Introduction: Japanese lunar orbiter Kaguya (SELENE) has been successfully launched from Tanagashima Space Center TKSC on September 14, 2007. On October 4 the Kaguya has been inserted into large elliptical orbit circulating the Moon. After lowering the apolune altitudes the Kaguya has reached the nominal observation orbit with 100 km circular and polar on October 19. On the way to nominal orbit...

[1] We study seismic velocity and attenuation structures in the top 400 km of the Earth’s inner core based on modeling of differential traveltimes, amplitude ratios, and waveforms of the PKiKP-PKIKP phases observed at the epicentral distance range of 120 –141 and the PKPbc-PKIKP phases observed at the distance range of 146 –160 along equatorial paths. Our data are selected from the seismograms ...

BACKGROUND Triage and interhospital transfer are central to trauma systems. Few studies have addressed transferred trauma patients. This study investigated transfers of variable distances to OUH (Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål), one of the largest trauma centres in Europe. METHODS Patients included in the OUH trauma registry from 2001 to 2008 were included in the study. Demographic, injury...

In marine ecosystems, like most natural systems, patchiness is the rule. A characteristic of pelagic ecosystems is that their 'substrate' consists of constantly moving water masses, where ocean surface turbulence creates ephemeral oases. Identifying where and when hotspots occur and how predators manage those vagaries in their preyscape is challenging because wide-ranging observations are lacki...

The 8 May 2003 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, tornadic supercell is predicted with the Advanced Regional Prediction System (ARPS)model using four nested grids with 9-km, 1-km, 100-m, and 50-m grid spacings. The Oklahoma City Weather Surveillance Radar-1988 Doppler (WSR-88D) radial velocity and reflectivity data are assimilated through the ARPS three-dimensional variational data assimilation (3DVAR) a...

The pervasive digital economy, fueled by developments in datacenter networking and cloud/edge computing, relies ever increasingly on the implementation of short- to metro-range high-capacity, low-latency optical communication links. In this paper, it is demonstrated that low spectrally flat chromatic dispersion ultralow nonlinearity possible hollow-core fibers (HCFs) compared conventional solid...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of short-term supplementation of amino acids before and during a 100 km ultra-marathon on variables of skeletal muscle damage and muscle soreness. We hypothesized that the supplementation of amino acids before and during an ultra-marathon would lead to a reduction in the variables of skeletal muscle damage, a decrease in muscle ...