for any reduced commutative $f$-ring with identity and bounded inversion, we show that a condition which is obviously necessary for the socle of the ring to coincide with the socle of its bounded part, is actually also sufficient. the condition is that every minimal ideal of the ring consist entirely of bounded elements. it is not too stringent, and is satisfied, for instance, by rings of conti...

for a fixed positive integer , we say a ring with identity is n-generalized right principally quasi-baer, if for any principal right ideal of , the right annihilator of is generated by an idempotent. this class of rings includes the right principally quasi-baer rings and hence all prime rings. a certain n-generalized principally quasi-baer subring of the matrix ring are studied, and connections...

BACKGROUND Children with complete tracheal rings are often challenging to manage. Most children will present early with a severely compromised airway and will require tracheal reconstruction. OBJECTIVE To show that a small number of minimally symptomatic patients with complete tracheal rings experience airway growth over time and do not require tracheoplasty. DESIGN A retrospective medical ...

An obvious visual feature of wood structure in many coniferous species, and especially pines, is the presence of annual growth rings. The growth rings are not completely uniform in width and often provide a record of weather and climate-based events that had an impact on growth. These events have impacts on the formation of the tapered cylindrical layer of earlywood in the early part of the gro...

Abstract Understanding carbon incorporation rates and diet-to-tissue discrimination (Δ(13)C(tissue-diet)) in animals is necessary to interpret stable isotope data collected from animals in the field. Our current understanding of the carbon dynamics in terrestrial ectotherms such as snakes, lizards, and turtles is poorly developed. Here we use a diet switch experiment to estimate carbon incorpor...

We study the growth of disturbances to vortex rings with swirl, which are exact solutions of the Euler equations of inviscid ow, using two contrasting methods. The motion of the perturbed vortex rings can be regarded as a prototype for the inviscid dynamics of vortex structures in 3D. Exact rings with swirl are computed as steady, axisymmetric ows using a variational method. Asymptotic analysis...

Plants have numerous active protection strategies for adapting to complex and severe environments. These strategies provide endless inspiration for extending the service life of materials and machines. Tamarisk (Tamarix aphylla), a tree that thrives in raging sandstorm regions, has adapted to blustery conditions by evolving extremely effective and robust erosion resistant characteristics. Howev...

Citation: Julio Camarero J, Gazol A, Sangüesa-Barreda G, Cantero A, Sánchez-Salguero R, Sánchez-Miranda A, Granda E, Serra-Maluquer X and Ibáñez R (2018) Forest Growth Responses to Drought at Shortand Long-Term Scales in Spain: Squeezing the Stress Memory from Tree Rings. Front. Ecol. Evol. 6:9. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2018.00009 Forest Growth Responses to Drought at Shortand Long-Term Scales in Spai...

We investigate the morphology of thin discs and rings growing in the circumferential direction. Recent analytical results suggest that this growth produces symmetric excess cones (e cones). We study the stability of such solutions considering self-contact and bending stress. We show that, contrary to what was assumed in previous analytical solutions, beyond a critical growth factor, no symmetri...