Trends in extreme precipitation and their causes were analyzed for events within the Laurentian Great Lakes for several periods: 1908–2020, 1949–2020, 1980–2019, and 1980–2020.Upward trends in extreme precipitation were found for multiple metrics, including the number of exceedances of return period thresholds for several durations and Comm
The world economy has met the challenges of two crises in the current century: the 2007-2008 financial crisis and the 2020-2021 COVID-19 crisis.Crises inflict enormous damage on markets, destroy supply chains, change business activity, cause collapse in important consumer categories, etc.But crises are an Collections accelerator of processes and cr
In the hydraulic excavator, the bellows exhaust pipe connects the engine and the exhaust gas post-processing device and is exposed to thumping vibration from the engine and the body.In order to ensure the reliability of the pipe under such harsh conditions, we developed a technology for evaluating the fatigue life of the bellows.First, in order to
Origin and development of contractual practice in the period from ancient civilizations up to the end of the 18th century were accompanied by formation of various means of providing of execution of Stoneware Bowl international contracts.For the purposes of realization of contractual establishments of the state during this period they used the refer
Purpose: To detect the functional deficit of the visual cortex in anisometropic amblyopia children using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) technique, and investigate the relationship between visual acuity and visual cortex function.Methods: Blood oxygenation level-dependent fMRI (BOLD-fMRI) was performed in ten monocular anisometropic am