A prototype self-centering prestressedconcrete (SCPC) bridge pier andconventional reinforced concrete (RC) with similar backbone curves are designed and modeled. The objective of this study is to investigate the seismic performance SCPC considering effect vertical earthquake ground motions. Under a severe motion, RC damage much greater than pier. shows great capability in reducing residual drif...

In the last two decades many researchers focused on development of innovative building structures with aim achieving seismic resilience. Among others, steel Moment Resisting Frames (MRFs) equipped friction devices in beam-to-column joints have emerged as an effective solution able to dissipate input energy while also ensuring damage-free behaviour system. However, date, little attention has bee...

Severe trauma affects all structures of the self – one's image of the body; the internalized images of the others; and one's values and ideals – and leads to a sense that the self-coherence and self-continuity are invaded, assaulted, and systematically broken down. The traumatic events overwhelm the ordinary human adaptations to life and generally involve threats to life or bodily integrity, co...

After reviewing the source-type solution of Burgers equation with standard dissipativity, we study hypoviscous counterpart equation. 1) We determine an that governs near-identity transformation underlying its self-similar solution. 2) develop approximation scheme and construct first-order approximation. 3) obtain numerically by Newton-Raphson iteration find it to agree well Implications are giv...

Deep Boltzmann machines are in theory capable of learning efficient representations of seemingly complex data. Designing an algorithm that effectively learns the data representation can be subject to multiple difficulties. In this chapter, we present the “centering trick” that consists of rewriting the energy of the system as a function of centered states. The centering trick improves the condi...

The conditions of Black male students in K-12 schools have been well-documented by scholars and clearly illustrate institutionalized anti-Black maleness that continues to go unaddressed or, some cases, never addressed most educator preparation programs school systems the U.S. We call for centering bodies teacher education offer Afrocentric Assessment Mattering Pathways (AAMP) guidance intention...