This study establishes a multi-hazard probabilistic assessment framework for assessing the integrity of monopile offshore wind turbines (OWT) under stochastic coupled effect wind, wave and earthquake loading. The procedure deals with entire operational range inflow speed (i.e., 3–25 m/s), which probability failure excitations is found to be non-negligible. Numerical analysis performed by implem...

Carbon nanotubes and other forms of carbon nanoparticles, as well as metal nanoparticles have been widely used in film electrochemistry because they allow for the immobilization of larger amounts of catalyst (either biological or inorganic) on the top of the modified electrodes. Nevertheless, those nanoparticles present high costs of synthesis and of separation and purification that hamper thei...

Abstract Natural disasters may lead to failure of critical assets part railway systems. Slope often results in major economic consequences. Due the importance that railways systems have, it is pertinent ensure good performance and long‐term. The objective present research propose tools allow obtaining probability soil slopes under a seismic event by employing surrogate models ease computational...

This study aims at determining the critical seismic intensity at which cracks are expected to develop in a concrete arch dam. This intensity is referred to as crack initiation intensity. The crack initiation intensity measure implies that earthquakes with the intensity measure higher than this value are expected to induce cracks in the arch dam. This quantity is an indicator for seismic evaluat...

BACKGROUND The growing health risks associated with greenhouse gas emissions highlight the need for new energy policies that emphasize efficiency and low-carbon energy intensity. OBJECTIVES We assessed the relationships among electricity use, coal consumption, and health outcomes. METHODS Using time-series data sets from 41 countries with varying development trajectories between 1965 and 20...

Abstract The conventional wisdom that developing countries are significantly underinvesting in agricultural research and development (R&D) has been challenged by studies found the high rates of return literature result from data limitations inadequate modeling choices. However, evidence low effort as measured intensity ratio (IR)—the percentage gross domestic product invested R&D—has no...

background: the impact of positive intramammary lymph node (im ln) on the prognosis of patients with breast cancer has been debated for years; likewise, the standard management of patients with positive im ln remains unclear, especially when it is identified by preoperative imaging or by sentinel lymph node biopsy. the present study aims at reviewing the level of concurrent involvement of im ln...