The homogenization method for topology optimization in stru tural design is by now well established (see [2℄, [3℄, [7℄, [8℄, [15℄, [16℄, [17℄, [18℄ and referen es therein). However, the theory is restri ted to omplian e or eigenfrequen y optimization (in the single or multiple loadings ase). The problem is that optimal mi rostru tures are unknown for general obje tive fun tions. Of ourse, in nu...

We give a brief introduction to the stochastic immersed boundary method which allows for simulation of small length-scale physical systems in which elastic structures interact with a fluid flow in the presence of thermal fluctuations. The conventional immersed boundary method is extended to account for thermal fluctuations by introducing stochastic forcing terms in the fluid equations. This giv...

• In the present work we propose a study of the proportional mean residual life model using quantile functions instead of distribution functions employed in the traditional approach. Through various quantile-based reliability concepts ageing properties of the model are discussed. We present characterizations of the proportional mean residual life model by properties of measures of uncertainty i...

Much empirical research in the social sciences relies on survey data. What respondents report to the interviewer, on paper, or on their computer enters the researcher’s database as ‘facts’. What is often forgotten is that respondents’ accounts have biases that need attention when translating findings into real-world phenomena. In victimization research, an example that showed how surveys can pr...