Abstract In the present communication we report measurement of small displacement reflecting surface (plane mirror) using wedge plate lateral shearing interferometry. With help simple mathematical analysis relation between specimen and difference phase is undertaken. Fourier based fringe technique used for determination phase. Theoretical experimental investigations are carried out to check sen...

Abstract Postseismic deformations continue to occur for a long period after major earthquakes. Temporal changes in postseismic can be approximated using simple functions. Since the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake, operating global navigation satellite system stations have been continuously accumulating remarkable amount of relevant data. To verify functional model, we performed statistical data proc...

Evaluating the transfer of stresses from megathrust earthquakes to adjacent segments is fundamental assess seismic hazard. Here, we use a 3D forward model as well GPS and data investigate transient deformation Coulomb Failure Stresses (CFS) changes induced by 2010 Maule earthquake in its northern segment, where Mw 8.3 Illapel occurred 2015. The incorporates coseismically instantaneous, elastic ...

Supercharged proteins are a new class of functional proteins with exceptional stability and potent ability to deliver bio-macromolecules into cells. As a proof-of-principle, a novel application of supercharged proteins as a versatile biosensing platform for nucleic acid detection and epigenetics analysis is presented. Taking supercharged green fluorescent protein (ScGFP) as the signal reporter,...

Synapses and circuits rely on homeostatic forms of regulation in order to transmit meaningful information. The Drosophila melanogaster neuromuscular junction (NMJ) is a well-studied synapse that shows robust control function. Most prior studies plasticity at the NMJ have centered presynaptic potentiation (PHP). PHP happens when postsynaptic muscle neurotransmitter receptors are impaired, trigge...

Glaucoma is common and shows high prevalence in older adults. However, there are few studies on the structure/function relationship in older adults with glaucoma. This prospective, cross-sectional study (conducted between February and August 2014), enrolled 102 eyes of 102 subjects aged over 75 years, including 57 eyes with primary open angle glaucoma (POAG), 15 eyes with pseudoexfoliation glau...

In this study, a high sensitivity and easy fabricated plastic optical fiber (POF) displacement sensor is proposed. A POF specimen subjected to dual cyclic bending is used to improve the sensitivity of the POF displacement sensor. The effects of interval between rollers, relative displacement and number of rollers on the sensitivity of the displacement sensor are analyzed both experimentally and...

examining the impacts of data modification is considered as sensitivity analysis. a lot of studies have considered the data modification of inputs and outputs in dea. the issues which has not heretofore been considered in dea sensitivity analysis is modification in the number of inputs and (or) outputs and determining the impacts of this modification in the status of efficiency of dmus. this pa...

Central difference method (CDM) that is explicit for pseudo dynamic testing is also supposed to be explicit for real-time substructure testing (RST). However, to obtain correct velocity dependent restoring force of the physical substructure being tested, the target velocity is required to be calculated as well as displacement. The standard CDM provides only explicit target displacement but not ...