A numerical study that focuses on the maximum displacement response of reinforced concrete structures subjected to earthquake loading is presented. The specific item of the interest is the increase in maximum displacement caused by biaxial base excitation as compared with that for uniaxial base excitation. The maximum displacement of structural systems structures subjected to uniaxial base exci...

Background: Little is known about the relation between the extent of microvascular damage and infarct size in patients after successful mechanical reperfusion of acute myocardial infarction. Objective: To compare the spatial extent of reduced myocardial signal between real time myocardial contrast echocardiography (MCE) and single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) after successful mec...

Moutan Cortex (MCE) has been used in traditional medicine to remove heat from the blood, promote blood circulation and alleviate blood stasis. This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of MCE on regulatory mechanisms of cytokines and nitric oxide (NO) involved in immunological activity of Raw264.7 cells. Cells were pretreated with methanolic extracts of MCE, and further cultured for an a...

A memory conjunction error (MCE) is said to occur when a novel test item composed of parts of previously studied items is falsely recognized as old. This study investigated the effects of warning against false positives and the semantic relatedness between study and test items on the magnitude of the MCE. Results indicate that while the MCE depends critically on the semantic relatedness, warnin...

MCE has evolved from a laboratory tool to a clinical procedure. It would be wrong to consider it merely another tool for imaging of myocardial perfusion. As discussed, it allows physicians to bring physiology and pathophysiology to the bedside, providing a better understanding of the underlying mechanisms of abnormal findings in individual patients. MCE can provide quantitative measurements tha...

The parameters of the two parameter exponential distribution are estimated in this article based on complete and Type-I censored samples from the Bayesian viewpoint. Bayes point estimates and credible intervals for the scale and location parameters are derived under the assumption of squared error loss function. An illustrative example is provided to motivate the proposed Bayes point estimates ...

Among various indices of earthquake ground motions, the maximum amplitude value and frequency content have been regarded as the most important indices for earthquake engineering. These indices are strongly affected by local site conditions. Also the fact that the duration of earthquake ground motion differs from site to site even during the same earthquake has been noticed by many researchers. ...

BACKGROUND Although assessment of myocardial perfusion by myocardial contrast echocardiography (MCE) is feasible, its incremental benefit to stress echocardiography is not well defined. We examined whether the addition of MCE to combined dipyridamole-exercise echocardiography (DExE) provides incremental benefit for evaluation of coronary artery disease (CAD). METHODS AND RESULTS MCE was combi...

BACKGROUND Little is known about the relation between the extent of microvascular damage and infarct size in patients after successful mechanical reperfusion of acute myocardial infarction. OBJECTIVE To compare the spatial extent of reduced myocardial signal between real time myocardial contrast echocardiography (MCE) and single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) after successful mec...

BACKGROUND Although defects on intracoronary myocardial contrast echocardiography (MCE) indicate loss of viability after reperfusion, opacified segments may also exhibit persistent dyssynergy. Therefore, we related the intensity and texture of opacification produced by an intravenous contrast agent to histological findings to determine the characteristics of necrotic tissue by postreperfusion M...