Attenuation coefficients obtained from seismic data may provide sensitive attributes for reservoir characterization and increase the robustness of AVO (amplitude variation with offset) analysis. Here, we present an algorithm for ray tracing in attenuative anisotropic media based on the methodology of C̆ervený and Ps̆enc̆ik. Both kinematic and dynamic ray tracing are carried out in an elastic refer...

The source rupture process of the 2016 central Tottori, Japan, earthquake (MJMA 6.6) was estimated from strong motion waveforms using a multiple-time-window kinematic waveform inversion. A large slip region with a maximum slip of 0.6 m extends from the hypocenter to the shallower part, caused by the first rupture propagating upward 0–3 s after rupture initiation. The contribution of this large ...

Using extensive observations collected from various platforms around the Brenner Pass in the Austrian Alps during the Mesoscale Alpine Programme, a detailed description of the kinematic and thermodynamic structure of the shallow-foehn event that occurred on 20 October 1999 in the Wipp Valley is constructed. Downstream of the gap the flow develops a well-mixed surface layer capped by a relativel...

There are a sparse number of credible source models available from past earthquakes and a stochastic source model generation algorithm thus becomes necessary for robust risk quantification using scenario earthquakes. We present an algorithm that combines the physics of fault rupture as imaged in laboratory earthquakes with stress estimates on the fault constrained by field observations to gener...

This paper presents a novel method to optimize the motion of a paddle within a nonprehensile batting task. The proposed approach shows that it is possible to online predict the impact time and the configuration of the paddle, in terms of its linear velocity and orientation, to re-direct a ball towards a desired location, imposing also a desired spin during the free flight. While exploiting the ...

Background The standing toe raise, or heel rise, requires ankle plantarflexor strength, and is often used to assess foot and ankle muscle function. There is limited research on the mechanics within the foot during this task. Houck et al., [1] found that hindfoot eversion/inversion was significantly different than controls during a bilateral toe raise task in patients with posterior tibialis ten...

The near-source energy released on a fault is estimated through the strain energy change and the fracture energy from the results of kinematic waveform inversion and dynamic modeling for two different types of earthquakes: a shallow crustal earthquake, the 2000 Tottori, Japan (Mw 6.6) earthquake, and an in-slab event, the 1999 Oaxaca, Mexico (Mw 7.5) earthquake. The procedure incorporates the s...

This note describes an interferometric reformulation of linear wave-based inverse problems, such as inverse source and inverse Born scattering. Instead of fitting data directly, we propose to match cross-correlations and other quadratic data combinations that generalize cross-correlations. This modification exhibits surprising robustness to modeling uncertainties of a kinematic nature. Three op...

Three neural structures dedicated to continuous function approximation are evaluated and compared with a view to the implementation of an adaptive kinematic approach for vision-based robotic control. This approach is using an iterative method of nonlinear mapping inversion, developed by S. Lee and R.M. Kil, and based on the pseudo-inverse of the gradient of a Lyapunov function. This method assu...

a rare case of non-puerperal uterine inversion caused by a large fundal leiomyoma in a 39-year nulliparous, infertile woman resulting in intractable hemorrhage was reported after a myomectomy. attempts to reduce the inversion vaginally by transecting the anterior and posterior cervix were unsuccessful and a laparotomy was performed. the inversion was not successfully corrected and hysterectomy ...