On March 11, 2011, Japan experienced an earthquake of magnitude 9.0 and subsequent enormous tsunamis.This disaster destroyed many coastal cities and caused nearly 20,000 casualties.In the aftermath of the disaster, many tsunami survivors who lost their homes were forced to live in small temporary apartments.Although all tsunami survivors Flaxseed w
Masonry infilled RC frames are one of the most common structural forms, the damage of which, in earthquake events, usually cause serious losses.The determination of the seismic performance target is the key foundation of performance-based seismic evaluation and design for masonry infilled RC frames.In this paper, an extensive database of experiment
In a project aiming to develop community-led resources for families in northern Quebec, Canada, members (Inuit and non-Inuit) of the project decided to meet with Inuit parents to hear their experiences and needs, and to better understand how family dynamics might be related to ways of using resources within communities.In this article, Ball - Bag -
An important problem in neuronal computation is to discern how features of stimuli control the timing of action potentials.One aspect of this problem is to determine how an action potential, or spike, can be elicited with the least energy cost, e.g., a minimal amount of applied current.Here we show in the Hodgkin & Huxley model of the action potent
The extortion phenomenon has become part of the daily lives of Indonesian people.The practice of Warranty extortion is very easily found in almost all public service institutions from the lower level to the central level.It is important to understand that the practice of extortion has disrupted the progress of this country.One impact is extortion h