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Seismic design problem of a steel moment-resisting frame is formulated as a multiobjective programming problem. The total structural (material) volume and the plastic dissipated energy at the collapse state against severe seismic motions are considered as performance measures. Geometrically nonlinear inelastic time-history analysis is carried out against recorded ground motions that are incrementally scaled to reach the predefined collapse state. The frame members are chosen from the lists of the available standard sections. Simulated annealing (SA) and tabu search (TS), which are categorized as single-point-search heuristics, are applied to the multiobjective optimization problem. It is shown in the numerical examples that the frames that collapse with uniform interstorey drift ratios against various levels of ground motions can be obtained as a set of Pareto optimal solutions. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Ten of 31 patients with steroid sulphatase (STS) deficiency were found to have an allergic disease (bronchial asthma, allergic rhinitis, or atopic dermatitis). STS deficiency may predispose patients to allergic disease. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, the shielding effects for various door seals of a microwave oven are discussed. The FDTD method is adopted in the numerical calculations. It is shown here that there are optimum combinations of part sizes and structures by which the high shielding effect is obtained. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 19: 333–335, 1998. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]