The aim of the present study was to determine the vertical distribution and abundance of Aedes mosquitoes in multiple storey buildings in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Ovitrap surveillance was conducted for 4 continuous weeks in multiple storey buildings in 4 residential areas located in Selangor [Kg. Baiduri (KB)] and Kuala Lumpur [Student Hostel of University of Malaya (UM), Kg. Kerinc...

Incremental dynamic analysis (IDA) requires the analysis of the non-linear response history of a structure for an ensemble of ground motions, each scaled to multiple levels of intensity and selected to cover the entire range of structural response. Recognizing that IDA of practical structures is computationally demanding, an approximate procedure based on the reduction of the number of ground m...

We report here a rare case of lateral ectopia of thyroid without orthotopic thyroid tissue in an Indian teenager, who was referred to our department for a thyroid scintigraphy. Technetium Pertechnetate (99mTcO4- ) scan showed uptake in laterally placed soft tissue structure along with functioning thyroid tissue in high anterior midline neck region in line with thyroglossal...

the nonlinear static pushover analysis technique is mostly used in the performance-based design of structures and it is favored over nonlinear response history analysis. however, the pushover analysis with fema load distributions losses its accuracy in estimating seismic responses of long period structures when higher mode effects are important. some procedures have been offered to consider thi...

1 Summary. Sample size estimation is important in microarray or proteomic experiments since biologists can typically afford only a few repetitions. Classical procedures to calculate sample size are based on controlling type I error, e.g., family-wise error rate (FWER). In the context of microarray and other large-scale genomic data, it is more powerful and more reasonable to control false disco...

in this work, we define a fuzzy soft set theory and its related properties. we then define fuzzy soft aggregation operator that allows constructing more efficient decision making method. finally, we give an example which shows that the method can be successfully applied to many problems that contain uncertainties.

The performance of buildings subjected to earthquake loads has shown that asymmetric structures are caused more extensive damages in comparison with symmetric structures. Hence, the seismic performance of asymmetric structures should be assessed due to future random earthquakes. Reliability-based seismic assessment as one of the tools in performance-based earthquake engineering has been introdu...

Understanding the effects of repair on reinforced concrete (RC) structures is critical to evaluating their performance in future earthquakes. In this research, a system-level approach taken by repairing previously damaged ¼ scale 4-storey RC structure and subjecting it series dynamic excitations via shake table testing. The was undertaken using common construction materials with primary motivat...

Purpose: The aim of this work is to identify the main historical stages multi-storey sports complex formation and structure. Design: article presents development facilities in Russia abroad with characterization for each stage. prerequisites need are determined emergence distribution multi-level complexes largest cities. Based on statistical data, training spaces can be organized structure comp...