The worldwide dissemination of the pilotis multi-storey RC buildings, generally attributed to architect Le Corbusier, was contemporary with a structural engineering line thought that advocated soft first storey as means filtering down seismic inertia forces in upper storeys. These two architectural and international trends, combined outdated detailing low-code design, greatly increase risks dev...

Michel BRUNEAU Director, Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research Professor, Department of Civil Engineering University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY 14261 [email protected] Michel Bruneau is conducting research on the seismic evaluation and retrofit of existing steel bridges, steel buildings, and masonry buildings. He has published over 200 technical publications as a result of ...

Author details Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Traditional Iranian Medicine and Pharmacy Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Medicinal Plants Research Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharm...

T. Szczepański, V. K. Dugaev, 2 J. Barnaś∗,3 J. P. Cascales, and F. G. Aliev Department of Physics, Rzeszów University of Technology, al. Powstańców Warszawy 6, 35-959 Rzeszów, Poland Department of Physics and CFIF, Instituto Superior Técnico, TU Lisbon, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal Institute of Molecular Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Smoluchowskiego 17, 60-179 Poznań, Pol...

E. Xargay∗ University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801 I. Kaminer Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California 93943 A. Pascoal Instituto Superior Técnico, 1049 Lisbon, Portugal N. Hovakimyan University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801 V. Dobrokhodov and V. Cichella Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California 93943 A. P. Aguiar Instituto Supe...

1 Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica e dell’Informazione, Università degli Studi di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale, Via G. Di Biasio 43, 03043 Cassino (FR), Italy; E-Mail: [email protected] 2 Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto (FEUP) Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, s/n 4200-465 Porto, Portugal; E-Mail: [email protected] 3 Laboratory of Robotics and Systems in Engineering and Science (LA...

1Department of Sport Medicine and Biology of Exercise, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 17237 Athens, Greece 2Department of Kinesiology, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada L2S3A1 3Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal 4CIPER, Faculty of Human Movment, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal...

Interventional Cardiology, San Giovanni Hospital, Via dell’Amba Aradam, 8, 00184 Rome, Italy; Thoraxcenter, University Hospital Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, USA; IRCCS Foundation Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy; Royal Brompton Hospital and Imperial College, London, UK; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Wakayama Medical Un...

Jorge Sampaio graduated in law in 1961 at Lisbon University in his native Portugal. At university and later, Sampaio took part in political action against the military dictatorship in Portugal until the revolution in 1974. In 1978, Sampaio joined Portugal's Socialist Party and was a member of parliament for many years. Sampaio was elected Mayor of Lisbon twice, in 1989 and in 1993, and served t...