Region of the Americas has a very large equity gap, and the United States– Mexico border is no exception, as indicated by the gradient between the two countries and between communities along both sides of the border. For example, the average household income in San Diego, California, United States (US$ 60 000), is about double that in McAllen, Texas, United States (US$ 30 000), and there is an ...

This work is devoted to the study of influence protective coating, initial stresses, mechanical characteristics materials, movement parameters surface load on stress-deformed state elastic base. The relevance research results related possibility their use in creation qualitatively new structures and building structures. Two models a layered incompressible half-space are considered compared: 1) ...

natural hazards such as earthquakes have threatened the life of human beings during the history.as a consequence, the vibration mitigation of structures has caught great importance. activecontrol of structures is one of the rapidly emerging areas in the concept of structural control. thispaper presents a control method to deal with this subject when the dynamics of the structure ishysteretic an...

A powder‐free latex glove of suitable size is chosen by a tutor to ensure a comfortable fit for the trainee’s hand. Basic outlines of bones, muscle and tendon attachments, blood vessels and nerves can then be subsequently drawn on with a pen, thereby providing the trainee with a useful visual aid [Figures 1‐3]. This model is particularly good for demonstrating incisions for surgical exposures f...

In our request for papers exploring psychosocial issues contributing to or influencing the impact of HIV prevention interventions, we anticipated a wide range of experimental and analytic approaches and a diversity of target populations. In this regard, we were not surprised. What we did not anticipate was the geographic reach of interest in this topic. Among the nine manuscripts comprising thi...