One of the most ubiquitous examples of origami is the common paper shopping bag. In a common model of paper folding, there are a finite number of creases, between which the paper must stay rigid and flat, as if made of plastic or metal plates connected by hinges. We show that (maybe surprisingly), the paper shopping bag cannot be flattened under this model using the usual pattern of creases. Th...

Irregular buildings make up a large portion of  urban infrastructure. Presence of irregularities can be due to architectural and  user changes in building stories. Main objective of this article is evaluate seismic performance of structures with vertical irregularities. Seismic responses are obtained by enveloping peak inelastic responses resulting from pushover analyses according to provided p...

In this study we tried to consider effect of vertical component of  near zone earthquake (10 to 15 km far from fault) such as Kobe 1995, Northridge 1994, Loma prieta 1989 and Chichi 1999 on a concrete cable bridge by a 320m span in the middle which was built on different type of soils. The SAP software (version14) was selected because I should have done linear and non-linear time history anal...

This paper proposes an overview of computer structural analysis and reinforcement calculation techniques reinforced concrete ribbed slabs that are used in Ukraine. It considers the fundamental hypotheses assumptions these analyzes possibility implementation building codes’ requirements into automated calculations. Numerical experiments confirm existence a relationship between normal stress dist...

This study investigates the effect of different link beam lengths in the Reinforced Concrete (RC) frame retrofitted with the Linked Column Frame (LCF) system. It also investigates the ratio of the link beam length (e) to the span length of the RC frame (L) from 0 to 1.5 for the 9 models of the RC frame retrofitted by the LCF system has been investigated. In addition, it studies the formation of...

There is a significant need for antibodies that can bind targets with greater affinity. Here we describe a novel strategy employing chemical semisynthesis to produce symmetroadhesins: antibody-like molecules having nonprotein hinge regions that are more flexible and extendible and are capable of two-handed binding. Native chemical ligation was carried out under mild, non-denaturing conditions t...