Contemporary applications of radar altimetry include sea-level rise, ocean circulation, marine gravity, and icesheet elevation change. Unlike InSAR and GNSS, which are widely used to map surface deformation, altimetry is neither reliant on highly temporally-correlated ground features nor as limited by the available spatial coverage, and can provide long-term temporal subsidence monitoring capab...

CONTEXT Cortisol is released in ultradian pulses. The biological relevance of the resulting fluctuating cortisol concentration has not been explored. OBJECTIVE Determination of the biological consequences of ultradian cortisol pulsatility. DESIGN A novel flow through cell culture system was developed to deliver ultradian pulsed or continuous cortisol to cells. The effects of cortisol dynami...

Frictional properties within the upper few kilometers of subduction zones are generally thought to inhibit rupture propagation. Understanding whether large rapid slip propagates to the surface during megathrust earthquakes is important for characterizing tsunami hazard. Recent vitrinite reflectance analysis by Sakaguchi et al. (2011) on cores from the NanTroSEIZE drilling transect at the Nankai...

Many Air Conditioning and Refrigeration hermetic compressor shells are designed with cantilevered attachments such as control valves. These attachments are subject to several sources of loading such as shell pressure, external tube load or vibration. One of the most common failure modes yet the least predictable is fatigue due to vibration at the joint with the shell. The purpose of the paper i...

Taking a super large deep foundation pit project as an example, the horizontal displacement of crown beam and driveway, surface settlement, axial force anchor cable, underground water level in construction process are dynamically monitored analyzed. The excavation deformation rule influence on surrounding buildings results show that, with pit, driveway incline towards direction eventually tend ...

This work established the fracture probability equation for JIS SM490A steel using computational model supported by local approach and standard Crack Tip Opening Displacement (CTOD) toughness experiments. As experiments were conducted at a low temperature providing conditions brittle fracture, specimen suffers small plastic deformation until its failure. The tries to represent experiment result...

We present the integration of seismic and Ground-Based Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar system (GBInSAR) displacement data at Stromboli Volcano. Ground deformation in the area of summit vents is positively correlated with both seismic tremor amplitude and cumulative amplitudes of very long period (VLP) signals associated with Strombolian explosions. Changes in VLP amplitudes precede by ...

We describe the natural history of 13 musculoskeletal conditions requiring hospitalization and identify demographic, behavioral, psychosocial, occupational, and clinical characteristics most strongly associated with disability discharge from the Army. Subjects included 15,268 active-duty personnel hospitalized for a common musculoskeletal condition between the years 1989-1996 who were retrospec...

The three-dimensional model of 2500hp shale gas fracturing truck chassis frame was established and the natural frequency of the frame was obtained by modal analysis. Taking the displacement power spectrum density of a typical road as a random excitation, the random vibration response of frame was obtained by PSD module of finite element analysis software ANSYS. Based on the results of PSD analy...

OBJECTIVES Anterior cruciate ligament injury leads to adaptive responses to maintain postural control. However, there is no consensus regarding whether leg dominance also affects postural control in athletes with anterior cruciate ligament injury. The purpose of this study was to evaluate dynamic and static postural control among athletes with and without anterior cruciate ligament injury to th...