Low-rise vernacular masonry buildings are vulnerable to damage from extreme flooding. This paper presents findings a study based in Sri Lanka assessing the structural resilience of non-engineered single-storey houses constructed with either fired clay brickwork or cement block walls. A survey flood-damaged enabled characterisation materials, and development proposals improve lateral load capaci...

Abstract: Reinforced concrete shear walls have been used throughout the world as known resisting elements for the lateral wind and earthquake loads. They are mostly designed and constructed based on elastic calculations and therefore resulting in un-economical sections. In order to overcome this weakness, scientists have proposed different methodologies to account for the non linear behavior of...

the aim of this study was to introduce modified continuous wave compaction (mcwc) technique and compare its obturation quality with that of lateral compaction (lc), warm vertical compaction (wvc) and continuous wave compaction techniques (cwc). the obturation time was also compared among the four techniques.sixty-four single-rooted teeth with 0-5° root canal curve and 64 artificially created ro...

Effects of curettage on the healing pattern extraction wounds and their surrounding structures mandibular canal nerve were observed compared after third molars from dogs, right alveoli having been submitted to a thorough curettage. New bone deposition upper lateral walls was observed, squeezing nerve.

This study evaluates the structural behavior of aerated autoclave concrete (AAC) blocks laterally loaded in in-plane direction under quasi-static loading. The started with evaluation basic physical properties AAC blocks, including its (individually and as part an assembly), followed by large-scale testing two (half-scaled) walls constructed commercially available blocks. first wall was unreinfo...

Oropharyngeal dysphagia is commonly associated with neurologic disease, as well as other acute and chronic conditions. Incidence is up to 70% following stroke [1], up to 97% in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis [2] and ranges from 55-82% in Parkinson’s disease depending on the method of assessment [3,4]. It is widely accepted that the presence of dysphagia is associated with pulmonary complications...