The possibility of blast impact loads acting on bridge structures is gradually increasing. local and entire explosion response law a concrete box girder still unclear, anti-explode devices for reducing the are scarce. In this study, rotational inertia particle damper (R-IPD) 1:4 scale model typical three-span continuous-girder were designed manufactured. Subsequently, an test with without R-IPD...

Aiming to compile a thesaurus of adjectives, we discuss how to extract abstract nouns categorizing adjectives, clarify the semantic and syntactic functions of these abstract nouns, and manually evaluate the capability to extract the “instance-category” relations. We focused on some Japanese syntactic structures and utilized possibility of omission of abstract noun to decide whether or not a sem...

Due to nonuniform node distribution, the energy consumption of nodes are imbalanced in clustering-based wireless sensor networks (WSNs). It might have more impact when nodes are deployed in a three-dimensional (3D) environment. In this regard, we propose the eccentricity based data routing (EDR) protocol in a 3D WSN with uniform node distribution. It includes network partitions called 3D subspa...

The method proposed here includes automatic optimal lead(s) selection from multiple lead systems, calculates the EDR-values from QRS-area variations and obtains a respiratory waveform through interpolation. The respiratory frequency and the presence of apnea were calculated in the time-domain, identifying the respiratory cycles on the waveform through a min-max detection method. Validation of t...

Educational design research (EDR) seeks to contribute both practice and theory by developing solutions that improve educational generating usable generalisable knowledge. Most EDR researchers tend focus on reporting their contributions practice. Therefore, there is a need for disseminating pays more attention the theoretical of so those outside particular project can benefit. This paper focuses...

On 6 July 2017, the four Magnetospheric Multiscale spacecrafts were positioned within an electron diffusion region (EDR) just northward of a reconnection X line. The EDR was identified by crescent distributions, out-of-plane current, and energy conversion. From this position, three closest to line (within about inertial lengths) able accurately measure electric field inflow velocity. rates deri...

Reduced nitric oxide (NO) synthesis contributes to risk for cardiovascular disease in chronic kidney disease (CKD). Vascular uptake of the NO precursor l-arginine (ARG) is attenuated in rodents with CKD, resulting in reduced substrate availability for NO synthesis and impaired vascular function. We tested the effect of 4 wk of voluntary wheel running (RUN) and/or ARG supplementation on endothel...