construction of railway embankments on loose beds without using any methods of soil improvement (e.g. stone columns in silt and clay beds, deep soil mixing method, jet grouting and also using micropiles individually or in groups form) leads to  reduction of embankment slope gradient, which significantly increases the volume of soil operation. generally, micropile as a reinforcing element with t...

Construction of railway embankments on loose beds without using any methods of soil improvement (e.g. stone columns in silt and clay beds, deep soil mixing method, jet grouting and also using micropiles individually or in groups form) leads to  reduction of embankment slope gradient, which significantly increases the volume of soil operation. Generally, micropile as a reinforcing element with t...

OBJECTIVE dimensional guidelines for bedrails have been developed to minimise the risk of patient entrapment within the bed. We examined whether bedrails in a large Irish teaching hospital complied with these standards. DESIGN AND SETTING survey of 60 accessible beds in six hospital wards. METHODS a specialised cone and cylinder tool that mimics the size and weight of a small adult neck and...

The services provided by coastal ecosystems such as mangrove forests and sea-grass beds are becoming increasingly recognised, yet the functional role of maerl beds has not been addressed. Maerl forms highly biodiverse habitats composed of loose-lying coralline red algae which build up over thousands of years. These carbonate-rich deposits occur in photic areas with strong water movement; they h...

To design and operate various equipment of the solids control system in offshore drilling platforms, it is important to establish how moisture content influences characteristics drilled cuttings form packed beds flow over solid surfaces. The current study provides a comprehensive analysis content, primarily composed water representing Water-based muds (WBMs), properties bed packing flowability ...

Fuel beds represent the layer of fuel that typically supports continuous combustion and wildland fire spread. We examine how wind propagates through above loose packed pine needle artificial 3D-printed in a tunnel. Vertical profiles horizontal velocities are measured for three with prescribed porosities two types made long-leaf needles. The dependence mean velocity within bed respect to ambient...

Infants and young children may be exposed to a variety of dangerous situations when left sleeping in cots, chairs, or beds. A review of 30 cases of accidental asphyxia occurring in infants and young children who had been left to sleep unattended was undertaken from the necropsy and consultation files of the Adelaide Children's Hospital. Causes of death included hanging from loose restrainers, c...

cutis laxa is rare and hetrogenous group of disorders related to abnormalities in elastic tissue. it may be autosomal recessive, autosomal dominant, x linked or acquired. acquired cutis laxa has developed after a febrile illness, inflammatory skin disease such a lupus eryhymatosis or erythema multiform, amyloidosis, hypersensitivity reaction to penicillin and in infants born from women who were...

The proper fabrication of concrete-embedded tracks is a prerequisite for their long-term durability and their economic efficiency. Frequent defects which are caused either during fabrication or during operation are (partially) debonding between the pre-fabricated sleepers and the site-mixed concrete. This paper deals with the Pulse-ESPI-Technique as a measuring method which enables to detect th...