A new approach is developed to determine the shear wave velocity in saturated soft to firm clays using measurements of the liquid limit, plastic limit, and natural water content with depth.The shear wave velocity is assessed using the site-specific variation of the natural water content with the effective mean stress.Subsequently, an iterative proc
Content authentication of digital images has captured the attention of forensic experts and security researchers due to a multi-fold increase in the dissemination of multimedia data through the open and vulnerable Internet.Shrewd attackers successfully devise novel ways to challenge state-of-art forensic tools used for forgery detection in digital
Abstract CRISPR-Cas9 technology has facilitated development of strategies that can potentially provide more humane and effective methods to control invasive vertebrate species, such as mice.One promising strategy is X chromosome shredding which aims to bias offspring towards males, Fan resulting in a gradual and unsustainable decline of females.Thi
In this paper, a mathematical model for COVID-19 pandemic that spreads through horizontal transmission in the presence of exposed immigrants is studied.The model has equilibrium points, notably, COVID-19-free equilibrium and COVID-19-endemic equilibrium points.The model exhibits a basic reproduction number, R0 which Gloves determines the eliminatio
Background: Crisis intervention services for people with dementia in the United Kingdom are poorly defined with no standardized model of working.This may be due to the lack of a clear conceptualization of dementia backplate crisis, resulting in variation in national service delivery.Methods: This study employed a novel public engagement questionnai