... integrate LiDAR data, digital historical maps, and orthophotos tomeasure long-term coastalchange rates, to map erosion hazard areas, andto understand coastal processes onavarietyof timescales ... types of data can be used to map coastal hazards in avarietyof geographic settings and at avarietyofspatialscales The first case examined the impacts of hurricanes on shoreline change rates ... HistoricalMapstoMeasureCoastalChangeonaVarietyofTimeandSpatialScales 79 Cheryl J Hapke Chapter Coastal 3D Change Pattern Analysis Using LiDAR Series Data 103 Guoqing Zhou SECTION II: Hyperspectral...
... examination of water and wastewater, American Public Health Association, Washington, 1995 [4] B El Hamouri, A Handouf, M Mekrane, M Touzani, A Khana, K Khallayoune, T Benchokroun, Use of wastewater ... Biosolids sampling and analyses Biosolids samples (one sample of chicken manure, and one sample of composted manure) were sampled at the timeof application and analyzed for dry matter content, total ... Ushio, T Anzai, K Inubushi, Measurement of concentrations of trace metals in arable soils with animal manure application using instrumental neutron activation analysis and the concentrated acid digestion...
... lead (Pb) and zinc (Zn)); (ii) investigating the effects of application of wastewater, especially as regards trace metal accumulation and solubility. 2. Materials and methods 2.1. Location of the research areas Soil ... 3.3. Effects of applying wastewater on soil organic carbon and total nitrogen contents Reuse of wastewater for irrigation caused an increase in total organic carbon (TOC) content and total nitrogen (Ntot) in the soil at both ... river water (Table 2). In addition, the higher concentration of cations such as Na and K in wastewater led to an increase in EC and exchangeable Na and K in soils irrigated with wastewater. The high pH ...
... groups to the total number of carbon atoms detected As shown in Fig and Table 1, after the samples are treated by the plasma treatment, the XPS measurements show that the concentrations of the graphite, ... by the characterization results of XPS, the gas composition strongly correlates with the functionalization extent and amorphous carbon removal As compared to the other gas composition applied ... is achieved In addition, the amorphous carbon can also be significantly removed On the other hand, the results also indicate that the structural and morphological changes, if any, are marginally...
... increase, boosted by financial, real estate and insurance activities and manufacturing GDP growth of India (YoY) In summary, most of the large EMEs are in a difficult economic situation Russian and ... received both praise and criticism from numerous commentators Bilateral relations among BRICS nations have mainly been conducted on the basis of non-interference, equality, and mutual benefit (win-win) ... According to economic theory, free movement of capital across national borders is beneficial to all countries, as it leads to an efficient allocation of resources that raises productivity and economic...
... performance in EMEs Most of the EMEs in a difficult economic situation Russian and Brazilian economies are falling into deep recession Russian and Brazilian economies are falling into deep ... agricultural and manufacturing production Bureaucracy, corruption and weak infrastructure remain the biggest obstacles to economic development The recent economic performance in EMEs Russia The largest ... global demand for Commodity US inflation rate 9-16 4- How does the global market affect the Fed’s decision Falling Global Demand Brazilian & Russian Economies Fall into Deep Recession ...
... E.C.Jameson, Electrical Discharge Machining – Tooling, Methods And Application, Dearborn Michigan, USA (1983) [10] Indrajit Basak, Amitabha, Jounal of Materials Processing Technology, Krakow, 1997 ... Electrical discharge machining Tooling, method and application, Hannover university, Germany, 2001 [8] Erik L.J Bohez, Electrical Discharge Machining School of advanced Technology, 1995 [9] E.C.Jameson, ... quan hệ điện a p a nh lư a (Uz) và dòng phóng tia lư a điện (Ie) đến độ nhám bề mặt (Ra) chi tiết thể hiện qua công thức (1) là hàm phi tuyến, tính toán ta chuyển sang hàm logarit...
... was about 10% of total Cr and the carbonate fraction was also about 10% total Cr, which means about 20% of total Cr in the mixture may become leachable or available with a changed environmental ... mobility and plant availability of Pb were significantly reduced, because the leachability and plant availability of metals can be expressed as the exchangeable, carbonates and oxides bound metal species ... (FIA2=0.66) 20%RM (RA2=0.61) o 100 200 300 Sum of Exchangeable and Carbonates Fig 18 Comparison of metal extracted by DTPA and the sum of exchangeable + carbonate fractions acids in municipal...
... for the analysis of adrenergic amines and flavanones in Citrus aurantium L var amara Phytochem Anal 2002;15:220-225 Pellati F, Benvenuti S, Melegari M, et al Determination of adrenergic agonists ... antioxidants and anti-inflammatory agents [12, 13] as well as hepatoprotectants [14] and neuroprotectants [15] However, the effects of naringin and hesperidin on metabolic rate and energy utilization ... receptor-γ (PPARγ) which has been recognized as the master regulator of adipocyte differentiation In addition, naringenin also possessed significant ability to activate PPARα [32], a major regulator...
... postoperative pain, mean additional analgesic consumption, and serum IL-6 and CRP levels, when flurbiprofen added to the systemic analgesic therapy Analgesia with antiinflammatory drug may contribute ... wall, and patients with hemorrhagic diathesis or medication of anticoagulants, corticosteroids, and acetylsalisilic acid The surgical approach in all the patients was a posterolateral thoracotomy ... infections and respiratory failure (2-4) Attenuation of the inflammatory response can reduce injury-induced immunosuppression and is linked to functional recovery (5) Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory...
... incubated with anti-Cx43 monoclonal antibody (Zymed Laboratories Inc, Carlsbad, CA) or anti-Cx40 monoclonal antibody (Alpha Diagnostic International Inc, San Antonio, TX) at a dilution of 1:1000 in ... clerosis and AngII, whether up-regulation of Cx43 can be antagonized by AT1 antagonists or whether suppressed smooth muscle cell proliferation and migration by AT1 antagonists are mediated through ... Irvine, CA), and the intensity of the bands was determined using Kodak Digital Science 1D 2.0 imaging software Statistical Analysis Data are presented as mean ± SD Data of multiple groups were analyzed...
... the motor cortex and pyramidal tract to the ventral brain stem The involuntary path is comprised of amygdala, thalamic, hypothalamic, and subthalamic areas, in addition to the dorsal brain stem ... standards, and an affective component, emotional well-being, is defined as the balance between pleasant affect and unpleasant affect (30) Life satisfaction included satisfaction of occupation, ... incorporated into a medical history to facilitate diagnosis, prognosis and management of various medical conditions Methods The study was approved by the ethics board of research at Mahatma Gandhi...
... was maintained at above 4.0 mg/L throughout the experiment pH of the reactor was maintained at 7.5 + 0.3 with manual addition of acid (HCl) and base (NaHCO3) Approximately 15 ml of biofilm particles ... substrate ultilization within the batch reactor was derived and used to estimate values of the parameters shown in Table The mass fraction parameters, nA and nH have been introduced to differentiate ... mixed-population biofilm into functions of ammonium oxidizing and COD oxidizing fractions Convergence tolerance was set to 0.0005 and the secant minimization algorithm was selected as the optimization...
... seawater and chlorophyll -a concentrations in seawater and sediment in the C simulator were similar to those in the coast area in Hiroshima Bay ORP and Bacterial population were also similar to ... and Okada M (1997) Comparison for structure and functions of organic matter degradation at natural and constructed tidal flats - A case study in Hiroshima bay - J Japan Society on Water Environ., ... simulators Fig.8 shows infiltration rate of seawater by tidal action both in the C and O simulators The infiltration rates of sweater at day 23 in the C and O simulators were 9.2 x 10-3 and 2.7...
... enhances fabric hand [softness] and increased formability PLA showed a low linear extension implying a softer hand anda larger extension in the initial low load region of the load extension ... (lactic acid) (PLA) fabric This implies that maximum extension in warp direction occurred at 60s and 90s at 130oC and increasing timeof heatsetting up to 240s decreased weft extension and impacted ... prone to hydrolysis at high temperature and humidity, particularly under alkaline conditions, than PET Materials and method The Ingeo Poly (lactic acid) fabric used for this investigation was supplied...
... Controlled – to – Free Approach, Free – Writing Approach, Paragraph – Pattern Approach, Grammar – Syntax – Organization Approach, Communicative Approach and Process Approach I.2.3.1 Controlled – to – ... educational practice Through action research, he argued, changes in educational practice were possible In terms of what action research was, having considered what it was not, action research had ... issues and concerns related to the problem It is about working toward understanding and possibly resolving these problems by setting goals and creating and initiating a plan of action, as well as...
... to have a greater present value than a comparably sized stock award That is, a $1 award with immediate liquidity (i.e., a bonus) has more value than a $1 award with delayed liquidity (i.e., a ... company studies by Kahn and Sherer (1990), what was called a merit pay plan was not really a pay-for-performance plan (because there appeared to be no relationship between pay and performance) As ... motivation: the roles of pay administration and pay level Journal of Organizational Behavior, 27: 365385 Lawler, E.E (1971) Pay and managerial effectiveness: A psychological view New York: McGraw-Hill...
... ways 10 Having a range of vocabulary As can be seen from the diagram above, ideas anda range of vocabulary are always demonstrated by writers If writers have poor ideas and vocabulary for their ... for focus and emphasis anda careful choice of vocabulary, grammatical patterns and sentence structures to create a style which is appropriate to the subject matter and the eventual readers Obviously, ... reasons for the approval the application of giving a text as a model in the future Table 11: The reasons for the disapproval of application of giving a text as a model in the future TABLE OF CONTENTS...
... on Health Across the Lifespan Community, Organizational, and Social Level Strategies Public Awareness Campaigns Public awareness campaigns have long been used as a prevention strategy for avariety ... Examples include the death ofa loved one, a natural disaster, a frightening accident, and family disruptions such as separation or divorce If a child has the support ofa caring adult, tolerable ... response This can leave an individual vulnerable toavarietyof infections and chronic health problems.1 • Sustained high levels of cortisol can damage the hippocampus, an area of the brain...
... Institute of Toxicology, RTP, NC California Environmental Protection Agency, Sacramento, CA Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada NIEHS, Research ... provides a LOAEL of 353 mg/kg bw/day anda NOAEL of 116 mg/kg bw/ day Based on this 28-day study, BASF (14) administered groups of 20 male and 20 female SpragueDawley rats dietary concentrations of ... Sprague Dawley rats (37) The lack of nipple retention anda normal anogenital distance in male offspring of rats exposed to DIDP at up to 295 mg/kg bw/day during gestation suggests a lack of antiandrogenic...