Coral reefs of north Jamaica, normally sheltered, were severely damaged by Hurricane Allen, the strongest Caribbean hurricane of this century. Immediate studies were made at Discovery Bay, where reef populations were already known in some detail. Data are presented to show how damage varied with the position and orientation of the substraturn and with the shape, size, and mechanical properties ...

Organelles without membranes are found in all types of cells and typically contain RNA and protein. RNA and protein are the constituents of ribosomes, one of the most ancient cellular structures. It is reasonable to propose that organelles without membranes preceded protocells and other membrane-bound structures at the origins of life. Such membraneless organelles would be well sheltered in the...

Poland has so far avoided austerity policies comparable to those conducted in Southern Europe and some Eastern European EU-member states. The country has been the only EU member state not to have undergone a recession since the outbreak of the financial crisis. The raising of government spending – particularly through increased public investment – has meant that Polish society has been sheltere...

We investigate the problem of balancing assembly lines with heterogeneous workers while considering job rotation schedules. This problem typically occurs in assembly lines in sheltered work centers for disabled. We propose a hybrid algorithm that uses a Mixed Integer Programming (MIP) to select appropriate schedules from a pool of heuristically constructed solutions. A local search based on MIP...

Timber is a renewable material that should be more used for sustainable construction. While the mechanical behavior and durability of some species have been widely studied in past, few studies are available Ozigo (Dacryodes buettneri) specie. This paper deals with spatial variability beams subjected to long-term loadings different environmental conditions. These were previously creep three envi...

We identified correlates of unsheltered status among Veterans experiencing homelessness and described distinct subgroups within the unsheltered homeless Veteran population using data from a screening instrument for homelessness that is administered to all Veterans accessing outpatient care at a Veterans Health Administration (VHA) facility. Correlates of unsheltered homelessness included male g...