By Timothy Phillips Vaughan, MS. Washington State University May 2010 Chair: David I. McLean This research evaluated the structural performance of reinforced masonry shear walls conforming to requirements given in the 2008 MSJC Building Code Requirements for Masonry Structures under cyclic lateral loading. Seismic design provisions in the 2008 MSJC provide prescriptive requirements for three di...

A 66-year-old female patient was admitted to a general surgery polyclinic with abdominal pain. She was treated for pulmonary tuberculosis (PT) 28 years ago. On performing a physical examination, right upper quadrant tenderness was detected. Laboratory parameters were unremarkable. Abdominal ultrasonography (USG) findings were compatible with cholelithiasis and wall thickening of a hepatic flexu...

[1] The boundary of the Martian crustal dichotomy in the eastern hemisphere is one of the most striking topographic features on the planet. The long wavelength topography of much of the boundary is expressed by a broad rise and an arched ramp that slopes downward from the southern highlands into the northern lowlands and often ends in a steep scarp. Lithospheric flexure of the southern highland...