The purpose of this study was to determine whether volar locking plate fixation for distal radius fracture benefits the fragility fracture population as much as it benefits the non-fragility fracture population. This matched case-control study was conducted based on a multi-center clinical prospective cohort. A comparison of treatment outcomes after volar locking plate fixation was made between...

ior of u nical e tive st havior for soils under unsaturated conditions, the characterization of and then derived the loading-collapse yield curve, which Article history: Received 27 July 2013 Received in revised form 8 March 2014 Accepted 9 March 2014 Available online 29 March 2014

This paper presents a simple modification to the standard IS curve used, at least implicitly, by policymakers that allows capital flight to have a contractionary effect in emerging market economies. In the standard model, capital flight leads to an expansionary shift in the IS curve through an increase in net exports. However, in the presence of liability dollarization for domestic firms, a cur...

Data suggest inadequacy of common statistical techniques for reporting outcomes in clinical trials. The Fragility Index can measure how many events the statistical significance hinges on, and may facilitate better interpretation of trial results. This study aimed to assess the Fragility Index in pediatric randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with statistically significant findings published in h...

N-body simulations of the Cold Dark Matter (CDM) model yield singular halo density profiles in apparent conflict with halo profiles of dark-matter-dominated galaxies derived from observed rotation curves. An analytical model we have derived elsewhere for the postcollapse equilibrium of cosmological halos reproduces many of the average properties of halos in CDM simulations to good accuracy, inc...

To further study the global seismic behaviour and post-earthquake reparability of RC building frames with proposed self-centring columns low-bond high-strength reinforcements (LBHSRs), incremental dynamic analysis (IDA) five-floor ten-floor frame archetypes under excitation by twenty ground motions (GMs) was performed. First, pushover results indicated that use LBHSR could substantially improve...

We argue, in light of Collapse Model interpretation quantum theory, that the fundamental division between and classical behaviors might be analogous to thermodynamic phases. A specific relationship collapse parameter $$(\lambda )$$ length scale ( $$r_C$$ ) plays role coexistence curve usual phase diagrams. further claim our functional $$\lambda$$ is strongly supported by existing International ...

Abstract Infrastructure networks have become increasingly complex, whose progressively higher levels of interdependence make them even more vulnerable. This empirical analysis based on the Morandi bridge collapse examines robustness and vulnerability motorway railway in north-western Italy. By following a network topology-based approach, motorways railways are studied as one single interconnect...

In this paper the influence of vertical component ground motion on performance an unreinforced masonry wall is analysed using sets one-component and two-component motions. The set motions represents actual seismicity L'Aquila, while investigated mimics experimental specimen with two unconnected external leaves a rubble core. model falls within mixed finite element method – discrete accounts for...