scholarly journals THE ROLE OF SEISMIC POUNDING IN THE OPTIMAL SELECTION OF GROUND-MOTION INTENSITY MEASURES

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 580-595
Author(s):  
ABDULHAMEED A. YASEEN ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 64 (8) ◽  
pp. 951-963 ◽  
Author(s):  
Subhashis Sarkar ◽  
Michel van Gelder ◽  
Willy Noort ◽  
Yunping Xu ◽  
Kasper M. A. Rouschop ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 303-310
Author(s):  
Silvia DEACONU ◽  
Alexandru DEACONU ◽  
Aura VIJIIAC ◽  
Alexandra ACOSTACHIOAIEI ◽  
Maria DOROBANTU

Lately, RV dysfunction has emerged as a signifi cant prognostic factor in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). More so, recent data show a specific pattern of RV contraction in LBBB patients that is corrected by CRT, but not in patients with RV failure. The importance of RV evaluation in CRT patients is still under debate. Establishing the role of RV function in the setting of CRT may help identify patients with high risk of adverse events. Moreover, the changes induced by CRT upon RV may lead to a better understanding of the mechanisms behind CRT effects and may facilitate novel criteria for optimal selection of CRT candidates.


2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aja Taitano ◽  
Bradley Smith ◽  
Cade Hulbert ◽  
Kristin Batten ◽  
Lalania Woodstrom ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 04 (01) ◽  
pp. 4-10

AbstractImmunosuppression permits graft survival after transplantation and consequently a longer and better life. On the other hand, it increases the risk of infection, for instance with cytomegalovirus (CMV). However, the various available immunosuppressive therapies differ in this regard. One of the first clinical trials using de novo everolimus after kidney transplantation [1] already revealed a considerably lower incidence of CMV infection in the everolimus arms than in the mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) arm. This result was repeatedly confirmed in later studies [2–4]. Everolimus is now considered a substance with antiviral properties. This article is based on the expert meeting “Posttransplant CMV infection and the role of immunosuppression”. The expert panel called for a paradigm shift: In a CMV prevention strategy the targeted selection of the immunosuppressive therapy is also a key element. For patients with elevated risk of CMV, mTOR inhibitor-based immunosuppression is advantageous as it is associated with a significantly lower incidence of CMV events.


Author(s):  
Palky Mehta ◽  
H. L. Sharma

In the current scenario of Wireless Sensor Network (WSN), power consumption is the major issue associated with nodes in WSN. LEACH technique plays a vital role of clustering in WSN and reduces the energy usage effectively. But LEACH has its own limitation in order to search cluster head nodes which are randomly distributed over the network. In this paper, ERA-NFL- BA algorithm is being proposed for selects the cluster heads in WSN. This algorithm help in selection of cluster heads can freely transform from global search to local search. At the end, a comparison has been done with earlier researcher using protocol ERA-NFL, which clearly shown that proposed Algorithm is best suited and from comparison results that ERA-NFL-BA has given better performance.


2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 161-179
Author(s):  
Outi Paloposki

The article looks at book production and circulation from the point of view of translators, who, as purchasers and readers of foreign-language books, are an important mediating force in the selection of literature for translation. Taking the German publisher Tauchnitz's series ‘Collection of British Authors’ and its circulation in Finland in the nineteenth and early twentieth century as a case in point, the article argues that the increased availability of English-language books facilitated the acquiring and honing of translators' language skills and gradually diminished the need for indirect translating. Book history and translation studies meet here in an examination of the role of the Collection in Finnish translators' work.


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