Abstract Faults and fractured zones are common geological hazards in tunnel construction, especially in seismic regions where tunnels are highly vulnerable to fault movements.This study uses Urumqi Metro Line 2 as a case, establishes a new damage assessment system for tunnels crossing multiple slip surface faults.Three-dimensional nonlinear finite
In recent years, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have received considerable attention from regulators, industry and research community, due to rapid growth in a broad range of applications.Particularly, UAVs are being used to provide a promising solution to reliable and cost-effective wireless communications from the sky.The deployment of UAVs has
BackgroundThe etiology and pathogenesis of idiopathic dystonia remain obscure.Recent studies revealed that compound heterozygous mutations in collagen type VI alpha-3 gene COL6A3 may cause recessive isolated dystonia (DYT)-27.However, whether COL6A3 mutations are associated with Chinese patients with isolated dystonia is not yet reported.MethodsIn
Malignant mesotheliomas are generally classified into epithelioid, sarcomatoid, desmoplastic, and biphasic types with rare reports of a small cell form.These small cell variants display some morphologic overlap with desmoplastic small round cell tumors (DSRCTs) which generally occur within the abdominal cavity of young males and are defined by a ch