The economic loss caused by herbivore browsing in forest plantations is a concerning problem many areas around the world. Information on spatial distribution of damage important for owners when selecting locations new plantations, because planting trees high pressure increases losses. Although it difficult to survey across large areas, sporadic sampling data are often collected foresters, gover...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE We examined the density and distribution of brain damage after repeated periods of nonlethal ischemic insult in rats in comparison with damage after single lethal periods of ischemic insult. METHODS Transient cerebral ischemia was induced by four-vessel occlusion for 3, 10, 20, and 30 minutes, and 3-minute periods of ischemia were repeated two, three, or five times at 1...

Assessments of the human damage caused by the tsunami are required in order to consider disaster prevention at such a regional level. Hence, there is an increasing need for the assessments of human damage caused by earthquakes. However, damage assessments in japan currently usually rely on static population distribution data, such as statistical night time population data obtained from national...

Concentrically braced frames and eccentrically braced frames are efficient seismic resistant systems but they are generally prone to develop storey collapse mechanisms. As underlined in some previous papers with regard to eccentrically braced frames, this tendency depends on the overstrength factors and damage distribution capacity factors resulting from the use of common design procedures. In ...

introduction: with the rapid increase in use of lasers in medical treatments, it is important to understand the mechanisms of heat transfer in biological tissues in order to minimize damage to the tissues resulting from extra heat applied. the aim of this study is to investigate the temperature distribution in living biological tissues when laser irradiation is used in a treatment. methods:  in...

In pursuit of p-type doping, we have implanted GaN with Mg ions at 200 and 500 keV with the substrate temperature maintained at −150 cold or +300 °C hot during ion irradiation. The samples have been annealed at 1000 °C postion implantation. The radiation damage peak position and its profile , the dopant distribution, and the damage stability during annealing were all shown to be dependent upon ...

Subcellular distribution of the apoptosis inhibitor survivin and its ability to relocalize as a result of cell cycle phase or therapeutic insult has led to the hypothesis that these subcellular pools may coincide with different survivin functions. The PIK kinases (ATM, ATR and DNA-PK) phosphorylate a variety of effector substrates that propagate DNA damage signals, resulting in various biologic...

according to the famous theory in iranian jurisprudence, civil liability of the vehicle keepers against third party is on the res ipsa loquitor, duty of care, or risk, or a combination of them. regarding to these foundations, if a vehicle keeper has not a policy of insurance covering third party damage, he or she must compensate the damage although has not caused the accident. this was inferenc...

Dampers can reduce structural response under dynamic loads. Since dampers are costly, the design of structures equipped with dampers should make their application economically justifiable. Among the effective cost reduction factors is optimal damper placement. Hence, this study intended to find the optimal viscous damper placement using efficient optimization methods. Taking into account the no...

Pistachio orchards were selected and evaluated for damage caused by either scrub jays (Aphelocoma coerulescens) or American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos). The distribution of damage caused by each species was evaluated and quantified. The percentage of trees damaged by scrub jays ranged from 58% to 99% and tended to be distributed randomly throughout the. orchard. In orchards with crow damage, ...