The force reduction factor (R) and its components for steel buildings are evaluated in this study. The R factor for single-degree-of-freedom models produces non-conservative designs. The global R ...

Tuesday, October 28: Often researchers are faced with data in very high dimensions (e.g. too many predictors for a regression model), or must come up with a rule to classify data in pre-determined ...

Dose reduction factors (DRF) were determined for various doses of mercaptoethylamine (MEA) administered either intravenously or intraperitoneally to mice before whole body x-irradiation. MEA doses ...

The size of an enlargement/reduction is described by its scale factor. For example, a scale factor of 2 means that the new shape is twice the size of the original. A scale factor of 3 means that the ...

ARF! ARF! ARF! That’s not a dog barking. It’s the acronym for a little-known Social Security rule that may help some people who retired at age 62 and took reduced benefits but then decided to return ...