Individuals with severe, function-impairing personality disorders comprise a large proportion of the difficult-to-manage inmates. Personality disorders are reliably diagnosable using standardized criteria (DSM-IV), and treatment options are now available. Through careful assessment, differential diagnosis, and differential therapeutic selection, clinicians have the opportunity to help these ind...

15. Supplementary Notes Project performed in cooperation with the Texas Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration. Project Title: Long-Term Performance of GFRP Reinforcement URL: http://tti.tamu.edu/documents/0-6069-1.pdf 16. Abstract Significant research has been performed on glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) concrete reinforcement. This research has shown that GF...

in this paper, a complete description concerning linear operators of banach spaces with range in lipschitz algebras $lip_al(x)$ is provided. necessary and sufficient conditions are established to ensure boundedness and (weak) compactness of these operators. finally, a lower bound for the essential norm of such operators is obtained.

the purpose of this paper is to introduce the concept of pairwise f-closedness in bitopological spaces. this space contains both of pairwise strongcompactness and pairwise s-closedness and contained in pairwise quasi h-closedness. the characteristics and relationships concerning this new class ofspaces with other corresponding types are established. moreover, several ofits basic and important p...

In White's effect equiluminant test patches placed on the black and white bars of a square-wave grating appear different in brightness. The illusion has generated intense interest because the direction of the brightness effect does not correlate with the amount of black or white border in contact with the test patch, or in its general vicinity. Therefore, unlike brightness induction effects suc...

We analyze the observed properties of nested and single stellar bar systems in disk galaxies. The 112 galaxies in our sample comprise the largest matched Seyfert vs. non-Seyfert galaxy sample of nearby galaxies with complete near-infrared or optical imaging sensitive to lengthscales ranging from tens of pc to tens of kpc. The presence of bars is deduced by fitting ellipses to isophotes in HST H...

Technology of round bars rolling on a three-high skew rolling mills allows rolling of standard materials such as steel and aluminum, as well as new materials, especially hard deformable materials. The paper presents the results of theoretical and experimental rolling process of aluminum bars with a diameter of 20 mm. As the stock round bars with a diameter of 25 mm made of aluminum grade 1050A ...

The use of near-surface mounted (NSM) fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) bars is an interesting method for increasing the shear and flexural strength of existing timber members. This article examines the behaviour of carbon FRP (CFRP) bars in timber under direct pull-out conditions. The objective of this experimental program is to investigate the bond strength between composite bars and timber: bar...

Xiphophorus cortezi males are polymorphic for the pigment pattern vertical bars. In this study, we determined whether X. cortezi females are polymorphic in their preference for this trait by examining both withinand between-individual variation in female preference. There was significantly more variation in female preference within than between individuals using both video animations and live m...

Near-surface mounted (NSM) bars have been used for flexural strengthening of reinforced concrete members. The data available on this type of reinforcement technique are limited and typically, the bars or strips are embedded using an epoxy. Long term durability, abrasion resistance, and compatibility of the repair are important issues with this type of repair. One untested option for embedding t...