During railway operations, changes in the support conditions of sleepers, owing to various internal and external factors, can damage rails and concrete sleepers and alter the structural characteristics of gravel-ballasted tracks.However, current methods for evaluating gravel ballast conditions primarily rely on visual inspection.This study proposes
Abstract Background With the emergence of influenza H1N1v the world is facing its first 21st century global pandemic.Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and avian influenza H5N1 prompted development of pandemic preparedness plans.National systems of public health law are essential for public health stewardship and for the implementation of pub
Recent years have witnessed an increasing interest in the processing-in-memory (PIM) paradigm in computing due to its promise to improve the performance through Kit Donna the reduction of energy-hungry and long-latency memory accesses.Joined with the explosion of data to be processed, produced in genomics - particularly genome sequencing - PIM has
In regard to the significant role of information and communication technology (ICT) in educational systems, it becomes increasingly important to gain a better understanding of the features of the language used by learners in the new contexts created by this medium.This paper aims at analyzing Unframed Hockey Photos politeness strategies including n
Tibetan Plateau (TP) is the most abundant area of water resources and water energy resources in China.It is also the birthplace of the main rivers in Southeast Asia and plays an important strategic role.However, due to its remote location and complex topography, the observation of surface hydrometeorological elements is extremely scarce, which seri