In earthquake geotechnical engineering, physical model experiments have proven to be significant and valuable in understanding the complex physics engineering behaviors of prototype undrained soils fields. An executed literature review indicated that large-scale testing, such as shaking table (ST) centrifuge devices, associated advantages limitations. The current paper presents design, fabricat...

The PWP map was introduced by the second author as a tool for ranking nodes in networks. In this work we extend this technique so that it can be used to rank links as well. Applying the Girvan-Newman algorithm a ranking method on links induces a deconstruction method for networks, therefore we obtain new methods for finding clustering and core-periphery structures on networks.

A symbiotic rice-based yogurt-like product (SRYP) using polymerized whey protein (PWP) as a gelation agent was developed. Rice milk optimized and prepared by soaking rice for 3 h at room temperature, heating 80°C 10 min then emulsified with 0.05% (w/v) lecithin. The finalized yogurt formulated 1% protein, prebiotic (inulin), soy oil, 7% sugar, 0.4% PWP 0.03% xanthan gum, fermented 43°C 3.5 0.01...

BACKGROUND Injuries are often recurrent, with subsequent injuries influenced by previous occurrences and hence correlation between events needs to be taken into account when analysing such data. OBJECTIVE This paper compares five different survival models (Cox proportional hazards (CoxPH) model and the following generalisations to recurrent event data: Andersen-Gill (A-G), frailty, Wei-Lin-We...

Elderly people are commonly affected by Parkinson's disease (PD) which is one of the most common neurodegenerative disorders due to the loss of dopamine-producing brain cells. People with PD's (PWP) may have difficulty in walking, talking or completing other simple tasks. Variety of medications is available to treat PD. Recently, researchers have found that voice signals recorded from the PWP i...

BACKGROUND In longitudinal studies where subjects experience recurrent incidents over a period of time, such as respiratory infections, fever or diarrhea, statistical methods are required to take into account the within-subject correlation. METHODS For repeated events data with censored failure, the independent increment (AG), marginal (WLW) and conditional (PWP) models are three multiple fai...

People living with Parkinson's disease engage in self-tracking as part of their health self-management. Whilst technologies designed for this group have primarily focused on improving the clinical assessments disease, less attention has been given to how people use technology track and manage everyday experience. We report a qualitative study which we systematically analysed posts from an onlin...