remote sensing and geographic information systems for natural disaster management

... cattle from the highlands to midaltitude and piedmont forests (Grau and Brown 2000) Cattle are driven up to the highland grasslands at the beginning of the summer period and, in March, they are ... standing dead, and litter, and the contribution of the different life-forms, both in terms of biomass and life-form frequency Nevertheless, species richness was similar among all treatments, and ... between productivity and species and functional group diversity in grazed and nongrazed Pampas grassland Oikos, 78: 519–526 Schmidt, A.M and Verweij, P.A (1992) Forage intake and secondary production...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 02:23

... recognized as a faunal break (Grothues and Cowen 1999) and stock boundary (Bowen and Avise 1990; Jones and Quattro 1999) Therefore, the impacts of climate warming and range extension of southerly species, ... reported in the literature for Chesapeake Bay (Orth and Heck 1980; Weinstein and Brooks 1983), and we have recalculated species abundance after excluding these species for historical comparisons ... sites with macroalgae present for each zone and year sampled are needed for both the years and three locations to prevent multicollinearity, but all are plotted for clarity We tested each Temperature...

Ngày tải lên: 04/09/2015, 12:54

... between human disturbance, biodiversity and ecosystem processes is urgently needed to improve the management of natural resources and inform land-use strategies and policies in the region In this ... recycling and secondary seed dispersal in tropical forest ecosystems I first concentrated on the relationships between forest disturbance, dung beetle communities and dung removal in the forests ... logging, subsistence and commercial agriculture, and urbanization (Sodhi & Brook 2006) The resulting landscape of fragmented old growth forests and secondary regrowth from abandoned plantations...

Ngày tải lên: 16/10/2015, 15:34

... importance of this parameter for more detailed interpretation of remote sensing data and also for studies of interception or soil water supply from precipitation Such information may 500 ˇ J Cermák ... scale-step of 0.1 m Biometric parameters were calculated for each sub-plot and for the entire stand (expressed per ha) 2.3 Measurements and a model used for calculation of leaf distribution Leaf area distribution ... including gas exchange and crop water balance [9,18], and radial leaf distribution, which is particularly relevant for interpretation of remotely sensing images [2] Leaf and crown parameters evaluated...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 16:21

... true for males (t 2.85) and mixed sexes (t 2.55) This difference disappeared at and 15 d of age It again appeared and became significant at 28 days of age and thereafter Total triglycerides and ... observed in these lines, for example, for liver lipogenesis (Saadoun and Leclercq, 1987) or for implicated in the control of lipid metabolism like insulin or thyroid hor(Simon and Leclercq, 1982; ... weighed at 15, 28, 63, and 97 days of age and kept for analysis The birds were then frozen and kept until analysis Mixed abdominal fat was measured for lipid content which was assumed to be composed...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 22:22

... Identifying and formulating the relevant user requirements, Transforming the user requirements identified into performance requirements and quantitative performance criteria, 12 Using reliable design and ... be determined For a performance based design task, before time is invested on design details, performance criteria and performance target need to be settled first Fundamentally, performance is ... sociological, and economic 21 limits of the performance The desired performance could affect all aspects and therefore need an overall consideration The limits are often translated into codes and standards...

Ngày tải lên: 05/10/2015, 21:24

... incineration and landfill), 2% form forest management and harvesting, 8% from transportation and distribution, 8% from transportation of wood fibres and clay to paper mill, 4% from printing, and 1% ... University of Technology, who was a Minister of Information and Communication Technology of Thailand, for the unceasing support and invaluable information he shared during the data collection ... provides news and information much faster than newspapers, which are typically delivered once or twice a day Moreover, cable news can share information and images in real time, and make the content...

Ngày tải lên: 28/11/2015, 14:01

... services for the lower classes He further discussed that MFIs should offer flexible and customized lending services for the lower income groups rather than strict and uniform loan products for all ... is experiencing rapid progression in technology and human development for attaining high efficiencies and long term sustainability In its efforts for making the world a better place to live in, ... involvements and pressures, inflexible and unsupportive communal and social norms, strong cultural differences amongst population living in remote areas coupled with low awareness and slow market...

Ngày tải lên: 06/09/2013, 05:48

... interaction on the one hand between MT1-MMP and GRASP55 and on the other hand between GRASP55 and furin led us to hypothesize that GRASP55 could potentially play a role in the formation of a complex ... harbour a tetrabasic motif sandwiched between the pro- and catalytic domains For MT2-MMP and MT3-MMP, the LLY660 and ILY598 motifs, respectively, were found to be important for the interaction of ... the formation of the complex between MT1-MMP and GRASP55 Lysates of HT1080 cells transfected with pCDNA3.1 Zeo+ vector control (lane 1), MT1/MYC and GRASP55F (lane 2), MT1/MYC and GRASP55F and...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 04:20

... as was formerly postulated for Cg-Clp1 [5] Messenger RNAs encoding Cg-Clp1 and Cg-Clp2 were upregulated in haemocytes after stimulation with bacterial LPS This supports a role for Cg-Clp1 and Cg-Clp2 ... (5¢-CTTCCTCCGCTTCCATGA-3¢) and QaCgClp1 (5¢-CCATGAAGTCCGCGAATC-3¢); and QsCgClp2 (5¢-GCATAGCGATGTGGACGA-3¢) and QaCgClp2 (5¢-GAGGACCGAGACCGTGAA-3¢) The abbreviations ‘Qs’ and ‘Qa’ refer, respectively, to sense and ... for Cg-Clp2 expression in the mantle edge, in situ hybridization experiments were performed (Fig 2B) Transcripts were detected in both epithelial and conjunctive cells of the mantle Cg-Clp1 and...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 00:20

... situationally sanctioned, and audience-activated interactivity, what is enough—or too much for public art to do? For all of her interests and forays into digital media and new technologies, Zweig’s ... interests in publicity and sociality in contemporary public art and public life Zweig’s projects encourage and embolden observation, attentiveness, and a consensual, if unarticulated and non-aggressive, ... voices to an expanded sphere of transforming and transformative—images? And what is the role played by those who watch the two participants negotiate this insistent and intrusive instrumentation? Do...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 10:20

... Dobers and L Strannegård and serve as a foundation for future knowledge (Borgerson and Schroeder, 2002) Information, sensibility and attitudes gleaned from images influence thinking and understanding ... natural capitalism and environmental management systems) Most of them have been formulated and introduced with good intentions However, they come short in understanding the underlying needs and ... (Czarniawska, 2000) Moreover, images and other forms of representation frequently ‘stand in’ for experience as sources of information Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment Bus Strat...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 17:20

... component of PICs and depletion of actin prevents their formation [19,23] The above evidence suggests that there is a strong and specific interaction between actin and Pol II, and actin participates ... b-actin prevent PIC formation, suggesting that actin acts as a bridge between the polymerase and other constituents of the PIC [24]; and (d) actin and nuclear myosin (NM1), an isoform of myosin 1, ... required for Pol III transcription [27,29,32] The monomeric form of actin is required for Pol III transcription, suggesting that b-actin is essential for basal RNA polymerase transcription Actin and...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 01:20

... C-terminal helix is critical for Vps4p oligomerization and ATPase activity in vitro, and for endosomal function in vivo, but is dispensable for interaction with ESCRT-III and recruitment to endosomes ... sequence is important for full ATPase activity in vitro, for Vps4p homotypic interaction and for the ability of the Vps4p–E233Q dominant-negative mutant to engage with and inhibit wild-type Vps4p ... and a Vps4p protein containing an intact C-terminal helix Based on our experimental data and bioinformatic analysis, we propose a model for the role of the C-terminal helix in Vps4 assembly and...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 05:20

... holdings in New England This suggests that the announcement revealed information about the real estate sector and more so about the real estate sector in New England, and that this information was ... Smirlock and Kaufold (1987), Peavy and Hempel (1988), Wall and Peterson (1990), Gay, Timme and Yung (1991), Karafiath, Mynatt, and Smith (1991), Madura, Whyte, and McDaniel (1991), Cooperman, Lee, and ... loans and the relative likelihoods of good and bad states of the economy Next, we introduce a “foreign” bank in the model to study the direction and the scope of information contagion and herding...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 09:20

... of BS-RNase MxM form [23], the peptide bond between residues 18 and 19 has a trans conformation, and it seems reasonable to assume that the same holds for the P19A-BS-RNase MxM form If Pro19 were ... proportion of exchanging and nonexchanging forms However, after 48 h, a slight prevalence of the MxM form can be seen in the BS-RNase and P19A variant, whereas the L28Q and P19A/L28Q variants still ... Recombinant mBS and its P19A, L28Q and P19A/L28Q variants (P19A-mBS, L28Q-mBS and P19A/L28Q-mBS, respectively), all with Cys31 and 32 linked to two glutathione molecules, were obtained in pure form with...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 23:20

... implementation and deployment Methodologies and tools come available for the model driven building and deploying of information systems and information infrastructures The relevance of architecting for ... cycle, various information modelling standards for federating multiple models, light-weighted frameworks for information representation and management In the future, engineering information infrastructure ... Therefore, design of information infrastructure systems for manufacturing is one of the most keen issues for future manufacturing Engineering Information Infrastructure for Product Life Cycle Management...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 10:20

... complex C1 disappeared and a new complex, SC1, with a higher molecular mass was formed (lane 11), and, when anti-Sp3 IgG was used, bands C2 and C3 disappeared and bands SC3a and SC3b appeared (lane ... lanes and 9), but only partially competed for the DNA–protein complexes formed with probe I (Fig 4A, lanes and 9) These results suggest that both Sp1 and Sp3 are able to bind to the GC boxes and ... II promoter, are essential for both basal and PMA-mediated induction of DNase II transcription These sites bind Sp1 and Sp3, and protein levels and binding of Sp1 and Sp3 are increased in PMAtreated...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 17:21

... scope of information and communication technologies for use by elderly people It has been performed on behalf of the European Commission, DG Information Society and Media, Directorate ICT for Citizens ... comprised the search for information – mainly web research – and the analysis of this information for the context of ICT-enabled independent living To a major extent, the required information was retrieved ... maintain their hobbies and social contacts Hobbies and the demand for information and for learning are also represented in this category ICT enabled independent living for elderly despite possible...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 16:20