plant cover is one of the most important factors affecting infiltration rate of water into the soil and decreasing runoff. distribution of plants in arid and semi-arid areas is almost patchy and form different patterns. one of the fascinating patterns is ring-shaped growth pattern. ring patterns of varying size are formed by clonally reproducing grasses, sedges and even shrubs growing in resour...

field saturated hydraulic conductivity (kfs) is one of the most important soil properties that considerably contribute to soil quality. however, specifically in the structured soils, the measurement of kfs is difficult and time-consuming. therefore, verifying the simple and fast methods for kfs measurement is needed for effective soil monitoring. this study was conducted to investigate the effe...

This paper describes and studies generalizations of the well known double ring network structures. Two classes of structures are studied, the N2R(p; q) and N2R(p; q; r) structures, of which the former is a special case of the well known Generalized Petersen Graphs. Basic properties of these structures are shown, indicating that they form a suitable base for future access network infrastructures...

B(20) is a "magic number" cluster with double-ring structure. Surprisingly, we also find that B(14)(2+) is a "magic number" cluster with double-ring structure, which has the largest HOMO-LUMO gap (3.31 eV) and the highest aromaticity in double-ring clusters. This double-ring B(14)(2+) cluster is energetically lower than the quasi-planar one by even ∼1.2 eV using high level ab initio calculation...

the objective of the present study was to compare single segment and double segment intacs rings in the treatment of post-lasik ectasia. in this interventional study, 26 eyes with post-lasik ectasia were assessed. ectasia was defined as progressive myopia regardless of astigmatism, along with topographic evidence of inferior steepening of the cornea after lasik. we excluded those with a history...

We propose cyclic 5- and 7-ring structures with alternating single double bonds adjacent imino amino groups as candidates for switches in molecular electronics, amino-imino tautomerisation the switching mechanism. Due to C2V-symmetric transition state, molecules exhibit a symmetric double-well potential identical energies two states, which is desirable property functioning switch. Calculations ...