PCI JOURNAL This paper presents the results of nonlinear fi nite element analyses conducted to model the behavior of L-shaped, precast, prestressed concrete spandrels constructed with open web reinforcement. The fi nite element model was calibrated using experimental results from recent tests of slender, L-shaped, precast, prestressed concrete spandrels. Detailed correlative studies between ana...

We provide a necessary and sufficient condition to ensure that multi-tile ? ? ...

The known theory for an oid T shows how to find a subset T of ?T, which is a compact right topological semigroup [I]. The success of the methods in [2] for obtaining properties of-T has prompted us to see how successful they would be in another context. Thus we find (Theorem 4.8) that T cont ains copies of free semigroups on 2? generators, is an immediate consequence of the stronger resu...

The NADPH-dependent L-sorbose reductase (SR) of L-sorbose-producing Gluconobacter suboxydans IFO 3291 contributes to intracellular L-sorbose assimilation. The gene disruptant showed no SR activity and did not assimilate the once-produced L-sorbose, indicating that the SR functions mainly as an L-sorbose-reducing enzyme in vivo and not as a D-sorbitol-oxidizing enzyme.

For every countable non-limit ordinal α we construct an α-dimensional Cantor ind-manifold, i.e., a compact metrizable space Zα such that indZα = α, and no closed subset L of Zα with indL less than the predecessor of α is a partition in Zα. An α-dimensional Cantor Ind-manifold can be constructed similarly.

Let  $varpi$ be a representation of the homogeneous space $G/H$, where $G$ be a locally compact group and  $H$ be a compact subgroup of $G$. For  an admissible wavelet $zeta$ for $varpi$  and $psi in L^p(G/H), 1leq p <infty$, we determine a class of bounded  compact operators  which are related to continuous wavelet transforms on homogeneous spaces and they are called localization operators.

the compact finite difference schemes have been found to give simple ways of reaching the objectives of high accuracy and low computational cost. during the past two decades, the compact schemes have been used extensively for numerical simulation of various fluid dynamics problems. these methods have also been applied for numerical solution of some prototype geophysical fluid dynamics problems ...

Ca(2+) influx via Ca(2+) current (I(Ca)) during the action potential (AP) was determined at 25 degrees C and 35 degrees C in isolated rabbit ventricular myocytes using AP clamp. Contaminating currents through Na(+) and K(+) channels were eliminated by using Na(+)- and K(+)-free solutions, respectively. DIDS (0.2 mmol/L) was used to block Ca(2+)-activated chloride current (I(Cl(Ca))). When the s...

A locally compact group G is amenable if and only if it has Reiter’s property (Pp) for p = 1 or, equivalently, all p ∈ [1,∞), i.e., there is a net (mα)α of non-negative norm one functions in L(G) such that limα supx∈K ‖Lx−1mα − mα‖p = 0 for each compact subset K ⊂ G (Lx−1mα stands for the left translate of mα by x ). We extend the definitions of properties (P1) and (P2) from locally compact gro...