The widespread loss of stony reef-building coral populations has been compounded by the low settlement and survival juveniles. To rebuild communities, restoration practitioners have developed workflows to settle vulnerable larvae in laboratory outplant settled juveniles back natural artificial reefs. These often make use biochemical cues, which are presented swimming induce settlement. This pap...

Existing studies on surface deformation prediction consider single soil layers and straight-line excavation when investigating caused by metro shield construction. In this study, we provide a new method for studying the curved tunnel construction in upper soft lower hard soil. The equations are derived using Mindlin solution random medium theory verified engineering examples numerical simulatio...

This paper investigates the existence and extent of economies of scale in depository and settlement systems. Evidence from 16 settlement institutions across different regions for the years 1993–2000 indicates the existence of significant economies of scale. The degree of such economies, however, differs by size of settlement institution and region. While smaller settlement service providers rev...

Coral settlement is a key ecological process in the maintenance, recovery and resilience of coral reef ecosystems. Coral reefs in the Persian Gulf survive in one of the world’s most extreme environments, yet there remains limited knowledge of the role of coral settlement considered critical for maintaining population dynamics. Spatial and temporal patterns of coral settlement were examined at 6...

BACKGROUND Different measures of non-adherence to immunosuppressant (IS) medication have been found to be associated with rejection episodes after successful transplantation. The aim of the current study was to investigate whether graft rejection after renal transplantation is associated with patient-reported IS medication non-adherence and IS trough level variables (IS trough level variability...

For sessile marine invertebrates, processes contributing to larval release, dispersal, and settlement in favourable habitats are central to patterns of distribution and community structure. We quantified larval release patterns, phototactic behaviour, and settlement in response to environmental cues for the coral reef sponge Luffariella variabilis. Individual sponges released up to 830 larvae d...

In this work, statistical analysis of the main ionospheric trough was performed using K-band ranging system (KBR) measurements from GRACE satellite constellation 2002 to 2015. The investigated period covers high- and low-solar-activity conditions. mid-latitude (MIT) characteristics were for both northern southern hemispheres. MIT parameters such as minimum position, width depth, occurrence prob...

Interaural time differences (ITDs) are a major cue for localizing the azimuthal position of sounds. The dominant models for processing ITDs are based on the Jeffress model and predict neurons that fire maximally at a common ITD across their responsive frequency range. Such neurons are indeed found in the binaural pathways and are referred to as "peak-type." However, other neurons discharge mini...

Long-term settlement of MSW landfills is a complex process, which is explained by the following two mechanisms: (1) the mechanical long-term compression of degradable organic solids (DOS) and un-degradable organic solids (UDOS); and (2) the decomposition-based compression of the DOS. Based on these two distinct settlement mechanisms, in this study, the authors propose a new estimation model to ...

This paper presents a novel linear hybrid excited flux switching permanent magnet machine (LHEFSPMM) with crooked tooth modular stator. Conventional stators are made up of pure iron core, which results in high manufacturing costs and increased core losses. Using stator lowers the volume by to 18% compared conventional stator, minimizes losses reduces machine’s overall cost. A angle is introduce...