The annular ligament provides a compliant connection of the stapes to the oval window. To estimate the stiffness characteristics of the annular ligament, human temporal bone measurements were conducted. A force was applied sequentially at several points on the stapes footplate leading to different patterns of displacement with different amounts of translational and rotational components. The sp...

Theoretically, inverse consistency in an image registration problem can be achieved by employing a diffeomorphic scheme that uses transformations parametrized by stationary velocity fields (SVF). The displacement from a given SVF, formulated as a series of self compositions of a transformation function, can be obtained by Euler integration in the time domain. However in practice, the discrete t...

Physical and chemical parameters of fresh berries from three southern highbush (‘O’Neal’, ‘Sharpblue’ and ‘Misty’) blueberry cultivars grown in Huelva (Southwestern Spain) under two production systems were measured and evaluated. ANOVA applied to data yielded significant differences between production systems for mean fruit size and mean fruit fresh weight (P<0.05), although main effects on phy...

Landslide disasters cause serious property losses and casualties every year. displacement prediction is fundamental for mitigating landslide disasters. Several approaches have been used to predict displacement, yet a more accurate reliable still has poor understanding of early warning systems mitigation, due limited data mutational displacements. To boost the robustness accuracy prediction, thi...