ANALYSIS OF THE SEISMIC ISOLATION CHARACTERISTICS OF THE OVERALL FRICTION PENDULUM BEARING (OFPB) OF A PAGODA UNDER THREE TYPES OF SEISMIC ACTIONS

Analysis of the seismic isolation characteristics of the overall friction pendulum bearing (OFPB) of a pagoda under three types of seismic actions

Abstract In this study, the seismic performance of an ancient pagoda with significant historical and cultural values in China is upgraded by using overall friction pendulum bearing (OFPB) seismic isolation technology, This technique can be used to isolate the pagoda without damaging it.By implementing the OFPB seismic isolation retrofit on the pago

read more

Storytelling in Interactive 3D Geographic Visualization Systems

The objective of interactive geographic maps is to provide geographic information to a large audience in a captivating and intuitive way.Storytelling helps to create exciting experiences ds durga hand soap and to explain complex or otherwise hidden relationships of geospatial data.Furthermore, interactive 3D applications offer a wide range of attra

read more

Potent anti-tumor effect generated by a novel human papillomavirus (HPV) antagonist peptide reactivating the pRb/E2F pathway.

Human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV16) E7 is a viral oncoprotein believed to play a major role in cervical cancer.In this study, an antagonist peptide against HPV16E7 protein was first identified from screening the c7c phage display peptide library.The binding specificity and affinity of the selected peptide to HPV16E7 were tested by competitive enzy

read more


Semantic Aware Stitching for Panorama

The most critical aspect of panorama generation is maintaining local semantic consistency.Objects may be projected from different depths in cashel tail bag the captured image.When warping the image to a unified canvas, pixels at the semantic boundaries of the different views are significantly misaligned.We propose two lightweight strategies to addr

read more