Edward Dawe FRCS(Tr & Orth) BSC(Hons) Dip(SEM), Specialty Registrar Year 8, Royal Surrey County Hospital Guildford, Honorary Clinical Lecturer Brighton and Sussex Medical School, ORKSS research collaborative Piers Page MPhil MRCSEd, Specialty Registrar Year 4, Frimley Park Hospital, Honorary Clinical Lecturer Brighton and Sussex Medical School, ORKSS research collaborative Hip fracture, while a...

This pilot study sought to determine if participation in an after school community-based exercise program would result in improved fitness, self-concept, and social skills in a heterogeneous sample of children and adolescents with disabilities. Eighteen participants with physical and/or cognitive disabilities were recruited for an 8-week exercise program. Pre/post testing measures included: a m...

conclusions the results showed that group play therapy improves self-concept in children suffering from thalassemia major. objectives the aim of this study was to determine if group play therapy could significantly increase self-concept among children with thalassemia major ages 7 to 11 years old in teaching hospitals of golestan province, iran, in 2012. patients and methods in this randomized,...

scouring is the removal of sediment particles resulted from variations of flow pattern. local scour is considered among the reasons of instability and ultimately failure of bridges. during the past decades, different methods were proposed against local scour at bridge piers. these methods can be broadly classified into two categories: flow-altering and bed-armoring methods. each method can be c...

The use of precast post-tensioned segmental (PPS) piers is growing in the bridge industry, particularly Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC). To increase their high-seismicity regions, this study focuses on seismic performance PPS under pulse-like near-field earthquakes. Two ensembles 40 ground motions and 44 far-field along with three various heights are used a series incremental dynamic anal...

This paper investigates a seismic retrofit technique that allows bridge steel truss piers to uplift and rock on their foundation. Displacement-based passive energy dissipation devices buckling-restrained braces, or BRBs are implemented at the uplifting location to control the rocking response while providing additional energy dissipation. The hysteretic behavior of the controlled rocking system...

This paper describes the design, testing, and finite element modeling, of a proofof-concept eccentrically braced frame specimen utilizing a hybrid rectangular shear link. The link is self-stabilizing and does not require lateral bracing, making it suitable for use in steel bridge piers where lateral bracing can be difficult to provide (building applications are possible as well). Equations used...

We all learned from our textbooks, that the field equations according to Maxwell do not describe potential vortices in the dielectric such as vortex losses in capacitors. But this was yesterday. Since Science and Nature have reported in 2009 about the development of magnetic monopoles by the German Helmholtz Society [12] the 3rd Maxwell equation (divB = 0) is describing only a special case and ...