Current and future uses of real-time polymerase chain reaction and microarrays in the study of intestinal microbiota, and probiotic use and effectiveness

CM Carey, JL Kirk, S Ojha… - Canadian journal of …, 2007 - cdnsciencepub.com
Probiotics are defined as live microorganisms that confer a health benefit to the host when
administered in adequate amounts. In addition to human health benefits, probiotics can …

Geodetic slip model of the 2011 M9. 0 Tohoku earthquake

FF Pollitz, R Bürgmann… - Geophysical Research …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The three‐dimensional crustal displacement field as sampled by GPS is used to determine
the coseismic slip of the 2011 M9. 0 Tohoku Earthquake. We employ a spherically layered …

Frictional and structural controls of seismic super-cycles at the Japan trench

S Barbot - Earth, Planets and Space, 2020 - Springer
The diverse mechanical behaviors of subduction zones during the seismic cycle emerge
from the nonlinear dynamics of a complex mechanical system with interacting brittle and …

Coseismic slip distribution of the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake (M 9.0) estimated based on GPS data—Was the asperity in Miyagi-oki ruptured?

T Iinuma, M Ohzono, Y Ohta, S Miura - Earth, planets and space, 2011 - Springer
We investigated the crustal deformation associated with the 2011 off the Pacific coast of
Tohoku Earthquake (M 9.0) that occurred on March 11, 2011, along the plate boundary off …

[PDF][PDF] An overview of the Mw 9, 11 March 2011, Tohoku earthquake

R Hino - Summary of the Bulletin of the International …, 2015 - iaspei.org
Notable events, Tohoku 2011 Page 1 Notable Events An overview of the Mw 9, 11 March 2011,
Tohoku earthquake Ryota Hino Tohoku University Japan Excerpt from the Summary of the …

Asperity generating upper crustal sources revealed by b value and isostatic residual anomaly grids in the area of Antofagasta, Chile

M Sobiesiak, U Meyer, S Schmidt… - Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
In our study we show that the locations of largest coseismic slip (asperities) on the fault
plane of the Mw= 8.0 1995 Antofagasta earthquake in Northern Chile can be mapped by the …

Interplate coupling off northeastern Japan before the 2011 Tohoku‐oki earthquake, inferred from seafloor geodetic data

M Sato, M Fujita, Y Matsumoto… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Seafloor crustal movements off Miyagi and Fukushima Prefectures, northeastern Japan,
observed for about 9 years before the 2011 Tohoku‐oki earthquake (M9. 0) with the …

Twin ruptures grew to build up the giant 2011 Tohoku, Japan, earthquake

N Maercklin, G Festa, S Colombelli, A Zollo - Scientific reports, 2012 - nature.com
The 2011 Tohoku megathrust earthquake had an unexpected size for the region. To image
the earthquake rupture in detail, we applied a novel backprojection technique to waveforms …

Estimating geodynamic model parameters from geodetic observations using a particle method

CP Marsman, FC Vossepoel… - Geophysical Journal …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Bayesian-based data assimilation methods integrate observational data into geophysical
forward models to obtain the temporal evolution of an improved state vector, including its …

Why aftershock duration matters for probabilistic seismic hazard assessment

S Toda, RS Stein - Bulletin of the Seismological Society …, 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Most hazard assessments assume that high background seismicity rates indicate a higher
probability of large shocks and, therefore, of strong shaking. However, in slowly deforming …