A baseline rotation method is proposed for determining the direction of the baseline vector via Global Positioning System (GPS) carrier phase measurements. The space difference technique is adopted to resolve GPS carrier phase cycle ambiguities. Possible applications include the determination of the aiming directions of artillery rockets and the line of sights of tracking radars, etc. For such ...

Constitutive defense mechanisms are critical to the understanding of defense mechanisms in conifers because they constitute the first barrier to attacks by insect pests. In interior spruce, trees that are putatively resistant and susceptible to attacks by white pine weevil (Pissodes strobi) typically exhibit constitutive differences in traits such as resin duct size and number, bark thickness, ...

Abstract Proxy wars are a form of confrontation whose origins lost in the mists history. In 20th century and at beginning 21st century, this type war experienced sharp development due to changes that took place on international scene. Due fact great powers avoided direct during Cold War, for fear would degenerate into new conventional or even nuclear world war, they chose use proxy warfare as p...

Three-dimensional finite element analysis (3D-FEA) models have been used to evaluate the shock-resistance responses of various equipments, including armaments mounted on a warship caused by underwater explosion (UNDEX). This paper aims check possibility using one-dimensional (1D) FEA for responses. A frigate was chosen evaluation UNDEX. The divided into thirteen discrete segments along length s...

Lower respiratory tract infections by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are the foremost cause of infant hospitalization and are implicated in lasting pulmonary impairment and the development of asthma. Neutrophils infiltrate the airways of pediatric patients with RSV-induced bronchiolitis in vast numbers: approximately 80% of infiltrated cells are neutrophils. However, why neutrophils are recr...

2014 marks the centennial of the outbreak of World War I—the first war that saw the large-scale use of chemical weapons. Although poisons have been used in warfare for centuries, it was rapid advances in science and engineering and the rise of the modern chemical industry that made the mass production of toxic chemicals possible. The horrors of gas warfare led to the signing of the Geneva Proto...

The horns and antlers borne by the males of many species ungulate are considered to be both badges quality, armaments for use during intraspecific combat. Underpinning arguments concerning their dual utility is idea that these structures should costly produce in order signal value structure maintained. In agreement with such theorising belief fluctuating asymmetry (FA), small deviations from sy...

The skeleton is the target tissue for many types of tumors, and, recently, the survival of patients with prostate cancer metastasis has been increased using α-emitting drugs known as targeted α therapies. The use of α-radiopharmaceuticals in medicine was hypothesized at the beginning of the nineteenth century after the observation that α-radionuclides were associated with high cell-killing ener...

Bargaining is ubiquitous. Married couples are almost constantly negotiating over a variety of matters, such as who will do which domestic chores, who will take the kids to the local park on a wet Sunday afternoon, and whether or not the wife should take a part-time job, now that the kids are grown up. Government policy is typically the outcome of negotiations amongst cabinet ministers. Whether ...