objective: the asmari formation is characterised by alternation thick carbonate and marl sequence of the oligocene- miocene in the zagros basin, southwest of iran that were deposited on the shelf of eastern paratethys. methods: this formation is exposed at tang-e-khoshk in the fars subcoastal zone with a thickness of 286 m comprising alternation of medium and thick to massive bedded carbonates,...

The quantum partition function at finite temperature requires computing the trace of the imaginary time propagator. For numerical and Monte Carlo calculations, the propagator is usually split into its kinetic and potential parts. A higher-order splitting will result in a higher-order convergent algorithm. At imaginary time, the kinetic energy propagator is usually the diffusion Green's function...

By putting together the most advanced evidences supporting the 'gamete and embryo-fetal origins of adult diseases' the two editors, Prof. He-Feng Huang and Prof. Jian-Zhong Sheng (Hangzhou, People's Republic of China) did a great workk.....

Synoptic water sampling at a fixed site monitoring station provides only limited ‘snap-shots’ of the complex water quality dynamics within a surface water system. However, water quality often changes rapidly in both spatial and temporal dimensions, especially in highly polluted urban rivers. In this study, we designed and applied a continuous longitudinal sampling technique to monitor the fine-...

SnS, GeSe, and GeS Ruixiang Fei, Wenbin Li, Ju Li, and Li Yang Department of Physics, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridg...

Yun Li 1, Yongming Chen 1,*, Haotian Xue 2,*, Chaobo Tang 1, Shenghai Yang 1 and Motang Tang 1 1 School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China; [email protected] (Y.L.); [email protected] (C.T.); [email protected] (S.Y.); [email protected] (M.T.) 2 Qinghai Provincial Research and Design Academy of Environmental Sciences, Xining 810000, China * Corre...