This paper reports the application of consecutive-interpolation procedure into four-node quadrilateral elements for analysis two-dimensional cracked solids made functionally graded composite plate. Compared to standard finite element method, recent developed has been shown possess many desirable features, such as higher accuracy and smooth nodal gradients it still satisfies Kronecker-delta prop...

The basic functions and the relative concepts of ZigBee network are analyzed in this paper. The implementation method of ZigBee network layer is proposed, it includes how to build a new network, add a node to the network, send data and receive data. The distributing address assigning mechanism, the tree hierarchical route algorism and AODVjr algorism are implemented. Finally, the ZigBee network...

In this paper, a displacement-based, variationally consistent, two variable refined theory for shear deformable beams is presented. The beam is assumed to be of linearly elastic, homogeneous, isotropic material and has a uniform rectangular cross-section. In this theory, the beam axial displacement and beam transverse displacement consist of bending components and shearing components. The assum...

Background and objectives: The ideal drug for treatment of a wide range of supraventricular arrhythmia hasn't yet been developed. Previous studies have shown antihypertensive and negative inotropic effects of the Urtica dioica L. (nettle). Therefore, the aim of present study is to determine the rate dependent inhibitory effects of ethanol extract of nettle roo...

Building fragility functions provide a probabilistic representation of a building damage potential due to a hazard of a varying intensity. A simplified probabilistic displacement-based framework is adopted to develop fragility functions for NZ building inventory subject to ground motion hazard. To account for the diversity of building characteristics within a given building class, a Monte-Carlo...

Countermeasures for node misbehavior and selfishness are mandatory requirements in MANET. Selfishness that causes lack of node activity cannot be solved by classical security means that aim at verifying the correctness and integrity of an operation. We suggest a generic mechanism based on reputation to enforce cooperation among the nodes of a MANET to prevent selfish behavior. Each network enti...

We describe a uniform way of obtaining basic hypergeometric functions as limits of the elliptic beta integral. This description gives rise to the construction of a polytope with a different basic hypergeometric function attached to each face of this polytope. We can subsequently obtain various relations, such as transformations and three-term relations, of these functions by considering geometr...

Brain activity reveals exquisite coordination across spatial scales, from local microcircuits to brain-wide networks. Understanding how the brain represents, transforms and communicates information requires simultaneous recordings from distributed nodes of whole brain networks with single-cell resolution. Realizing multi-site recordings from communicating populations is hampered by the need to ...

While industry IT project managers are scrambling for large numbers of IS graduates / professionals with significant COBOL skills to support billions of lines of legacy applications, academic programs are migrating away from COBOL as an integral part of their IS curricula. In some cases, IS programs have eliminated COBOL altogether. The trend toward reducing or eliminating a sequence of COBOL c...