Most messages posted in Twitter usually discuss an ongoing event, triggering a series of tweets that together may constitute a trending topic (e.g., #election2012, #jesuischarlie, #oscars2016). Sometimes, such a topic may be trending only locally, assuming that related posts have a geographical reference, either directly geotagging them with exact coordinates or indirectly by mentioning a well-...

Introduct ion: Maps of the martian crustal magnetic field over the strongly magnetized Terra Sirenum region near the 180 meridian in the Southern Hemisphere show extensive east-west trending features in the radial and north components. These features have previously been attributed to quasi-parallel bands of magnetized crust similar to, but much larger in scale, than those associated with sea f...

Many search engines identify bursts of activity around particular topics and reflect these back to users as Popular Now or Hot Searches. Activity around these topics typically evolves quickly in real-time during the course of a trending event. Users’ informational needs when searching for such topics will vary depending on the stage at which they engage with an event. Through a survey and log s...

The Upper Cretaceous Ganj complex, a part of the Jazmurian ophiolitic belt, is located on the western boundary of Jazmurian depression and separated from Kahnuj ophiolitic complex by north-south trending Jiroft fault. The complex consists of lava flows, pillow lavas, acidic plutonic and sedimentary rocks which are intruded by northwest-southeast trending dykes. It does not resemble a classical ...

Challenging pharmaceutical manufacturers everywhere, every day are the myriad issues surrounding the acquisition, disposition and analysis of the huge amounts of data their operations create around the clock. Any Pharma producer worth its salt these days is likely investing a great deal of time, resources and effort to create or maintain a comprehensive information technology (IT) infrastructur...

The Himalaya-Tibetan orogen has become the paradigm for continental collision and is central to deciphering continental tectonics. Neogene extension in the orogen is not predicted by plate tectonic theory, and its significance is widely debated. In the Himalaya, north-south extension is restricted to the Southern Tibetan Detachment System (STDS), which juxtaposes the High Himalayan Crystalline ...