pushover analysis is a simplified nonlinear analysis technique that can be used to estimate the dynamic demands imposed on a structure under earthquake excitations. one of the first steps taken in this approximate solution is to assess the maximum roof displacement, known as target displacement, using the base shear versus roof displacement diagram. that could be done by the so-called dynamic p...

Braneworld cosmology has several attractive and distinctive features. For instance the effective equation of state in braneworld models can be both quintessence-like (w0 ≥ −1) as well as phantomlike (w0 ≤ −1). Models with w0 ≥ −1 (w0 ≤ −1) are referred to as Brane 2 (Brane 1) and correspond to complementary embeddings of the brane in the bulk. (The equation of state in Brane 1 can successfully ...

introduction based on task group no. 43 (tg-43u1) recommendations, water phantom is proposed as a reference phantom for the dosimetry of brachytherapy sources. the experimental determination of tg-43 parameters is usually performed in water-equivalent solid phantoms. the purpose of this study was to determine the conversion factors for equalizing solid phantoms to water. materials and methods t...

The quality of the magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) depends on the stability of magnetic resonance (MR) system performance and optimal hardware functioning, which ensure adequate levels of signal-to-noise ratios (SNR) as well as good spectral resolution and minimal artifacts in the spectral data. MRS quality control (QC) protocols and methodologies are based on phantom measurements that ar...

The aim of this paper is to analyze the positional accuracy, kinetic properties of the dynamic multileaf collimator (MLC) and dosimetric evaluation of fractional dose delivery for the intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) for step and shoot and sliding window (dynamic) techniques of Varian multileaf collimator millennium 80. Various quality assurance tests such as accuracy in leaf positioning...

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in this study, a new approach for control (treatment) of AIDS based on patient entry drug. One of the main problems related to AIDS, is lack of control, lack of identification and early treatment of this disease. Today physicians more than anything, control the disease relying on their experience and knowledge and time-consuming and complex experiments, nevertheless, human errors are inevitable...

This paper discusses the identification of dynamic parameters of an industrial robot KUKA KR5 with all revolute joints and serial architecture. For this, the simplified model of the robot was taken into account by considering only those joints which normally operates orthogonal to the gravity vector. The first approach used for finding the dynamic parameters of this simplified model was by form...

The nonlinear dynamic analysis is the most sophisticated evaluation method for vertically irregular structures under effect of earthquake because higher mode effects are significant. In particular, structure has a complex geometry, so errors can occur when inputting members as coordinates or defining properties members. Therefore, simplified modeling proposed in this paper. was developed by con...