Publications related to Chronic fatigue syndrome

The combined impact of persistent infections and human genetic variation on C-reactive protein levels

Jacques Fellay, Olivier Noël Marie Naret, Flavia Aurelia Shoko Hodel, Clara Bonnet

Multiple human pathogens establish chronic, sometimes life-long infections. Even if they are often latent, these infections can trigger some degree of local or systemic immune response, resulting in chronic low-grade inflammation. There remains an incomple ...

BMC2022

An Empirical and Subjective Model of Upper Extremity Fatigue Under Hypogravity

Volker Gass, Claude Nicollier, Tatiana Maillard

In the context of extra-terrestrial missions, the effects of hypogravity (0 < G < 1) on the human body can reduce the well-being of the crew, cause musculoskeletal problems and affect their ability to perform tasks, especially during long-term missions. To ...

FRONTIERS MEDIA SA2022

Effect of Lower Limb vs. Abdominal Compression on Mobility in Orthostatic Hypotension: A Single-Blinded, Randomized, Controlled, Cross-Over Pilot Study in Parkinson's Disease

Kamiar Aminian, Arash Atrsaei

Background: Orthostatic hypotension (OH) in Parkinson's disease (PD) is frequent and associated with impairments in quality of life and reduced activities of daily living. Abdominal binders (AB) and compression stockings (CS) have been shown to be effectiv ...

IOS PRESS2022

Biomechanical Response of the Lower Extremity to Running-Induced Acute Fatigue: A Systematic Review

Kamiar Aminian, Salil Apte, Gaëlle Prigent

Objective: To investigate (i) typical protocols used in research on biomechanical response to running-induced fatigue, (ii) the effect of sport-induced acute fatigue on the biomechanics of running and functional tests, and (iii) the consistency of analyzed ...

2021

COPA silences STING

Andrea Ablasser, Sophie Marie Elisabeth Rivara

Two studies published in this issue of JEM, by Lepelley et al. (https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20200600) and Deng et al. (https:// doi.org/10.1084/jem.20201045), and two additional manuscripts by Mukai et al. (https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.05.20. 107664 Prepri ...

ROCKEFELLER UNIV PRESS2020

Stress ratio effect on tension-tension fatigue behavior of angle-ply GFRP laminates

Thomas Keller, Anastasios Vassilopoulos

The effect of the stress ratio (R = sigma(min)/sigma(max)) on the fatigue behavior of (+/- 45)(2s) angle-ply glass/epoxy composite laminates was investigated by comparing their mechanical, thermal, and optical properties under the stress ratio of 0.5 with ...

2019

Fatigue safety verification of a steel railway bridge using short term monitoring data

Eugen Brühwiler, Bartlomiej Wojciech Sawicki, Mariia Nesterova

The case study of the fatigue safety examination of the 120 years old steel riveted bridge carrying a single railway track on two main girders is presented. The overall assessment according to the Swiss Standard SIA 269 for existing structures indicated su ...

CRC PRESS-TAYLOR & FRANCIS GROUP2019

Fatigue behaviour of CHS tubular bracings in steel bridges

Alain Nussbaumer, Cláudio Alexandre Pereira Baptista, José Joaquim Costa Branco de Oliveira Pedro, Saad Kannuna

The structural solution for cross girder bracings or box girder diaphragms in steel bridges is often made with tubular elements, specially efficient if compression is required for structural behaviour. The connection between the tubular elements and the gi ...

Elsevier2017

Probabilistic S-N curves for constant and variable amplitude

Alain Nussbaumer, Cláudio Alexandre Pereira Baptista, António José Luís dos Reis

Welded details in steel bridges are subjected to fatigue lives up to 200.10(6) cycles due to traffic loads. While the majority of these stress ranges are below the Constant Amplitude Fatigue Limit (CAFL), some few high stress cycles can trigger the start o ...

Elsevier Sci Ltd2017

Measurement, Data Interpretation, and Uncertainty Propagation for Fatigue Assessments of Structures

Ian Smith, Alain Nussbaumer, James-Alexandre Goulet, Romain Pasquier, Claire Acevedo, Luca D'Angelo

Real behavior of existing structures is usually associated with large uncertainty that is often covered by the use of conservative models and code practices for the evaluation of remaining fatigue lives. In order to make better decisions related to retrofi ...

American Society of Civil Engineers2016

Shear-Fatigue Behaviour of RC Cantilever Bridge Deck Slabs under Concentrated Loads

Aurelio Muttoni, Miguel Fernández Ruiz, Francisco Manuel Maciel Natário

Shear has been observed to be the governing failure mode of RC cantilever deck slabs of bridges without shear reinforcement when subjected to concentrated loads of heavy vehicles. This observation has been verified experimentally for a quasi-static applica ...

fib Congress2015

Improving Remaining-Fatigue-Life Evaluation Using Data Interpretation

Ian Smith, Yves Sylvain Gilles Reuland, Romain Pasquier

This paper presents a methodology that improves fatigue-performance evaluations using model-based data interpretation. The accuracy of stress-range values is essential for quantifying fatigue damage. These values are usually predicted using physics-based m ...

2013

Effect of tensile residual stresses on fatigue crack growth and S-N curves in tubular joints loaded in compression

Alain Nussbaumer, Claire Acevedo

The influence of welding tensile residual stresses on fatigue crack growth in bridge tubular K-joints is investigated through experimental testing of large-scale specimens. Crack development is monitored using the alternating current potential drop method. ...

Elsevier2012

A hybrid S-N formulation for fatigue life modeling of composite materials and structures

Thomas Keller, Anastasios Vassilopoulos, Roohollah Sarfaraz Khabbaz

A semi-empirical S-N formulation for the modeling of the constant amplitude fatigue behavior of composite materials and structures is introduced in this paper. The new S-N formulation is based on the commonly used exponential and power law fatigue models. ...

Elsevier2012

Evaluation of residual welding stresses and fatigue crack behavior in tubular K-joints in compression

Alain Nussbaumer, Jean-Marie Drezet, Claire Acevedo

Tubular bridge design has to deal with fatigue issues. The fatigue susceptibility of these bridges, composed of circular hollow section profiles welded together in K-joints, is mainly due to stress concentrations, to welding imperfections and to tensile re ...

2011

Reinforced concrete bridges under increased railway traffic loads : fatigue behaviour and safety measures

Andrin Herwig

The aim of this thesis is to provide rational engineering methods for the fatigue safety examination of existing railway bridges. Increasing railway traffic loading and enhanced structural analysis allow for higher exploitation of the capacity of bridge el ...

EPFL2008

Persisting atypical and cystic forms of Borrelia burgdorferi and local inflammation in Lyme neuroborreliosis

Sandor Kasas

Background: The long latent stage seen in syphilis, followed by chronic central nervous system infection and inflammation, can be explained by the persistence of atypical cystic and granular forms of Treponema pallidum. We investigated whether a similar si ...

2008

Assessment of existing steel structures. A guideline for estimation of the remaining fatigue life

Alain Nussbaumer

In many countries and regions, traffic infrastructure projects suffer from low funding. The budget is tight for new infrastructure building and, thus, the importance of inspection, maintenance and assessment of the existing traffic infrastructure increases ...

Taylor & Francis2007