BACKGROUND Adequate zinc is critical for immune function; however, zinc deficiency occurs in >50% of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected adults. We examined the safety and efficacy of long-term zinc supplementation in relation to HIV disease progression. METHODS A prospective, randomized, controlled clinical trial was conducted involving 231 HIV-infected adults with low plasma zinc le...

The punching and post-punching shear behaviours of reinforced concrete (RC) flat plate structures are often studied by using a representative slab–column connection isolated from the parent structure. In this study, set numerical modelling techniques is established to create competent three-dimensional non-linear model simulate RC connections without reinforcement, through use which failure fea...

As a promising approach to improve network reliability, Proactive Failure Recovery (PFR) re-routes data traffic to backup paths without waiting for the completion of routing convergence after a local link failure. However, the diverted traffic may cause congestion on the backup paths if it is not carefully split over multiple paths according to their available capacity. Existing approach assign...

To study the failure modes, bearing capacity, ductility, and sleeve strain of grouted lapping connectors, 36 specimens were tested under uniaxial tensile load. The test results show that sleeves are longitudinal tension at beginning, which changes to compression in late stage loading, changing load increases gradually with lap length. force transmission path mechanical mechanism connectors anal...

Composite wind turbine blades may experience interlaminar damage, including adhesive failure, cracking, and fracture from manufacturing or external fatigue load. Among these, the failure of joints is critical. Therefore, it important to identify mechanism in between spar cap–shear web trailing edge composite blades. We calculated toughness through Mode I, II, Mixed-mode tests for quantitative a...

Abstract Evaluation of shear capacity is crucial for existing concrete buildings and bridges. Shear failure can cause an abrupt brittle loss load‐carrying capacity, leading to load redistribution progressive collapse. An internationally research scietific discourse actively ongoing on the best prediction model shear, torsion, punching with no clear consensus. A machine learning‐based strength s...

The rock will be damaged and destroyed when the external load reaches bearing limit, which accompanied by complex AE signals damage evolution laws. Therefore, in order to obtain relationship between signal characteristics of rocks, 4 kinds sandstones a mine are used for test. Firstly, porosity sandstone is tested. Secondly, parameter with different analyzed. Finally, parameters obtained combine...

Railway structures are one of the most important structures in transportation. So the lack of precise study of their dynamic behavior leads to irreparable damages. The significant factors contributing to the accurate analysis of the dynamic behavior of railways are the type of load and foundation used in it. In this study, an Euler-Bernoulli beam subjected to a moving load on a finite depth fou...

The mechanical behaviour and design of fixed-ended steel equal-leg angle section members subjected to axial compression are addressed in this study. First, the critical buckling is described. Experimental data on columns collected from literature then used for validation numerical (shell finite element) models, developed within commercial package ABAQUS. Validation performed by means comparison...

Introduction: Recently, new plates with locking screws have been developed and used for medial open-wedge high tibial osteotomy (HTO). The purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare biomechanical properties of different internal fixations in open-wedge HTO using the two currently available locking plates. Methods: Eight paired fresh-frozen cadaveric lower extremities were vertically embe...