Abstract The critical solid fraction (ϕJ), which marks the transition between and liquid phases in jamming diagram, is influenced by several factors. In this study, dependency of ϕJ on strain rate boundary conditions examined through discrete element method simulations considering a frictionless polydisperse granular system. Different approaches are used to determine ϕJ. observed effect due non...

Abstract The fatigue of concrete has been the subject research for many years, and yet, there are still open questions. In particular, fatigue‐induced damage evolution accompanied by a stress redistribution process propagating through structure is not fully understood. So far, only few experimental studies addressing propagation material zone occurring, example, in beams with pulsating, nonunif...

Motivation Chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing (ChIP-seq) experiments are inexpensive and time-efficient, and result in massive datasets that introduce significant storage and maintenance challenges. To address the resulting Big Data problems, we propose a lossless and lossy compression framework specifically designed for ChIP-seq Wig data, termed ChIPWig. ChIPWig enables random access, su...

Using circularly polarized light microscopy,we described a weighted-scoring method for quantifying regional distributions of six secondary osteon morphotypes(Skedros et al.: Bone 44 (2009) 392-403). This osteon morphotype score (MTS) strongly correlated with "tension" and "compression" cortices produced by habitual bending. In the present study, we hypothesized that the osteon MTS is superior t...

The repair of airway epithelium after injury is crucial in restoring epithelial barrier integrity. Although the airway epithelium is stretched and compressed due to changes in both circumferential and longitudinal dimensions during respiration and may be overdistended during mechanical ventilation, the effect of cyclic strain on the repair of epithelial wounds is unknown. Human and cat airway e...

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are becoming increasingly utilized in applications that require remote collection of data on environmental conditions. In particular dense WSNs emerging as an important sensing platforms for the Internet Things (IoT). able to generate huge volumes raw data, which network structuring and efficient collaboration between nodes ensure transmission. order reduce amoun...