A factorial analysis was performed to assess the sen­ sitivity of Foschi’s nonlinear structural truss plate per­ formance parameters to parameter determination meth­ ods. The factors considered were treatment of asymmet­ ric failures of joints, the end of the data, and constraints placed on the asymptotic slope parameter M1. Results suggest that the parameter values are sensitive to the end of ...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to compare the stability and feasibility of four fixation constructs in a posterior column acetabular fracture: one reconstruction plate, one reconstruction plate and lag screw, two reconstruction plates, and a W-shaped acetabular angular plate. METHODS Twenty embalmed cadaveric pelvises with a posterior column acetabular fractures were allocated to one...

This paper deals with uncertain parabolic fluid flow problem where the uncertainty occurs due to the initial conditions and parameters involved in the system. Uncertain values are considered as fuzzy and these are handled through a recently developed method. Here the concepts of fuzzy numbers are combined with Finite Difference Method (FDM) and then Fuzzy Finite Difference Method (FFDM) has bee...

effects of hall current, ion-slip and coriolis force on unsteady mhd couette-hartmann flow of a viscous incompressible electrically conducting fluid through a porous medium bounded by porous plates in the presence of a uniform transverse magnetic field which is either fixed relative to the fluid or to the moving porous plate is investigated using laplace transform technique. the expressions for...

In the following paper, free vibration analysis of two directional FGM circular nano-plate on the elastic medium is investigated. The elastic modulus of plate varies in both radial and thickness directions. Eringen’s theory was employed to the analysis of circular nano-plate with variation in material properties. Simultaneous variations of the material properties in the radial and transverse di...

Parkinson's disease, also known as movement disorder, is a disorder of the basal ganglia that causes disturbances in and posture but no major paralysis. It has been suggested oxidative stress plays significant part pathogenesis disease. Levodopa replacement therapy dopamine continue to be cornerstones disease treatment. Although levodopa therapy, particular, have ability improve motor symptoms,...

S U M M A R Y Wedevelop and validate a systematic approach to infer plate boundary strength and rheological parameters in models of mantle flow from surface velocity observations. Based on a realistic rheological model that includes yielding and strain rate weakening from dislocation creep, we formulate the inverse problem in a Bayesian inference framework. To study the distribution of paramete...

We propose a fast plate segmentation algorithm for automatic license plate recognition systems which is stable to plate rectangle localization inaccuracies and image brightness distortions. The algorithm uses a priori information about the geometry of standard plate types and additionally makes adjustments to symbols positions through localization errors estimation and correction. We introduce ...