Application of pile-raft foundations, which are known as “compound foundations”, is a suitable alternative in the case of heavy load structures. The interaction behavior of pile raft foundations makes these systems very complex to analyze. Different methods have been proposed to determine the bearing capacity of piled raft systems and distribution of loads between the components, i.e. pile grou...

Technology has provided means to sustain life and provide care regardless of whether the treatment is appropriate and compassionate given the condition of the patient. This study presents two case histories, compiled from historical patient charts, staff notes and observations, that illustrate the variety of ethical issues involved and the role culture plays in the decision making process relat...

The purpose of this article is to present in elementary mathematical and statistical terms a simple way to quickly and effectively teach and understand case-control studies, as they are commonly done in dynamic populations-without using the rare disease assumption. Our focus is on case-control studies of disease incidence ('incident case-control studies'); we will not consider the situation of ...

1. Etiology 2. Distribution 3. Disease in Animals 4. Disease in Humans 4.1. Cutaneous Anthrax 4.2. Intestinal Anthrax 4.3. Pulmonary (inhalation) Anthrax 4.4. Other Forms of Anthrax 5. Vaccines and Treatment 6. The cases of large occurrence 6.1. An Unusual Outbreak of Anthrax in Australia 6.2. Human Anthrax in Zimbabwe 6.3. The Sverdlovsk Anthrax Outbreak of 1979 6.4. Outbreaks of Anthrax Zoono...

The authors have assembled a collection of case studies about the 40 infectious diseases that cause the most illness and death worldwide. Each chapter begins with a brief case presentation. This example is followed by a section on microbiologic aspects of the organism, including the pathophysiology of infection. The host response is then described, followed by a discussion of clinical manifesta...

The results presented in this report is a summary of all the experiments that have been performed during the project on the case studies presented in [15].

In this chapter we take a look at the application of replication techniques for building scalable distributed systems. Unlike using replication for attaining dependability, replicating for scalability is generally characterized by higher replication degrees, and thus also weaker consistency. We discuss a number of cases illustrating that differentiation of replication strategies, for different ...

_ two typically herpetic eruptions were noticed. The herpes soon spread to the neck below the ear and also on the face in front of left ear and a few vesicles appeared in the supra-clavicular region. On the appearance of the rash the intensity of pain was considerably relieved. Three days after the appearance of the rash the patient developed left facial paralysis (Bell). The eruptions also ext...