this paper aims to assess the application of support vector machine (svm) regression in order to analysis flexible pavements. to this end, 10000 four-layer flexible pavement sections consisted of asphalt concrete layer, granular base layer, granular subbase layer, and subgrade soil were analyzed under the effect of standard axle loading using multi-layered elastic theory and pavement critical r...

We investigate how writing proficiency relates to the flexible use of cohesion. Forty-five students wrote 16 essays across 8 sessions. Natural language processing techniques were used to calculate the cohesion of each essay. Random walk and Euclidian distance measures were then used to visualize and classify students’ flexibility in cohesion across the essays. Results revealed that students who...

Our modern life has grown to depend on many and nearly ubiquitous large complex engineering systems. In recent years, many disciplines have seemingly come to ask the same question: “In the face of assumed disruption, to what degree will these systems continue to perform and when will they be able to bounce back to normal operation”. This paper seeks to partially fulfill this need with static re...

we present a case report of acute spontaneous knee hemarthosis due to erosion of the nail through the knee joint capsule in a boy, seven months following retrograde flexible nailing for fractured femur. careful positioning of the location of the insertion site of flexible nails and proper nail tip management are important to avoid this rare late complication.

OBJECTIVE This study was conducted to compare the results of fixed versus flexible GnRH antagonist protocols in controlled ovarian stimulation for Intra Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) in patients with PCOS. MATERIALS AND METHODS A randomized clinical trial was performed on 100 PCOS women, who were admitted to a tertiary infertility clinic and were candidate for IVF/ICSI. They were divided...

This study investigates the differences between the predictions of various properties of rigid and flexible simple point charge water models at supercritical conditions. Molecular dynamics simulations were conducted for supercritical water in a temperature range of 773-1073 K and densities in the range 115-659 kg/m3. We present thermodynamic data, pair correlation functions, selfdiffusivity, po...

The pull-type manufacturing system is known for its need for a frozen schedule, balanced workload and inability to handle fluctuations in demand. But today’s research and development are addressing the ways to handle a pull-type system to accommodate greater fluctuations. One approach is to design the system with greater routing flexibility in that flexible machines and multiple part types are ...

This paper introduces measures of information for Bayesian analysis when the support of data distribution is truncated progressively. The focus is on the lifetime distributions where the support is truncated at the current age t>=0. Notions of uncertainty and information are presented and operationalized by Shannon entropy, Kullback-Leibler information, and mutual information. Dynamic updatings...

[Purpose] This study observed the plantar pressure between flexible flatfoot and normal foot on different walking conditions to find out if flexible flatfoot needs the treatment and how the plantar pressure change while walking upstairs and downstairs. [Subjects and Methods] Fifteen adults with mild flexible flatfoot, fifteen adults with severe flexible flatfoot and fifteen adults with normal f...