Abstract Stress on seismogenic faults provides critical information about how much elastic energy is stored in the crust and released by earthquakes, which crucial understanding earthquake energetics recurrence. However, determining post-earthquake stress states remains challenging because current borehole methods are rarely applicable to damaged fault zone rocks. We applied neutron texture ana...

The aim of this study was to compare different types of bedding and mucking regimens used in horse stables on the generation of airborne particulate matter <10 microm (PM10) and 3 biogenic gases (carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, and especially ammonia). Three separate experiments were undertaken. The experiments were carried out in an enclosed stable (9.7 m long, 8.7 m wide, and 3.5 m high) that ...

Experiments were performed using physiological measures and behavioural parameters to find the acclimatization period in mice to common scientific procedures. Corticosterone levels were significantly elevated in mice killed immediately after being moved to an experimental room (P < 0.05) but levels returned to the normal in less than 1 day, despite mice being exposed to additional stressors suc...

Preferences for different housing conditions in mice were evaluated by radiotelemetry. Male C57BL/6J and ICR mice were used. Preference for bedding materials in mice was compared among three materials, wood shavings (WS), paper (CF) and cloth (AG), using the length of stay in cages as a parameter. The results indicated that mice stayed longer in a cage with AG than in cages with other bedding m...

Reservoir shale has the characteristics of bedding planes, strong anisotropy, and imbibition ability under ultralow water saturation, which an important impact on wellbore stability horizontal wells. Therefore, physical chemical properties reservoir were analyzed, a mechanics model was established considering elasticity strength anisotropy. The analyzed anisotropy parameters formation condition...

Abstract The Middle-Jurassic Opalinus Clay is the foreseen host rock for radioactive waste disposal in central northern Switzerland. An extensive drilling campaign aiming to characterize argillaceous formation resulted a comprehensive drill core data set. rheologically weak only mildly deformed compared over- and underlying units but shows variety of natural fractures. While these structures ar...

This work provides the first evidence of seismites within Miocene gypsum microbialites deposited in inland lakes. Seismites are observed on good quality outcrops two separated successions Madrid and Duero basins (central Spain) that sited nearby strike-slip faults. The consist sandy facies interbedded with gypsiferous mudstone marlstone. association microbial induced sedimentary structures (MIS...

Both dietary fermentable carbohydrates and the availability of straw bedding potentially affect activity patterns and energy utilisation in pigs. The present study aimed to investigate the combined effects of straw bedding and fermentable carbohydrates (native potato starch) on energy partitioning in growing pigs. In a 2 × 2 factorial arrangement, 16 groups of 12 pigs (approximately 25 kg) were...