The paper provides mathematical modelling for prefabricated timber-framed walls composed of a timber frame and two different types of sheathing boards. Since by wood-based boards (WBB) the tensile strength is similar to the compressive one, there are practically no cracks appearing in the boards. On the other hand, in case of fibre-plaster sheathing boards (FPB) the tensile strength is approxim...

Scimitar Syndrome is a congenital condition resulting in anomalous pulmonary venous drainage from the lung into the inferior vena cava. It is often associated with cardiac and pulmonary abnormalities, both which are determinants in the severity and timing of presentation. True incidence of this condition is unknown and likely to be significantly underestimated as many patients remain asymptomat...

Field studies were conducted on several attic assemblies having stone-coated metal shake roofs with and without infrared blocking color pigments (IrBCPs) and with and without above-sheathing ventilation. The combination of increased solar reflectance and above-sheathing ventilation reduced the heat flow penetrating the attic floor by 70% as compared with the heat flow penetrating the attic floo...

A comparison of the chemical composition of the nerve fibers from the corpus callosum and from the lumbosacral intradural nerve roots in man and in the dog was undertaken in order to determine whether in these two mammals the relative amount of sheathing substance is the same in t,he two divisions of the nervous system, the cal!osum representing the central and the nerve roots the peripheral sy...

Small-scale, instructional shake tables, such as the UCIST shake table, are used at many colleges and universities to provide educational and research experiences in seismic behavior of structural systems. This paper describes the development of a physical model and associated educational materials that demonstrate the seismic behavior of shear walls used in cold-formed steel (CFS) building sys...

This paper describes the ophthalmological features of 150 patients with idiopathic retinal vasculitis, 67 of whom had isolated retinal vasculitis (RV) and 83 had RV associated with systemic inflammatory disease (RV + SID). The diagnosis of retinal vasculitis was made by ophthalmoscopy and fluorescein angiography, and patients with any identifiable cause (infection, ischaemia, or malignancy) wer...