Incorporating Epistemic Uncertainties in Ship Operability Study

Ship operability diagrams are commonly defined based on the seakeeping analysis, showing which course and speed can safely be taken at the sea state to satisfy pre-defined seakeeping limiting values.Although ship operability diagrams are inherently probabilistic, because of the random nature of the environmental loads, their outcome is deterministi

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Distinct evolutionary lineages of Schistocephalus parasites infecting co-occurring sculpin and stickleback fishes in Alaska

Sculpins (coastrange and slimy) and sticklebacks (ninespine and threespine) are widely distributed fishes cohabiting 2 south-central Alaskan lakes (Aleknagik and Iliamna), and all these species are parasitized by cryptic diphyllobothriidean cestodes in the genus Schistocephalus.The goal of this investigation was to test for host-specific Earpieces

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