in recent years, biosurfactants due to wide applications in chemical, petroleum, food andpharmaceutical industries, have been widely considered by researchers. biosurfactants are produced by aseries of microorganisms, so it is important to screen culture medium and operating conditions in miniaturized bioreactors prior to scaling up to large bioreactors.in this study, using a kind of miniaturiz...

We combine light detection and ranging (LiDAR) digital terrain model (DTM) data and an improved mesh implementation to investigate the effects of highresolution surface topography on seismic ground motion based upon the spectralelement method. In general, topography increases the amplitude of shaking at mountain tops and ridges, whereas valleys usually have reduced ground motion, as has been ob...

CONCLUSIONS Time constant and maximum slow phase velocity (SPV) of head-shaking nystagmus (HSN) demonstrated a differential canal response to head shaking in 24% of patients with posterior canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV). We suggest that vestibular lithiasis has a limited contribution to the mechanism that generates HSN. OBJECTIVE To determine the canal response to head shak...

OBJECTIVE Confessions are uncommon in abusive head trauma (AHT) cases, and there is debate over whether shaking alone can cause the injuries characteristic of AHT. The objective of this article is to correlate legal statements by perpetrators with medical documentation to offer insights into the mechanism of injury. METHODS In this retrospective observational study we examined forensic eviden...

We show a concept of optical frequency tweezers for tweezing light in the domain with high resolution, which is version spatial manipulation microscopic objects. report proof-of-principle experiment via conversion inside cavity only converted light. Owing to atypical configuration, successfully achieves operation domain, picks at target from frequency-multiplexed input and converts it different...

Modeling the soil–structure interaction (SSI) in seismic design involves use of soil response curves for single-degree-of-freedom (SDOF) structures; however, real structures have multiple degrees freedom (MDOF). In this study, shaking-table-derived p-y SDOF and MDOF superstructures were compared using numerical analysis. It was found that an structure experienced less displacement than same wei...

Tokyo and its outlying cities are home to one-quarter of Japan's 127 million people. Highly destructive earthquakes struck the capital in 1703, 1855 and 1923, the last of which took 105,000 lives. Fuelled by greater Tokyo's rich seismological record, but challenged by its magnificent complexity, our joint Japanese-US group carried out a new study of the capital's earthquake hazards. We used the...

Landfills generate leachate that contains elevated concentration of contaminants and is hazardous to human health and the ecosystem. In this study, the mixture of granular activated carbon and cockle shells was investigated for remediation of COD and ammonia from stabilized landfill leachate. All adsorbent media were sieved to a particle size between 2.00 and 3.35 mm. The optimum mixing ratio, ...