Brick masonry veneer walls connected to infill inserted in a reinforced concrete (RC) frame are common constructive system Portugal. The stability of the wall is ensured by ties that make connection with walls. These enable transferring out-of-plane loads main structure due wind, and particularly earthquakes. However, characterization seismic behavior these tie connections an insufficiently exp...

Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications & CNRS URA 820 Dept. INFRES, 46 rue Barrault, 75013 Paris, France EMail: [email protected] URL: http://www.enst.fr/-elc This paper presents “Ubit”, a new graphical toolkit that is based on the “brick construction game” model. This approach makes it possible to create sophisticated application-specific components by combining simple “basic bricks”. All...

Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications & CNRS URA 820 Dept. INFRES, 46 rue Barrault, 75013 Paris, France EMail: [email protected] URL: http://www.enst.fr/-elc This paper presents “Ubit”, a new graphical toolkit that is based on the “brick construction game” model. This approach makes it possible to create sophisticated application-specific components by combining simple “basic bricks”. All...

BACKGROUND Bricks have been manufactured in Nepal for hundreds of years and are seen as a component of Nepalese sculpture and architecture. Large quantities of hazardous materials including high concentrations of particulate matter are emitted on a daily basis from brick kilns. Exposure to these hazardous materials can lead to adverse consequences on the environment and human health. This study...

This thesis presents a virtual disk cluster called END, the Expandable Network Disk. END aggregates storage on a cluster of servers into a single virtual disk. END'S main goals are to offer good performance during normal operation, and efficiently handle changes in the cluster membership. END achieves these goals using a two-layer design, in which storage "bricks," servers that consist of CPU, ...

During the summer of 2015, India was hit by a scorching heat wave that melted pavements in Delhi and caused thousands of deaths, mainly among the most marginalized populations. One such group facing growing heat risks from both occupational and meteorological causes are migrant brick kiln workers. This study evaluates both current heat risks and the potential future impacts of heat caused by cl...

An interesting subclass of Noun-noun combinations in English can take two meanings depending on whether the first or second word is stressed in speech. A BRICK factory is one that makes bricks, whereas a brick FACTORY is one made of brick. An explanation is offered in terms of a bias for nouns from particular ontological categories to trigger particular semantic interpretations for a combinatio...