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Use of the software ‘Poser4’ in reconstruction of accident and crime scenes
2000
The reconstruction of accident and crime scenes demands the full attention of the forensic working physician. Description by words is often difficult and liable to be misunderstood. Reconstruction in the original places of events are expensive and in some cases impossible. Computer graphics and animations give the possibility to construct the original course of events. Poser4 is a software package to perform these reconstructions in an easy and vivid way. We investigated the possibilities of reconstructing an accident with this software.
Evaluation of Load transfer in rigid pavements by Rolling wheel deflectometer and Falling weight deflectometer
2020
Abstract Rigid pavements have widespread use, e.g, in motorways and airports, due to their excellent properties such as high bearing capacity and long lifetime. However, when rigid pavements fail it is often due to bad load transfer efficiency (LTE) at its joints. Traditional methods of measuring LTE can be time consuming. Here, we study the possibility of measuring LTE using a moving load with the aim of achieving higher productivity. An experiment simulating Rolling Weight Deflectometer (RWD) measurements on a joint was carried out to gain understanding and confidence that can guide the analysis of real RWD data. Continuous data from measurements across a joint allows for determination of…
Food waste reduction and taking away leftovers: Interplay of food-ordering routine, planning routine, and motives
2021
The hospitality literature is quite deficient in insights on consumer behaviour towards food waste generation and its mitigation in out-of-home dining. The present study addresses this gap by undertaking a mixed-method study to examining a broad spectrum of diners’ behaviour, beginning from planning the meal and ending with bringing the leftovers home. To this end, it utilises the Stimulus-Organism-Response theory to conceptualise the association of planning routine, food-ordering routine, motives, attitude, and behaviour of taking away leftovers and throwing away leftovers. The results of analysis of the data collected from 276 diners in the United States confirm a positive association of …
Galvaskausa lūzuma cēloņi, komplikācijas un ārstēšanas iespējas bērniem
2018
Darba pamatojums. Galvaskausa lūzumus izraisa tiešs trieciens pa kalvāriju, un visbiežāk tiek skarti velves kauli. Traumas visbiežāk rodas sadzīves negadījumos, piemēram, kritieni no ķermeņa augstuma vai tieša objekta krietiena uz galvas. Visbiežāk tiek skarts paura un pakauša kauls. Ļoti bieži sastopamas galvaskausa lūzumu komplikācijas, visbiežāk raksturīgas hematomas un smadzeņu satricinājums. Ķirurģisku iejaukšanos veic ļoti sarežģītos gadījumos, tāpēc konservatīva terapija tiek izmantota biežāk. Darba mērķis: Noskaidrot biežākos galvaskausa lūzuma iemeslus, vecumu kādā tiek gūtas traumas, izraisītās komplikācijas un ārstēšanas metodes bērniem līdz 18 gadiem Latvijā. Materiāli un metode…
Hybrid Lattice Boltzmann/Dynamic Self-Consistent Field Simulations of Microphase Separation and Vesicle Formation in Block Copolymer Systems
2011
We present a hybrid numerical method to introduce hydrodynamics in dynamic self-consistent field (SCF) studies of inhomogeneous polymer systems. It solves a set of coupled dynamical equations: The ...
Natura e fondamento dell’azione revocatoria ordinaria e fallimentare
2022
Lo scritto esamina la natura giuridica della azione ordinaria e della azione revocatoria e il fondamento di queste azioni, che viene rinvenuto in un illecito commesso dal debitore e dal terzo. Nel caso di atti a titolo gratuito invece la revoca mira a evitare un ingiustificato arricchimento del terzo. The paper examines the juridical nature of the actio pauliana and of the bankrupty invalidation action and the reasons of these actions, which are based on a tort committed by the debtor and by the third party. In the case of free-of-charge deeds, however, these actions aim to avoid unjustified enrichment of the third party.
État actuel des réseaux de mesures éco-climatiques en Afrique centrale : les ambitions du projet de recherche international FORGREENE.
2016
This work presents an overview of spatio-temporal quality andspatial density of rainfall networks of Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, CAP and DRC, particularly in the recentperiod (1973-2014) through the GSOD international database. Faced with enormous gaps observed, theseresults will help to select metrological and analytical orientations in FORGREENE project (Tropical forestsgreeness and cloudiness in Central Africa: present conditions and future evolution). A comparison with rainfallsatellite estimates (RFE type) also indicates their great potential, provided they are based on in situ validations.
Influence of temperature on extreme rainfall intensity in Sicily (Italy)
2018
Some climate model experiments suggest an intensification of short-duration extreme precipitation in many parts of the world associated with a warming climate. This behavior could have a physical motivation due to the fact that warmer air has the potential to hold more atmospheric moisture and, then, to provide more water to rainfall events. The theoretical basis of the relationship that links air temperature and atmospheric humidity is provided by the Clausius-Clapeyron relation, according to which, if the relative humidity remains constant, then atmospheric humidity will increase with temperature at a rate (often referred to as CC-rate) in the order of 6-7% °C-1, following the saturation …
Investigating the Reliability of Stationary Design Rainfall in a Mediterranean Region under a Changing Climate
2023
Extreme rainfall events have been more frequent in recent decades, potentially as a climate change effect. This has been leading to a higher risk of the failure of existing hydraulic infrastructures, and to a higher awareness regarding the unreliability of design rainfall calculated with reference to historical data recorded in the last century. With this in mind, the present study questions the stationary assumption of the rainfall Depth–Duration–Frequency curves commonly used in Sicily, the biggest island of the Mediterranean Sea. Quantiles derived from the most up-to-date regional method, regarding Sicily, based on observations in the period 1928–2010, have been compared with those extra…
SART and Individual Trial Mistake Thresholds: Predictive Model for Mobility Decline
2021
The Sustained Attention to Response Task (SART) has been used to measure neurocognitive functions in older adults. However, simplified average features of this complex dataset may result in loss of primary information and fail to express associations between test performance and clinically meaningful outcomes. Here, we describe a new method to visualise individual trial (raw) information obtained from the SART test, vis-à-vis age, and groups based on mobility status in a large population-based study of ageing in Ireland. A thresholding method, based on the individual trial number of mistakes, was employed to better visualise poorer SART performances, and was statistically validated with bin…