Simply supported beams loaded with only gravity loads develop positive bending moments throughout the span.

Psoriasis is a chronic and unpredictable disorder. There is no cure for this disease.  Patients with psoriasis are more prone to:

If a designer wants to increase the moment capacity of a beam, he/she could reduce the amount of tension reinforcement and add compression reinforcement to keep the section compression-controlled.

Prior to puberty, the anterior pituitary does not release FSH and LH.

The SCOFF (Sick, Control, One, Fat, Food) screening tool is a 5 question screening tool used for patients ages 13 and older. SCOFF is highly effective for detecting eating disorders. It is simple, memorable, easily applied and scored, and has been designed to suggest a likely cause rather than to diagnose. Which of the following is NOT a question on the SCOFF screening tool?

Most colony-stimulating factors are made and released by the liver.

Isolated beams with unsymmetrical cross sections cannot deflect vertically and laterally at the same time.

Structural designers usually cycle through multiple design and analysis steps before deciding how a structure should be built.

A beam has dimensions of b = 20 in., h = 12 in., and d = 9.5 in. and is reinforced with 4 No. 9 bars. The concrete strength is 3,800 psi, and the yield strength of the reinforcement is 60,000 psi. If the depth of the neutral axis is c = 4.371 in., does the reinforcement yield?

Extensions from megakaryocytes that extend through blood vessel walls in red marrow are sliced off from the cells by the force of blood flow. These extensions are what become