Burnt bricks lined with mortar were among the materials used in the construction of historical load-bearing structures. The need to know the strength characteristics of masonry material arises during repairs of historical structures and their subsequent static securing. These can be investigated either by sampling a masonry specimen, or the employment of non-destructive testing methods. With de...

Cardiac SPECT imaging, like most medical imaging employing planar and tomographic data acquisition techniques, has traditionally been performed with the patient in the supine position, i.e. lying face up on the imaging bed. It is easy to understand that this position, while convenient from a procedural standpoint, may not be the most comfortable for all patients. Several studies suggest that th...

In general, maps should answer a very simple question of its reader: "what's there" and „where is something”? For planetary maps, the answer is more difficult, because (1) in some cases even map makers don't know what's there, since the main original source data is images of the surface (2) its readers are not familiar with the surface forms (3) the official Latin IAU names appearing on the map...

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients at High Risk of Coronary ObstructionJournal the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & InterventionsVol. 1Issue 4100347PreviewCoronary obstruction following transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is a life-threatening complication. For patients elevated risk, it not known how choice influenced by clinical and anatomic factors outcomes ...

A self-consistent fluid model developed for simulations of microgravity dusty plasma experiments has for the first time been used to model asymmetric dusty plasma experiments in a modified GEC reference cell with gravity. The numerical results are directly compared with experimental data and the experimentally determined dependence of global discharge parameters on the applied driving potential...

Within the EUDET framework package JRA3, the concept of an analog hadronic calorimeter (AHCAL) for the International Linear Collider (ILC) based on scintillating tiles and silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) has been developed. The concept has been validated by the realization of the three main deliverables of the HCAL work package, namely the mechanical, stainless steel absorber structure, the ba...

While visual search is known to be heavily guided by visual features similar to those in the search target, little is known about how we select the feature dimensions – such as luminance or orientation to guide search so efficiently. Here we introduce a novel measure of the informativeness of individual feature dimensions for a given search task. By analyzing human eye movements during search i...

This paper presents an analysis result of collaborative studio course that engages students, faculty and practitioners. The collaborative studio is one of the two sequential capstone courses. As the capstone studio experience of students’ academic design career, these two capstone courses encourage students’ initiative and independence in design. Students are required to choose a practitioner a...

Alliot et al. [1] who used GAs for solving conflicts in air traffic control. Davis [2] and Giffer [3] applied genetic algorithms to problems involving job shop and production scheduling, respectively. These, along with countless other researchers have found GAs to be a valuable tool in problem solving and optimization environments.Although the high strength-to-weight properties of composite mat...

The current state of affair in e-learning world-wide shows a reluctance to didactic design. Learners frequently complain and scientists discuss about insufficient adaptivity of e-learning offers to the learners’ needs. Didactics is badly underestimated. High quality didactic design is seen as a crucial aspect of dissemination. E-learning content and services need to reach their audience properl...