Earthquake response mitigation of a base-isolated (BI) building equipped with (i) a single tuned mass damper at the top of the building, (ii) multiple tuned mass dampers (MTMDs) at the top of the building, hooded towel and (iii) MTMDs distributed on different floors of the building (d-MTMDs) is studied.The shear-type buildings are modeled by consid
BACKGROUND: We recently characterized a specific inorganic triphosphatase (PPPase) from Nitrosomonas europaea.This enzyme belongs to the CYTH superfamily of proteins.Many bacterial members of this family are annotated as predicted adenylate cyclases, because one of the founding members is CyaB adenylate cyclase from A.hydrophila.The aim Beauty Glov
The procedural rhetoric of the BioShock games has been both lauded as a ludological implementation of social critique and criticised as the continuation of conservative gameplay formulae.At times, this extends to full hypocrisy, with the series simultaneously narratively criticising and mechanically perpetuating capitalism and ethnocentrism.This ar
Abstract Background Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a leading cause of death in women.Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) secretes cytokines to modulate coronary artery function, and the release of fatty acids from EAT serves as a readily available energy source for cardiomyocytes.However, despite having beneficial functions, excessive amounts of EAT