The effects of plan asymmetry on the earthquake response of one­ story systems are identified by comparing the dynamic response of an asymmetric­ plan system and the corresponding symmetric-plan system for a wide range of system parameters-uncoupled lateral vibration period, uncoupled torsional-to-lat­ eral frequency ratio, stiffness eccentricity, and yield factor. Elastic as weI! as in­ elasti...

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background: presentation of course plan were advised but presentations of  lesson plans were useful too. these items can introduce the course and lessons of each session to students.  the objective of this study was the determination of the effects of educational planning on learning of occupational diseases. methods: this study was a semi experimental study which was conducted by using the cur...

The aim of this study is to provide a practical approach to the planning technique and evaluation of plan quality for the multi-lesion, single-isocenter stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) of the lung. Eleven patients with two or more lung lesions underwent single-isocenter volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT) radiosurgery or IMRS. All plans were normalized to the target maximum dose. ...

Automatic generation of building floor plans is useful in many emerging applications, including indoor navigation, augmented and virtual reality, as well as building energy simulation software. These applications require watertight models with limited complexity. In this paper, we present an approach that produces 2.5D extruded watertight models of building interiors from either 2D particle fil...

Successful outcomes following hand burn injury require an understanding of the rehabilitation needs of the patient. Rehabilitation of hand burns begins on admission, and each patient requires a specific plan for range of motion and/or immobilization, functional activities, and modalities. The rehabilitation care plan typically evolves during the acute care period and during the months following...

We present TransUCP, a formalism for Transformational Analogy in the context of classical domain-independent planning. TransUCP defines precisely possible plan modification operations for Transformational Analogy and covers a wide range of existing implementations. We use TransUCP to analyze the implications for Transformational Analogy of well-known results about the complexity of general plan...

BACKGROUND To assess inter-observer variability in delineating target volume and organs at risk in benign tumor adjacent to optic tract as a quality assurance exercise. METHODS We quantitatively analyzed 21 plans made by 11 clinicians in seven CyberKnife centers. The clinicians were provided with a raw data set (pituitary adenoma and meningioma) including clinical information, and were asked ...

Traditionally, planning problems are cast in terms of imperative constraints that are either wholly satisfied or wholly violated. It is argued herein that this framework is too rigid to capture the full subtlety of many real problems. A new flexible planning problem is defined which supports the soft constraints often found in reality. A solution strategy using the Graphplan framework is descri...