Effect of Ground Motion Directionality on Fragility Characteristics of a Highway Bridge by Swagata Banerjee Basu, Masanobu Shinozuka

“…The motion trajectory in the corresponding multi-dimensional space results in time variant principal axes of the motion and defies any meaningful definition of directionality of the motion. …”
Get full text

Bronchoscopy in Rural Areas? by Reidar Berntsen, Erik Waage Nielsen

“…One pulmonologist had rate of correct diagnosis based on visible endobronchial tumors that was comparable to the rates of numerous pulmonologists at larger centers performing the same procedure. Time delay was short. Rate of complications was comparable. …”
Get full text

Experimental and Simulation Analysis for the Impact of a Two-Link Chain with Granular Matter by Eliza A. Banu, Dan B. Marghitu

“…The results revealed that the final displacement increases with initial velocity, while the stopping time decreases. The sensitivity to the initial velocity was studied and an improvement to the resistance force formulated as a result. …”
Get full text

Theoretical and Numerical Experiences on a Test Rig for Active Vibration Control of Mechanical Systems with Moving Constraints by M. Rinchi, E. Gambini

“…They have been successfully codified and implemented for vibrating structures whose uncertain parameters could be assumed to be time-invariant. Unfortunately a wide class of mechanical systems, such as machine tools with carriage motion realized by a ball-screw, are characterized by time varying modal parameters. …”
Get full text

Design Innovation Typologies. A critical Analysis of a Complex Relationship by Cabirio Cautela, Lucia Rampino

“…While allowing overlaps and complementarities, each typology focuses on a specific aspect of a product’s innovation. Over time, such specificities prevented the formulation of an integrated theoretical model able to connect them together and express logical and functional relations among them. …”
Get full text

The use of Positive Psychotherapy tools and concepts in the coming out process of a non-heteronormative (LGBTA) client: A case report by Krzysztof Dembinski

“…Therapeutic settings may provide the first safe space for coming out, a repeated process rather than a one-time event. Tools such as the Balance model and the Differentiation Analysis Inventory (DAI) are employed to help clients identify and address areas of imbalance and conflict. …”
Get full text

Synchronous Surgical Treatment of Lower Eyelid Involutional Entropion and Ptosis by D. Vasakos, E. Nakos, C. Sioulis

“…The synchronous treatment of involutional entropion and ptosis is an alternative treatment strategy, which could potentially improve surgical outcome, while reducing postoperative recovery time and treatment costs.…”
Get full text

Perspectives on retro-tram in tourism by M. V. Maltseva, N. A. Zamyatina, A. V. Zbarskaya

“…Actualization of cultural heritage based on the nostalgic feeling of the good old days is one of the prospective trends in tourism development in times of crisis. Slowing down the pace of life and time perception are in strong demand due to the overall informatization, growing constraints and risk of uncertainty in the world. …”
Get full text

Parallel Rank of Two Sandpile Models of Signed Integer Partitions by G. Chiaselotti, T. Gentile, G. Marino, P. A. Oliverio

“…The concept of fundamental sequence is a refinement of the concept of parallel convergence time for these models. We compute the parallel convergence time and the fundamental sequence when X is the finite lattice of all the signed integer partitions such that , where , and when X is the sublattice of all the signed integer partitions of having exactly d nonzero parts.…”
Get full text

Cycleanalysis oftime seriesof annualprecipitationHelehandMondwatershed by yadollah balyani, Mohammad saligheh, Hossein asakereh, Mohammad Hossein Nasserzadeh

“…On this basis, the Story of annual precipitation 95 percent for each of the stations under study and cycle meaningful estimate of the time series of basin data were extracted.…”
Get full text

Recursive Delta-Operator-Based Subspace Identification with Fixed Data Size by Miao Yu, Wanli Wang, Youyi Wang, Liang Liu

“…The majority of existing subspace identification methods are constrained to discrete-time systems because of the disparity in Hankel matrices. …”
Get full text

Target Positioning with GDOP Assisted Nodes Selection Algorithm in Wireless Sensor Networks by Yunzhou Zhang, Dongfei Wei, Wenyan Fu, Bing Yang

“…In order to select the optimal node combination, traditional algorithms based on GDOP need to spend much time on calculating every possible combination of nodes. …”
Get full text

Models for plastic flow: People, places, concepts and techniques by Mike Ashby

“…The concept of dislocations, discrete carriers of deformation, and their interactions, had initiated a wave of activity across Europe and the US, offering the potential for micro-mechanical models for plastic flow and its dependence on composition, temperature, time (strain-rate) and prior mechanical history. …”
Get full text

EPPDC: An Efficient Privacy-Preserving Scheme for Data Collection in Smart Grid by Jie Chen, Junping Shi, Yueyu Zhang

“…Different from the traditional grid, smart grid builds a real-time connection network between the user and the grid company by smart terminals, which can achieve bidirectional data transmission and information control. …”
Get full text

Coronal replacement flap associated or not with platelet-rich fibrin membrane. Case report by Lázaro Sarduy Bermúdez, Olga Lidia Véliz Concepción, Felisa Veitia Cabarrocas

“…Introduction: with the use of traditional root coverage plastic techniques, some loss over time of the results achieved has been observed.The combination of regenerative materials such as platelet rich fibrin membrane with these surgical procedures can achieve tissue restoration that guarantees greater stability. …”
Get full text

Les trajectoires dans le temps: réflexion sur le concept de « régime d’historicité » by Maxime Raymond-Dufour

“…I rather consider that theses alternative experiences can contribute to a "régime d'historicité" even if they don't converge with the dominant "orientation" of time. Thus, I propose to examine 1) the multiplicity of the "régime d'historicité"'s experiences and 2) the relation between the historical object and the "orientation" of time, both being closely tied to each other.…”
Get full text

A cost/benefit analysis of clinical trial designs for COVID-19 vaccine candidates. by Donald A Berry, Scott Berry, Peter Hale, Leah Isakov, Andrew W Lo, Kien Wei Siah, Chi Heem Wong

“…Using epidemiological models calibrated to the current pandemic, we simulate the time course of each clinical trial design for 756 unique combinations of parameters, allowing us to determine which trial design is most effective for a given scenario. …”
Get full text

Routing in Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks: A Survey of Existing Protocols and Open Research Issues by Vikas Bhandary, Amita Malik, Sanjay Kumar

“…But due to unreliable error-prone communication medium and application specific quality of service (QoS) requirements, routing of real-time multimedia traffic in WMSNs poses a serious problem. …”
Get full text

Towards Developing Enhanced Cluster-Based QoS-Aware Routing in MANET by Kebebew Ababu Yitayih, Mulugeta Libsie

“…Creating dynamic communication infrastructures between mobile devices and satisfying the desires for time-sensitive multimedia applications have introduced new challenges in the design of protocols for mobile ad hoc networks. …”
Get full text

A hierarchical access control scheme based on Lagrange interpolation for mobile agents by Tsung-Chih Hsiao, Zhen-Yu Wu, Tzer-Long Chen, Yu-Fang Chung, Tzer-Shyong Chen

“…In order to reduce the communication time that the host sent to the members of a large system. …”
Get full text