The Wood Innovation Research Lab was designed as a low energy-use building to facilitate the construction and testing of engineered wood products by faculty staff Master Engineering in Integrated Design Program at University Northern British Columbia Prince George, BC, Canada. Constructed using 533 mm thick-wall 659 flat roof assembly, it received certification Canada’s first industrial facilit...

The thermal performance of lightweight steel framed (LSF) facade walls depends on many factors, such as the studs, batt insulation, external insulation composite systems (ETICS), and sheathing layers. Moreover, high conductivity could negatively affect their due to consequent bridge effect. Furthermore, in LSF walls, is usually bridged by studs. Thus, some analytical calculation procedures defi...

Abstract Sheathed timber frame shear walls (STFSW) with strong anchorage have recently been studied to be used as the main lateral force resisting system in buildings. The first part of this research project highlighted enhancement stiffness and strength STFSWs comparison established configuration light-frame under monotonic horizontal loading. In paper, in-plane seismic behavior was further in...

Timber-based strengthening interventions on existing wooden floors showed great potential to improve the diaphragm response in seismic rehabilitation. This is particularly important masonry buildings earthquake prone areas, achieve a global box behaviour. A numerical model able describe non-linear cyclic behaviour of unreinforced and reinforced illustrated present paper. Since timber made by ap...

Purpose: To report on a case of a patient with primary retinal vasculitis. Methods: Retrospective single case report. Patient: A 27-year-old female presented with decreased vision in her left eye for the past year. On exam, her visual acuity for the left eye was 20/50. She has had trouble accessing medical care but denies any illness, infections or trauma. Results: Upon ophthalmic examination, ...

1 of 2 DESCRIPTION A 34-year-old lady who defaulted highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), returned after 2 years with bilateral rapidly progressive blurring of vision of 6 months duration. Five months back she was diagnosed to have cerebral toxoplasmosis and was started on double strength trimethoprim/ sulphamethoxazole and HAART and she was continuing on the same regimen. Her CD4+T cel...