We consider the asymmetric A-distance though it is not a metric due to the asymmetry in a rigorous sense. However, it reflects on an actual situation of urban areas that time from the demand point to the facility depends on the passing direction and in some places slopes and so it is asymmetric. Further, most residents in urban areas hope that even the city office should not be so near and so f...

Abstract Landslides and slope failures are often caused by earthquakes. This study proposes a method to map earthquake-induced failure hazards that uses the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) geographic information system (GIS) for four districts where many were induced earthquakes (the 2018 Hokkaido Eastern Iburi, 2016 Kumamoto, 2008 Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku, 2004 Mid Niigata Prefecture earthquakes)...

Many slope filtrations occur in algebraic geometry, asymptotic analysis, ramification theory, p-adic theories, geometry of numbers... These functorial filtrations, which are indexed by rational (or sometimes real) numbers, have a lot of common properties. We propose a unified abstract treatment of slope filtrations, and survey how new ties between different domains have been woven by dint of de...

The slow movement of active deep-seated slope gravitational deformations (DSGSDs) and deep-seated rockslides can cause damage to structures and infrastructures. We use Permanent Scatterers Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry (PSInSARTM) displacement rate data for the analysis of DSGSD/rockslide activity and kinematics and for the analysis of damage to buildings. We surveyed the degree of da...

Cadmium (Cd) in contaminated soil not only enters surface water via rainfall runoff but also penetrates groundwater, adversely affecting human health through the food chain. This research examined three kinds of from Luoping County southwestern China, with different Cd pollution levels. Simulated and column leaching experiments were conducted to explore risks factors influencing loss undergroun...

The Zhangcheng District is critically responsible for protecting water resources, preserving sand sources, and improving the ecological environment in Beijing. Quantitative evaluation research on ecosystem supply services this area are beneficial developing conservation planning establishing compensation mechanisms areas. In paper, based land use, meteorological, soil, field observation data of...

STUDY OBJECTIVES To explore the significance of oxygen kinetics during early recovery after maximal cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) in the assessment of functional capacity and severity of the disease in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. PARTICIPANTS Eighteen patients with CF (9 male/9 female; mean +/- SD age, 23 +/- 13 years) and 11 healthy subjects (3 male/8 female; mean age, 29 +/- 4 ...

Forty crossbred sows were used in 10 blocks to determine the effects of farrowing pen type and degree of slope on sow-litter performance and behavior. The two pen types were a farrowing pen (2.15 m sow area plus 2.15 x 3 5 m creep area) and a farrowing crate (1.5 x 2.15 m). The two slopes evaluated were level (0% slope) and 8% slope. To collect behavioral data, a sample of litters was videotape...

PURPOSE The aim was to evaluate the repeatability of dynamic measurement of the accommodative stimulus-response curve (ASRC) at three different dioptric speeds using a modified instrument and its agreement with two other methods. METHODS Twenty-nine adults (23.5 ± 2.0 years) were enrolled in the study. ASRC was measured monocularly using three methods: dynamic and static measurement using a m...

We derive closed-form expressions for the poles and zeros of approximate fractional integrator/differentiator filters, which correspond to spectral roll-off filters having any desired log-log slope to a controllable degree of accuracy over any bandwidth. The filters can be described as a uniform exponential distribution of poles along the negative-real axis of the s plane, with zeros interleavi...