Current innovative lateral load carrying systems for tall buildings are those in which the lateral drift is limited to an allowable value without considerable influence on economy. This aim is achieved by using special systems capable of using maximum stiffness and strength capacity of individual structural elements. An effective structural solution in this respect is the use of outrigger brace...

Functionally flexible systems for organizing work may reduce job instability and insecurity by reducing employers’ reliance on job cuts or contingent work to respond to changes in their environments. Related arguments hypothesize that contingent work allows firms to adjust labor while “buffering” their core of permanent workers from job instability. We find evidence that internally flexible wor...

This paper presents a generic and flexible architecture for emotional agents, with what we consider to be the minimum set of functionalities that allows us to implement and compare different appraisal theories in a given scenario. FAtiMA Modular, the architecture proposed is composed of a core algorithm and by a set of components that add particular functionality (either in terms of appraisal o...

The focus of this review is recent work to develop microstructured hollow core fibers for two applications where the flexible delivery of a single mode beam is desired. Also, a brief review of other fiber based solutions is included. High power, short-pulsed lasers arewidely used formicro-machining, providing highprecision andhigh quality. However, the lack of truly flexible beam delivery syste...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the intraosseous use of a flexible endoscope during core decompression in identifying avascular bone in the femoral head that did not meet magnetic resonance imaging diagnostic criteria for osteonecrosis. The flexible endoscope was used to visually examine and locate avascular bone in the entire core track. A high-speed burr was then used to debride the...

We have developed a computational approach for the design and prediction of hydrophobic cores that includes explicit backbone flexibility. The program consists of a two-stage combination of a genetic algorithm and monte carlo sampling using a torsional model of the protein. Backbone structures are evaluated either by a canonical force-field or a constraining potential that emphasizes the preser...