The obtained modification factors can be used to simulate the damage state in RC members that have experienced a given ductility demand after an earthquake, either retrieved via analytical simulations (e.g. pushover analyses) either inferred by observation of real damage on the structural elements.
Faced by a possibility of real damage to the country, Mr. Klestil made an extraordinary televised appeal today, several hours after swearing in the government.
Although this insidious legislation stands little chance of becoming law, it still has the potential to do real damage by perpetuating the false notion that respecting the civil rights of gay people interferes with true religious freedom.
His testimony about how this happened in his own life is plangent and familiar, but he addles it a bit by insisting that the real damage is being done at the neurological level, that our children are having their brains altered by too much instant messaging and the like.
Jim McMorrow, an honorary associate professor of education at the University of Sydney, said it was "not possible to judge the integrity or accuracy of the minister's claims without his making available publicly the full set of data underpinning the analysis" and added that "simplistic analyses and the misuse of statistics, whether or not by design, can do real damage to the most needy students".
The bank published its stress scenario last month, saying that at $60 per barrel, GDP would decline by 3.5% to 4%. "The real damage from the collapsing rouble and oil price is to investment and growth," said Chris Weafer, senior partner at Moscow-based Macro-Advisory, in a note to investors.
Umberto Eco makes an interesting point in arguing that WikiLeaks has done real damage by showing that state secrets are often "empty" or banal, recycled from news clippings.
The real damage done by this horrible disease is in the developing world.
Still, the real damage felt by consumers like Ms. Bradbury and other victims of identity theft is not monetary -- it is emotional.
The real damage revealed by WikiLeaks and Snowden lay not so much in their content as in the fact that it could so easily be revealed by disloyal staff.
