Abstract Detailed study of the response pipelines during seismic excitation can help reduce physical and financial losses after an earthquake. The current research investigated behavior passing through variations in topography using two-dimensional three-dimensional modeling. Their has been modeled at crest toe a slope longitudinal passage topography. effects soil stiffness, diameter-to-thickne...

Ensuring the coverage of a region interest (RoI) when deploying wireless sensor network (WSN) is an objective that depends on several factors, such as detection capability used nodes and topography RoI. To address challenges, in this paper, we propose new WSN deployment approach based idea partitioning RoI into sub-regions with relatively simple topography. Then allocating, to each constructed ...

A diverse array of environmental factors contributes to the overall control of stem cell activity. In particular, new data continue to mount on the influence of the extracellular matrix (ECM) on stem cell fate through physical interactions with cells, such as the control of cell geometry, ECM geometry/topography at the nanoscale, ECM mechanical properties, and the transmission of mechanical or ...

Levels of toxic substances in tobacco smoke are undeniably influenced by temperature-oxygen conditions in which the smoke is generated. These conditions depend on the way the cigarette is smoked (smoking topography). Smoking topography may be characterized by such factors as: puff volume and its velocity, intervals between puffs and a number of puffs per cigarette. Vast majority of formerly pub...

Thailand is a developing country that is still grappling with infectious diseases. Although modern medical and laboratory technology have been applied in the investigation and treatment of in­ fectious diseases, they are still prevalent. The varied ecology and topography of Thailand are appro­ priate for infective organisms, but there is a lack of medical apparatus and health personnel for cont...

Red blood cell rheology and adhesiveness play a key role in the occurrence of vaso-occlusive like events in sickle cell anemia. The present paper reviews counter-intuitive findings supporting that rigid and serrated sickle red blood cells do not initiate vaso-occlusion. Instead, the less rigid red blood cells could initiate vaso-occlusion because of their increased adhesiveness to the vascular ...

The Wenchuan earthquake of 12 May 2008 is the most destructive earthquake in China in the past 30 years in terms of property damage and human losses. In order to understand the earthquake process and the geo-morphological factors affecting the seismic hazard, we simulated the strong ground motion caused by the earthquake, incorporating three-dimensional (3D) earth structure, finite-fault ruptur...