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Objective: From the functional perspective of human movement, we analyzed transitions made by older adults (OA) when going from prone decubitus to standing position and the time taken to perform this action, due to the inability, in a high percentage of this population, to independently incorporate after...

Total mixed rations (TMR) containing conventional forage sorghum (Pahat), brown mid rib (BMR) forage sorghum (G5), or green midrib (GMR) forage sorghum (G8) were fed to local lambs to determine the effect on digestibility, performance and ruminal fermentation. Fifteen ewe lambs (aged < 1 year) with...

The Xinguang Bridge, crossing the shipping channel of the Pearl River in the city of Guangzhou, is a three-span continuous half-through rigid frame steel truss arch bridge with two RC V-shaped triangular rigid frames. The paper first gives a brief introduction on the important engineering aspects. Then...

Aiming at the safety problem during the tunnel construction of the existing railway at the Hechuan Station, generalize the analysis model, using the method that combined the MIDAS/GTS with the numerical simulation procedure GDEM, the effect of the tunnel construction on the Hechuan station is research....

Generation Z students with millennial spirit 4.0 are always expected to increase their competitiveness globally. One of the elements to compete is the ability to speak English with good grammar. A tertiary school in Bandung adopts Cross-Cultural Skype Conversation (CCSC) to improve students’ English-speaking...

Aiming at the modal characteristic prediction problem of orthog-onal rib-stiffened sandwich plates in the condition of simply sup-ported, the reinforced core increases the complexity of the struc-tural control equation. Therefore, this paper establishes a com-plete theoretical model based on the theory...

For assemble-type composited wall, 4 pieces of wall which are 1/2 scale models were made. By pseudo-static tests under low cyclic loading, the aseismic behavior indexes were compared and analyzed, including failure characteristics, bearing capacity, stiffness, deformation, ductility, energy dissipation...

Sharp violence is a form of violence using sharp weapons. Sharp violence often leads to death. Crimes against someone lives in Indonesia are still a thousand cases per year. One of this murder that occurred due to sharp violence. a 49-year-old man stabbed with a knife in the left waist. The body arrived...

U shaped, V shaped, and trapezoidal sections are widely used as closed rib sections in orthotropic steel bridge decks. This paper calculated three full-scale models of section based on the finite element method, and analyzed the magnitude and distribution of extreme stress of the constituent members...

Skype is beyond any doubt the most popular VoIP application on the Internet. Its amazing success has drawn the great attention of telecom operators and the research communities, both are interested in knowing its internal mechanism, characterizing its traffic, and understanding its users’ behavior. However,...

Chongqi bridge is the longest-span continuous steel box girder bridge with an orthotropic steel deck in China. Due to the small thickness of both the deck plate and rib wall, the out-of-plane bending moments result in high local flexural stresses causing fatigue cracks to develop at the rib-to-deck joints....

The large-section gob-side tailentry of the sublevel caving face often deforms heavily in the horizontal direction when driving and mining in deep mines, especially the side of solid coal, so it is difficult to support and needs several maintenances for the enough space. The control mechanism and technology...

The numerical simulation of RIM process is vital for mould design, control of process and parameters optimization and is the important method lowering development costs and ensuring quality. The paper conducts a finite element classification to the rib structure products with 65% fiber volume and the...

A video is analyzed by image processing and the feature parameters of facial expressions and movements, which are extracted in the mouth area. The feature parameter for expressing facial expressions is defined as the average of the facial expression intensity. The parameter for expressing movement of...

Many domestic steel structure urban bridges built in the last century have been maintained and strengthened in succession because of reaching their design working life. These old bridges have the triple function of historical culture, human landscape and transportation. The maintenance and reinforcement...

Youth character strengths becomes the front line for the nation’s future generations to face future challenges, including during the Covid-19 pandemic. Previous research has shown character strengths in helping people and the nation cope the vicissitudes of Covid-19 pandemic. This research aims to identify...

Taking the reinforced concrete tie arch bridge with single span 35m as the engineering background, the load test method of bridge-1 (JTG/TJ 21-01-2015). Load test includes static load test and dynamic load test. By applying the test load equivalent to the design load to the bridge structure, grasp the...

The forming of internal rib has more application in production, to meet the requirements of assembly, cooperate or increase the stiffness, it can be realized through the use of compressed coil or bulging coil tube forming rib forming, within or outside of the rib. It is for ribbed tube forming of schematic...

Based on the Shenzhen Bay Bridge which is located at the center of park cultural landscape, so it has important requirements of improving environments , protecting the environment and beautifying the environment. the bridge is optimal designed to be a flying swallow type curve special-shaped composite...

Model optimization has an important influence on the accuracy of simulation results based on finite element models. Existing research have been carried out various ideas for model correction to make the finite element model consistent with reality and easy for engineering practice. Good results have...

With the development of bridge construction in China, disease bridges became more and more, bridge reinforcement became a important topics facing the bridge workers. Shi-Yan line (S335) Shuigou Bridge is a stone arch bridge of 5-20meter, diseases such as stone arch ring crack, break, endanger the bridge...

Social networking media has been the major source of communication between individuals in the world over, hence, the label cyber-world. This includes Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Instagram, Flicker, Frienster, Blogs, Podcast, Youtube, Tumblr and Skype, among others. Users of these forms of media made...

The article proves that digital technologies in application with traditional methods of music education can be an effective means of developing an ensemble culture. Two different methods of working with string ensembles are presented, one of which is in the children’s philharmonic in the city of Yekaterinburg,...

In our previously reported system, after the first music recommendation process using collaborative filtering was terminated, the second recommendation process based on the scores for impression words finds the most similar music to the successfully recommended music among music that has not yet been...

In Bord & Pillar (B&P) depillaring, there are redistributions of mining-induced stresses on acontinual basis, primarily with apronounced effect on the natural supports - ribs and stooks. A rib need to be stable on temporary time-frame such that (a) it should provide adequate safety to men and machines...

We developed a method for analyzing the facial expressions of a person having a conversation on a videophone. This was implemented on a wireless local area network, consisting of two personal computers and a router; the subject and the operator are placed in front of each computer. The module contains...

The optimal management of hemodynamic disorders among critically ill patients requires an accurate assessment of hemodynamic status. Global End Diastolic Index (GEDI) is taken for a more reliable indicator of preload in critically ill patients than central venous pressure and doctors tend to arrange...

Background: Interleukin-6 (IL-6) was considered to be with the severity and mortality in COVID-19 patients, which implies a potential therapeutic target for treatment. We aimed to evaluate the safety and initial efficacy of Tocilizumab treatment for COVID-19 patients. Methods: In the retrospective study,...

Low back pain is the main cause of activity limitation and can cause socio-economic losses to a person, society, and country. Low back pain is pain that is localized between the 12th rib and the lower part of the gluteal folds with or without pain radiating to the legs. The risk factors for low back...

Purpose: Delirium is a frequent occurrence amongst Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients, but studies on its causes are sparse and its risk factors vary from disease to disease. Here, in this study, an attempt was made to investigate the factors associated with the prognosis of delirium in the ICU. Methods:...

The flashover of polluted insulator is one of the serious problems which should be taken into account in the design and coordination of high voltage insulation. In order to clarify the influence of umbrella shape configurations on the pollution flashover characteristics of AC suspension porcelain insulators,...

To improve the quality of life of elderly people living in a home or healthcare facility, especially in a rural area, we have been developing a method for analyzing the facial expressions of a person using a video phone system (Skype) to speak with another person. In the present study, we proposed a...

Based on the data of a arch bridge that lready built up, the finite element analysis model is established by finite element analysis software called Midas Civil. The buckling mode and buckling characteristics of the bridge are analyzed. The following operations changes are performed: the width of the...

Based on the features of the structure of double-arch permeable rib tunnel and its spatial deformation mechanism, a corresponding construction monitoring and measuring program was demonstrated in this paper. The reasons of the vault slope deformation and cracking which was the main risk during the construction...

The permeable rib double-arch tunnel is a new type structure of tunnel adjacent to mountain, a better way to solve the problems of engineering stability and environmental protection of highway adjacent to mountain in mountains area. For the environmental geological problems of the tunnel adjacent to...

Recognizing the importance of developing renewable energy resources, the Highways Agency commissioned a preliminary scoping study in 2001 to explore available methods and assess the possibility of renewable energy generation being exploited within the highway network. Among the various means of transportation,...