Understanding the impacts of multi-hazard risk in urban areas is a fundamental step towards adoption resilience-enhancement and disaster prevention strategies, underpinning institutional adjustments aimed at improving capacity authorities stakeholders to manage risk. Within this framework, work presented paper seeks identify analyze set exposure buildings’ physical vulnerability indicators be u...

This paper is aimed at proposing a strengthening method for improving the seismic performance of unreinforced masonry (URM) brick walls. What noteworthy regarding proposed technique low price and easy application polypropylene (PP) bands, which are widely used in packaging industry. Three half-scale specimens were tested under cyclic lateral loading simultaneously with imposing constant vertica...

This study drew from a national longitudinal dataset to statistically model students’ background, first-year college experience, and institutional characteristics that contribute to the chances of persisting in a biomedical or behavioral science major through the first-year of college. Of particular interest was the extent to which institutional status affects those chances for underrepresented...

Abstract Seismic vulnerability assessment of historical unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings is crucial for the authorities due to high susceptibility URM earthquakes. Open system earthquake engineering simulation (OpenSees) a well-known, powerful, and versatile seismic analysis platform. In lack free graphical user interface (GUI) buildings, Hyperomet was designed bridge gap between n...

In this study, a system of discontinuous rigid blocks is employed to simulate the possible damage mechanisms in unreinforced masonry (URM) façades and load-bearing frame systems subjected settlement using discrete element method (DEM). First, modeling strategy validated utilizing available experimental results presented literature. Once there good agreement between computational models findings...

Peer-facilitated workshops enhanced interactivity in our introductory biology course, which led to increased student engagement and learning. A majority of students preferred attending two lectures and a workshop each week over attending three weekly lectures. In the workshops, students worked in small cooperative groups as they solved challenging problems, evaluated case studies, and participa...

Endophytic fungi were isolated from healthy leaves of Indigofera suffruticosa Miller, a medicinal plant found in Brazil which is used in folk medicine to treat various diseases. Among 65 endophytic fungi isolated, 18 fungi showed activity against at least one tested microorganism in preliminary screening, and the best results were obtained with Nigrospora sphaerica (URM-6060) and Pestalotiopsis...

The Microbiology and Cell Science (MCS) Department at the University of Florida (UF) developed a new model of a 2 + 2 program that uses a hybrid online approach to bring its science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) curriculum to students. In this paradigm, 2-year graduates transfer as online students into the Distance Education in MCS (DE MCS) bachelor of science program. The pr...

Approximately 30% of Turkey's population lives in rural areas and they are seated structures, which called unreinforced masonry building (URM). These types buildings consist mudbrick structures with wooden carcasses, masonry-adobe supports, brick briquette supported by reinforced concrete lintels. The construction is easy low cost because the availability materials such as masonry, so it freque...