Background: Fatalities from acetaminophen poisoning are common, but they are preventable by timely treatment with N-acetyl cysteine (NAC). In many medical centers, NAC is prescribed in keeping with the ingested dose of the drug as revealed through medical history. It seems to significantly differ from the real indications of NAC administration based on plasma level of acetaminophen. Overtreat...

The base isolation systems are among the passive control devices that have been used over the last three decades to limit the seismic-induced response of structures. In this regard, the Uniform Building Code provisions (UBC) has incorporated a special section for the seismic design of base isolated structures since its 1991 edition. Due to the importance of the behavior of these structures unde...

The aim of event history analysis is to explain why certain individuals are at a higher risk than others of experiencing the event(s) of interest. This can be accomplished by using special types of methods which, depending on the field in which they are applied, are called failure-time models, life-time models, survival models, transition-rate models, response-time models, event history models,...

To explore the difference in impact of transverse bracing on seismic effect through concrete-filled steel tube arch bridges with non-isolated and earthquake-isolated, nine earthquake-isolated structural models under different cross-bracing arrangements were established, Elcentro waves selected. The internal force, displacement, velocity, absolute acceleration, relative separation ribs each mode...