Soils play an important role in sequestrating atmospheric CO₂. Coastal tidal flats have been intensively reclaimed for food security and living spaces worldwide. We aimed to identify the changes of soil organic carbon (SOC) and total nitrogen (TN) following coastal reclamation and their spatial variation in the coastal area of mid-Eastern China to provide information for coastal cropland manage...

We present GALEX NUV (2310Å) and FUV (1530Å) images of the interacting galaxy NGC 4438 (Arp 120) in the center of the Virgo cluster. These images show an extended (20 kpc) tidal tail at the north-west edge of the galaxy previously undetected at other wavelengths, at 15-25 kpc from its nucleus. Except in the nucleus, the UV morphology of NGC 4438 is totally different from the Hα+[NII] one, more ...

The influence of large sub urban shopping center toward the decline of inner city commercial center has attracted many researchers. To prevent the decline of the city center due to urban sprawl, it is necessary to understand the influence of sub urban shopping mall development in competition with the city commercial center. This paper reports the investigation on the transportation effect on th...

1Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan 2Department of Gynecology, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan 3Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Yokohama Rosai Hospital, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan 4Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Kanagawa Children’s Medical Cent...

Close tidal interactions of stars with a central massive black hole (MBH) or with other stars in the high density cusp around it can affect a significant fraction of the stellar population within the MBH radius of influence. We consider three strong processes that have the potential of modifying stellar structure and evolution there. (1) Tidal spin-up by hyperbolic star-star encounters. (2) Tid...

(Dr. Stephan Mantler; VRVis Research Center; Donau-City-Strasse 1, 1220 Vienna, Austria; [email protected]) (Dr. Gerd Hesina; VRVis Research Center; Donau-City-Strasse 1, 1220 Vienna, Austria; [email protected]) (Michael Greiner; GEOCONSULT Wien, Hütteldorfer Strasse 85, 1150 Vienna, Austria; [email protected]) (Prof. Werner Purgathofer; VRVis Research Center; Donau-City-Strasse 1,...

A massive black hole (MBH) in a galactic center drives a flow of stars into nearly radial orbits to replace those it destroyed. Stars whose orbits cross the event horizon rS or the tidal disruption radius rt are promptly destroyed in an orbital period P . Stars with orbital periapse rp slightly larger than the sink radius q≡max(rS , rt) may slowly spiral in due to dissipative interactions with ...

Since cities become more complex and some of large cities are likely to be polycentric, a better understanding of cities requires a clear topology that reveals how city centers are spatially distributed and interacted. The identification of city center that aims to find out accurate location of city center or delineate city center with a precise boundary becomes vital. This work attempts to ach...

Support Groups for Patients Who Have Recovered From Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Pratibha Ambadwar, Deanna Duvall, Norma J. Wolf, Deirdra R. Terrell, Sara K. Vesely, and James N. George* Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, College of Public Health, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, The University of...