BDNF (Brain derived neurotrophic factor) is a secretion protein and a member of the neurotrophin family of growth factors. Structural and functional characterization of BDNF Varanus komodoensis is of interest while its structure remains unknown. Thus, a homology molecular model of BDNF was constructed for gleaning possible structural insights. The model was compared with the structure of the ho...

Studies done by the previous researchers in Concrete Filled Steel Tubes (CFST) have a significant focus on bond performance of CFST. This paper includes studies evaluation critical parameters such as interface condition, length, infilled concrete strength, and end friction cross-section dimension these members. It is found that effect length had very little impact stress it shows promising valu...

Graph databases supporting retrieval based on structural similarity utilize structure indexes. A structure index is a data structure that indexes different structural features of member graphs. These features are typically extracted at insertion time. However, as the extraction of structural features may suffer from combinatorial explosion, the structure index takes long insertion time and larg...

A dual structural fused system consists of replaceable ductile elements (fuses) that sustain major seismic damage and leave the primary structure (PS) virtually undamaged. The seismic performance of a fused structural system is determined by the combined behavior of the individual PS and fuse components. In order to design a feasible and economic structural fuse concept, we need a procedure to ...

many previous studies used leader - member exchange to explain the quality relationship between employees and supervisors. however, in previous studies, the mechanism of this theory in creativity is not so clear. thus, this study defines the role of leaders in creating a culture of organizational learning using normative approach to examine the relationship between communication quality leader ...

A scheme for active control of nonlinear vibration of space-structures, wherein each member is modeled as a beam-column, is presented. The expressions for shear stresses transmitted to the structural member by the distributed segmented piezo-electric actuators, which are bonded on the surfaces of the member, are derived in the general case in which the structural member is subjected to moments,...

A method is presented for selecting the subset of identified structural vibration modes to be used in finite element model correlation for structural damage detection. The method is based on a ranking of the modes using measured modal strain energy, and is a function of only the measured modal parameters. It is shown that a mode selection strategy based on maximum modal strain energy produces m...