In December 1961, Letournel [10] published his original series on acetabular fracture classification and operative management. Before that time, acetabular fractures were classified as those associated with posterior hip dislocation and those associated with central hip dislocation. Many were treated without surgery, resulting in poor articular congruity of the hip. Citing an increasing inciden...

Damage to adobe constructions might occur due a long wall and lack of effective restraint in the middle wall, causing it collapse under an earthquake. Aiming at these problems, technology for improving seismic performance modified adobe-brick-masonry composite with wooden-construction center column is proposed. It uses mud, wooden column, steel-wire mesh, nylon ropes reinforce wall. On this bas...

This paper deals with optimal operation of a three-product Dividing-Wall Column (DWC). The main idea is to design a control structure, through a systematic procedure for plantwide control, with an objective to achieve desired product purities with the minimum use of energy. Exact local method is used to find the best controlled variables as single measurement or combination of measurements ...

Eolian transport of biomass from ephemerally wetted soils, associated with summer glacial meltwater runoffs and lake edges, to low-productivity areas of the Antarctic Dry Valleys (DV) has been postulated to be an important source of organic matter (fixed nitrogen and fixed carbon) to the entire DV ecosystem. However, descriptions and identification of the microbial members responsible for N(2) ...

To evaluate methods for detection of genital human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA in men, samples were obtained from 3 consecutive groups of 10 men attending a sexually transmitted disease clinic by use of (1) a saline-wetted Dacron swab alone, (2) a saline-wetted cytobrush, or (3) emery paper (600A-grit Wetordry Tri-M-ite; 3M) abrasion followed by a saline-wetted Dacron swab. By use of a polymerase ...

Adjuvants have been used to improve pesticide application efficiency and effectiveness for many years. However, knowledge on quantitative reactions of adjuvant-amended pesticide droplets on Article Request Page http://asae.frymulti.com/azdez.asp?JID=5&AID=29662&CID=pitt2010&T=1[12/28/2010 12:43:57 PM] foliage is lacking. Evaporation rate and wetted area of 500 μm droplets with four different ad...

The reactive uptake coefficients, γ, of NO3 onto aqueous solutions containing ions X) HSO3, SO3, HCOO-, CH3COO, and OHwere measured at 273 ( 1 K using a wetted-wall flow tube reactor. The values of HDl k (H ) Henry’s law coefficient, Dl ) diffusion coefficient in the liquid phase, and k ) second-order rate coefficient for the liquid phase reactions of NO3 with X-) for the reactive uptake of NO3...

Using the formula of shear bearing force of oblique cross section in eccentrically loaded column, we analyze the stress acting on short-leg shear wall and conventional eccentrically loaded column. We propose the formula for calculating the shear bearing force of oblique cross section of short-leg shear wall that considers the action of vertical reinforcing steel bars, flange and axial compressi...