Proteus mirabilis colonies exhibit striking geometric regularity. Basic microbiological methods and imaging techniques were used to measure periodic macroscopic events in swarm colony morphogenesis. We distinguished three initial phases (lag phase, first swarming phase, and first consolidation phase) followed by repeating cycles of subsequent swarming plus consolidation phases. Each Proteus swa...

Settlement calculations in serviceability limit state (SLS) design of embankments require the estimation characteristic values soil properties to account for different sources uncertainty. The upcoming revised version EN 1997-1:2004 (Eurocode 7) presents a statistically based equation determine with aim providing more consistent safety margin. this study is quantify margin settlement using and ...

The paradigm task A-->task B-->task A, which varies the time interval between task A and task B, has been used extensively to investigate the consolidation of motor memory. Consolidation is defined as resistance to retrograde interference (interference by task B on initial learning of task A). Consolidation has been demonstrated for simple skills, motor sequencing, and learning of force fields....

Server consolidation using virtualization technologies allow large-scale datacenters to improve resource utilization and energy efficiency. However, most existing consolidation strategies solely focused on balancing the tradeoff between performance service-level-agreements (SLAs) desired by cloud applications and energy costs consumed by hosting servers. With the presence of fluctuating workloa...

Consolidation of new memories depends on a crucial phase of protein synthesis. It is widely held that, once consolidated, memories are stable and resilient to disruption. However, established memories become labile when recalled and require another phase of protein synthesis to be maintained. Therefore, it has been proposed that when a memory is reactivated it must undergo additional consolidat...

Compensation grouting has been attracting attention in recent years to control ground settlement caused by underground construction. A successful and effective application of compensation grouting depends not only on the use of a good monitoring system in the field but also on a fundamental understanding of grout behavior in soils. For compensation grouting in clay, there is a need to consider ...

Why have some researchers found reports of flashbulb memories to be stable, while others have observed inconsistencies? Paradoxically, it appears that relatively long delays between event and initial documentation have produced greater consistency of participants' reports. To investigate this directly, we collected the initial documentation of hearing about O.J. Simpson's acquittal either five ...

Highway pavement design using soft clay soil as a subgrade is always great challenge and can cause problems such roadbed instability settlement. To overcome this problem, the knowledge of characteristic should be studied first because it needs to considered during phase pavement. This study was conducted investigate engineering properties that used potential material. Some laboratory tests were...