Fatigue cracking is an essential problem of asphalt concrete that contributes to pavement damage. Although stone matrix asphalt (SMA) has significantly provided resistance to rutting failure, its resistance to fatigue failure is yet to be fully addressed. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of crumb rubber modifier (CRM) on stiffness and fatigue properties of SMA mixtures at optimum...

Over the past decade, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) focused research efforts on improving hot mix asphalt concrete (HMAC) mix design to preclude rutting in the early life of pavements. However, these rut-resistant stiff mixtures may be susceptible to long-term fatigue cracking due to oxidative aging. This project completed initial development of an HMAC mixture fatigue design a...

BACKGROUND Chronic pain and fatigue improves by exercise in fibromyalgia (FM) but underlying mechanisms are not known. Obesity is increased among FM patients and associates with higher levels of pain. Symptom improvement after aerobic exercise is affected by body mass index (BMI) in FM. Metabolic factors such as insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) and leptin may be involved. In this study, the...

The effects of exercise and of fatigue upon a variety of physiological responses in laboratory animals have been described by many authors, but few have extended the study to include the phenomenon of antibody responses in rabbits. An investigation of this question forms the basis of this note. That fatigue, or the attendant phenomena, decreases the susceptibility of the rat to subcutaneously i...

Resistance exercise is an activity performed by individuals interested in competition, those who wish to improve muscle mass and strength for other sports, and for individuals interested in improving their strength and physical appearance. In this review we present information suggesting that phosphocreatine depletion, intramuscular acidosis and carbohydrate depletion are all potential causes o...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to determine the feasibility of a randomized trial of resistance exercise in patients with head and neck cancer receiving radiation. METHODS Fifteen patients with head and neck cancer receiving radiation were randomized to resistance exercise (using resistance bands) or control group. Resistance exercise occurred at the radiation therapy site (weeks 1-...

In the present work, we investigate the effect of "fatigue" on the fatigue behavior and atomic structure of Zr-based BMGs. Fatigue experiments on the failed-by-fatigue samples indicate that the remnants generally have similar or longer fatigue life than the as-cast samples. Meanwhile, the pair-distribution-function (PDF) analysis of the as-cast and post-fatigue samples showed very small changes...

This study compared the cyclic fatigue resistance of OneShape (OS) instrument which used continuous rotation with WaveOne (WO) instrument which used reciprocating motion. OS size 25, 0.06 taper and WO primary size 25, 0.08 taper were used in simulated canals with 45°, 60°, and 90° angles of curvature until fracture. The number of cycles to fracture (NCF) was recorded to evaluate cyclic fatigue ...

The study aimed at assessing and estimating the fatigue resistance of different fiber posts and to observe their ultrastructures through SEM. Six types of fiber posts were used: GC Fiber Post (Group 1), ParaPost Fiber White (Group 2), FibreKor (Group 3), DT Light-Post radiopaque (Group 4), FRC Postec (Group 5), and Luscent Anchors (Group 6). Ten out of 15 posts within each group were used for t...