Particle fracture, the formation of small particles as result breakage large ones, and aggregation, combination have important implications in industry (e.g. food processing, pharmaceutical production) geophysics (e.g., snow avalanches rock debris flows). Also, presence different size that from fracture aggregation can induce segregation, resulting migration to regions flow. Here, we formulate ...

This study outlines a new method for disposing of hazardous (e.g., nuclear) waste. The technique is called Abyssal Sequestration, and it involves placing the waste at extreme depths in Earth’s crust where it could achieve the geologically long period of isolation. Abyssal Sequestration involves storing the waste in hydraulic fractures driven by gravity, a process we term as gravity fracturing. ...

‎‎‎In this paper‎, ‎the‎ notion of injectivity with respect to order dense embeddings in ‎‎the category of $S$-posets‎, ‎posets with a monotone action of a‎ pomonoid $S$ on them‎, ‎is studied‎. ‎We give a criterion‎, ‎like the Baer condition for injectivity of modules‎, ‎or Skornjakov criterion for injectivity of $S$-sets‎, ‎for the order dense injectivity‎. ‎Also‎, ‎we consider such injectivit...

We study the effects of laser phase noise on a phase diversity coherent optical frequency domain (C-OFD) technique that has been recently proposed to measure passive devices used in dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) systems. Theoretical expressions are provided to calculate the laser phase-noise to intensity-noise conversion in this technique under simplified circumstances. Obtained...

The membrane architecture of the cytoplasmic tubules in lamprey chloride cells has been studied by electron microscopy using thin-section and freeze-fracture techniques. The chloride cell of lampreys (Lampetra japonica, Petromyzon marinus) is largely occupied with a continuous network of cytoplasmic tubules, which are derived from the invagination of the basolateral plasma membrane. The lumenal...

Overview Humans lose bone mass with age because their bones lose calcium and other minerals and become lighter, less dense and more porous. As this process continues, our bones become weaker, increasing the risk of bone fracture. A patient is said to have osteoporosis when bone mineral density (BMD), the concentration of minerals in a unit volume of bone, falls below a threshold value. Currentl...

the submodules with the property of the title ( a submodule $n$ of an $r$-module $m$ is called strongly dense in $m$, denoted by $nleq_{sd}m$, if for any index set $i$, $prod _{i}nleq_{d}prod _{i}m$) are introduced and fully investigated. it is shown that for each submodule $n$ of $m$ there exists the smallest subset $d'subseteq m$ such that $n+d'$ is a strongly dense submodule of $m$...

Maxillary and mandibular bone mirror skeletal bone conditions. Bone remodeling happens at endosteal surfaces where the osteoclasts and osteoblasts are situated. More surfaces means more cells and remodeling. The bone turnover rate in the mandibular alveolar process is probably the fastest in the body; thus, the first signs of osteoporosis may be revealed here. Hormones, osteoporosis, and aging ...

Osteoclasts play an important role in bone metabolism, but their exact role in fracture healing remains unclear. DAP12 is an immunoadaptor protein with associated immunoreceptors on myeloid lineage cells, including osteoclasts. Its deficiency causes osteopetrosis due to suppression of osteoclast development and activation. In this report, we assessed the impact of DAP12 on the fracture healing ...