[1] This work explores the control of fore-arc structure on segmentation of megathrust earthquake ruptures using coastal geomorphic markers. The Arauco-Nahuelbuta region at the south-central Chile margin constitutes an anomalous fore-arc sector in terms of topography, geology, and exhumation, located within the overlap between the Concepción and Valdivia megathrust segments. This boundary, howe...

Wimer, S., I. Koren and I. Cederbaum, On paths with the shortest average arc length in weighted graphs, Discrete Applied Mathematics 45 (1993) 169-179. The problem of finding the path having the smallest average arc length in an acyclic digraph with a single source and a single sink is considered in this paper. This problem arises in VLSI block placement procedures when spreading the building b...

In mammals, lactation suppresses GnRH/LH secretion resulting in transient infertility. In rats, GnRH/LH secretion is rescued within 18-48 h after pup separation (PS) and rapidly re-suppressed by subsequent re-exposure of pups. To elucidate the mechanisms underlying these rapid modulations, changes in the expression of kisspeptin, a stimulator of GnRH secretion, in several lactating conditions (...

BACKGROUND The advantages of Rapid Arc plans versus Intensity modulated radiotherapy plans for Carcinoma left breast were analyzed. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this study 20 Post mastectomy carcinoma left breast patients were analyzed. Both Intensity modulated Radiotherapy and Rapid Arc plans were generated for these patients. IMRT plans with 7 beams in an arc fashion and VMAT plans with two sem...

The Scotia Sea ecosystem is a major component of the circumpolar Southern Ocean system, where productivity and predator demand for prey are high. The eastward-flowing Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) and waters from the Weddell-Scotia Confluence dominate the physics of the Scotia Sea, leading to a strong advective flow, intense eddy activity and mixing. There is also strong seasonality, mani...

A third generation wide-band-gap SiC semiconductor device is used in the arc welding power source, which has a higher inverter frequency and greatly improves dynamic characteristics of providing opportunities for control algorithm optimization. composite method source combining expert system single neuron Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) proposed this paper, aimed at fact that proportiona...

The evolution of the Taiwan orogen, an active arc–continent collision zone between North Luzon Arc (NLA) and Eurasian continent, is recorded in arc volcanic sedimentary rocks from Taiyuan retro-foredeep basin Coastal Range, eastern Taiwan. volcanism northern NLA experienced a magmatic culmination at 9–7 Ma cessation 5.3–4.3 Ma, based on new U-Pb zircon ages. Young ages (1.74, 1.58, <1.2 Ma) low...

An 11-year-old female German Shepherd dog was presented for investigation of progressive enlargement of the abdomen, periodic bloody discharge from the vulva and rapid exhaustion. Transabdominal ultrasonography and lateral abdominal radiography demonstrated an echogenic formation with anechogenic cavities located cranial to the urinary bladder and a homogeneous shadow with an elliptical shape w...

Nickel-aluminum bronze (NAB) alloys are commonly used for marine applications such as propellers by the U.S. Navy. These NAB components conventionally manufactured using casting techniques, but recent interest has shifted to possibility of additive manufacturing (AM) processes. The following literature review discusses microstructural evolution (nominally) Cu-9Al-5Ni-5Fe-1Mn in cast, wrought, f...