This paper mainly deals with seismic response and performance for self-centering friction damping braces (SFDBs) subjected to several maximum- or design-leveled earthquake ground motions.The self-centering friction damping Lift Top Desk brace members consist of core recentering components fabricated with superelastic shape memory alloy wires and en
The monograph represents the results of a comprehensive study on development of retrieval languages in the libraries and archives as a compulsory component of data retrieval system and an intermediary in implementation of the communication process.The retrieval languages are considered through the Medical and Ambulatory supplies / Needles and Syrin
The paper is oriented on the argumentation of real and potential problems and challenges, which are a basis for the formation of a new strategy for the Czech agriculture and Bud Vase for a new conception of the Czech agricultural policy for the period after EU accession.Based on the arguments, goals of the new strategy are derived, to be discussed
Abstract Accessory cavitated uterine mass (ACUM) is a very rare, Primer underdiagnosed pathology.It is treated with radical surgery, which results in uterine scarring.Here, we describe the first case of ethanol sclerotherapy of an ACUM, modeled on the treatment of recurring endometrioma.Ethanol sclerotherapy avoids uterine scarring and the secondar
Acute stenosing laryngotracheitis is the most common cause of the upper respiratory tract obstruction Bud Vase in children at the age of 6 months to 6 years old.It is the rapidly occurring syndrome, consisting of barking cough, hoarseness, stridor.The disease can be associated with development of respiratory failure and asphyxia, so pediatricians a