Falls from height: analysis of 114 cases by Tomi Zlatar, Eliane Maria Gorga Lago, Willames de Albuquerque Soares, João dos Santos Baptista, Béda Barkokébas Junior

“…Main findings Finally, in 98% of analyzed cases, the fall from height was a result of several non-adequate or missing RMM: in 81.6% procedures of work, 65.8% guardrails and edge protection, 60.5% risk assessment, and 60.5% platforms or scaffolds. …”
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The role of different sliding resistances in limit analysis of hemispherical masonry domes by Elham Mousavian, Claudia Casapulla

“…The results of the revised procedure are compared to those obtained by other approaches finding the thinnest dome. …”
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Automated Symbolic Upscaling: 2. Model Generation for Extended Applicability Regimes by Kyle Pietrzyk, Ilenia Battiato

“…Abstract In this second part of the two paper series, we detail an algorithmic procedure for systematically implementing the generalized closure form strategy presented in Part 1. …”
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Indocyanine green: An old drug with novel applications by Chia-Hung Lu, Jong-Kai Hsiao

“…Current uses include hepatic function evaluation before surgical procedure and fundus evaluation. The large safety margin and near-infrared fluorescent optical advantage of the drug have proved useful in several clinical trials of intraoperative systems for tumor removal. …”
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Magie des sons et de la prosodie, et apprentissage de la phonétique par la poésie : « Le Pont Mirabeau » by Monique Monville-Burston, Fryni Kakoyianni-Doa, Spyros Armostis

“…This experiment was centered on a literary text, the poem by Guillaume Apollinaire « Le Pont Mirabeau », and was intended to make participants aware of the importance of teaching phonetics in their future FFL classes and of the attractiveness that acquiring knowledge in this domain of language may present. The procedure of the research project consisted of five stages: 1) Preliminary reading of the poem by the participants (pre-test); 2) Phonetics course (collective teaching) and feed-back on the preliminary reading (individual teaching); 3) Second reading of the poem by the participants (post-test); 4) Phonetic analysis of the two readings; 5) Semi-directed interviews between researchers and participants. …”
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A young soldier with syncope, shortness of breath and palpitations by Mladenović Zorica, Mijailović Zdravko, Tavčiovski Dragan, Ilić Radoje, Rusović Siniša, Trifunović Zoran, Matunović Radomir

“…After noninvasive and invasive cardiology diagnostic procedures were made, we concluded that he had a subtotal tubular stenosis in proximal segment of the left anterior descending coronary artery. …”
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Zastosowanie metody różnic skończonych do zagadnień pełzania kołowo cylindrycznych powłok by Sumio Marakami

“…Part II is concerned with the analysis of the steady-state crcep of a circular cylindrical shell according to the power creep law nad the creep theory of Mises-Mises type. An iterative procedure combined with the finite-difference method is proposed. …”
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The abridged South African hypertension guideline 2011 by Y.K. Seedat, B.L. Rayner

“…The correct BP measurement procedure is described, and evaluation of cardiovascular risk factors and recommendations for antihypertensive therapy, are stipulated. …”
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Endovascular stent implantation in congenital heart defects by A Celiker, A Bilgiç, T Karagöz, A Paç

“…There was no complication related to the procedures. All patients are living except one who died from cerebrovascular event unrelated to the stent implantation. …”
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A Novel Authentication Scheme for V2I Communication Based on WAVE Unicast Services by Atthapol Suwannasa, Somnuk Puangpronpitag, Wirat Phongsiri

“…The new scheme is based on Pairwise Transient Key (PTK) procedures with a few extra authentication steps. To evaluate the new scheme, we have experimented on a Network Simulator (NS-2) under both city and highway scenarios. …”
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Topotypes : le projet de paysage comme démarche de recherche by Thierry Kandjee, Sébastien Penfornis

“…From garden to large scale strategy, projects and design studios as investigations, experiments, procedures are developed. ‘Topotypes’ explore operative territorial tactics and the condition of thickness as possible spectrum and tools for design intervention. …”
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The unbearable space of stories: The category of life in journalism by V.S. Varakin

“…Simmel’s “philosophy of life”. The procedure of understanding is considered as an action of intrusion from within the borders of life into the life. …”
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Continuing education as value creation by Walter Schöni

“…The author also outlines a procedure for value creation analysis and, using two continuing education programmes as examples, illustrates the findings that value creation analysis can generate. …”
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Breathing Life Sustainably - An Abandoned Settlement to an Open-Air Museum Twah Longwar by Naphibahun Lyngdoh

“…This will allow those who are unable to travel to learn about Twah longwar's long-lost traditions. The procedure for physically reconstructing the settlement will also be demonstrated. …”
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Modelling of Nickel Atoms Interacting with Single-Walled Nanotubes by Mansoor H. Alshehri

“…Classical modelling procedures, together with the 6-12 Lennard-Jones potential function and the hybrid discrete-continuous approach, are used to calculate the interaction of a nickel atoms with (i,i) armchair and (i,0) zigzag single-walled nanotubes. …”
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Thermomechanical postbuckling of thick FGM plates resting on elastic foundations with tangential edge constraints by Hoang Van Tung

“…Approximate solutions  are assumed to satisfy simply supported boundary conditions and Galerkin  procedure is applied to derive expressions of buckling loads and  load-deflection relations. …”
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Real-time self-regulation of emotion networks in patients with depression. by David E J Linden, Isabelle Habes, Stephen J Johnston, Stefanie Linden, Ranjit Tatineni, Leena Subramanian, Bettina Sorger, David Healy, Rainer Goebel

“…A control group that underwent a training procedure with the same cognitive strategies but without neurofeedback did not improve clinically. …”
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Segregation at school and at home: an English exploration by Ron Johnston, Richard Harris, Kelvyn Jones, David Manley

“…A case study of flows in one local authority sustains this general argument – that any greater segregation of schools than neighbourhoods in England reflects the different age profiles of White and non-White populations and is not the result of ethnically-biased schools admissions procedures.…”
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The Willingness to Pay for Cider Products: Results of a Survey on Habits and Consumption Behavior by Eric Le Fur, J. François Outreville

“…To accommodate the feature of a significant proportion of zero or negative premiums in dependent variables, the Heckman two-stage estimation procedure is performed. # Results Results show that the young generation consider cider as a cheap, festive and non-organic beverage and is willing to pay a premium for quality ciders like specifically rosé and farmer ciders…”
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Nonfeedback Distributed Beamforming Using Spatial-Temporal Extraction by Pongnarin Sriploy, Monthippa Uthansakul

“…So far, major phase synchronization techniques for distributed beamforming suffer from the problem related to the feedback procedure as a base station has to send the feedback reference signal back to the transmitting nodes. …”
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