Lateral restrainers are traditionally provided in reinforced masonry (RM) walls to prevent the vertical steel bars from buckling. In current version of Australian Masonry Standards (AS 3700–2018), use lateral RM is relaxed, if rebars surrounded by grout annulus twice diameter bars. However, it challenging maintain verticality reinforcing block cores satisfy requirement without restrainers. To a...

Effective cuttings transport and accurate drilling hydraulics prediction remain issues of concern during operations horizontal, extended reach multilateral wells. While several studies have adopted a two- or three-layered modelling approach to evaluate efficiency, they neglected the effect gas-liquid fluid flow pattern within annulus on transport. An experimental theoretical study was carried o...

BACKGROUND Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is a well-established treatment for patients with severe aortic valve stenosis. This procedure requires pre-operative planning by assessment of aortic dimensions on CT Angiography (CTA). It is well-known that the aortic root dimensions vary over the heart cycle. However, sizing is commonly performed at either mid-systole or end-diastole ...

INTRODUCTION Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) was first identified in the intervertebral disc (IVD) when its molecular upregulation was observed in sections of nucleus pulposus cultured under conditions of increased osmolarity. BDNF is now known to be involved in a number of biologic functions, including regulation of differentiation/survival of sensory neurons, regulation of nociceptiv...

Irregular, concentric zones of increased signal on T2-weighted cranial MR imaging studies may strongly suggest Balo concentric sclerosis (BCS), a rare but recognized variant of multiple sclerosis. Differentiating BCS from multiple sclerosis or neoplasm can be difficult clinically, but MR imaging findings noted in this case may be pathognomonic.

Atypical inflammatory demyelinating syndromes are rare neurological diseases that differ from multiple sclerosis (MS), owing to unusual clinicoradiological and pathological findings, and poor responses to treatment. The distinction between them and the criteria for their diagnoses are poorly defined due to the lack of advanced research studies. Balo's concentric sclerosis (BCS) and Schilder's d...

Interpreting how far organisms within fossil assemblages may have been transported and if they all originated from the same location is fundamental to understanding whether they represent true palaeocommunities. In a three-factorial experimental design, we used an annular flume to generate actualistic sandy sediment-density flows that were fast (2 ms-1) and fully turbulent in order to test the ...

Because traditional procedures of evaluating elastic-like behaviour have yielded mixed results, the purpose of this work was to explore two methods of measuring elastic-like behavior in the power squat. The entire concentric time method was based on traditional procedures. The initial concentric time method was developed to examine elastic-like behavior for the beginning 0.2 s of concentric mov...

We present a case of tricuspid annulus calcification, documented by fluoroscopy, chest X-ray and cross sectional echocardiography. This case is interesting for two reasons: 1) Tricuspid annulus calcification is extremely rare and very few cases have been reported. 2) It is the third case described where two-dimensional echocardiography established the diagnosis of this very rare condition. Prev...