This paper introduces the technique of retrieving the profiles of vertical distribution of ozone considering temperature and aerosol correction in DIAL sounding of the atmosphere. The authors determine wavelengths, which are promising for measurements of ozone profiles in the upper troposphere–lower stratosphere. An ozone differential absorption lidar is designed for the measurements. The resul...

Objective Sting challenge is the gold standard method to evaluate the therapeutic efficiency of allergen specific immunotherapy (ASIT) in hymenoptera venom allergic patients. Unfortunately, this method is risky, expensive and time consuming. Therefore, the development of an in vitro method is desirable. Recently the basophil activation test (BAT) performed with natural venom has been shown to b...

one of the most dazzling events in the atmosphere is lightning. during updrafts in the life cycle of cumulus clouds, collision of graupels and ice crystals in the presence of liquid water results in vertical separation of electrical charges and lightning. there are four types of lightening depending on the location of discharge. the first type is cloud-to-ground lightning or fork lightning that...

Vertical electrical soundings (VES) were carried out in order to determine the groundwater potential of the Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Agbani, Nigeria. The instrument used was the ABEM Terrameter SAS 300B, employing the Schlumberger electrode configuration. Interpretation of the VES data by partial curve matching technique aided by computer modeling showed that the sample...

The permafrost-based geomorphological map of the Mt. Foscagno – Mt Forcellina ridge (Central Italian Alps) shows distribution permafrost probability (high, medium, low probability, and probable absence) obtained by application PERMACLIM (Guglielmin et al., 2003), a GIS-based model integrating Digital Elevation Model (DEM) topographic data Climatic DataBase (CDB) available from Automatic Weather...

Identifying a good site for groundwater exploration in hard rock terrain is a challenging task. In hard rocks, groundwater occurs in secondary porosity developed due to weathering, fracturing, faulting, etc., which is highly variable and varies sharply within very short distances, contributing to near-surface inhomogeneity. In such situations topographic, hydrogeological and geomorphological fe...

Increasing population growth worldwide is putting increasing pressure on water resources. In arid and semi area pressure goes to groundwater. Keeping in view havoc capability of remote sensing and GIS, a study for the integrated groundwater development has been under taken in part of Lalitpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The Satellite data of IRS -IC and ID have been used to prepare the hydrogeomor...

The UV-visible spectrometer SALOMON, dedicated to the retrieval of vertical profiles of O3, NO2 and NO3, has performed measurements on 19 September 2002, from Aire sur l’Adour (France) between 20h00 and 22h30 TU. At the same time, an ozone sounding has been launched. GOMOS has performed measurements at 21h24 UT, with a spatial coincidence with SALOMON and the sounding of around 250 km. Then, al...

photodynamic therapy (pdt) using 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ala)-induced protoporphyrin ix (ppix) has been considered as a new method for treating neoplasms. however, ala-pdt is suboptimal for thick tumors. searching for new approaches, we investigated the effect of adding differentiation therapy (dt) with vitamin e succinate (ves) to pdt in human prostate ln-cap-fgc10 cancer cells in vitro . the...