INTRODUCTION Hurricane Katrina, a Category 3 hurricane, made landfall in August 2005. Approximately 1,500 deaths have been directly attributed to the hurricane, primarily in Louisiana and Mississippi. In New Orleans, Louisiana, most of the healthcare infrastructure was destroyed by flooding, and > 200,000 residents became homeless. Many of these internally displaced persons received transitiona...

The addition of a rocking structural system will soften the connection between foundation and superstructure help beam-column connections to become softer than typical ones. These structures, with systems, follow elastic gap opening mechanism seismic response. Post-tensioned prestressed tendons dampers are used in systems enable structure return its initial position (self-centering) dissipate e...

This paper presents a new approach to the project of steel buildings, mainly focused on architectural, structural, and seismic design stairs. The objective is structural stair system capable controlling damage contributing bracing building. article begins with review standard (ATC, FEMA, EC8) which current criteria for buildings stairs are based. research based two spatial building models (A–B)...

Page 1 of 6 http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/5/3/356.abstract/reply#content-block Global change biology: Anders Pape Møller and Timothy A. Mousseau Reduced abundance of insects and spiders linked to radiation at Chernobyl 20 years after the accident Biol. Lett. June 23, 2009 5:356-359; published online before print March 18, 2009, doi:10.1098/rsbl.2008.0778 Abstract Full Text Full...

We are developing a Compton telescope based on high resolution Si and CdTe imaging devices in order to obtain a high sensitivity astrophysical observation in sub-MeV gamma-ray region. In this paper, recent results from the prototype Si/CdTe semiconductor Compton telescope are reported. The Compton telescope consists of a double-sided Si strip detector (DSSD) and CdTe pixel detectors, combined w...

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The 1993 flooding of the Midwestern United States was of long duration, spatially extensive, and economically damaging. Estimated property losses exceeded $12 billion, and millions more were suffered in indirect losses (IFMRC 1994; Myers and White 1993). Fifty people were killed. At least 26,000 people were evacuated from their homes, and approximately 100,000 buildings were affected. The flood...