The sheathing-to-timber connection (STC) is a critical component of timber-framed shear walls. STC provides the wall system with its racking resistance, while anchors and tiedowns provide resistance to sliding overturning, respectively. Because building materials are exposed weathering during construction, this study aims quantify influence on structural performance STCs. To achieve aim, total ...

Abstract Introduction Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTIs) are a common and preventable healthcare-associated infection that cost NHS hospitals an estimated £54.4 M per year. The risk of developing CAUTI is intrinsically linked to the duration indwelling catheter. Our project was created in response clinical incident where patient mislabelled as having long-term catheter (LTC) ...

Recently, the location of the nodes in wireless networks has been modeled as point processes. In this dissertation, various scenarios of wireless communications in large-scale networks modeled as point processes are considered. The first part of the dissertation considers signal reception and detection problems with symmetric alpha stable noise which is from an interfering network modeled as a ...

Abstract The Pacific shallow meridional overturning circulations, known as subtropical cells (STCs), link subduction in the regions to equatorial upwelling, suggesting possibility for winds influence sea surface temperatures (SSTs) by altering STCs’ strength. Indeed, STC variability provides basis one of mechanisms proposed explain origin tropical decadal (TPDV). While relationship between stre...

We conducted a survey including 3334 bloodstream infections (BSIs) due to E. coli diagnosed in 2005-2014 at a stable cohort of hospitals. Marked increases in incidence were observed for community-acquired (CA) BSIs in patients aged >75 years, CA-BSIs of digestive origin in patients aged 60-74 years, healthcare-associated BSIs, and BSIs associated with ESBL (extended-spectrum B-lactamase)-produc...

The design of space-time codes for wireless communications with relays is investigated by considering a pragmatic approach based on the concatenation of convolutional codes and BPSK/QPSK modulation to obtain cooperative codes. We propose a design criterion which aims at optimizing both diversity and coding gain, based on an asymptotic bound for frame error probability. This framework is useful ...

The recently developed IEEE 802.16e specifications for broadband wireless access include three multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) profiles employing 2×2 spacetime codes (STCs) and two of those are mandatory on the downlink of Mobile WiMAX systems. One of these is full rate, and the other is full diversity, but neither of them has both of the desired features. The third profile, which is not ...

The climatological annual mean tropical-extratropical pathways of thermocline waters in the Atlantic Ocean are investigated with the NCAR CCSM numerical coupled model. Results from three numerical experiments are analyzed: Two are fully coupled runs with different spatial resolution (T42 and T85) for the atmospheric component. The third numerical experiment is an ocean-only run forced by NCEP w...

In this paper, the dynamic analysis of the composite sandwich truncated conical shells (STCS) with various boundary conditions subjected to the low velocity impact was studied analytically, based on the higher order sandwich panel theory. The impact was assumed to occur normally over the top face-sheet, and the contact force history was predicted using two solution models of the motion which we...