This technical note on the banking system structure, performance, and medium-term challenges for Switzerland was prepared by a staff team of the International Monetary Fund as background documentation for the periodic consultation with the member country. It is based on the information available at the time it was completed in May 2007. The views expressed in this document are those of the staf...

During Phase 1 of the Weyburn Project (2000-2004), 4D reflection seismic data were used to map CO2 migration within the Midale reservoir, while an extensive fluid sampling program documented the geochemical evolution triggered by CO2-brine-oilmineral interactions. The aim of this task (3b.11) is to exploit these existing seismic and geochemical data sets, augmented by CO2/H2O injection and HC/H...

The automated processing of multiple seismic signals to detect and localize seismic events is a central tool in both geophysics and nuclear treaty verification. This paper reports on a project begun in 2009 to reformulate this problem in a Bayesian framework. A Bayesian seismic monitoring system, NET-VISA, has been built comprising a spatial event prior and generative models of event transmissi...

One of the main objectives of geophysical seismic analysis is to determine the Earth’s structure. Usually, to determine this structure, geophysicists supplement the measurement results with additional geophysical assumptions. An important question is: when is it possible to reconstruct the Earth’s structure uniquely based on the measurement results only, without the need to use any additional a...

Based on seismic reflections and detrital composition analysis as well as cluster analysis, a multi-provenance depositional model of the Upper Fourth Member of the Shahejie Formation was proposed considering the paleo-gully sedimentation controlled by well Y920 in the east of the northern abrupt slope belt in Dongying depression. The result shows that the paleogeomorphology of the Y920 gully de...

The aim of this research was to accurately measure the surface of the semi lunar articular surface of the pelvis (facies lunata acetabuli) and the variability of the acetabular geometry, as well as to determine the correlation between measured parameters. 30 macerated anatomical specimens of pelvic bones were measured. The radius and depth were measured in the classical way, while cartilaginous...

This paper presents a contribution for the safety assessment of historical masonry buildings under seismic loading. Three different simplified safety indexes (in-plan area ratio, area to weight ratio and base shear ratio) are analyzed, taking into account a large sample of fifty-eight Portuguese churches. The sample of building has been organized according to the seismic zonation, from high to ...

This paper discusses the experimental set-up and procedures for the seismic testing and evaluation of a sprinkler system in hospital model. Concrete compression tests are ran to ensure compliance with ACI 355.2 anchor testing qualifications. Maximum shear strength of the anchor is found to include within the piping system model. Frame and piping system within the model is tested under input mot...

The updated version for the Manual of Civil Structures (MOC), a model seismic code in Mexico, was published in 2008. MOC also is incorporating guidelines for the seismic design of base-isolated structures this year 2012, being the first Mexican code to include such recommendations. This paper summarizes the most relevant aspects of these guidelines, their relations to other guidelines worldwide...