A scaling law for slow earthquakes
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The slow earthquakes have followed a simple, unified scaling relationship, which has differentiated their behavior from that of regular earthquakes. A constant low-stress drop model or a diffusional constant-slip model is used to describe the scale dependence of rupture velocity for these events and a new scaling law has unified a diverse class of slow seismic events in order to understand the plate subduction process and large earthquake generation.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2007
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Capturing human behavior
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The policy-makers have started adopting and developing new epidemic models, which provide brief information about the epidemic and individual or group behavior, which makes the understanding of the dynamics of infectious-disease transmission, a difficult job. The author suggests that understanding such phenomenon can help in epidemic modeling that can even change one's views on the interaction between the society and the disease.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2007
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West Nile virus emergence and large-scale declines of North American bird populations
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The surveys describe the emergence of the West Nile virus (WNV), which has led to very large-scale declines in the populations of various species of the North American birds.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2007
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