Quadratic Bézier curves are important geometric entities in many applications. However, it was often ignored by the literature the fact that a single segment of a quadratic Bézier curve may fail to fit arbitrary endpoint unit tangent vectors. The purpose of this paper is to provide a solution to this problem, i.e., constructing G quadratic Bézier curves satisfying given endpoint (positions and ...
Quadratice Bézier curves are important geometric entities in many applications. However, it was often ignored by the literature the fact that a single segment of a quadratic Bézier curve may fail to fit arbitrary endpoint unit tangent vectors. The purpose of this paper is to provide a solution to this problem, i.e., constructing G quadratic Bézier curves satisfying given endpoint (positions and...
Load-depth curves of an unpoled Lead Zirconate Titanate (PZT) film composite as a function of temperature were measured by nanoindentation technique. Its reduce modulus and hardness were calculated by the typical Oliver-Pharr method. Then the true modulus and hardness of the PZT film were assessed by decoupling the influence of substrate using methods proposed by Zhou et al. and Korsunsky et al...
Philip S HelliwellOliver FitzGeraldJaap FransenDafna D GladmanGerald G KreugerKristina Callis-DuffinNeil McHughPhilip J MeaseVibeke StrandRobin WaxmanValderilio Feijo AzevedoAdriana Beltran OstosSueli CarneiroAlberto CauliLuis R EspinozaJohn A FlynnNada HassanPaul HealyEduardo Mario KerzbergYun Jong LeeEnnio LubranoAntonio MarchesoniHelena Marzo-OrtegaGiovanni PorruElvia G MoretaPeter NashHelena RaffayovaRoberto RanzaSiba P RaychaudhuriEuthalia RoussouRaphael ScarpaYeong Wook SongEnrique R SorianoPaul P TakIlona UjfalussyKurt de VlamJessica A Walsh
OBJECTIVE
To develop new composite disease activity indices for psoriatic arthritis (PsA).
METHODS
Data from routine clinic visits at multiple centres were collected in a systematic manner. Data included all domains identified as important in randomised controlled trials in PsA. Decisions to change treatment were used as surrogates for high disease activity. New indices were developed by mult...
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank my adviser Michael Zieve for teaching me to fish. I would like to thank Jeffrey Lagarias for helpful feedback in writing this thesis. I would like to thank my family (Peter, Susan, and Holly), my beautiful girlfriend Becky, and the community of Michigan graduate students for keeping me sane.
Li LimingPeter J. GieraschRichard K. AchterbergBarney J. ConrathF. Michael FlasarAshwin R. VasavadaAndrew P. IngersollDon BanfieldAmy A. Simon-MillerLeigh N. Fletcher
[1] The strong jet, with a speed between 500 and 600 m/s, is inferred in the equatorial region of Saturn by combining the nadir and limb observations of Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS) aboard the Cassini spacecraft. A similar jet was discovered on Jupiter (F. M. Flasar et al., 2004a). These discoveries raise the possibility that intense jets are common in the equatorial stratospheres of ...
Iran’s vast common natural gas resources and the necessity to extract and export it as Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) to distances more than 3000Km opens a lucrative field for researchers to optimize LNG cycles. In this article heat integration in cryogenic cycles by determining interacycle partition temperature and optimizing refrigeration features like Subcooler, Presaturator, aftercooler, reboi...
The size effect in the failure of a hybrid adhesive joint of a metal with a fiber-polymer composite, which has been experimentally demonstrated and analytically formulated in preceding two papers, is here investigated numerically. Cohesive finite elements with a mixed-mode fracture criterion are adopted to model the adhesive layer in the metal-composite interface. A linear tractionseparation so...
Partially Encased Composite (PEC) column is one of the recent achievements in the field of composite columns. This paper presents a combined experimental and theoretical study on the mechanical performances of six octagonal PEC columns subjected to axial compressive and bending moment loading. The major different between them was the concrete reinforcement details. The parameters studied in the...
Zachary L DwightRobert PalaisJana KentCarl T Wittwer
Melting curve prediction of PCR products is limited to perfectly complementary strands. Multiple domains are calculated by recursive nearest neighbor thermodynamics. However, the melting curve of an amplicon containing a heterozygous single-nucleotide variant (SNV) after PCR is the composite of four duplexes: two matched homoduplexes and two mismatched heteroduplexes. To better predict the shap...
