Push back design as a complex task, is one of the major steps in the open pit mines planning. Push backs can be generated by varying economic factors such as commodity price, mining cost, processing cost, etc. Another important issue in generating push backs is grade uncertainty, which can cause the problem be more complex. Conventional methods of push back design ignore grade uncertainty. To o...

In recent years, more and asylum seekers trying to reach the European Union (EU) have found themselves subjected practices that contradict EU Charter of Fundamental Rights democratic principles within Dublin III Regulation. The inalienable right those individuals seek is violated every time Member States’ national authorities subject them irregular procedures deny their international protection...

In both plants and animals, the interplay between mechanical force generation and mechanical sensing plays a stabilizing role in many developmental processes. Uyttewaal et al. now demonstrate that cells in the Arabidopsis shoot apical meristem respond to local mechanical stresses by reorienting their growth, thereby guiding morphogenesis. Notably, the mechanism underlying such guidance is ampli...