...and hammer geological research

Research on Geological Survey Data Management and Automatic Mapping Technology

The data management of a large geological survey is not an easy task. To efficiently store and manage the huge datasets, a database of geological information on the basis ofMicrosoftAccess has been created. By using the database of geological information, we can make easily and scientifically store andmanage the large geological information.The geological maps—borehole diagrams, the rose diagra...

US Geological Survey–Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

Occam's Hammer

We establish a generic theoretical tool to construct probabilistic bounds for algorithms where the output is a subset of objects from an initial pool of candidates (or more generally, a probability distribution on said pool). This general device, dubbed “Occam’s hammer”, acts as a meta layer when a probabilistic bound is already known on the objects of the pool taken individually, and aims at c...

Research on Integration of Sdi with Geological and Meteorological Data for Meteorological Forecast and Alarm of Geological Disasters

In order to forecast the geological disaster, a forecasting model of geological disasters in Hefei area has been established. The model is based on raster data model. Because that the data from local SDI are vector data, some pretreatment must be done before they are used in the forecasting model. Some data, such as geological data, meteorological data and precipitation, has been translated int...

Hallux valgus and hammer toe.

An elderly woman was observed after hip surgery to start a rehabilitation program; physical examination revealed a lush hallux valgus, however no complaints were reported. Hallux valgus is a frequent forefoot deformity; global prevalence is 35% in those over 65 years-old.1 Women are more affected; deformity is normally attributed to ill-fitting shoes.1 Imbalance of the extrinsic/intrinsic foot ...