AN OPTIMIZED PROCEDURE TO ESTIMATE THE ECONOMIC SEISMIC LOSSES OF EXISTING REINFORCED CONCRETE BUILDINGS DUE TO SEISMIC DAMAGE

An Optimized Procedure to Estimate the Economic Seismic Losses of Existing Reinforced Concrete Buildings due to Seismic Damage

The latest Italian seismic events have highlighted a high discrepancy between the potential destructiveness of an earthquake and the consequent economic losses due to damage to buildings.The main reason for this mismatch is the high number of vulnerable residential buildings or the low-to-medium vulnerability of buildings that are reaching the ends

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Implementing AIDS Education

The world has been challenged by the AIDS epidemic for 15 years.In 1985, the U.S.Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control, allocated funds to all state departments of education to assist schools Energy in the development of AIDS education policies and programs.Yet, these policies do not ensure that all students receive e

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Microcystic Variant of Urothelial Carcinoma

Background.Microcystic variant of urothelial carcinoma is one of the new variants of urothelial carcinoma that was added to the WHO classification in 2004.Aims.To review the literature on microcystic variant of urothelial carcinoma.Methods.Various internet search engines were used to identify reported cases of the tumour.Results.Microscopic feature

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