The concentration and composition of suspended particulate food available to estuarine suspension-feeding bivalve molluscs varies temporarily and spatially. Non-algal food sources may be important to suspension-feeders when algal concentrations are seasonally low or where there are high concentrations of suspended detrital material and bacteria, as found withln marshes. We carried out a series ...

Initial results of an investigation towards finding an efficient non-cylindrical fuselage configuration for a conceptual blended-wing-body flight vehicle were presented. A simplified 2-D beam column analysis and optimization was performed first. Then a set of detailed finite element models of deep sandwich panel and ribbed shell construction concepts were analyzed and optimized. Generally these...

Structure and distribution of antennal sensilla were studied in males 19 species the caddisfly family Hydropsychidae by using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Eleven types found: long trichoid, chaetoid, thick curved coronary, basiconic, styloconic four pseudoplacoid (mushroom-like, auricillic, ribbed, T-shaped). Thick ribbed pseudoplacoid, T-shaped found only Macronematinae. The great diver...

the thermo-hydraulic behavior of the air flow over a two dimensional ribbed channel wasnumerically investigated in various rib-width ratio configurations (b/h=0.5-1.75) atdifferent reynolds numbers, ranging from 6000 to 18000. the capability of differentturbulence models, including standard k-ε, rng k-ε, standard k-ω, and sst k-ω, inpredicting the heat transfer rate was compared with the experi...

Direct numerical simulations (DNSs) of spatially developing thermal turbulent boundary layers over angle-ribbed walls were performed. Four rib angles (γ=90°,60°,45° and 30°) examined. It was found that the 45° ribs produced highest drag coefficient, whereas 30° most improved Stanton number. In comparison to transverse case, streamwise velocity dimensionless temperature in V-shaped cases signifi...

The support system is the most important part of foundation pit engineering, which mainly determines safety engineering. Based on characteristics Changsha international financial center, original pile-anchor-beam (PAB) improved into a new form system, pile-anchor-ribbed-beam (PARB) system. This study establishes numerical simulation model to calculate surface settlement and deformation retainin...

The article shows the effect of torsional rigidity of beam elements onto spatial work of bridges, floorings and other plate-ribbed systems It is shown that, in determining the torsional rigidity using existing methods it is necessary to have spatial spiral cracks, but torsional rigidity when normal cracks is not researched. A method is described for determining the torsional rigidity of reinfor...

objective the purpose of this study was to assess the frequency of complications of endotracheal intubation (eti) in neonates. methods the newborns that were admitted and needed urgent or semi-urgent intubation were enrolled in this study over a 1 year period. route for intubation in all cases were orotracheal. cases were not routinely sedated or paralyzed. the patients were clinically and radi...

background and purpose: inserting a nasogastric tube, though a common clinical procedure with widespread use for critically ill patients, can produce unexpected complications so that tube misplacement into the lungs is a potential complication with serious consequences. the reliability of common bedside methods to differentiate between pulmonary and gastric placement has not been acceptable. th...