Although, experimental studies have reported fracture at the corner of Steel Plate Shear Walls (SPSW), no study has been performed to investigate the crack effect, yet. Therefore, in this paper, the effect of crack at the corner of SPSWs on the seismic behavior of the system was investigated. Two probable cracks, that have been studies at the corner of SPSWs utilizing extended Finite Element me...

This paper focuses on an overview of radioactive cesium 137 (quasi-Cs137 included Cs134) contamination of freshwater fish in Fukushima and eastern Japan based on the data published by the Fisheries Agency of the Japanese Government in 2011. In the area north and west of the Fukushima Nuclear plant, freshwater fish have been highly contaminated. For example, the mean of active cesium (quasi-Cs13...

Crop rows oriented at a right angle to sunlight direction (i.e., east–west within the winter cropping system in Western Australia) may suppress weed growth through greater shading of weeds in the interrow spaces. This was investigated in the districts of Merredin and Beverley, Western Australian (latitudes of 31u and 32uS) from 2002 to 2005 (four trials). Winter grain crops (wheat, barley, cano...

The antiquities of Lyubech 17th—18th centuries have been known to the scientific community since B. O. Rybakov’s excavation hillfort Zamkova Hora during 1957—1960. Here powerful cultural layer and remains buildings, including defensive ones has recorded. Next time dwellings household buildings this period were recorded by works A. L. Kazakov in suburb (posad) 1989—1990. At beginning current cen...

Regional variation in PCBs and organochlorine (OC) pesticide concentrations was examined using the blubber of 155 minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) sampled in seven regions in the North Atlantic and European Arctic, including western and southeastern Greenland, the Norwegian Sea, the North Sea and the Barents Sea. The levels and relative proportions of OCs were also used to examine the ...

In order to improve the effect of remote video monitoring system, a new image mosaic technology based on fuzzy cellular automata corner detection is presented. Firstly, the edge feature points from two images are extracted by fuzzy cellular automata; secondly the corner feature points are extracted by corner detection method based on geometry feature of corner; thirdly, the corresponding featur...

The life style and demographic structure of Libyan society is changing, and this could affect the epidemiology of certain diseases, including eczema. The aim of this study was to assess the burden of eczema among a selected patient population in the Zliten area in the northwest of Libya. We conducted a retrospective study by reviewing case notes and records in public and private dermatology pra...

COLOURLESS, purple, and pink topaz and transparent quartz crystals have been found in calcite veins (with or without milky quartz) in calcareous rocks near Katlang (34 ~ 24' N, 72 ~ 6' E), Mardan district. The veins do not contain any fluorite nor the country rocks any topaz. The topaz and transparent quartz crystals are mostly broken and perfectly euhedral outlines are very rare. Refractive in...

Notwithstanding the numerous expeditions against the warlike tribes on the north-west and north-east frontiers of British India within recent years, there is a remarkable dearth, in medical literature, of information regarding the nature of tho diseases from which the troops suffered during thoso expeditions, and of the wounds inflicted upon them by the enemy. To meet this want in some small me...