The relationship between basal metabolism P and body mass M of 391 mammalian species has been analysed by least-squares regression, robust regression and covariance analyses. This relationship is a power function: P = aMb, where the mass exponent b is 0.678 +/- 0.007 (mean +/- S.D.) and the mass coefficient a takes different values. Theory of measurement revealed that the 2/3 mass exponent is d...

we prove that for $p>7$ there are‎ ‎[‎ ‎p^{4}+2p^{3}+20p^{2}+147p+(3p+29)gcd (p-1,3)+5gcd (p-1,4)+1246‎ ‎] ‎groups of order $p^{8}$ with exponent $p$‎. ‎if $p$ is a group of order $p^{8}$‎ ‎and exponent $p$‎, ‎and if $p$ has class $c>1$ then $p$ is a descendant of $‎p/gamma _{c}(p)$‎. ‎for each group of exponent $p$ with order less than $‎p^{8} $ we calculate the number of descendants of o...

Experiments were conducted to evaluate the influence of sediment concentration, slope and discharge on sediment deposition rates and patterns associated with a reduction in bed slope. Analysis of the data shows that up to a certain unit discharge a simple settling equation without a transport term gives a good prediction of the sediment delivery ratio and the grain-size distribution of the depo...

A two-dimensional shadow may encompass more information than its corresponding three-dimensional object. If we rotate the object, we achieve a pool of observed shadows from different angulations, gradients, shapes and variable length contours that make it possible for us to increase our available information. Starting from this simple observation, we show how informational entropies might turn ...

The discharge properties of hindlimb motoneurons in ketamine-xylazine anesthetized rats were measured to assess contributions of persistent intrinsic currents to these characteristics and to determine their distribution in motoneuron pools. Most motoneurons (30/37) responded to ramp current injections with adapting patterns of discharge and the frequency-current (f-I) relations of nearly all mo...

When they reach a flat plain, rivers often deposit their sediment load into a cone-shaped structure called alluvial fan. We present a simplified experimental setup that reproduces, in one dimension, basic features of alluvial fans. A mixture of water and glycerol transports and deposits glass beads between two transparent panels separated by a narrow gap. As the beads, which mimic natural sedim...

[1] The acquisition of new global elevation data from the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter, carried on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, permits quantification of the surface roughness properties of the Moon at unprecedented scales and resolution. We map lunar surface roughness using a range of parameters: median absolute slope, both directional (along‐track) and bidirectional (in two dimensions);...

flow-rate measurement in rivers under different conditions is required for river management purposes including water resources planning, pollution prevention, and flood control. this study proposed a new discharge estimation method by using a mean velocity derived from a 2d velocity distribution formula based on tsallis entropy concept. this procedure is done based on several factors which refl...

During the summers of 1987 and 1988, 15 dye-tracer tests from a total of eight injection points were conducted in the ablation area of Midtdalsbreen, a northern outlet of Hardangerj0kulen, southern Norway. The spatial and temporal patterns of water discharge, shapes of the dye-return curves, through-flow velocities, dye-recovery rates, dispersivities, and velocity/ discharge relationships sugge...