Testing of large-scale specimens and models is currently possible in a few earthquake-engineering laboratories around the world. However, full-scale laboratory seismic testing of entire civil engineering structures (e.g., cable-stayed bridges, multi-story office buildings, industrial facilities, and pipeline distribution systems) is not likely in the near future due to the prohibitive costs ass...

the aim of this study was to compare the satisfaction from body areas and social - physique anxiety in islamic azad university students. for this purpose, 424 athlete and non-athlete undergraduate students completed body areas satisfaction scale (bass) and seven-item social - physique anxiety scale (7-spas). results of multivariate analysis of covariance (mancova) showed that while sport (indiv...

urban large-scale projects have always been a controversial topic of debates. these projects are time- and money-consuming and the rejection or approve of their functionality is based on political intentions. in the last hundred years, each of them costed billions of dollars from private or public budgeting, used technical and human resources. these risky-complex creatures are built to fulfill ...

(June 7, 1998.) 0 This is the text of an article that I wrote and disseminated in September 1981, except that I've updated the references, corrected a few misprints, and added a table of contents, some footnotes, and an addendum. The original article gave a simplified exposition of Deligne's extension of the Main Theorem of Complex Multiplication to all automorphisms of the complex numbers. The...

Introduction Software inspection is an industry-proven process for eliminating defects and reducing development costs in complex systems. Software inspections can identify and eliminate approximately 80 percent of all software defects during development. When inspections are combined with normal testing practices, defects in fielded software can be reduced by a factor of 10. By reducing the amo...

Advances in semiconductor technology and design automation, together with increased market competition, have driven engineers to achieve higher levels of integration, with shortened development cycles. Consequently, verification and analysis are becoming a major bottleneck for timely design of complex systems. The panelists and the audience will explore silicon debug and its impact on the desig...

(June 7, 1998.) This is the text of an article that I wrote and disseminated in September 1981, except that I’ve updated the references, corrected a few misprints, and added a table of contents, some footnotes, and an addendum. The original article gave a simplified exposition of Deligne’s extension of the Main Theorem of Complex Multiplication to all automorphisms of the complex numbers. The a...

Living organisms can sense and respond to external and internal stimuli. Response isdemonstrated in many forms including modulation of gene expression profiles, motility,secretion, cell death, etc. Nevertheless, all forms share a basic property: they depend on sensingsmall changes in the concentration of an effector molecule or subtle conformational changes ina protein and invoking the appropri...

background: phantom limb pain (plp) is approximately a common condition after limb amputation, which potentially affects the quality of life. we aimed to evaluate anxiety and depression in patients with amputated limbs suffering from plp and to compare these psychological dysfunctions with that of patients with non‑phantom chronic pain. methods: a total number of 16 male amputees with plp and 2...