Thus, the AS procedures were still compatible in factor of safety for concrete members. LF rating procedures usually assign a dead load factor of 1.3 and live load factors of 2.17 (when computing Inventory Ratings) and 1.3 (when computing Operating Ratings).
Of the three rat species found in Hawaii, the black . rat, because of its size and arboreal behavior is considered the greatest threat to native Hawaiian forest birds. Rats also compete with forest birds for food items . such as native snails, insects, fruits, and seeds. Polynesian rats first arrived in Hawai`i with the . Polynesians (approx. 400A.D.) and black and Norway rats arrived with Westerners in the 1780s. Some species of rats can swim over a mile in open water, and can tread water for up to three days. Some species of rats can travel through sewer pipes and dive through water plumbing traps.
Mohorangi âMohi Turei told me that the kiore mohorangi was also a native rat, and added he koma pango tona ahua, which looks somewhat contradictory, this 'dark pale' creature carries a name applied on the east coast to dogs, perhaps to a variety of the old Maori dog. I have not heard the word applied to rats elsewhere.he mouse is usually called kiore by the Maori, but they did not see this creature, apparently, until after the European rat had arrived. On the east coast it was often called the kiore teoteo or small kiore.