CHARACTERISTICS OF RAPID LOAD TEST APPEARED IN VARIOUS PILES

Interpreting Strain Measurements from Load Tests in Bored Piles

In static load tests vibrating wire strain gages are generally used. The advantage of vibrating wire sensors over more conventional electrical resistance or semi-conductor types lies mainly in the sensor output, which is a frequency rather than a voltage or resistance. The frequency output is easier to transmit over long cables and is unaffected by voltage drops such as those which can be broug...

Test Characteristics of the Anigen® Rapid AIV Ag Test (Avian Influenza Type A Rapid Antigen Test) in Ducks in Vietnam

The current study evaluated the test characteristics of a commercially available rapid antigen test (The Anigen® Rapid AIV Ag test) for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI). Diagnostic specimens were collected from 175 ducks at markets and under controlled laboratory conditions in Vietnam. The relative diagnostic test sensitivity and the relative diagnostic test specificity were calculated ...

Experimental Load Transfer of Piles Subject to Lateral Soil Movement

Remediation of slope failures requires stabilization alternatives that address causes of slope instability. Slope reinforcement and pile stabilization systems, if properly designed, are effective in preventing slope movements in weak soils. Soil load transfer to pile elements from the lateral soil movement as occurs in slope failures is a complex soil-structure interaction problem, and the sign...

Load Rating and Frp Retrofitting of Bridge Abutment Timber Piles

HIV Rapid Diagnostic Test Inventories in Zambézia Province, Mozambique: A Tale of 2 Test Kits

Background The first pillar of the UNAIDS 90-90-90 goal seeks to accurately identify persons living with HIV (PLHIV), a process that is predicated on facilities having the necessary HIV tests available to perform the task. In many rural settings, the identification of PLHIV is accomplished through a two-step process involving the sequential use of 2 separate rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs)....