While projectile injuries are not uncommonly encountered in veterinary practice, many clinicians are not very familiar with the various weapons and projectiles that may be involved or with the types of injuries that can occur. Whether or not an individual has an interest in firearms, a basic knowledge of projectiles and ballistics can help a clinician to predict the types of injuries expected i...

It is known that rainwater infiltration crucial for rainfall-induced slope failure because the infiltrated water can significantly weaken shear strength of unsaturated soil. Horizontal drains are commonly used to provide appropriate drainage percolates out a slope. However, effects length and location subsoil pipe on performance horizontal have not been extensively investigated. In this paper, ...

The small slope approximation (SSA) of Voronovich [Soy. Phys. JETP 62, 65-70 (1985)] is a promising method for application to scattering from many natural surfaces. The theory gives a systematic expansion that can be interpreted as a series in generalized surface slope. The SSA series for the T matrix satisfies the appropriate reciprocity condition at each order and reduces to the standard pert...

Mixed-effect models are frequently used to control for the nonindependence of data points, for example, when repeated measures from the same individuals are available. The aim of these models is often to estimate fixed effects and to test their significance. This is usually done by including random intercepts, that is, intercepts that are allowed to vary between individuals. The widespread beli...

Thermal infrared imagery (TIR) is a useful tool to detect and quantify the surface temperature anomalies associated with geothermal fields. Accurate detection of anomalies in surface temperature is an important aspect of geothermal research. Although day-time TIR images have long been used for temperature anomaly mapping, the increase in the spatial resolution and the number of acquisitions of ...

When making science matter for conservation, marine conservation practitioners, and managers must be prepared to make the appropriate decision based on the results of the best available science used to inform it. For nearly a decade, many stakeholders encouraged the North Pacific Fishery Management Council to enact protections for deep-sea corals in several canyons in the Eastern Bering Sea slo...

The use of non-slip surfaces during loading and unloading of finishing pigs plays an important role in animal welfare and economics of the pork industry. Currently, the guidelines available only suggest the use of ramps with a slope below 20 degrees to load and unload pigs. However, the total time it takes to load and unload animals and slips, falls, and vocalizations are a welfare concern. Thr...