Fragility curves are very useful in quantifying the physical and economic damage of buildings that have undergone an earthquake. This paper presents the development of analytical fragility curves representative of mid-rise residential structures built with reinforced concrete, taking into account the specific structural characteristics of Algerian buildings. The derivation of the analytical fra...

Background Hair is an ectodermal structure, and its formation is regulated by master genes important in embryology. Hair shaft consists of three major regions: the medulla, cortex and cuticle. Hair shaft abnormality will divide structural hair abnormalities into two broad categories - those associated with increased hair fragility and those not associated with increased hair fragility. We condu...

buildings with high degree of importance such as hospitals, police stations, fire stations and other vital facilities play a crucial role in crisis and risk management of cities. therefore, special attention should be paid to design and construction of these buildings in order to maintain their performance during and after the earthquake. important buildings in iran is designed according to the...

Indonesia is located in a high-seismic-risk region with significant number of non-engineered houses, which typically have higher risk during earthquakes. Due to the wide variety differences even among parameters within one building typology, it difficult capture total population, as typical structural engineering approach understanding fragility involves tedious numerical modeling individual bu...

After the fragility curve is established, probability of structural damage reaching each level under action ground motion can be determined according to parameters, so as calculate direct and indirect loss caused by complete earthquake prediction. This paper combines improved IMK resilience model study seismic vulnerability high-pier long-span bridges. Moreover, this obtains parameter calculati...

BACKGROUND The main problem of tremor is the damage caused to the quality of the life of patients, especially those at more advanced ages. There is not a consensus yet about the origins of this disorder, but it can be examined in the correlations between the biological signs of aging and the tremor characteristics. METHODS This work sought correlations between the osmotic fragility of erythro...

Burc Molecular Genetik Tani ve Arastirma Laboratuvari Vali Konagi Cad. Orhan Ersek Sok. 19/2 34365 NisantasiŞişli, İstanbul, Turkey Tel: 902122919420, Fax: 902122472242 Aim: The aim was to investigate the interactions of hyperbaric oxygenation (HBO) and sulphur dioxide (SO2) inhalation (at 10 ppm, one hour daily for 45 days) on lipoperoxidation and fragility of RBC membranes. Methods: Malonyldi...

Osteoporosis has been named the silent disease because there are no symptoms until a fragility fracture occurs. With the rapid rise in the elderly population, the number of patients with osteoporosis and fragility fractures has increased in most developed countries. Fragility fractures increase societal burdens in terms of mortality and quality of life, as well as economic costs. Fragility frac...