Burrowers and borers are ecosystem engineers that alter their physical environments through bioturbation, bioirrigation and bioerosion. The mechanisms of moving through solid substrata by burrowing or boring depend on the mechanical properties of the medium and the size and morphology of the organism. For burrowing animals, mud differs mechanically from sand; in mud, sediment grains are suspend...

SDMA (Space-Division Multiple Access) is a MIMO (Multiple-Input and Multiple-Output) based wireless communication network architecture which has the potential to significantly increase the spectral efficiency and the system performance. The maximum likelihood (ML) detection provides the optimal performance, but its complexity increases exponentially with the constellation size of modulation and...

Active mud volcanoes in the northern Apennines, Italy, currently have gentle eruptions. There are, however, historical accounts of violent eruptions and outbursts. Evidence for large past eruptions is also recorded by large decimeter rock clasts preserved in erupted mud. We measured the rheological properties of mud currently being erupted in order to evaluate the conditions needed to transport...

Hemorrhagic cystitis (HC) remains a common complication of allogeneic blood and marrow transplantation. Previous analyses of risk factors for this complication were performed in heterogeneous populations, with dissimilar diagnosis and conditioning regimens. We postulated that HC is more prevalent in matched unrelated donor (MUD) and unrelated cord blood (UCB) transplantations than in matched re...

A field experiment was performed offshore Cassino Beach, Southern Brazil. In this area mud deposits were observed, mainly originated from the Patos Lagoon. Episodically, and associated with storm waves able to transport the mud from offshore to the beach, the usual sandy beach is covered by mud. This is a unique process along the Brazilian coastline, and the field experiment aimed to record the...

Recent developments in climate change have increased the frequency of dust storms in the Middle East. Dust storms significantly influence the performances of solar energy harvesting systems, particularly (photovoltaic) PV systems. The characteristics of the dust and the mud formed from this dust are examined using various analytical tools, including optical, scanning electron, and atomic force ...

Space-Division Multiple Access-OFDM based wireless communication has the potential to significantly increase the spectral efficiency, system performance and number of users. Research in the development of efficient Multiuser Detection (MUD) algorithms for such systems has generated much interest in recent years. The linear Minimum Mean Square Error (MMSE) MUD processes with low complexity but i...

an investigation was made to study the residual activity and air- borne effect of pirimiphos- methyl, at 2g a.i./m2 in hut scale trials on different surfaces in kazeroun, and bandar-abbas, south of iran. in kazeroun area, bio-assay contact mortality test with pirimiphos methyl on mud, wood, cement and plaster surfaces, 54 days after hut spraying, decreased from 100% to 46.7%, 61.25%, 36.6% and ...

Abstract—Nowadays the red mud generated from Bayer alumina production process seriously threats the environment and human safety. Therefore, reduction and recycling of red mud is an urgent topic in aluminum industry. In this study, the effects of various parameters, ultrasound power, reaction temperature, leaching time, acid concentration, and solid to liquid ratio on the leaching of Fe, Al, an...

To enhance the codigestion of degradation and improve biomethane production potential, sugarcane bagasse and filter mud were pretreated by sodium hydroxide NaOH 1 N at 100°C for 15, 30, and 45 minutes, respectively. Biomethane generation from 1-liter batch reactor was studied at mesophilic temperature (37 ± 1)°C, solid concentrations of 6%, and five levels of mixing proportion with and without ...