We studied high-resolution relative locations and full moment tensors of microearthquakes (MEQs) occurring before, during and following Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) experiments in two wells at the Coso geothermal area, California. The objective was to map new fractures, determine the mode and sense of failure, and characterize the stress cycle associated with injection. New software develo...

Work-sharing between stations in assembly lines can reduce cycle time and improve throughput rate. This research addresses assembly lines in which tasks may be shared with their immediate upstream or downstream stations only. The study consists of three stages. In the first stage, we assume that all work content in the line can be shared. Then, the balanceability of the line, which is defined a...

Resources are unequally distributed over the landscapes and it is only seldom that food of a herbivore at a given spot exactly matches its requirements. However, because non-sessile animals can move, they can assemble a diet from different patches that, in its total, does meet the intake requirements. Because herbivores of different sizes have different requirements for energy and nutrients, a ...

Abstract This paper examines the idea of objective phenomenology , or a way understanding phenomenal character conscious experiences that doesn’t require one to have had kinds under consideration. My central thesis is structural facts about experience—facts characterize purely how are structured—are facts. I begin by precisifying and diagnosing what makes any given fact subjective. Then defend ...