Tried-and-true binary strategy for angular displacement estimation based upon fidelity appraisal

A Tried-and-True Method for Encouraging Innovation

Modification of Displacement Coefficient Method in Estimation of Target Displacement for Regular Concrete Bridges Based on ASCE 41-06 Standard

Displacement Coefficient Method (DCM) stipulated in the ASCE 41-06 standard is becoming the preferred method for seismic rehabilitation of buildings in many high-seismic-hazard countries. Applications of the method for non-building constructions such as bridges are beyond the scope of this standard. Thus its application to this kind of structure should be approached with care. Target displaceme...

Physics. Is quantum mechanics tried, true, wildly successful, and wrong?

Antony Valentini has never been happy with quantum mechanics. Sure, it’s the most powerful and accurate scientific theory ever devised. Yes, its bizarre predictions about the behavior of atoms and all other particles have been confirmed many times over with multi-decimalplace exactitude. True, technologies derived from quantum mechanics may account for 30% of the gross national product of the U...

Tried and true: a survey of successfully promoted academic hospitalists.

BACKGROUND Academic hospital medicine is a new and rapidly growing field. Hospitalist faculty members often fill roles not typically held by other academic faculty, maintain heavy clinical workloads, and participate in nontraditional activities. Because of these differences, there is concern about how academic hospitalists may fare in the promotions process. OBJECTIVE To determine factors cri...

Nitrous oxide in neuroanesthesia: tried and true or toxin?

NITROUS oxide is a funny gas. It got off to a less than auspicious start when Horace Wells was humiliated by boos and jeers when he administered it for surgery the first time at Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, Massachusetts) on January 18, 1845, and his patient, having the mask removed too soon, cried out with pain. It is implicated in a litany of well-known problems even today: nausea ...