Owing to the progressive use of cold-formed high strength steel (HSS) for transportation applications, a characterisation fatigue behaviour HSS has become focal point material scientists and design engineers. To mimic components, specimen was adopted from previous research that features multiple bent sections. The geometry obtained by consecutive bending operations at room temperature. When sub...

background recently, assessment of the atrial motion and deformation indices obtained via doppler myocardial imaging (dmi) has been proposed as a new method of exploring the atrial function. objective our aim was to assess the right atrial (ra) regional function using myocardial velocities, strain, and strain rate imaging (sri) and compare it with the function of the inter-atrial septum (ias) a...

Structural health monitoring (SHM) is an effective way to maintain the civil infrastructure against unexpected collapse. In recent years, many researchers have developed numerous damage detection methods to identify possible damage locations. The damage locating vector (DLV) method proposed by Bernal has received significant attention because this method was verified by a series of proof-of-con...

introduction: physiological, anthropometrical and thermal perceptual are the most important factors affecting thermoregulation of men and women in workplaces. the purpose of this study was determining the validity of a questionnaire method for assessing women’s heat strain in workplaces. methods: this cross‑sectional study was carried out on 96 healthy women. data were continuously collected ov...

The collapse of the World Trade Center (WTC) has reminded us of the importance of structural integrity monitoring for improving disaster preparedness and response. A real-time system based on GPS and optical fibre sensors for monitoring structural integrity of the skyscraper has been proposed. In the designed system, there are 4 RTK GPS receivers atop the skyscraper on the vertices and 4 groups...

The field of structural health monitoring is concerned with accurately and reliably assessing the integrity of a given structure to reduce ownership costs, increase operational lifetime, and improve safety. In structural health monitoring systems, fiber Bragg grating (FBG) is a promising measurement technology for its superior ability of explosion proof, immunity to electromagnetic interference...

For application of genetically engineered fluorescent Pseudomonas spp., specific markers are required for monitoring of wild-type Pseudomonas strains and their genetically modified derivatives in natural environments. In this study, the specific siderophore receptor PupA of plant growth-promoting Pseudomonas putida WCS358 was used as a marker to monitor wild-type strain WCS358. After introducti...