STRENGTHENING, REHABILITATION AND WIDENING OF THE EXISTING ARCH BRIDGE ON NATIONAL ROUTE 7 OVER THE OLIFANTS RIVER, SOUTH AFRICA

Strengthening, rehabilitation and widening of the existing arch bridge on national route 7 over the Olifants River, South Africa

This paper describes the rehabilitation of the existing bridge over the Olifants River.The bridge is on National Route 7 Tapes near Klawer and dates back to 1957.The defining feature of this elegant bridge is a concrete arch spanning 92.7 m.The existing bridge displayed extensive cracking, failed expansion joints and spall damage to beam soffits.So

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Pathologic Complete Response Prediction after Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation Therapy for Rectal Cancer Using Radiomics and Deep Embedding Network of MRI

Assessment of magnetic Water Softener resonance imaging (MRI) after neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy (nCRT) is essential in rectal cancer staging and treatment planning.However, when predicting the pathologic complete response (pCR) after nCRT for rectal cancer, existing works either rely on simple quantitative evaluation based on radiomics featu

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Toothbrush Contamination: A Review of the Literature

Toothbrushes are commonly used in hospital settings and may harbor potentially harmful microorganisms.A peer-reviewed literature review was conducted to evaluate the cumulative state of knowledge related to toothbrush contamination BODY WASH and its possible role in disease transmission.A systematic review was conducted on adult human subjects thro

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