The evidence for character displacement as a widespread response to competition is now building. This progress is largely the result of the establishment of rigorous criteria for demonstrating character displacement in the animal literature. There are, however, relatively few well-supported examples of character displacement in plants. This review explores the potential for character displaceme...

Dilated Optical Multistage Interconnection Networks (DOMINs) based on 2 × 2 directional coupler photonic switches play an important role in all-optical high-performance networks, especially for the emerging IP over DWDM architectures. The problem of crosstalk within photonic switches is underestimated due to the aging of the switching element, control voltage, temperature and polarization, and ...

At the very end of year 2020, on 29 December, a hazardous earthquake Mw = 6.2 hit area Petrinja and its surroundings, in NW Croatia. The was felt across 400 km, leaving an inconceivable damage vicinity epicenter, devastated towns ruined lives. In order to map spreading waves determine coseismic ground displacement after mainshock, we have analyzed open satellite radar images Sentinel-1 GNSS dat...

Multiphase machines are becoming one of the mainstream research topics during last decade, especially in high-reliability based systems. Among different configurations multiphase machines, Asymmetrical Six-Phase Induction Motor (ASPIM) with a spatial displacement 30° is popular as it has better magnetomotive force (MMF) distribution. This paper therefore concerns detecting and mitigating operat...

Faults in computer networks may result in millions of dollars in cost. Faults in a network need to be localized and repaired to keep the health of the network. Fault management systems are used to keep today’s complex networks running without significant cost, either by using active techniques or passive techniques. In this paper, we propose a novel approach based on imperialist competitive alg...

In the western Sydney Basin, the Lapstone Structural Complex is a major north-trending association of monoclines and faults that forms the frontal ridge of the Blue Mountains Plateau. At Kurrajong Heights, the Lapstone Structural Complex is dominated by an eastfacing monocline with a gently dipping central limb containing several different homoclinal segments. At the Hawkesbury Lookout section,...

The Basin and Range province in the western United States hosts numerous low-slip-rate normal faults with diffuse subtle surface expressions. Legacy aerial photographs, widely available across region, can be used to generate high-resolution digital elevation models of these previously uncharacterized fault systems. Here, we test limits utility photograph-derived products on Drum Mountains zone—...

The displacement of Enterococcus faecalis 1131 from hydrophobic and hydrophilic substrata by isolates of Lactobacillus casei 36 and Streptococcus hyointestinalis KM1 was studied in a parallel plate flow chamber. The experiments were conducted with either 10 mM potassium phosphate buffer or human urine as the suspending fluid, and adhesion and displacement were measured by real-time in situ imag...