[1] Abstract: We present an integrated velocity field for the central Andes, derived from GPS observations collected between January 1993 and March 2001 that eliminates the velocity bias between the South America-Nazca Plate Project (SNAPP) and central Andes GPS Project (CAP) velocity fields published by Norabuena et al. [1998] and Bevis et al. [1999]. The reference frame is realized by minimiz...

Although motion-sensitive neurons in macaque middle temporal (MT) area are conventionally characterized using stimuli whose velocity remains constant for 1-3 s, many ecologically relevant stimuli change on a shorter time scale (30-300 ms). We compared neuronal responses to conventional (constant-velocity) and time-varying stimuli in alert primates. The responses to both stimulus ensembles were ...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to describe the impact of partial lateral glossectomy on midsagittal tongue movement during speech. METHODS Using B-mode ultrasound, the midsagittal tongue movement of 10 patients with lateral partial glossectomy during a standardized reading passage was analyzed before and after surgery. Six normal adults served as control speakers. The main outcome m...

In this work, the nonlinear boundary value problem in electrohydrodynamics flow of a fluid in an ion-drag configuration in a circular cylindrical conduit is studied numerically. An effective collocation method, which is based on orthonormal Bernstein polynomials is employed to simulate the solution of this model. Some properties of orthonormal Bernstein polynomials are introduced and utilized t...

Water quality is a very important issue related to people health, but it is not usually considered in water distribution networks (WDNs) design. In this paper, new constraints such as free residual chlorine and the quality performance index are incorporated into the least cost design of water distribution networks. EPANET2 was applied for the hydraulic and quality analysis of water distributio...

Size-dependent vibrational and instability behavior of fluid-conveying magneto-electro-elastic (MEE) tubular nano-beam subjected to magneto-electric potential and thermal field has been analyzed in this study. Considering the fluid-conveying nanotube as an Euler-Bernoulli beam, fluid-structure interaction (FSI) equations are derived by using non-classical constitutive relations for MEE material...

the ponseti method is a safe and effective treatment for congenital clubfoot, and radically decreases the need for extensive corrective surgery. but a group of patients will still present with under corrected residual equinovarus deformities despite the proper use of the ponseti method. about 25% of operated clubfeet will develop recurrence or show a marked residual deformity (recurrent clubfoo...

Unilateral damage to the lateral occipital region in humans can give rise to impaired motion perception in the contralateral visual field [Plant et al. (1993), Brain, 116, 1303-1335]. We report the following characteristics of the residual vision. (i) Spatial acuity and spatial frequency discrimination are not affected. (ii) Contrast thresholds for direction-of-motion (DOM) discrimination of lu...

We use high signal-to-noise spectroscopy for a sample of 232 quiescent galaxies in the Shapley Supercluster, to investigate how their stellar populations depend on velocity dispersion (σ), luminosity and stellar mass. The sample spans a large range in velocity dispersion (30– 300 km s) and in luminosity (MR from –18.7 to –23.2). Estimates of age, total metallicity (Z/H) andα-element abundance r...

The control of residual stress (RS) remains a challenge in the manufacturing metallic parts using laser powder bed fusion process (LPBF). This layer-by-layer approach gives rise to complex triaxial RS distributions, which require extensive characterization effort for broader acceptance LPBF industry. study focuses on distribution bulk and surface austenitic steel 316L. are determined by X-ray n...