Off late, the continuously depletion of the ozone layer and global warming issue have
increased the awareness of the construction industries in using more eco-friendly construction …

Background.—Retrorectal cystic hamartomas, or tailgut cysts, are rare congenital lesions that
typically present as presacral masses. These lesions are frequently clinically unrecognized …

Repair and rehabilitation of existing damaged concrete structures have emerged as one of
the most important construction activities globally. Money used on repairing damaged …

Background & Aims: Multiple tests are available for determining Helicobacter pylori infection.
Our aim was to compare the sensitivity, specificity, and negative and positive predictive …

The volatility of exchange rate changes has increased significantly since the adoption of the
floating rate regime in the early 1970s. As a result, more uncertainty has been introduced to …

OBJECTIVES: It is currently recommend to perform a liver biopsy for patients with chronically
elevated liver function tests (LFT) of unknown etiology (marker negative). The necessity and …

The significant number of bank failures since the late 1970s has generated strong pressures
on regulatory agencies to examine the quality of bank assets, ie primarily the loan portfolios…

Following the market crash in 1987, there has been increased interest in the usefulness of
price limits as well as other forms of market controls. The purpose of this research is to …

An on-line recursive inverse method to estimate the input forces of beam structures is
presented. The inverse method is based on the Kalman filter and a recursive least-squares …

The present study is concerned with the application of Kalman filter with a recursive estimator
to determine the input force of a mechanical grey-box model. The forces are estimated …