... .1209 Ken W Belcher and M Boehm Chapter 119 PredictionofSoilSalinityRiskbyDigitalTerrainModelingintheCanadianPrairies .1227 Igor V Florinsky, Robert G Eilers, and Glenn W Lelyk ... undermining the economy or the social/cultural values ofthe area? In a more theoretical vein, the issues of ecosystem health, quality of life, and ecological integrity are the topics of Section ... inevitably the cultures are destroyed as well Clarification ofthe concept and the role of culture in defining the meaning of healthy ecosystems are central to a number ofthe themes within this volume...
... by far the most influential mineral inthe brewing process Calcium reacts with phosphates, forming precipitates that involve the release of hydrogen ions and in turn lowering the pH ofthe mash ... and magnesium salts of sulfates and chlorides remaining inthe water Brewhouse Chemistry Alkalinity inthe Brewhouse: Alkalinity is a measure ofthe buffering capacity ofthe bicarbonate ions ... determinant for where breweries have been located The notion of best ales inthe Empire from Burton on Trent, and the clearest pale lagers from Pilsen is inextricably linked to the chemistry of the...
... processes occurring within the fuel cell [8, 9] In a real PEM fuel cell geometry, the gas diffusion layers are used to enhance the reaction area accessible bythe reactants The effect of using these diffusion ... performance If the number of steps approaches infinity, the stepped flow field extends to a tapered field that has the lowest cell performance The lower the number of steps and the height ofthe outlet ... present to the amount of water undergoing phase change Inthe present work, the procedure of Berning and Djilali [10] was used to account for the magnitude of phase change inside the GDL 2.2.3...
... reference baseline because ofthe availability of measured salinity data Results ofsalinity intrusion computation for A1FI scenario for some cross-sections inthe mainstream are Table Salinity concentration ... serious inthe future Salinity profile was simulated bythe couple of HD and AD modules of MIKE 11 model taking into consideration of climate change and sea level rise The year 2002 is selected as the ... agriculture Most ofthe current rice paddies would have a high riskof flooding during wet season Additionally, salinity intrusion is another threat during the dry season, especially in low-lying areas...
... maximum and minimum values are defined through the observation ofthe world tendencies in terms of indicators for the long term, allowing periodic comparisons ofthe indexes obtained It is noteworthy ... smaller is the numerator and therefore the worse the situation of development Conversely, the closer the observed value is to the maximum value, the better the situation in terms of development The ... quality of life of stroke survivors in two cities differing in human development index ranking in Brazil Methods Sample The study included, initially, 77 people: 48 from the Metropolitan Region of...
... early inthe dendrogram The degree of similarity is illustrated bythe length ofthe horizontal line that joins the pair After joining, the mean value for the pair is again compared with the other ... the entire lake During the dry season, water drains out ofthe Great Lake back into the Mekong system and then into the Delta, thereby adding to low flow discharges inthe region downstream of ... have inspected 1042 industrial enterprises inthe basin in 2000, and shut down four of these (CIIS, 2002) Since 1986, the Simao Paper Plant and the Lanping Lead-Zinc Mine have been built on the...
... freezing ofthesoil is quite exceptional because ofthe occurrence of early and continuous snow cover and practically not affecting soil retention (Schwarz 1984) Even in Finland, freezing ofthe ... within the research into water regime of regeneration cuts Inthe course of snowfall in spruce stands, the interception of solid precipitation occurred in crowns of trees representing up to 40% of ... that they participated effectively inthe prolongation ofthe period of spring runoff Inthe Orlické hory Mts at the Deštné field research station, the accumulation and intensity of snow melting...
... position inthe log, inthe tree and the North and South sawing surfaces The flitches were scanned in VTT using the WoodCimđ inspector scanning system providing RGB (colour component) information ... software for the mathematical reconstruction of a log in a 3D system The North-South line drawn on the top of logs before sawing was used as a reference line to join the flitches in their correct ... line points and the outline points of flitches and slabs The saw kerf thickness used inthe sawing ofthe logs was introduced between each two flitches [24] Log taper was calculated using the geometric...
... reached the position observed previously Finally, the “increment” phase was defined as the period during which the stem radius continued to increase until the shrinkage phase commenced inthe next ... Under these conditions, the size ofthe meristematic cells and the duration ofthe cell division cycle in these cells determine the rate of cell production Cambial derivatives differentiating into ... years of observation Treatment C was droughted in a way that a complete drying ofthesoil profile was allowed The drought stress has been interrupted only by rainfall or by small application of...
... enlargement neglects the effect of humidity on cooling potential of air movement since this effect is rather minor 3.2 Passive cooling by Direct evaporative cooling In direct evaporative cooling, water ... 70% [6] These lines nearly coincide with the lines of constant ET* The lower humidity lever ofthe comfort zone was fixed at 30% relative humidity since it hardly falls below this value in humid ... 95% under effect of a wind speed of 0.8 – 1m/s due to the effect of air change COMFORT CONTROL POTENTIAL ZONE BY USING PASSIVE COOLING AND HEATING STRATEGIES 3.1 Passive cooling by natural ventilation...
... enlargement neglects the effect of humidity on cooling potential of air movement since this effect is rather minor 3.2 Passive cooling by Direct evaporative cooling In direct evaporative cooling, water ... 70% [6] These lines nearly coincide with the lines of constant ET* The lower humidity lever ofthe comfort zone was fixed at 30% relative humidity since it hardly falls below this value in humid ... 95% under effect of a wind speed of 0.8 – 1m/s due to the effect of air change COMFORT CONTROL POTENTIAL ZONE BY USING PASSIVE COOLING AND HEATING STRATEGIES 3.1 Passive cooling by natural ventilation...
... laminar fully developed profile where the highest velocity is located at the centre ofthe channels and this profile is maintained until the end ofthe channels However, the velocity scale inthe ... orders of magnitude smaller than that inthe cathode gas flow channel This is because the molar fraction ofthe hydrogen ofthe incoming humid gas is greater than that of oxygen, and hence, the inlet ... act ) arises from the kinetics of charge transfer reaction across the electrodeelectrolyte interface In other words, a portion ofthe electrode potential is lost in driving the electron transfer...
... allocation schemes of objects so as to minimize the total servicing cost ofthe arriving requests The contributions of this thesis are mainly from theoretical standpoint in terms of competitive analysis ... study in this thesis The concept of competitive analysis was first introduced by Sleator and Tarjan [61] to study the performance of on-line algorithms inthe context of searching a linked list of ... is in designing efficient policies to handle on-line requests arriving at the system with a minimum cost and maintain the consistency of multiple replicas of objects in various locations in the...
... structure of ()-hinokinin Biosynthesis ofthe active constituents 4.1 Saponins Pentacyclic triterpene saponins, including the centellosides, are synthesized via the isoprenoid pathway starting with ... respectively Inthe N and P experiments, adjustments were made by changing the amounts ofthe above-specified compounds Inthe K experiment, the lack of P inthe nutrient solutions ofthe treatments ... ()-matairesinol, and finally ()-hinokinin originates from the generation of two methylenedioxy bridges, either via ()-pluviatolide or via ()-haplomyrfolin, depending on the benzene ring on which the...
... from PAOs Part ofthe released phosphorus was then accumulated inthe sludge inthe subsequent oxic tank by normal oxygen-utilizing PAOs The residual phosphorus was removed inthe final anoxic tank ... and effluent ofthe phosphorus adsorption column are shown in Fig During the operation, about 70% ofthe phosphorus inthe sludge was solubilized by ozonation, and a large part ofthe solubilized ... denitrification (3) Most ofthe phosphorus inthe sludge was solubilized by ozonation, and a large part ofthe solubilized phosphorus consisted of PO4-P Over 90% ofthe PO4-P was absorbed inthe phosphorus...
... in iron-rich media We have also shown that the increase inthe prooxidant state caused by iron loading has an impact in protein integrity, as indicated by an increase in protein-bound acrolein ... intracellular ferritin, with some ferritin being expressed at the cell surface and culture in iron-rich media increased by two- to threefold the ferritin content as determined bythe increase in mean fluorescence ... ferritin expression in nonpermeabilized (thin lines, – saponin) and permeabilized cells (thick lines, + saponin) cells cultured without and with iron as indicated (D) Perls’ staining of cytospins of...
... that storing the disks in open air caused a loss of viability and death of Candida albicans Rinsing the dentures inthe evening and keeping them overnight inthe open air can indeed be the easiest ... been the most fundamental etiological factor for the dramatic increase in caries among the Finnish children inthe beginning ofthe 1950's (Rytömaa et al., 1980) Not surprisingly, increase inthe ... ranged from 58% ofthe newest denture group to 21% inthe oldest dentures The worsening ofthe stability with the increasing age ofthe denture was statistically highly significant inthe maxilla...
... peptides from the brain ofthe sea lamprey This is the first demonstration ofthe presence of RFamide peptides inthe brain of any species of agnathans On the basis ofthe results of phylogenetic ... Identification of cells expressing lamprey PQRFamide peptide mRNA inthe brain must be taken into account when studying the neuropeptide action We therefore characterized the regions inthe brain showing the ... from the brains of sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus Lampreys are one ofthe only two extant representative species ofthe oldest lineage of vertebrates, the Agnatha, which diverged from the main line...
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