Processes occurring early in the life stages of corals can greatly influence the demography of coral populations, and successful settlement of coral larvae that leads to recruitment is a critical life history stage for coral reef ecosystems. Although corals in Singapore persist in one the world's most anthropogenically impacted reef systems, our understanding of the role of coral settlement in ...

Biometrics-based authentication has the potential to eliminate illegal key exchange problem associated with traditional cryptosystems. In this paper, we explore the utilization of a fingerprint minutiae line based representation scheme in a new cryptographic construct called fuzzy vault. Minutiae variability is quantified for a fingerprint database marked by a human expert.

Vault RNAs (vtRNAs) are small, about 100 nt long, polymerase III transcripts contained in the vault particles of eukaryotic cells. Presumably due to their enigmatic function, they have received little attention compared with most other noncoding RNA (ncRNA) families. Their poor sequence conservation makes homology search a complex and tedious task even within vertebrates. Here we report on a sy...

Introduction. Vaginal vault prolapse is a common complication following vaginal hysterectomy with negative impact on women's quality of life due to associated urinary, anorectal and sexual dysfunction. A clear understanding of the supporting mechanism for the uterus and vagina is important in making the right choice of corrective procedure. Management should be individualised, taking into consi...

A new fuzzy vault scheme based on subspace codes is proposed and analyzed.

Background: Implantable Phakic Contact Lenses have been developed as a cost-effective alternative to Visian Collamer lenses for refractive correction. Aim of the work: evaluate central vault implantable phakic contact lens (IPCL) and its correlation horizontal white (WTW) corneal diameter using anterior segment optical coherence tomography. Patients Methods: 30 eyes that match inclusion criteri...

Both ecological and social factors play an important role in determining the structure of animal settlement patterns. While the ecological factors determining animal settlement are generally well known, the relative importance of social factors in mediating fine-scale settlement choices is poorly understood. As a result, we have little knowledge of why individuals choose to settle near specific...

Settlement size predicts extreme variation in the rates and magnitudes of many social and ecological processes in human societies. Yet, the factors that drive human settlement-size variation remain poorly understood. Size variation among economically integrated settlements tends to be heavy tailed such that the smallest settlements are extremely common and the largest settlements extremely larg...

Vault is one of the artistic gymnastics events, either for males and females competitions. Since 2001, vault regulations include an approach running of 25 m, a springboard and a rectangular table with a surface measuring 1.20 m x 0.95 m.  e table height is di€ erent among males (1.35 m), females (1.25 m) and juniors categories (1.15 m).  e competition regulations require from a gymnast to per...

INTRODUCTION The vaginal vault prolapse after hysterectomy is a complex disorder, which can be associated with the prolapse of anterior or posterior vaginal wall or cystorectocele. The exact incidence is unknown, and is within the range from 1 - 43% of operated patients. In order to achieve the complete surgical reconstruction of the pelvic floor disorder, a surgeon must have good knowledge of ...