We estimate the three-dimensional (3D) P-wave attenuation structure beneath the Niigata–Kobe Tectonic Zone (NKTZ), central Japan, using high-quality waveform data from a large number of stations. The obtained results confirm the segmentation of the NKTZ into three regions, as suggested by 3D seismic velocity models, and reveal characteristic structures related to surface deformation, shallow su...

We examined the contributions of primary auditory cortex (A1) and the dorsal zone of auditory cortex (DZ) to sound localization behavior during separate and combined unilateral and bilateral deactivation. From a central visual fixation point, cats learned to make an orienting response (head movement and approach) to a 100-ms broadband noise burst emitted from a central speaker or one of 12 peri...

With the intensification of eutrophication, many artificial water supply lakes that act as a biological filter for diverted from rivers have been built to alleviate scarcity in Eastern China. In this study, we selected Lake Yanlong, representative lake Yancheng City, our experimental explore how community composition fishes changed among different habitat types and assess potential consequences...

Germinal center (GC) B cells cycle between two states, the light zone (LZ) and the dark zone (DZ), and in the latter they proliferate and hypermutate their immunoglobulin genes. How this functional transition takes place is still controversial. In this study, we demonstrate that ablation of Foxo1 after GC development led to the loss of the DZ GC B cells and disruption of the GC architecture, wh...

We describe the fabrication of physical chitosan hydrogels exhibiting a layered structure. This bilayered structure, as shown by SEM and confocal microscopy, is composed of a thin dense superficial zone (SZ), covering a deeper zone (DZ) containing microchannels orientated perpendicularly to the SZ. We show that such structure favors diffusion of macromolecules within the hydrogel matrix up to a...

Abstract Experiments have long shown that zones of near vanishing deformation, so-called “dead zones”, emerge and coexist with strain localization inside deforming granular media. To date, a method can disentangle these dynamically coupled structures from each other, pre- to post- failure, is lacking. Here we develop framework learns new representation the kinematic data, based on complexity gr...

Plant growth rate is largely determined by the transition between the successive phases of cell division and expansion. A key role for hormone signaling in determining this transition was inferred from genetic approaches and transcriptome analysis in the Arabidopsis root tip. We used the developmental gradient at the maize leaf base as a model to study this transition, because it allows a direc...

This paper discloses the status, scope, and challenges in familiarizing climate-smart agricultural (CSA) practices to cascades or terraced tank clusters Puttalam district Dry Zone (DZ) of Sri Lanka. As a tropical country, Lanka faces many reducing gap trade balance economy. Reducing food imports can be considered as one solutions. Consequently, is paying high attention introduce CSA for DZ whil...