tree ring analysis for environmental monitoring and assessment of anthropogenic changes

... relating to the design of customised foot orthotics and footwear, and for the anthropometric measurement and assessment of the foot Methods Search strategy Initial searches for this review were ... and digitisers have been utilised is in measuring the changes that occur to foot shape between non-weight bearing and weight bearing states When loaded, there are a number of anthropometric changes ... deformation of 16 subjects whilst standing on foot supports made out of different materials Markers were attached to the foot on several bony landmarks Telfer and Woodburn Journal of Foot and...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 21:24

... displacement demand of 2D frame 172 Figure 5.9: Influence of the brace strength on global force demand of 2D frame 172 Figure 5.10: Influence of the brace strength on column (LC) force of 2D frame ... (BT) position on column force demand of 8-storey Cardington 2D frame 175 Figure 5.14: Influence of the number and position of belt truss on column force demand of 20-storey Cardington ... of equivalent static analysis (ESA) in estimation of global displacement demand 198 x Figure 6.10: Accuracy of equivalent static analysis (ESA) in estimation of global force demand...

Ngày tải lên: 10/09/2015, 09:10

... dbh of 58 cm Tree rings are characterized by alternating ber and parenchyma bands (right above) allowing a condential tree- ring analysis Arrows indicate the ring boundaries Table I Absolute and ... multiplied with the tree height and a form factor of 0.6) The minimum logging diameter is dened in the peak of the current volume increment short period of tree growth, while tree- ring analysis applied ... [28] and the formation of an annual tree ring boundary in the wood during the ooded period [29, 39] Tree growth starts immediately after leaf ush at the end of the ooded period (July/August) and...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 16:21

... the base of the stem and going close to the pith gave the date of germination of Meyer spruce trees among the oldest, though the earliest collar of the trees and the tree ring formed during the ... Thus, a tree- ring database covering a broad range of spatial and temporal scales may provide an alternative approach to assess and understand the stand dynamics of the remnant Meyer spruce forest ... formed during the first year of life cannot be identified After comparing the number of tree rings at the base of the trees and at breast height, the actual age of trees was calculated by adding...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 01:21

... the provision of information about performance, but also the possibility of debate, of questions by the forum and answers by the actor, and eventually of judgment of the actor by the forum Judgment ... judgement, afford a framework for a normative analysis of accountability procedures These might offer a basis for the development of a coherent system of requirements for appropriate and proper ... comprising of accountabilities to OLAF, the European Ombudsman and the European Court of Auditors Each of these regimes may, in turn, consist of various formal arrangements and informal practices and...

Ngày tải lên: 11/12/2016, 11:11

... methods of testing; • methods of measurement, handling and processing of the data required to perform condition monitoring and diagnostics of machines 2.2 ISO Standards For Evaluation Of Vibration ... Measurement and evaluation of mechanical vibration and shock as applied to machines, vehicles and structures, and SC5, Condition monitoring and diagnostics of machines The stated scope of TC108 is “Standardization ... informative annex of Part 1of each standard (Table 3) 2.3 ISO Standards For Vibration Measurements ISO 13373-1:2001 Condition monitoring and diagnostics of machines — Vibration condition monitoring...

Ngày tải lên: 18/03/2017, 01:33

... textbook among 23 the set of English textbooks for senior high school in Vietnam and the analysis of its cultural content may set an initial step for the analysis of the whole set of high school English ... countries, peoples and cultures, and by doing so, fostering students love and respect of their own language and culture In order for this to happen, students need first to acquire knowledge of the target ... for a much richer understanding of culture than heretofore envisaged by the majority of language teachers 2.2 Common approaches to the teaching of culture In the history of culture teaching different...

Ngày tải lên: 07/09/2013, 12:58

... Forensic Analysis for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch ■■■ Sean Morrissey i iOS Forensic Analysis for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch Copyright © 2010 by Sean Morrissey All rights reserved No part of ... currently a computer and mobile forensics analyst for a federal agency and is a contributing editor for Digital Forensics Magazine Sean is married to his wife of 23 years, Dawn, and also has one ... Chris Cook for his legal analysis and Alex Levinson for his expertise in network forensics Chris Cook is both an attorney and computer forensic analyst He has extensive education and experience...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 07:20

... daylight in lowland area in term of assessment for development of tourism activities as well as existence of fog during the daylight in highland in term of assessment for health resort and some weather ... conditions and these are the best places for human health in general and for tourism, excursion and sea vacation in particular Results and discussions The results of classification and assessment of ... conditions for two ultimate purposes: (i) for the development of tourism, excursion and sea vacation activities in lowland areas; and (ii) for health resort and some weather therapies in highland areas...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 15:20

... better off and nobody worse off’ (Begg, Fisher and Dornbusch, 1994) As they were aware of the drawbacks of the use of acceptability standards, Baumol and Oates (1975) proposed to utilize these standards ... supply and demand) and market prices (no payment required) for part of the natural environment This presents an information gap for the economic agents who have no concept of the cost of their ... hope of achieving a certain reduction of pollution, Baumol (1972) suggested to first set certain standards of pollution (emission, air and water quality, and so on) and then, through a process of...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 16:20

... work was performed as a co-operation between STFI-Packforsk and the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), division of Environmental Strategies Research and department of Media Technology and Graphic ... transportation), construction of infrastructure and use of infrastructure for electronic distribution and material recycling of parts of the waste computer and screen Table The life cycle of web based newspaper ... figures for Europe and at the same time LCI data on recycling and landfill of electronics were not easily available, in the study the same division of waste streams of electronics for Sweden and...

Ngày tải lên: 18/03/2014, 02:20

... specifically for the analysis of drinking water samples The NJDHSS laboratory also had available and used for this study a sensitive analytical adaptation of Method 525.2 for the detection of styrene-acrylonitrile ... by-products Therefore, the typical use of chlorine for disinfection may provide some removal of a limited number of organic chemicals, but its use for significant removals of a broad range of organic ... naproxen, carbamazepine, clofibric acid and iohexol About 80 percent removal was achieved for ketoprofen and ciprofloxacin For the poorly removed compounds, the addition of hydrogen peroxide increased...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 19:20

... west (From Gilbert 1965) Sand stone Ash tree Roof Relative cover and biomass of two lichen species on ash trees along an east – west transect to the west of New Castle, England (From Gilbert, 1969) ... Lichen desert: Map of the Tyne Valley showing the concentric lichen deserts: on asbestos, on sandstone, and on ash trees Ash s tree ne sto nd Sa f Roo pH from bark of ash trees and lichen covers ... industrial plants * Identify species of the lichens Transect showing that the number of lichens growing on the tops of sandstone walls, on asbestos roofs, and on ash trees decline as New Castle is...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 18:20

... mutant toxins and the analysis of their binding activity to the receptor to investigate the role of mutated amino acid residues; (b) the analysis of the influence of the modification of the cysteine ... BBMVs Aliquots of 20 lL of 100 nM of wild-type Cry1Aa were mixed with lg of BBMVs and incubated for 15 or h at 37 °C Samples were then mixed with SDS-PAGE sample buffer and incubated for at various ... (365)LYRRIILG(372), R311, N376, G442 and Y445 (Figs 2, and 5), and therefore loops 1, and (especially loop 2) are good candidate regions for the introduction of mutations to obtain mutant toxins...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 22:21

Ngày tải lên: 01/04/2014, 11:44

... to a precise analysis of CCI including the effects of ISI produced by the CCI and the effects of random symbol and carrier timing offsets The focus of this study is on the analysis of the schemes ... model and GQR offers significant improvement in the performance analysis and comparison for MIMO systems The rest of this article is organized as follows The system models of MIMO based on MRT and ... higher for T

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 00:20

... includes the work of Ma [3] to our knowledge We note in order to fulfill the analysis of qualitative and quantitative properties of the solutions of Eq (1), which has more complicated form than the ... qualitative and quantitative properties of solutions of certain difference equations In [2], Ma generalized the discrete version of Ou-lang’s inequality in two variables to Volterra-Fredholm form for ... Theorem 2.5] Analysis of the properties of the solutions of Eq (1) In this section, we will present some results on the boundedness, uniqueness, and continuous dependence on initial data of the solutions...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 00:20

... “reversal” of the values for the T1/2 a and b values of the tumor and non-tumor bearing mice In the absence of a tumor burden, the T1/2a and b for IgG was approximately 5.2 and 3.8 times faster, ... μCi) of 86Y-CHX-A"-panitumumab F(ab’)2 and imaged and days post-injection of the RIC (c) Specificity was demonstrated by co-injecting 100 μg of panitumumab with the RIC and blocking uptake of the ... consistent with a Mr of 89.1 kD using tandem TSK2000 and 4000 columns for the analysis Following buffer exchange to phosphate-buffered saline and subsequent concentration of the F(ab’)2 preparation...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 02:20

... 14, average land taxes and fees for land rent were 2.9 million VND per ha, and ranged from 1.2 to million VND per and accounted for 3.7% of the total cost Land taxes or fees of tidal and pond culture ... represented 3.3% of the total costs Cost of land area repair of tidal culture and pond culture groups was 2.9% and 5.1% or 2.3 and 2.9 million VND per ha, respectively Average costs of fencing and watch ... farm, respectively) Other land uses such as garden and house land is about 0.2 per family, and ranged between 0.18 and 0.21 per farm Table 7: Type and area of land holding for farmers in the study...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 06:20

... combination of a severe lack of and high demand for water The growth of world population, up to billion by 2050, leading to increase demands of water, growing urbanization and high living standards, ... Quality Monitoring and Assessment advantage of the already established ArcGIS geoprocessor for handling spatial data processing, coordinate system, and data editing For this reason, some of the ... use The Environmental Protection Agency reports 38 Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment that the widest pH range is between 3.0 and 11.7 for process waters, and between 5.0 and 8.9 for cooling...

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 08:20