A naturally short sleeper phenotype with a sleep need of less than 6 hours without negative impact on health or performance is rare. We present a case of an acquired short sleeper phenotype after third ventriculostomy. A 59-year-old patient suffering from chronic hydrocephalus reported an average of 7-8 h of nocturnal sleep. After surgical intervention, the patient noted a strikingly reduced sl...

the main design criteria of ballasted railway tracks include rail deflections, rail bending stresses, rail wheel contact stresses, sleeper bending moments and ballast sleeper contact pressures. numerous criteria have been defined for the design of ballasted railway tracks owing to the various mechanical properties of track components and their complex interaction. therefore, railway track desig...

Twenty microsatellite markers were isolated and characterized from the Chinese black sleeper, Bostrychus sinensis. Loci were screened in 30 individuals from Taiwan. For each locus, the number of alleles varied from 4 to 22 with mean expected and observed heterozygosity of 0.79 and 0.66, respectively. One locus significantly deviated from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium after Bonferroni correction an...

Lattice-type bi-block reinforced concrete (RC) sleepers have been widely used for cast-in-place slab tracks. However, the standards manufacturing, inspection, and performance verification of lattice-type RC are not well established, even when such a sleeper is critical component track. Therefore, it necessary to develop new standard sleepers. In this study, requirements relevant were investigat...

Abstract Reinforcement of the pre-stressed concrete cylinder pipes with external strands is an effective way to enhance a prestressed pipe’s ability bear design hydraulic pressure. A theoretical derivation studied, and this formula could be used determine cross-sectional area per unit length. This target tensile strength steel in order meet requirements ultimate limit states, serviceability qua...