After failure of a column in structure by an abnormal loading, undesirable performance and damage of connections of the beams connected to the top of this column, can lead to the local failure of floor and in turn result in progressive collapse in the structure.Accordingly, the best method for rehabilitation of the structure against this incident i

BACKGROUND:New HIV infections in men who mask have sex with men (MSM) have increased in Switzerland since 2000 despite combination antiretroviral therapy (cART).The objectives of this mathematical modelling study were: to describe the dynamics of the HIV epidemic in MSM in Switzerland using national data; to explore the effects of hypothetical prev

Plain English summary Sexual minority individuals are at disproportionately greater risk for eating disorders, yet little is known about the ways in which factors in the social environment relate to eating disorder symptoms in this population.This research investigates sociocultural attitudes and romantic relationship quality as factors in the soci

Abstract The modeling of multiple parton interactions in Monte mask Carlo event generators is a crucial part not only for the dressing of signal processes but also to describe data with a minimum bias on the event selection.Much work has and will be put into the theoretical framework and the numerical implementation of these models.In this contribu

Background and Purpose: Due to climate change, it is important to know to what extent forests will be impacted by atmospheric changes.This study focuses on the height growth response of sessile oak (Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl.) to counteracting effects of fostering and interfering changes under contrasting climatic conditions with special attent