Harvest may have myriad effects on target species, including a change in population size structure. To assess whether shifts occurred among managed coastal species of shark (superorder Selachimorpha), we examined the structure 12 caught during nearly five-decade-long fishery-independent survey conducted Onslow Bay, North Carolina, using standardized longline gear. We evaluated trends mean fork ...

It is generally recommended that an esophageal balloon-catheter possess an adequate frequency response up to 15 Hz, such that parameters of respiratory mechanics may be quantified with precision. In our experience, however, we have observed that some commercially available systems do not display an ideal frequency response (<8-10 Hz). We therefore investigated whether the poor frequency respons...

Traditional and fuzzy control correspond to two different cases: traditional control is applicable when we have a precise knowledge of the controlled system, and possible uncertainties are described in probabilistic terms (as a noise). Fuzzy control (see, e.g., [S85, B91, L90]) is applicable in the situation when uncertainty is described in terms of natural language like “small”, “to some exten...

Newcastle disease virus (NDV)-induced membrane fusion requires formation of a complex between the hemagglutinin-neuraminidase (HN) and fusion (F) proteins. Substitutions for NDV HN stalk residues A89, L90, and L94 block fusion by modulating formation of the HN-F complex. Here, we demonstrate that a nearby L97A substitution, though previously shown to block fusion, allows efficient HN-F complex ...

This study was conducted of traffic noise which affected on urban selected roadside school as acoustic comfort for locations (near buildings) Burdwan town and the ambient recorded during four different time periods (early morning, late afternoon evening). Geographical Information System (GIS) based Inverse distance weighting (IDW) interpolating technique used to identify vulnerability pollution...

PURPOSE To determine the effects of optically imposed astigmatism on early eye growth in chicks. METHODS 5-day-old (P5) White Leghorn chicks were randomly assigned to either wear, monocularly, a "high magnitude" (H: +4.00DS/-8.00DC) crossed-cylindrical lens oriented at one of four axes (45, 90, 135, and 180; n = 20 in each group), or were left untreated (controls; n = 8). Two additional group...

The purpose of this study is to explain the market diffusion satellites by exploring how early adopters raise regulatory barriers adoption. Such influence has not been explored significantly in literature analyzing industrial products. In paper, we adopt a macro and longitudinal approach case from 1959 2017. results indicate that hinder takeoff therefore entry mainstream adopters. Overall, find...

The extraordinary efficiency and selectivity of potassium channels have made them ideal systems for biophysical and functional studies of ion conduction. We carried out solid-state NMR studies of the selectivity filter region of the protein. Partial site-specific assignments of the NMR signals were obtained based on high field multidimensional solid-state NMR spectra of uniformly (13)C, (15)N e...

On the basis of the continuous traffic noise data observed at 142 sites distributed in 52 roads from 1989 to 2003, the characteristics of traffic noise and effect factors were analyzed through traffic noise indices, such as Lep, L10, L50, L90, TNI, and Pn. Our findings allow us to reach a number of conclusions as follows: Firstly, traffic noise pollution was serious, and its fluctuant character...