Most previous studies of the Qinghai-Tibet engineering corridor (QTEC) have focused on the impacts of climate change on thaw-induced slope failures, whereas few have considered freeze-induced slope failures. Terrestrial laser scanning was used in combination with global navigation satellite systems to monitor three-dimensional surface changes between 2014 and 2015 on the slope of permafrost in ...

In this paper, we compare tone perception by speakers from different language backgrounds (L1s) including Mandarin, Cantonese, Thai, and Indo-European languages such as English, French, and German. We focus on how two phonetic cues i.e., pitch height and pitch slope, affect perception of pitch direction. Significant differences are found in the degrees of sensitivity to the two cues across L1 g...

Dependence of CO2 advection patterns on wind direction on a gentle forested slope B. Heinesch, M. Yernaux, and M. Aubinet Unité de Physique des Biosystèmes Faculté Universitaire des Sciences Agronomiques de Gembloux 8, avenue de la Faculté, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium Received: 19 October 2007 – Accepted: 30 October 2007 – Published: 14 November 2007 Correspondence to: B. Heinesch (heinesch.b@fsagx....

Convective heat transfer of laminar, single-phase flow in rough microtubes is studied. Wall roughness and slope are assumed to possess Gaussian, isotropic distributions. Fractal concepts are used to model the rough microtube. It is shown that due to the existence of wall roughness, both cross-sectional and inside surface areas are increased. A new concept is defined as a figure of merit for ass...

introduction morphological segmentation of land surface is commonly used for land surface allocation in management and environmental sciences. the first step in assigning a piece of land to a specific application is to divide it into homogeneous morphological segments. traditional field-based geomorphological mapping can be time consuming, costly, and challenging when large areas, particularly ...

BACKGROUND Medial opening wedge high tibial osteotomy (HTO) is a well-established surgery for medial compartment knee osteoarthritis (OA) wherein the lower extremity is realigned to shift the load distribution from the medial compartment of the knee to the lateral compartment. However, this surgery is known to affect the posterior tibial slope angle (PTSA), which could lead to abnormal knee kin...

Human settlements emerged based on natural factors such as adequate water resources and suitable fertile soil. Other altitude, slope, slope direction, the distance to permanent sources, communication paths are substrates that affect distribution of human settlements, some which have a more influential role in formation survival life. This study aims investigate status Iron Age settlement Atrak ...

OBJECTIVE This study proposes more objective methods for deciding the appropriate direction of the sylvian fissure dissection during surgical clipping in middle cerebral artery (MCA) bifurcation aneurysms. METHODS We reviewed data of 36 consecutive patients with MCA bifurcation aneurysms. We measured 2 indices preoperatively on 3-dimensional computed tomography angiography (3D-CTA). Analysis ...

Left ventricular end-systolic pressure-wall thickness and pressure-segment length relations have been used to assess regional myocardial contractility. The purpose of these studies was to determine whether the method of afterload alteration, coronary perfusion pressure, and the definition of end systole affected regional end-systolic relations. In paced open-chest pig hearts (n = 10), left vent...