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A Quantitative Approach to Assess Seismic Vulnerability of Touristic Accommodations: Case Study in Montreal, Canada

In many places of the world, the interruption of touristic activities in the aftermath of a catastrophic earthquake is often neglected in the evaluation of seismic risks; however, these activities can account for a significant proportion of short-term and long-term economic impacts for these regions.In the last decade, several rapid visual screenin

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Experimental investigation of the effect of processing parameters on densification, microstructure and hardness of selective laser melted 7075 aluminium alloy

The 7075 aluminum alloy of the 7xxx Other Computer Adaptors series largely used for structures in modern aircraft has been successfully fabricated using selective laser melting (SLM) technology.The morphology of the initial 7075 aluminum alloy powders was characterized by a Zeiss Evo 50 Scanning electron microscope (SEM).Energy Dispersive x-ray (ED

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Detecting Synchronous Parathyroid Adenoma and False-Positive Findings on Technetium-99m MIBI Single Photon-Emission Computed Tomography/Computed Tomography

Technetium (Tc)-99m-methoxyisobutylisonitrile (MIBI) single photon-emission computed tomography/computed tomography (SPECT/CT) is now being used increasingly for preoperative localization of parathyroid adenomas.Tc-99m-MIBI scintigraphy in a 52-year-old man with a diagnosis of primary hyperparathyroidism revealed two focal areas with retention of r

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