Masonry infill has been widely used as building material due to its cost effectiveness and availability.  The failure of these masonry infill walls during the past earthquakes have underscored the importance of ensuring the safety of the infill walls when it is subjected to lateral loads. In-plane and out of plane failures have been observed in many reinforced concrete framed building with maso...

A numerical study of the string tension and of the masses of the lowest-lying glueballs is performed in SU(N) gauge theories for 2 ≤ N ≤ 8 in D=3+1 and 2 ≤ N ≤ 6 in D=2+1. It is shown that for the string tension a smooth N → ∞ limit exists that depends only on the ’t Hooft coupling λ = gN . An extrapolation of the masses of the lightest glueballs to N = ∞ using a power series in 1/N shows that ...

We report here on a new arthroscopic direct repair technique for a radial tear of the posterior root of the medial meniscus (PRMM) using a posterior trans-septal portal. Radial tears of the PRMM are commonly observed in the elderly population of Korea and Japan, and the life style of these people requires squatting and kneeling down in daily life. A radial tear of the PRMM results in the loss o...

Responding to recent challenges Clay’s Running Records (2019) and their analysis using a three-cueing system, the authorI examines this reading assessment from an additive perspective of both bottom-up top-down orientations instruction. Endorsing inclusion among classroom assessments, author I navigates tension between two by examining signposts that can be found in Records. In discussion, incl...

i ntroduction: due to the complex anatomy of the root canal system and high surface tension of common root canal irrigants (rci), conducting an investigation on rcis containing surfactants is a priority. the aim of this in vitro study was to verify the antibacterial potential of rci with low surface tension in root canals infected with enterococcus faecalis ( e. faecalis ). methods and material...