This study aims to identify optimal intensity measures (IMs) for use in probabilistic seismic demand models (PSDMs) circular tunnels soft soil deposits. To this end, we performed an extended numerical parametric involving two-dimensional time history analyses of selected soil-tunnel configurations evaluate the response under transverse shaking. A series 18 IMs were and tested, corresponding fre...

Aims: Patients with fibromyalgia have very limited psychological flexibility that can lead to severe pain, depression, and other psychiatric disorders. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of acceptance and commitment-based therapy on depression, chronic fatigue and pain intensity in patients with fibromyalgia with the effect of waiting and quarterly follow-up. Methods & materia...

Textures are characteristic intensity (or colour) variations that typically originate from roughness of object surfaces. For a well-defined texture, intensity variations will normally exhibit both regularity and randomness, and for this reason texture analysis requires careful design of statistical measures. While there are certain quite commonly used approaches to texture analysis, much depend...