The project entitled Global Ground Motion Prediction Equations is funded by the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation and has the objective of recommending a harmonized suite of ground motion prediction equations (GMPEs) that can be used at the global and regional scales for seismic hazard analysis and loss estimation studies. As part of this project, Task 1a experts were commissioned to mak...

background: the drug-eluting stent (des) decreases the rate of coronary restenosis and re-obstruction. the aim of this study was to assess prospectively the effectiveness of the new generation des on the left ventricular (lv) systolic and diastolic functions in patients with isolated severe proximal left anterior descending (lad) coronary artery stenosis. methods: a prospective study was conduc...

The USGS National Strong Motion Program (NSMP), in cooperation with 17 partners, currently operates a permanent network of more than 675 digital and 265 analog strong motion instruments. These recorders, each with 3 to 18 channels of data, are located at 673 sites, including ground motion reference sites and structural arrays, distributed throughout 32 states and Puerto Rico. About half of thes...

Ground reaction force data and tibial accelerations from a skin-mounted transducer were collected during rearfoot running at 3.3 m/s across a force platform. Five repetitive trials from 27 subjects in each of 19 different footwear conditions were evaluated. Ground reaction force as well as tibial acceleration parameters were found to be useful for the evaluation of the cushioning properties of ...

The characteristics of near-fault ground motion are investigated considering heterogeneous slip distribution on the fault plane. Areas on the fault plane with large slip in compare with the average slip on the fault are known as asperity. The characteristics of strong ground motions in near-fault area are strongly affected by faulting parameters such as asperity location, maximum slip of asperi...

A real-time seismic monitoring infrastructure has been recently installed and it is actually operating in southern Italy, whose main purposes are to rapidly issue an earthquake alert, to provide near-real-time maps of the peak ground motion and intensity shaking and to test the feasibility of earthquake early warning following moderate to large earthquakes occurring along the southern Apenninic...

previous case histories have shown that soil liquefaction severely damaged many structures supported on pile foundations during earthquakes. as a result, evaluating the potential for instability is an important consideration for the safe and resistant design of deep foundation against earthquakes. in this study, the liquefaction susceptibility of saturated sand interacting by single concrete pi...

Background: This paper presents the extended work of a seismic hazard map for Bengkulu City, Indonesia. In this current study, maps are generated by considering site variations in Methods: First, investigation data is collected. Furthermore, probabilistic spectral response City analysed. The matching method implemented to obtain appropriate ground motion most dominant earthquake scenario that o...