Identifying the authorship either of an anonymous or a doubtful document constitutes a cornerstone for automatic forensic applications. Moreover, it is a challenging task for both humans and computers. Clustering documents according to the linguistic style of the authors who wrote them has been a task little studied by the research community. In order to address this problem, PAN Evaluation Fra...

Groups of the Guatemalan black howler monkey (Alouatta pigra) in a fragmented northern Guatemalan cloud forest in the Sierra Yalijux were analyzed for group composition and size using an ornithological census technique. Audio and visual records were combined to estimate each group’s home range size. The 361 observations in 2002 estimated 50 individuals in seven groups. Two home range classes we...

numerous techniques have been presented by different researchers to analyze piled raft. in order to analyze pile foundation, soil can be modeled as spring, continuous medium, or porous media. pile can also be modeled as spring or continuous medium. this study includes three main stages: a short description of different types of analysis methods of pile foundation, writing a computer program bas...

Tape springs are being used with increasing frequency in today’s space industry to deploy small satellite aerials and array areas. However, to accurately model the deployment of an appendage mounted with tape spring hinges, it is necessary to accurately model the opening moments produced from the material strains in the tape spring fold. These moments are primarily a function of curvature. This...

Large reduction in emissions of anthropogenic pollutants in a mega city during the week-long holiday gives an opportunity to investigate how the urban air quality reacts to reductions in emission. This study conducted a systematical examination of the “Spring Festival effect” over three consecutive winters in Shenzhen with a population of greater than ten million, and the difference in the conc...

Large reduction in emissions of anthropogenic pollutants in a mega city during the week-long holiday gives an opportunity to investigate how the urban air quality reacts to reductions in emission. This study conducted a systematical examination of the “Spring Festival effect” over three consecutive winters in Shenzhen with a population of greater than ten million, and the difference in the conc...

10 The dry and wet deposition of radionuclides released into the atmosphere can be 11 intercepted by vegetation in terrestrial ecosystems. The aim of this study was to quantify the 12 interception of wet deposited Cs and Sr by spring oilseed rape (Brassíca napus L.) and 13 spring wheat (Tríticum aestívum L.). The dependency of the intercepted fraction (f) on total 14 above ground plant biomass,...

Neutral genetic markers are routinely used to define distinct units within species that warrant discrete management. Human-induced changes to gene flow however may reduce the power of such an approach. We tested the efficiency of adaptive versus neutral genetic markers in differentiating temporally divergent migratory runs of Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) amid high gene flow owing t...

In this work, a four-dimensional lattice spring model is developed for studying the mechanical responses of solids. Our results indicate that the Poisson's ratio limitation of the classical lattice spring model defined in three-dimensional space can be released by introducing an extra fourth-dimensional interaction. The fourth-dimensional lattice spring model adopts central interactions only, a...

This summary of the state of the knowledge related to nutrient effects on spring ecosystems and biota draws from the proceeding seven chapters of this report. It represents a synthesis of the most important findings; greater details can be found within each of the chapters. This synthesis chapter is organized into three parts: 1) a summary of the “knowns” regarding nutrient effects on springs a...