SYNTHETIC SEISMICITY FOR THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT

Synthetic seismicity for the San Andreas fault

Because historical catalogs generally span only a few repetition intervals of major earthquakes, they do not provide much constraint on how regularly earthquakes recur.In order to obtain better recurrence statistics and long-term probability estimates for events M ? 6 on the San Andreas fault, we apply a seismicity model to this fault.The model is

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Experimental Analysis of Constrained Layer Damping Structures for Vibration Isolation in Lightweight Railway Vehicles

Rolling stock manufacturers face the challenge of manufacturing lightweight high-speed trains without deteriorating comfort.One of the difficulties is to mantain or increase structural stiffness and damping as the car bodies become lighter.Leaving aside active solutions, which are expensive and generally complex to implement, increasing structural

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THE IMPORTANCE OF MEANING IN ARABIC TEXTBOOK TRANSLATION

The translation process includes transferring the source language into the target language with the intention of knowing the meaning.When meaning is expressed  to the reader, then all information, insight, and knowledge can also be understood.As in textbooks, knowledge conveyed through texts in it of course have references from foreign languages,

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Prioritization of Features for Mobile Apps for Families in a Federal Nutrition Program for Low-Income Women, Infants, and Children: User-Centered Design Approach

BackgroundThe Special Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is a federal nutrition program that provides nutritious food, education, and health care referrals to low-income women, infants, and children up to the age of 5 years.Although WIC is associated with positive health outcomes for each participant ca

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