Granite cladding with dowel-pinned connections has been widely used in building envelope systems; however, their loading behavior is not fully understood, particularly the correlations between diameters of dowel holes and steel pins, breaking loads. To solve this issue, a series tests on varying pin were carried out. The failure sequence granite was determined based respective load-bearing capa...

The foraging strategies of wading birds may be influenced by their degree of crypsis to aquatic prey. White plumage has been hypothesized to be adaptive for herons hunting in open water habitats. We tested this hypothesis with laboratory and field experiments with multiple prey species. We investigated the response of crayfish, Procambarus spp., and mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis, to whiteand d...

A sinusoidal grating can be viewed as a series of light and dark bars. Here we measure the contrast discrimination thresholds for light and dark bars individually, and find that the contrast discrimination thresholds for the whole sinusoid can be explained as ideal summation of the light and dark bar thresholds. We propose a model for light bar, dark bar, and sinusoidal contrast discrimination ...

Abstract The widespread use of adhesives in timber construction has negative implications for the end-of-life disposal or re-use structural components. To promote circular bioeconomy, it is preferable to substitute with more sustainable alternatives such as wood-based connectors. Today, robotic fabrication technologies facilitate development dowel-laminated (DLT) products whereby hardwood dowel...