The purpose of this study is to introduce the Hoek–Brown nonlinear failure criterion into the convergence–confinement method (CCM), which is based on the linear failure criterion, and implant it into the ground reaction curve (GRC) in thi...
Improving the Prediction Performance (PP) of crack pipeline Failure Assessment Model (FAM) is of great significance for the safety of pipeline structure and engineering. However, conventional optimizations for PP always focus on either safety or accu...
Many building structures in the southwest of China are constructed on slopes due to its mountainous terrain characteristics. Therefore, it is crucial to accurately study the stability of slopes and building structures during the construction and oper...
A new Neural Network Optimization (NNO) algorithm for constitutive material parameter identification based on inverse analysis of experimental tests of small-scale masonry prisms under compressive loads is presented. The Concrete Damaged Plasticity (...
High flow access (HFA) is a condition in which hemodynamics is affected by a flow rate that is larger than the blood flow required for hemodialysis. HFA sometimes causes high output heart failure, venous hypertension, and dialysis access steal syndro...
This paper investigates the statistical inference of inverse power Lomax distribution parameters under progressive first-failure censored samples. The maximum likelihood estimates (MLEs) and the asymptotic confidence intervals are derived based on th...
Fire and explosion accidents of oil-filled electrical transformers are leading to negative impacts, not only on the delivery of energy, but also on workplace health and safety as well as the surrounding environment. Such accidents are still being rep...
Introduction: Peri-procedural myocardial infarction (PMI) after cardiac surgery is a significant yet often under-recognised complication, sometimes necessitating urgent coronary angiography (PMI-rCA). This meta-analysis evaluates its prevalence, angi...
Point and interval estimations are taken into account for a progressive first-failure censored left-truncated normal distribution in this paper. First, we derive the estimators for parameters on account of the maximum likelihood principle. Subsequent...
Background: Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction (ACLR) is the gold-standard treatment for ACL rupture; however, graft failure remains a significant concern, particularly in young, active, or high-risk patients. The addition of a Lateral E...
Entropy is an uncertainty measure of random variables which mathematically represents the prospective quantity of the information. In this paper, we mainly focus on the estimation for the parameters and entropy of an Inverse Weibull distribution unde...
Background/Objectives: Pacemaker-induced cardiomyopathy (PICM) develops in up to 30% of patients with chronic right ventricular pacing. While biventricular (BIV) upgrade is the conventional strategy, conduction system pacing (CSP) offers a physiologi...
Introduction: Heart failure decompensation can be triggered by many factors, including anemia. In cases of iron deficiency anemia or iron deficiency without anemia, endoscopic studies are recommended to rule out the presence of gastrointestinal neopl...
Mitral regurgitation (MR) is a common valvular disorder often seen in a severely dilated left ventricle (LV) and reduced LV function. In chronic heart failure (HF), severe functional MR increases preload, wall tension, LV workload, and worsening prog...
Objectives: The aim of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of repeat transcatheter aortic valve implantation (redo-TAVI) in the polish population. Methods: In this multicentre nationwide registry (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier, NCT03361...
Implant therapy is now an established treatment with high long-term success and survival rates. However, early implant failure, which occurs within one year of superstructure placement, occurs at a higher rate than late failure, which is represented...
Engine failure after take-off (or one engine being inoperative) is an exercise conducted as part of multi-engine flight training and on-going competency checking. To prepare pilots to manage a real in-flight emergency, this exercise has traditionally...
Background: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in patients with Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) remains technically challenging. Device-assisted ERCP (DAE-ERCP) is widely used for uncomplicated pancreaticobiliary disease but is ass...
AKI is one of the most common yet underdiagnosed postoperative complications that can occur after any type of surgery. Contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) is still poorly defined and due to a wide range of confounding individual variables, its risk is...
Background: Patient reported outcomes (PROs) are important measures in acquired heart disease but have not been well defined in Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD). Our aim was to explore the discriminatory capacity of PRO survey tools in Fontan ci...
The study aims to utilize the convergence–confinement method (CCM) by considering non-hydrostatic stress assumptions in the analysis of the surrounding rock in a circular tunnel. The rock mass properties should adhere to the criteria of the non...
This study proposed a two-phase risk analysis scheme for flood management considering flood inundation losses, including: (1) simplified qualitative-based risk analysis incorporating the principles of failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) to identi...
High-flow oxygen therapy (HFOT) is a respiratory support system, through which high flows of humidified and heated gas are delivered to hypoxemic patients. Several mechanisms explain how HFOT improves arterial blood gases and enhances patients’...
Auxetic materials can be exploited for coupling different types of tissues. Herein, we designed a material where the microorganism metabolic activity yields the formation of buckled/collapsed bubbles within gelling silicone cylinders thus providing a...
Previous studies have suggested that the preoperative methods used to plan tibial tuberosity advancement in dogs may result in under-advancement. Therefore, this cadaveric study compared the effectiveness of the common tangent method and the tibial-a...
Background: Although parenteral nutrition (PN) significantly improves mortality rates in pediatric short bowel syndrome (SBS), long-term PN has many possible complications and impacts quality of life. Bowel lengthening procedures (BLPs) increase the...
(1) Background: This single-center retrospective study aimed to evaluate whether sodium–glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2-i) therapy may have a nephroprotective effect to prevent contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI) in patients...
Background: In percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI), the impact of prolonged fluoroscopy time (FT) on procedural outcomes is poorly studied. Methods and Results: We analyzed the outcomes of 12,538 consecutive elective PCIs. The primary endpoint...
Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major cause of morbidity, mortality, and healthcare utilization. Lung volume reduction surgery improves outcomes in a select cohort but portends high morbidity. Bronchoscopic lung volume r...
Due to the wide inter- and intra-individual variability, short-term heart rate variability (HRV) analysis (usually 5 min) might lead to inaccuracy in detecting heart failure. Therefore, RR interval segmentation, which can reflect the individual heart...
A new version of failure criterion for additively manufactured materials, together with simple and accurate calibration procedures, is proposed and experimentally verified in this paper. The proposition is based on void growth-based ductile failure m...
Background: Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has become the preferred treatment for severe aortic stenosis in high- and intermediate-risk patients, with expanding indications for lower-risk populations. However, post-procedural complicat...
A pre-procedural ultrasound of the lumbar spine is frequently used to facilitate neuraxial procedures. The aim of this review is to examine the evidence sustaining the utilization of pre-procedural neuraxial ultrasound compared to conventional method...
A full-cycle, multiscale analysis technique was developed for periodic lattice structures with geometric repetition, aiming for more efficient modeling to predict their failure loads. The full-cycle analysis includes both upscaling and downscaling pr...
This paper investigates the change in hull girder failure probabilities and partial safety factors caused by the implementation of the new procedure for direct computation of wave loads recommended by the International Association of Classification S...
Failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) is one of the most widely employed pre-evaluation techniques to avoid risks during the product design and manufacturing phases. Risk priority number (RPN), a risk assessment indicator used in FMEA, is widely us...
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Introduction: Correct perioperative management of anticoagulant therapy is essential to prevent thromboembolic events and reduce the risk of bleeding. The lack of universally accepted guidelines makes perioperative anticoagulant therapy management di...
Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) serve a critical role in complex systems operations, guiding operator response during normal and emergency scenarios. This study compares 29 SOPs (517 steps) across three domains with varying operator selection ri...
The development of light composite rotor blades with acceptable load carrying capacity is an essential issue to be dealt with in the design of relatively large copter-type drones. In this paper, a method is established to determine the quasi-static b...
Bearings are crucial components that decide whether or not a wind turbine can work smoothly and that have a significant impact on the transmission efficiency and stability of the entire wind turbine’s life. However, wind power equipment operate...
The number of consumers with green awareness have grown these days and as a result they have turned to purchase eco-friendly products. For this reason, this study aims to propose a method for eco-design based on the anticipatory failure determination...
Background: Total ankle arthroplasty (TAA) has higher complication and failure rates compared to other surgical joint replacement procedures despite technological advances. This study aimed to find the long-term survivability of the TAA procedure and...
Dialysis associated steal syndrome (DASS) is a relatively rare but debilitating complication of arteriovenous fistulas. While mild symptoms can be observed, if severe symptoms are left untreated, DASS can result in ulcerations and limb threatening is...
Weather-related events are among the major causes of failure propagation in natural gas pipeline infrastructure. The interaction between multiple natural-force factors, such as temperature, precipitation, and wind, and their unpredictable simultaneou...
Background: Fontan circulation maintains an elevated venous pressure; this promotes venous and lymphatic congestion and may lead to late circuit failure. Our objective was to determine the association between thoracic lymphatic perfusion patterns ass...
This research aims to identify the prevalence of failure for Birmingham Hip Prosthesis (BHR) in total hip arthroplasty and to analyze its reasons from biomaterials and biofunctional perspectives. We present our current analysis and tests on a series...
Background and Objectives: MitraClip® (MC) placement has been extensively used as an intervention for mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (mTEER) for functional mitral regurgitation (FMR). The aim of our study is to analyze the association b...
Distributed physically based slope stability models usually provide outputs representing, on a pixel basis, the probability of failure of each cell. This kind of result, although scientifically sound, from an operational point of view has several lim...
Background: Performing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) at the same time represents a groundbreaking development in the multidisciplinary treatment of cardiovascular disease. This combined PCI–EVA...
This research evaluated the diagnostic accuracy and complication rate of computed tomography (CT)-guided percutaneous transthoracic lung biopsy (PTNB) in patients 80 years and older. The study sought to identify risk factors for diagnostic failures o...
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