The purpose for taking up this investigation owing to the fact that now a days natural sand confirming to Indian Standards is becoming scarcer and costlier due to its non availability in time because of Law of Land, illegal dredging by sand mafia, accessibility to the river source during rainy season, non confirming with IS 383-1970. Hence the present investigation was taken up with a view to v...

The changing climate in the Arctic has a profound impact on permafrost coasts, which are subject to intensified thermokarst formation and erosion. Consequently, terrestrial organic matter (OM) is mobilized and transported into the nearshore zone. Yet, little is known about the fate of mobilized OM before and after entering the ocean. In this study we investigated a retrogressive thaw slump (RTS...

The aim of this study is to design ANFIS model and Fuzzy Expert System for determination of concrete mix design and finally compare their results. The datasets which has been loaded into ANFIS contains 552 mix designs and has been based on ACI mix designs. Moreover, in this study, a Fuzzy Expert System has been designed. Input fields of fuzzy expert system are Slump, Maximum Size of Aggregate (...

Neurodynamics refers to the mechanical and physiological components of the nervous system and the interconnections between them (Shacklock, 1995). This is a phase 1 pilot trial investigating the immediate effect of a neurodynamic treatment as compared to a sham treatment in eight participants with low back pain. Primary outcome measures included: H-reflex latency and nerve conduction velocity. ...

The aim of the work reported in this article was to investigate the effects of medium temperature and industrial by-products on the key hardened properties of high performance concrete. Four concrete mixes were prepared based on a water-to-binder ratio of 0.35. Two industrial by-products, silica fume and Class F fly ash, were used separately and together with normal portland cement to produce t...