Structures with shallow foundations are susceptible to excessive settlement and rotation in the event of earthquake-induced soil liquefaction. Numerical modelling problem remains challenging, due persisting uncertainties regarding dynamic response soil–structure interaction. In this paper, numerical simulations employed study seismic a structure on mat foundation, resting liquefiable sand layer...

The paper explores preliminary data of four cases in a larger study investigating the effects on learning of a new educational technology called Media Annotation Tool (MAT). In particular, the paper focuses on learning engagement with MAT and begins to raise questions about what factors promote or enhance engagement. Drawing on the work of Kirkwood (2009), the authors analyse the type of educat...

In this research, creation of higher mechanical natural fiber mat composites was proposed. The hybrid mat with jute and glass mat was fabricated by needle punching system, in which jute mat was placed on glass mat. The ratio of jute and glass mat layers was set to be 1:0,1:1,1:2 and 2:1, respectively. The composites were fabricated by hand-lay up method with unsaturated polyester resin after ne...

Mandarin speech data Across Taiwan (MAT) is a project initiated by members of the Association for Computational Linguistics and Chinese Language Processing (ACLCLP) to collect speech data through public telephone networks in Taiwan. Totally over 7000 Taiwanese individuals have provided speech data. The results were released as a series of MAT speech databases to the research community in Taiwan...

This paper presents an algorithm for generating the Medial Axis Transform (MAT) of 3D objects with free form boundaries that are obtained by extrusion along a line or revolution about an axis. The algorithm proposed uses the exact representation of the part and generates an approximate rational spline description (to within a defined tolerance) of the MAT. The algorithm uses the 2D MAT of the p...

A methodology based on mathematical morphology is proposed for efficient recognition of two-dimensional (2D) objects or shapes. It is based on the introduction a shape descriptor called the morphological autocorrelation transform (MAT). The MAT of an image is composed of a family of geometrical correlation functions (GCFs) which define its morphological covariance in a specific direction. The M...

Phototrophic microbial mats are among the most diverse ecosystems in nature. These systems undergo daily cycles in redox potential caused by variations in light energy input and metabolic interactions among the microbial species. In this work, solid electrodes with controlled potentials were placed under mats to study the electron transfer processes between the electrode and the microbial mat. ...

A recent field-intensive program in Shark Bay, Western Australia provides new multi-scale perspectives on the world's most extensive modern stromatolite system. Mapping revealed a unique geographic distribution of morphologically distinct stromatolite structures, many of them previously undocumented. These distinctive structures combined with characteristic shelf physiography define eight 'Stro...

Given a graph whose edges are coloured, on how many vertices can we find a monochromatic subgraph of a certain type, such as a connected subgraph, or a cycle, or some type of tree? Also, how many such monochromatic subgraphs do we need so that their vertex sets form either a partition or a covering of the vertices of the original graph? What happens for the analogous situations for hypergraphs?...

f' scanner raw.dataS ' 5 The objective of our research reported here is to show the various processing steps on all levels of a computer vision system required to interpret and describe road maps. First, the foundation for the recognition process is laid by computing two sets of distance skeletons. They are termed endoand exo-skeleton and are symmetrical with respect to the boundary between for...