This paper presents the results from the testing of a 0.4-scale “hybrid” precast concrete wall specimen under reversed-cyclic lateral loads combined with gravity loading. The specimen was designed to conform to the requirements of ACI ITG-5.2 (2009) and tested according to ACI ITG-5.1 (2007) to ultimately support the validation of hybrid precast walls for use in moderate and high seismic region...

A 76-year-old woman was admitted to the emergency department with a squeezing severe chest pain starting at rest, 1 h before. Previous medical history was unremarkable. An electrocardiogram showed rapidly evolving ST-segment changes (Panels A–C). The rapid troponin I assay was positive (1.4 ng/mL). Unknown renal dysfunction was also noted (creatinine of 1.7 mg/ dL). Apical akinesia was present ...

A 39-year-old healthy man noticed a painful left chest wall mass associated with daily fevers, generalized pruritus, and jaundice. A hepatic panel showed a total bilirubin of 24.9 mg/dL, AST of 224 U/L, ALT of 506 U/L, and alkaline phosphatase of 1947 U/L. A chest computerized tomography (CT) showed a 9.6 x 5.2 cm chest wall mass extending to the mediastinum, and biopsy revealed anaplastic larg...

MOTS CLÉS Cardiomyopathie induite par le stress ; A 73-year-old woman without previous medical history was admitted for suspected persistent thoracic anginal pain following a violent suffocating cough. On admission, results of physical examination and per-critical electrocardiogram were normal. Aortic dissection and pulmonary embolism were ruled out by computed tomography scan. The troponin pea...

99 Università degli Studi di Salerno A 69-year-old man came to our observation after a cerebral vascular stroke. Six years before our observation, the patient had been subjected to a pericardiocentesis for an episode of cardiac tamponade . The procedure had been performed without any complication. After the procedure, the patient had been asyntomatic until September 2010, when he had been hospi...

Agricultural waste fibers have been found to be suitable as reinforcement in cement-based composites, but studies on oil palm fiber as reinforcement in gypsum-cement wall panels are scarce. A mixture of two equal weights of gypsum and cement, with water-binder ratios of 0.45 and 0.55 were prepared. In each mix a varying percentage of fiber contents of 2%, 3% and 4% by weight of the binders were...