The development of seabed trench by the steel catenary riser (SCR) touch-down zone (TDZ) in its early life can be caused installation loads, direct hydrodynamic and vessel first second-order motions on SCR. This paper presents a numerical technique which pre-trench initiated for fatigue response calculations during SCR detailed design analysis. Examples are presented to demonstrate new approach...

Tomorrow's contest between the Albany State Great Danes and the Brockport State Golden Eagles finds both teams looking for their first win of the season. With the two offenses combined having scored only 19 total points in four games, and the Danes still looking to put the ball in the end zone for the first time this year, both teams will have new field generals when they play on University Fie...

coxiella burnetii is the etiologic agent of q fever in human. this study is aimed to determine the contamination rate of c. burnetii in bulk tank milk samples. in this study, a total number of 100 bulk milk samples collected from dairy farms in northeast of iran and were examined for c. burnetii using touchdown pcr assay. the primers were designed to amplify a 687-bp fragment of the is1111 gene...

The series of nine Jack Rabbit II (JR II) chlorine release field experiments in 2015 and 2016 involved releases pressurized liquefied from tanks containing 5–20 tons liquid. This paper concerns JR Trial 8, where the hole (15.2 cm diameter) was oriented upwards at top tank. To our knowledge, this is only full-scale vertically-directed that available for detailed analysis. Our aim to improve unde...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to prospectively evaluate the compliance of our patients with a touchdown weight bearing (without supporting any weight on the affected side by only touching the plantar aspect of the foot to the ground to maintain balance to protect the affected side from mechanical loading) postoperative rehabilitation protocol after treatment of talar osteochondral lesion...

BACKGROUND A study was undertaken to evaluate Chlamydia pneumoniae chronic infection, other respiratory infections, and functional impairment in patients with chronic bronchitis (stage 1) and to examine chronic C pneumoniae infection, rate of acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis, and rate of C pneumoniae eradication following antibiotic treatment (stage 2). METHODS In the stage 1 study r...