OBJECTIVE To increase power to detect modifier loci conferring susceptibility to specific phenotypes such as disease diagnoses which are part of a broader disorder spectrum by jointly modeling a modifier and a broad susceptibility gene and to identify modifier loci conferring specific susceptibility to schizophrenia (SZ) or to bipolar disorder (BP) using the approach. METHODS We implemented a...

This study investigates propagation of mode I crack in B70 pre-stressed concrete sleepers by fracture mechanics approach. A new experimental analysis is done for notched B70 pre-stressed concrete sleepers with Replica test and image analysis. A scanning electron microscope test (SEM) and an image analysis are applied for the Replica test in order to determine crack length and crack mouth openin...

A different kind of approach was employed in designing a multi-band antenna by using chebyshev distribution to fulfill broadband and military applications on FR4 substrate. The presented approach is based on combining a rectangular and a equilateral triangular patch with proper slots placed on each part and is simulated using concerto software. By changing certain feed position only we can achi...

The concrete structure in the coastal area suffers from combined erosion of sulfate and dry–wet cycles. In this study, order to modify ordinary concrete, fly ash, slag powder, silica fume polyester fiber are added separately. crack resistance was studied through mechanical performance test three-point bending fracture notched beam under load-crack opening displacement (P-CMOD) curve characteris...

This contributions outlines the main features of the cohesive cracks as they were conceived by Hillerborg: as a ~onstitutive model able to describe the generation of a progressively fracturing surface and its evolution up to complete failure. After outlining the basic hypotheses, the numerical tools available for structural analysis are examined, including the simplest approximations reducing t...

The present paper is about the detection of cross seas based on ERS-2/SAR wave mode data and comparison to WAM model. A case of cross seas observed by ERS-2/SAR was analyzed for its generation and development by wave mode data together with the WAM model two-dimensional (2-D) spectra. The sea surface elevation is estimated from these wave mode data with cross sea features using a CMOD type tilt...

This paper describes the performance of CMOD5, a new C-band geophysical model function, relating scatterometer backscatter to surface vector wind information over the global oceans. It was derived on the basis of a comparison of scatterometer triplets from the Active Microwave Instrument (AMI) aboard the ERS-2 satellite with collocated ECMWF first-guess winds. In addition, results from recent a...

For any 0-cell B in a 2-category B, we introduce the notion of adjoint algebra AdB. This is an center B. We prove that if C finite tensor category, this applied to CMod C-module categories coincides with one introduced by Shimizu. As consequence general approach, obtain new results on for categories.

Abstract The present dilemma is how to simulate the real crack in full depth (FD) fiber-reinforced concrete (FRC), FD FRC, get actual fracture toughness of such fibrous composites, i.e., through-thickness pre-cracks are inappropriate for materials. To overcome this dilemma, a new technique was adopted create pre-matrix (MC) without cutting fibers bridging two surfaces pre-crack. main objective ...