In this study, fire in a short 2-lane single-directional road tunnel with two different traffic situations is considered and the impact of spread of fire and smoke on people evacuation is investigated. The FDS+Evac system used comprises of FDS (Fire Dynamics Simulator), an advanced CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) fire field model supplemented by agent-based FDS evacuation model, Evac. Evac i...

Two enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kits were evaluated for detection of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) antibodies in pooled sera and filter discs (FDs). Elution and incubation procedures and positive thresholds for both ELISAs were determined using FDs collected from sixty non-infected pigs and five pigs with low PRRS-antibody titres. Eighty paired samples (seru...

From Jensen's two-level theory of mental abilities (Level I: rote learning and memory, involving little or no transformation of the input; Level II: complex cognitive processing involving transformation and mental manipulation of input) it was predicted that forward digit span (FDS) should correlate less with IQ than backward digit span (BDS), and age and race should interact with FDS-BDS, with...

This study evaluated the use of imagined interactions in speech research, by comparing speech addressed to imaginary speech partners with natural speech addressed to genuine interaction partners. Samples of speech directed to an imaginary infant (IDS), foreigner (FDS) and adult (ADS) produced by ten female students were acoustically analysed and also rated on positive vocal affect. Our results ...

Official employment-related Performance Indicators in UK Higher Education are based on the population of students responding to the First Destination Supplement (FDS). This generates potentially biased performance indicators as this population of students is not necessarily representative of the full population of leavers from each institution. University leavers not obtaining qualifications an...

This paper describes a fault diagnosis system (FDS) for non-linear plants based on fuzzy logic. The proposed scheme, named VisualBlock-FIR, runs under the Simulink framework and enables early fault detection and identification. During fault detection, the FDS should recognize that the plant behavior is abnormal, and therefore, that the plant is not working properly. During fault identification,...

BACKGROUND Nowadays, general practitioners (GPs) and family doctors (FDs) face increasing demands, as a consequence of complex patients' expectations, developments in science and technology, and limitations within healthcare systems which can result in competency gaps. Therefore, there is a need to identify which competencies in quality improvement (QI) are most important for GPs and FDs to pos...

The purpose of this study was to examine the circulating filarial antigen (CFA) detected by the monoclonal antibody (mAb) Og4C3-ELISA in paired samples of serum and hydrocele fluid from 104 men with hydrocele, living in an endemic area of Wuchereria bancrofti. Nocturnal blood specimens were filtered and examined for microfilariae (MF) and ultrasound was used in order to identify the presence of...

Purpose The Medina Embolic Device (MED) is a new intrasaccular device with promising early results. Previously we documented our initial experience of this device both alone and in combination with other devices including flow diverter stents (FDS). We sought to determine the effect of the MED + FDS strategy for the treatment of selected aneurysms. Materials and Methods We performed a retrosp...