dynamic behavior of the wind-excited-benchmark-building using semi-active electromagnetic friction dampers (saemfds), with modulated homogeneous friction algorithm is presented. the performance of the benchmark building is studied under across wind loads by installing the saemfds with smooth boundary layer semi-active friction (sblsaf) algorithm. the governing equations of motion are solved by ...

Locality and storage management considerations for fork-join parallelism lead to the loss of the important List Scheduling property. The worst case performance of the constrained scheduling policies, called PaH and ToS, is very bad: (nearly) all parallelism is lost. “Practical” performance, however, differs radically from worst case performance. The PaH and ToS policies perform on average withi...

Karl Popper discussed admirably the choice between faith and reason [Popper, 1945, Ch. 24]. He admitted that the basis of rationalism is a faith of sorts, a faith in reason. Later on his disciple William W. Bartley dissented from him [Bartley, 1962] and even called him a fideist [Radnitzky and Bartley, 1987, 205, 208, 210-11], much to his annoyance. All this caused bad blood between the two [La...

breaking bad news is quite often not done in an effective manner in clinical settings due to the medical staff lacking the skills necessary for speaking to patients and their families. bad news is faced with similar reactions on the part of the news receiver in all cultures and nations. the purpose of this study was to explore the perspectives of iranian nurses on breaking bad news to patients ...

recognition of the molecular mechanisms of camp action against dna damage-induced apoptosis can be useful to improve the efficacy of dna damaging therapeutic agents. considering the critical role of bcl-2-associated death promoter (bad) and p53 proteins in dna damage -induced apoptosis, the aim of this study was to assess the effect of camp-elevating agents on these proteins in doxorubicin-trea...

Conventional agency theory suggests that firms should benchmark CEO compensation to absorb systemic risk and more efficiently incentivize executives work hard. Yet, empirical research has found only a modest use of benchmarking in contracts. In this paper, I highlight one weakness relative performance evaluation (RPE). When earnings management is possible, creates stronger incentives for misrep...

BACKGROUND Breaking bad news is one of the most stressful and difficult things a physician has to do. Good communication skills are required in order to ensure that bad news is delivered in a humane but effective way. OBJECTIVES This study was designed to explore the preferences and attitude of the Saudi population toward receiving bad news. Second, it was to identify the associations between...