Academic Articles & Research Papers

Genetics of Obesity

Genetics of Human Obesities: Introductory Notes (C. Bouchard). Etiology and Prevalence of Obesity (G.A. Bray). Nongenetic Determinants of Obesity and Body Fat Topography (J.O. Hill, M.J. Pagliassotti, and J.C. Peters). Overview of the Adopt...

AN INVESTIGATION OF LOCAL EFFECTS ON SURFACE WARMING WITH GEOGRAPHICALLY WEIGHTED REGRESSION (GWR)

Urban warming is sensitive to the nature (thermal properties, including albedo, water content, heat capacity and thermal conductivity) and the placement (surface geometry or urban topography) of urban surface. In the literature the spatial ...

Correlations Between Subduction of Linear Oceanic Features and Arc Volcanism Volume Around the Pacific Basin

Abstract Arc volcanoes, created by magma generated from the dehydration of subducting slabs, show great variability in their sizes and along‐arc spatial distributions. In this study, we address a fundamental question, namely, how do subduct...

Fractals in Geology and Geophysics

The definition of a fractal distribution is that the number of objects N with a characteristic size greater than r scales with the relation N ~ r −D . The frequency-size distributions for islands, earthquakes, fragments, ore deposits, and o...

Evaluating the influence of anatomical accuracy and electrode positions on EEG forward solutions

Generating realistic volume conductor models for forward calculations in electroencephalography (EEG) is not trivial and several factors contribute to the accuracy of such models, two of which are its anatomical accuracy and the accuracy wi...

Ground calibration tests of the laser altimeter (LIDAR) for MMX mission

Abstract The spacecraft for the Japanese Martian Moon eXploration mission is equipped with a LIDAR laser altimeter. The slant range continuously measured by the LIDAR is used for the correction of the local topography and the orbit and atti...

Computational Adaptive Optics for HAR Hybrid Trench Array Topography Measurement by Utilizing Coherence Scanning Interferometry

High aspect ratio (HAR) sample-induced aberrations seriously affect the topography measurement for the bottom of the microstructure by coherence scanning interferometry (CSI). Previous research proposed an aberration compensating method usi...

Spatiotemporal patterns of remotely sensed phenology and their response to climate change and topography in subtropical bamboo forests during 2001-2017: a case study in Zhejiang Province, China

Vegetation phenology has long been adapted to environmental change and is highly sensitive to climate change. Shifts in phenology also affect feedbacks of vegetation to environmental factors such as topography and climate by influencing spati...

Influence of valley topography on earth pressure of high-fill arch culvert

High-fill culverts placed in valley topography have a complex earth pressure distribution law due to their locations around culverts in various valley topography conditions. In order to investigate the influence of valley topography on the ...

Geographic Object-Based Image Analysis Framework for Mapping Vegetation Physiognomic Types at Fine Scales in Neotropical Savannas

Regional maps of vegetation structure are necessary for delineating species habitats and for supporting conservation and ecological analyses. A systematic approach that can discriminate a wide range of meaningful and detailed vegetation cla...

Topograpaphic controls and future vulnerability of recurrent snowpatches in the Gaspé Peninsula (Québec, Canada)

Snowpatches are sensitive indicators of environmental change in mountain environments because their occurrence reflects interactions among topography, snow redistribution, and climate. Despite their ecological and geomorphological significa...

Medical Informatics: An Introduction

1. Information Processing in Medicine.- 1.1 Introduction.- 1.2 Overlap With Other Disciplines.- 2. Informatics.- 2.1 Structure.- 2.2 Fundamental Concepts.- 2.2.1 Message and Information.- 2.2.1.1 Events, Probability.- 2.2.1.2 SHANNON'S Info...

Data for: Terrain units, land use/cover, and gross primary productivity of the largest fluvial basin in the Brazilian Amazonia/Cerrado ecotone: The Araguaia River Basin

Integrity of most of tropical wetlands is threatened because they are often considered freely available resources of land and water. The Araguaia River Basin is one of the Brazilian basins most influenced by tropical seasonal floods, in add...

STRATEGI PENGEMBANGAN USAHA PERSUTERAAN ALAM DI KABUPATEN SUKABUMI, PROPINSI JAWA B

The striving of nature silk in Kabupaten Sukabumi keeps decreasing whereas, market opportunity and potential for nature is good, for this time being. For knowing development strategic of striving nature silk correctly, it need to be done an...

Optimizing Post-Curing Protocols for 3D-Printed Dental Models: A Long-Term Evaluation of Mechanical and Physical Properties

This study evaluated the influence of post-polymerization duration and a 14-day aging period on the mechanical and physical properties of 3D-printed standard resin models. Methods: Specimens were printed using Anycubic resin (50 µm layers) ...

Advances and perspectives for receiver function imaging of the Earth's internal discontinuities and velocity structures

Studying the structures, properties and origins of the Earth's internal discontinuities is an important part in the efforts to understand the physical and chemical properties of the layered Earth, as well as to explore the dynamic processes...

Eight-Day Typhoon Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts in Taiwan by the 2.5 km CReSS Model, Part II: Reduced Control of Track Errors on Rainfall Prediction Quality for Typhoons Associated with Southwesterly Flow

Due to the enhancement by its steep mesoscale topography, the overall rainfall amount and distribution in Taiwan from typhoons, to a first degree, are determined by the storm track relative to the island. Therefore, the quality of typhoon q...

Coal mine methane emissions quantification based on vehicle-based monitoring

Obtaining accurate emissions of methane (CH_4), one of the most important non-carbon-dioxide greenhouse gases, is the basis for formulating and validating emission reduction policies. In terms of shortcomings from the "bottom-up" approach, ...

SPAF-SegNeXt: Prior-Guided Attention and Frequency-Spatial Hybrid Fusion for Multimodal Sugarcane Segmentation in Remote Sensing

Accurate monitoring of the spatial extent of sugarcane cultivation is critical for optimizing land-use efficiency and regulating the sugar industry. However, sugarcane cultivation areas are characterized by complex topography and fragmented...

Real-time tracking of carbon corrosion by atomic force microscopy reveals the impact of defect topography on degradation dynamics.