled five stimuli to elicit short-term fear behaviour in bandicoots. An automatic compressed air spray and automatic bin lid were most effective. We coupled these stimuli with cat urine during predator aversion training and presented them to bandicoots on three occasions. Bandicoots learnt to avoid the area containing cat urine, suggesting bandicoots are capable of learning new behaviours rapidly. Six trained and five untrained captive bandicoots where released onto Summerland Peninsular, Phillip Island (with cat densities at 1.1 cats/km2). Both had high survival and recapture rates 7 months after release. Training endangered species to avoid introduced predators could assist with long-term species recovery.

Modelling the symmetrical and asymmetrical effects of global oil prices on local food prices: A MENA region application

This paper explores the complex nexus between the global oil prices and the food prices of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region during the period 2000-2020. Both linear and nonlinear models of the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) approach are adapted into panel data form to investigate the symmetrical and asymmetrical influence of oil prices on food prices. The key results are summarized: (i) the long-term effect of oil prices on food prices is significantly positive including both oil-exporting and oil-importing nations. The positive impact on oil exporters-due to higher oil revenues-is greater than importing nations, leading to an increased demand for food. Additionally, the effect on oil exporters is negative and significant in the short term but not significant for importers. (ii) The nonlinear ARDL panel analysis for the whole MENA sample confirms the presence of negative short-term asymmetric behaviour due to the heterogeneous response within the oil-importing and oil-exporting samples, while in the long term, the asymmetric effect is positive, indicating that food prices increase regardless of fluctuations in oil prices. (iii) The nonlinear ARDL results using time series affirm the absence of an asymmetric nexus among oil and food prices for some oil-exporting nations (including Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates) and Tunisia within the oil-importing group. However, the food prices of other countries are asymmetric to the oil price. This study provides recommendations that are useful to MENA countries to establish a stable mechanism for oil and food prices to ensure food security in the region.

Ice-fishing handling practices and their effects on the short-term post-release behaviour of Largemouth bass

Numerous studies have investigated the impacts of catch-and-release on the post-release behaviour of fish during periods characterized by warm air and water temperatures. Comparatively little is known about the post-release behaviour of fish caught while ice fishing. Largemouth bass (LMB), a popular sportfish in North America, is sometimes encountered during ice fishing and is often released due to angler conservation ethic or to comply with regulations. To examine the impacts of ice angling on the post-release behaviour of LMB, we exposed them to a range of handling practices and assessed their skin temperatures prior to release, as well as short-term post-release swimming activity using biologgers equipped with a tri-axial accelerometer, temperature and pressure sensors. Skin temperature of LMB had a significant positive relationship with windchill temperature. Generally, the longer that LMB were exposed to air or placed on the ice, the colder their skin became. Overall, water depth and water temperature selected by LMB increased with time during the post-release period. Overall dynamic body acceleration (ODBA), a proxy for locomotory activity, decreased as time progressed in the release period, while ODBA decreased with increasing depth and water temperatures. LMB with warmer skin temperatures had lower locomotory activity compared to those with colder skin temperatures. Further, the effect of skin temperature on locomotory activity became more amplified with increasing depth and warming water temperatures selected by LMB post-release. Anglers practicing catch-and-release angling during the winter should adopt best handling practices by reducing the time fish are removed from the water when windchill temperatures are sub-freezing to avoid alteration in post-release behaviour.

Performance of Linear Mixed Models to Assess the Effect of Sustained Loading and Variable Temperature on Concrete Beams Strengthened with NSM-FRP.

Although some extended studies about the short-term behavior of NSM FRP strengthened beams have been carried out, there is a lack of knowledge about the behavior of this kind of strengthening under sustained loads and high service temperatures. Electromechanical impedance method formulated from measurements obtained from PZT patches gives the ability for monitoring the performance and changes experienced by these strengthened beams at a local level, which is a key aspect considering its possible premature debonding failure modes. This paper presents an experimental testing program aimed at investigating the long-term performance of a concrete beam strengthened with a NSM CFRP laminate. Long term performance under different levels of sustained loading and temperature conditions is correlated with EMI signatures processed using Linear Mixed-effects models. These models are very powerful to process datasets that have a multilevel or hierarchical structure as those yielded by our tests. Results have demonstrated the potential of these techniques as health monitoring methodology under different conditions in an especially complex problem such as NSM-FRP strengthened concrete structures.