background: iron-mediated cardiomyopathy is the main complication of thalassemia major (tm) patients. therefore, there is an important clinical need in the early diagnosis and risk stratification of patients. the aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of tissue doppler imaging (tdi) to study cardiac iron overload in patients with tm using t2* magnetic resonance (mr) as the gold-standard...

coupled -shear walls are one of lateral load resisting systems in high and medium rise reinforced concrete buildings. the lateral structural response is exactly dependents on the shear walls behavior; therefore these elements must response well whenundergodifferent load conditions. the structures located in near-source region behave differently compared to those in near-source sites when subjec...

Study Design Biomechanical analysis of lateral mass screw pullout strength. Objective We compare the pullout strength of our bone cement-revised lateral mass screw with the standard lateral mass screw. Methods In cadaveric cervical spines, we simulated lateral mass screw "cutouts" unilaterally from C3 to C7. We salvaged fixation in the cutout side with polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) or Cortoss ...

We have use a discretized form of the equation resulting from the elastic Beam Theory to investigate the effect of lateral forces on lithospheric deformation. This technique, the Beam Element Technique (BET), allows the application of a lateral load as a function of distance (i.e., basal shear can be applied in addition to the lateral end forces). Such loading is useful in studying the effects ...

It is seen from recent earthquakes that in case of fixed-base foundation system, damped systems have proved to be longing the lifespan structure by lengthening lateral fundamental period leads higher damping comparison assumptions a system. In this study, better understand phenomenon involved soil-pile interaction finite element simulation model developed Abaqus FEA software. The numerical made...

the use of bio-ethanol as an alternative diesel engine fuel is rapidly increasing. bio-ethanol is mixed with diesel fuel at different ratios and used in ci and si engines. since vibrations have direct effects on users and engine components, for this reason analysis of vibration resulting from combustion in ci engines is very important. in this study, evaluation of vibration was performed for bo...

in this paper, a method based on binary-coded genetic algorithm is proposed to explore an optimization method, for obtaining an optimal elliptical tank. this optimization method enhances the rollover threshold of a tank vehicle, especially under partial filling conditions. minimizing the overturning moment imposed on the vehicle due to c.g. height of the liquid load, lateral acceleration and ca...

This study was done to compare the changes in plantar load (weight distribution) and gait patterns before and after tibialis posterior transfer surgery in people affected by leprosy. Changes in gait patterns were observed and proportionate changes in plantar load were quantified using data captured by a baropodometer. All the eight patients who underwent tibialis posterior transfer surgery in 2...