Invasive species have the potential to detrimentally affect native ecosystems by out competing or directly preying upon native organisms, and have been implicated in the extinction of endemic populations. One potentially devastating introduced species in the Galápagos Islands is the parasitic fly Philornis downsi. As larvae, P. downsi parasitize nestling birds and have been associated with high...

geometrical profile (roughness) of joint surfaces influences the behaviour of rock joints under shear loading. with regard to the dilation, there are two models of direct shear test that may simulate the original loading condition existing in the location from where the specimens have been sampled. the first model in which the normal load is constant (cnl) and the discontinuity is free to dilat...

A graph partitioning-based heuristic load-balancing algorithm known as the Largest Task First with Minimum Finish Time and Available Communication Costs is modified to take into account the dynamic nature and heterogeneity of current large-scale distributed computing environments, like Grids. The modified algorithm is applied to facilitate load balancing of a known CFD code used to model crysta...