The brush border of small intestinal enterocytes is highly enriched in cholesterol- and glycosphingolipid-containing membrane microdomains, commonly termed as lipid 'rafts'. Functionally, transcytosis of IgA and exocytosis of newly made brush-border proteins in enterocytes occur through apical lipid raft-containing compartments, but little is otherwise known about these raft microdomains. We th...

Problem statement. The patented useful model for the design of combined raft-pile foundation (CRPF), consisting a raft part and piles, with gap height Δ is made between piles. That is, distribution settlements (resistances) soil base under then piles (after hinged connection raft) assumed, based on condition not exceeding maximum allowable settlement su building or structure. initial which aris...

Wind turbine structures can be susceptible to damage from earthquake loading due large overturning moments at the foundation level. As wind energy market expands seismically active parts of world, it becomes important evaluate seismic behaviour these structures. Especially, earthquake-induced liquefaction when farms are located on sites with marginal soil conditions such as loose, saturated san...

Triggered by reactivation of the strike-slip North Anatolian Fault, the disastrous Mw 7.4 Kocaeli (Turkey) earthquake also produced normal faulting in the pull-apart basin of Gölcük. Surface scarps from such faulting reached almost 2.5m in height. Several structures were crossed by the surface rupture. As expected, many of them either collapsed or were severely damaged. But, surprisingly, sever...

The settlements and corresponding soil reactions of a surface raft foundation subjected to vertically uniform load at the sites granular or cohesive soils have been qualitatively introduced engineers in past. This study intends verify load-response mechanism using three-dimensional finite-element analyses. Mohr–Coulomb model was used simulate nonlinear effects soils. coefficients subgrade were ...