Near-surface mounted (NSM) bars have been used for flexural strengthening of reinforced concrete members. The data available on this type of reinforcement technique are limited and typically, the bars or strips are embedded using an epoxy. Long term durability, abrasion resistance, and compatibility of the repair are important issues with this type of repair. One untested option for embedding t...

PURPOSE: Complications of nipple-sparing mastectomy (NSM) include necrosis of the nipple-areolar complex (NAC) or mastectomy skin flaps. NAC and mastectomy flap delay procedures are novel techniques designed to avoid these complications, and may be combined with retroareolar biopsy when performed prior to NSM. We performed a systematic review of the literature to evaluate techniques for NAC and...

BACKGROUND Localization and interaction studies of viral proteins provide important information about their replication in their host plants. Tospoviruses (Family Bunyaviridae) are economically important viruses affecting numerous field and horticultural crops. Iris yellow spot virus (IYSV), one of the tospoviruses, has recently emerged as an important viral pathogen of Allium spp. in many part...

This paper aims to investigate the effect of using different configurations near-surface mounted carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer (NSM-CFRP) strips on shear strength strengthened and rehabilitated reinforced concrete (RC) T-beams with internal stirrup spacing. The spacing was 50 150 mm. NSM-CFRP were at an inclination 45° spaced 75 A total eight beams tested in this study: two without as control...

BACKGROUND The simple and well-described structure of the C. elegans nervous system offers an unprecedented opportunity to identify the genetic programs that define the connectivity and function of individual neurons and their circuits. A correspondingly precise gene expression map of C. elegans neurons would facilitate the application of genetic methods toward this goal. Here we describe a pow...

We propose, for the first time, neural space-mapping (NSM) optimization for electromagnetic-based design. NSM optimization exploits our space-mapping (SM)-based neuromodeling techniques to efficiently approximate the mapping. A novel procedure that does not require troublesome parameter extraction to predict the next point is proposed. The initial mapping is established by performing upfront fi...

PURPOSE: Complications of nipple-sparing mastectomy (NSM) include necrosis of the nipple-areolar complex (NAC) or mastectomy skin flaps. NAC and mastectomy flap delay procedures are novel techniques designed to avoid these complications, and may be combined with retroareolar biopsy when performed prior to NSM. We performed a systematic review of the literature to evaluate techniques for NAC and...

Cooperative Management has appeared as a promising paradigm on which Network and System Management (NSM) solutions should be partially or entirely based. This paper proposes a conceptual framework to obtain, from any CIM schemas, NSM frame-based ontologies which can then be used in cooperative management solutions.

The use of near-surface mounted (NSM) fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) bars is an interesting method for increasing the shear and flexural strength of existing timber members. This article examines the behaviour of carbon FRP (CFRP) bars in timber under direct pull-out conditions. The objective of this experimental program is to investigate the bond strength between composite bars and timber: bar...