The Parseval Semi-Rigid Airship “PL-27”, Curing Leprosy with Antimony

Curing the stigma of leprosy.

The stigma of leprosy is a real phenomenon in many people's lives that affects their physical, psychological, social and economical well-being. There are many causes for this damaging image of leprosy. There is no one easy answer to dispelling this image; it is something that has to be done in partnership with communities and patients. Many papers document the effects of stigma, but few discuss...

Antimony in the treatment of leprosy.

Antimony is one of the many drugs which has been advocated in the tr eatment of leprosy. ·In the Pretoria Leper Institution we find it useful in various types of cases. We agree with Muir (1) that it has "the power of controlling the condition of lepra reaction," and we use it as a routine for erythema nodosum leproticum. Incidentally we are also using insulin for this condition as recommended ...

Preliminary Note on the Treatment of Leprosy by Antimony

Nonlinear inelastic dynamic analysis of space steel frames with semi-rigid connections in urban buildings

Applied studies addressing semi-rigid connections have been limited. Scant information exists in regulations except little brief information. Therefore, this research analyzes the behavior of three-dimensional steel frames and semi-rigid connections based on beam-column method and non-linear dynamic analysis. Stability functions and geometric stiffness matrix were used to study the non-linear g...

Static and dynamic nonlinear analysis of steel frame with semi-rigid connections

One of the important issues in the study of steel frames is to find a suitable formulation for semi-rigid connections. In this paper, the explicit stiffness matrix for a two-dimensional beam-column element having end-flexibilities is derived. The effects of the lateral uniformly distributed load on the deflection are considered. Both tensile and compressive axial loads are also taken into accou...