Soft stories in buildings are well-known to present structural vulnerabilities during seismic events, and the failure of non-structural components (NSCs) has been evident in past earthquakes, along with structural damage.This study seeks to investigate how the presence of a soft story in a building affects the criteria for elastic Nursing Covers fl
We present a study comparing assemblages of ground beetles between small and large pristine peat bogs in Central-Eastern Europe, to better understand biodiversity variability in peatland ecosystems in tundra patches in the temperate Hair Accessories zone.We found that Shannon diversity and Pielou evenness indices and species composition for carabid
Abstract Background Diabetes was commonly seen in chronic total occlusion (CTO) patients but data regarding the impact of successful percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) on clinical outcome of CTO patients with diabetes was controversial.And importantly, no studies have compared quality of life (QOL) after CTO-PCI in patients with and without d
Risk assessment during emission of toxic chemicals at railway transport is the problem of great scientific interest.To make such assessment we need special computer models.At present, in Ukraine,we have lack of such models.The authors present numerical models for territorial risk assessment in case of organized emissionsat railway transport (for ex