INTRODUCTION Most falls in elderly adults occur during daily activities [1]. Many of these activities require successful movement transitions, such as from sitting to walking. Sit-to-walk (STW) requires a smooth transition from sit-to-stand (STS) to gait initiation at seat-off instant [2]. However, such smooth transition is not observed in elderly adults [3,4]. Compared to young individuals, el...

The mechanical properties of sandy soil depend on both the confining pressure and state compactness. Therefore, buried depth tunnel relative density sand are key factors that affect ground deformation induced by tunneling a super-large-diameter shield. In this study, parameters SANISAND constitutive model first calibrated based triaxial test data for Foshan silty fine sand. Then, actual project...

In practice, asymmetric formation disturbance occurs due to the sequence of excavation though parallel double-track tunnel is a typical symmetrical engineering. Based on shield tunneling project section Suzhou Rail Transit under subgrade Shanghai–Nanjing Expressway, finite element model was established obtain numerical solution that validated by measured data guarantee reliability. According co...

Shallow tunnels induce surface displacements which can cause damage to existing structures; an adequate evaluation of their settlement trough is paramount importance. Nowadays, it becomes even more critical when dealing with underground occupation where the green stress field has already been disturbed by previous excavations. Since end last century, many researchers have explored subject. Some...

Syllable-to-word (STW) conversion is important in Chinese phonetic input methods and speech recognition. There are two major problems in the STW conversion: (1) resolving the ambiguity caused by homonyms; (2) determining the word segmentation. This paper describes a noun-verb event-frame (NVEF) word identifier that can be used to solve these problems effectively. Our approach includes (a) an NV...

Objective. The default window setting on PET/CT workstations is soft tissue. This study investigates whether bone windowing and hybrid FDG PET/CT can help differentiate between malignant and benign primary bone tumors. Materials and methods. A database review included 98 patients with malignant (n=64) or benign primary bone (n=34) tumors. The reference standard was biopsy for malignancies and b...

We use a new variable in the Social Security Administration's Ticket Research File to produce statistics on the first month of suspension or termination for work (STW) for Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI)-only beneficiaries as well as on the number of months in nonpayment status following suspension or termination for work (NSTW) before their retu...

Use of auxiliary elements in refining and betterment of engineering properties of soil have gained attention since a long time ago. Nowadays the effectiveness and capability of the soil reinforcing technique for giving proper practical solutions in various projects have resulted in this technique quickly gaining a place in geotechnical engineering. In this paper, the results of laboratory studi...

Cumulative settlement is one of the primary potential detrimental aspects of rocking foundations. It has been well documented that if the factor of safety against bearing failure is not very large (e.g., less than five or so), settlement can become significant. A series of footings of different shapes were subject to lateral slow cyclic loading on the centrifuge to study the effect of shape on ...

This paper presents a word-pair (WP) identifier that can be used to resolve homonym/segmentation ambiguities and perform syllable-to-word (STW) conversion effectively for improving Chinese input systems. The experiment results show the following: (1) the WP identifier is able to achieve tonal (syllables with four tones) and toneless (syllables without four tones) STW accuracies of 98.5% and 90....