Abstract This paper presents a review of current techniques employed for dynamic analysis of concrete gravity dams under seismic action.Traditional procedures applied in design bureaus, such as the Pseudo-Static method, often neglect structural dynamic properties, as well as ground amplification effects.A practical alternative arises with the Pseud

Human activities associated with urbanization have negatively affected the biodiversity of native plant communities globally.Establishing native species assemblages on green roofs may help conserve native plant diversity in urban areas, but these assemblages are susceptible to colonization by species from read more the surrounding landscape.In natu

Voluntary control of information processing is crucial to allocate resources and prioritize the processes that are most important under a given situation; the algorithms underlying such control, however, are often not clear.We investigated possible algorithms of control for the performance of the majority function, in which participants searched fo

Two experiments were conducted assessing the effects of presence or absence of rumen protozoa and dietary nitrate addition on rumen fermentation characteristics and in vitro methane production in Brahman heifers.The first read more experiment assessed changes in rumen fermentation pattern and in vitro methane production post-refaunation and the sec