Seismic record of an earthquake contains important and significant data about characteristics of a ground motion. In this study, interdependencies between important seismic parameters and three overall structural damage indices including the Bracci index, the modified flexural damage ratio (MFDR) index and the drift index were determined for several records of earthquakes occurred in the Iran. ...

The Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus Disease Area and Severity Index (CLASI) is a newly described tool used to assess the activity of and damage caused by cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE). There is a paucity of data on CLASI from the Indian subcontinent. We sought to determine the applicability of CLASI in specific lesions of CLE in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) attending a t...

OBJECTIVE Our aim was to determine whether endogenous mononuclear leukocyte DNA strand is a target of phototherapy. METHODS The study included 65 term infants aged between 3-10 days that had been exposed to intensive (n = 23) or conventional (n = 23) phototherapy for at least 48 hours due to neonatal jaundice, and a control group (n = 19). DNA damage was assayed by single-cell alkaline gel el...

Peripheral vascular disease (PVD) is a significant cause of cardiovascular morbidity. We hypothesised that there would be significant alterations of thrombogenesis, platelet activation and endothelial damage, which could be associated with abnormal oxidative stress during femoral artery bypass surgery for PVD, where the femoral artery is cross-clamped (causing acute ischaemia) and reperfused (f...

BACKGROUND To investigate the prevalence of cumulative organ damage among Egyptian children with juvenile-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (jSLE) and the relationships between the organ damage and the demographic data, clinical variables, and disease activity. METHODS A total of 148 patients with jSLE have been followed in the pediatric rheumatology clinic and section at Cairo University. T...

background: the mean platelet volume (mpv) is the most commonly used measure of platelet size and is a potential marker of platelet reactivity. in this study, we aimed to explore the relationship between hepatic  histopathology in viral hepatitis and mpv levels,which are associated with platelet count and activity. materials and methods: we performed a retrospective case-control study of baseli...

analytical detection of cracking in connections of steel moment resisting frames using simple damage indices is important since these cracks are not visible unless the connections are uncovered. in this paper, applicability of three cumulative damage indices for detection of cracking in a cover plate welded moment connection is investigated. the damage indices considered in this study are based...

Over the past decades, numerous damage diagnosis techniques based on modal flexibility have been studied and developed for various types of structures, but rarely structures made functionally graded (FG) materials. This paper aims to present extensive applicability a sensitivity-based index termed as MFBDI identification FG beams. The formulation this is closed-form sensitivity derived from dir...