This study investigates the reinforcement correction factor of concrete core in more detail to prepare appropriate outlines for interpretation of results. This investigation aims to minimize uncertainties involved to carry out the more realistic condition assessment of suspect buildings before taking up retrofitting/strengthening measures. For this purpose, an extensive experimental program inc...

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A monoclonal antibody directed against the von Willebrand factor moiety (vWF) of factor VIII-von Willebrand factor (FVIII-vWF), which blocks ristocetin-induced platelet aggregation as well as the binding of FVIII-vWF to platelets in the presence of ristocetin, inhibited platelet adherence to human artery subendothelium when present in normal flowing blood. This monoclonal antibody, CLB-RAg 35, ...

The UNIQUAC activity coefficient model is extended to predict solid-liquid equilibrium of isotactic crystalline poly (1-butene), iPBu-1, in different organic solvents. The UNIQUAC activity coefficient model used in this work is based on the concept of group contribution and consists of combinatorial, residual and free volume terms. To account for branching of atom groups in the monomer structur...

The paper presents a locking-free four-node element for laminated composite and sandwich plates based on Refined Zigzag Theory (RZT). Initially, two RZT-based plate elements are derived using eight-node configurations, achieved by way of standard C0 isoparametric shape functions. In addition, with view improving the modelling extremely thin plates, an anisoparametric is developed in which trans...

Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease of large arteries that is initiated through the activation of endothelium by proinflammatory mediators. CD40 receptor stimulation has been implicated in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. One of the most important atheroprotective stimuli is the viscous drag (shear stress) generated by the streaming blood acting on the endothelial monolayer. Here, we...

A fast algorithm is presented in this pa;per for skew and slant correction in printed document images. The algorithm employs only the gradient information. The skew angle is obtained by searching for a peak in the histogram of the gradient orientation of the input greylevel image. The skewness of the document is corrected by a rotation at such an angle. The slant of characters can also be detec...