The numerical computation is based on the general shell of revolution semi-analytical finite element applicable to moderately thick shells.
The study was approved by the New York University School of Medicine Institutional Review Board, and conforms to the STROBE statement for observational studies, excluding elements not applicable to a retrospective study design using administrative data.
Although the main application of the logic model presented here was the environmental health research portfolio of NIEHS, its basic elements are applicable to other environmental or health research programs.
The implementation process provides guidelines to develop parallel applications of the Boundary Element Method, applicable to many science and engineering problems.
The element is applicable to 3-D structural and coupled field contact analyses.
Adaptive strategies are a necessary tool to make finite element analysis applicable to engineering practice.
The element is applicable to the free vibration analysis of quadrilateral, polygonal plates as well as 3-D space structures.
The comparisons demonstrate that the proposed element is applicable to the analysis of a thin-walled beam with an arbitrary closed cross-section.
Future work should examine whether this Critical Elements approach is applicable to partnerships that include other types of healthcare professionals.
The study protocol thereby ensured the development of an instrument that captured core elements of quality applicable to the Canadian population as a whole under a system of universal health care.
