The main objective of this article is to assess the expected seismic damage in reinforced concrete buildings from a probabilistic point of view by using Monte Carlo simulation. To do that, the seismic behavior of the building is studied by using random capacity obtained by considering the mechanical properties of the materials as random variables. Starting from the capacity curves, one can obta...

Joint damage in rheumatoid arthritis is assessed radiologically. Previous studies have not examined in detail its long term progression. We evaluated the overall changes of peripheral joint damage radiologically in 50 rheumatoid patients followed up at one rheumatology centre for 10 years. All peripheral joints were scored in 12 groups with Larsen's standard films at 0 and 10 years. In 48 cases...

The paper presents an in-depth analysis of two-dimensional disordered lattices of statistical damage mechanics for the study of quasi-brittle materials. The strain energy variation in correspondence to damage formation is thoroughly examined and all the different contributions to the net energy changes are identified and analyzed separately. We demonstrate that the introduction of a new defect ...

The impact of loads on machine foundations is a typical cause vibrations in industrial applications. Typically, these will transfer vertical dynamic to the surface, which result earth that may structural damage nearby structures. Dynamic impacts can vary from significant failure sensitive sensors or systems evident damage. current work investigates behavior saturated clay soil under single impu...

Sanov’s Theorem and the Conditional Limit Theorem (CoLT) are established for a multicolor Pólya Eggenberger urn sampling scheme, giving the Pólya divergence and the Pólya extension to the Maximum Relative Entropy (MaxEnt) method. Pólya MaxEnt includes the standard MaxEnt as a special case. The universality of standard MaxEnt advocated by an axiomatic approach to inference for inverse problems i...

Background Native T1 mapping cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging allows for quantitative assessment of myocardial oedema following acute myocardial infarction (MI). Coronary flow reserve (CFR) measures the maximum increase in intracoronary blood flow and it is a marker of microvascular dysfunction consequent to ischemic damage. The relation between increasingly higher native T1 values and ...

Cobalt-60 Irradiation/Testis/House Sparrow (Passer domesticus, Linn.) Adult male house sparrows were exposed to Co-60 external irradiation at doses of 475, 712 and 950R. The dose rate was 100 R/hr at a distance of one foot. The birds were autopsied at intervals of 1, 3, 5, 7 and 15 days after irradiation. Testes were studied for histopathological damage produced. There was a significant loss of...