Abstract Heavy rainfall in extreme climates often causes natural disasters such as floods, landslides, and debris flows. Rainfall-induced slope instabilities are major geological (Glade Environ Geol 35:160–174, 1998; Dai et al. Eng 51:279–290, 1999; Iverson Water Resour Res 36:1897–1910, 2000; Lee Pradhan Landslides 4:33–41, 2007; Li 13:1109–1123, 2016a; Ecol 91:477–486, 2016b; Wu Hydro-mechani...

background: electronic learning (e-learning), is the use of electronic technology in education via computer and the internet. despite its slow adoption by faculty members, e-learning provides several benefits to individuals and organizations. this study was conducted to determine the factors influencing the adoption of e-learning by faculty members in tabriz university of medical sciences.    m...

background intentional lowering of blood pressure helps to produce a desirably clean surgical field. many drugs can be used to induce a hypotensive state, but due to their high potency and rapid effect, drugs that more easily and safely control the induction of hypotension are desirable. objectives to investigate the effects of premedication with oral clonidine on intraoperative bleeding and he...

In a large social media corpus (2.9 million tokens), we analyze Flemish adolescents’ non-standard writing practices and look for correlations with the teenagers’ social class. Three different aspects of adolescents’ social background are included: educational track, parental profession, and home language. Since the data reveal that these parameters are highly correlated, we combine them into on...

The aim of this study was to estimate and refine the potential sources carbon in atmospheric PM2.5 fraction aerosol at three sampling sites Hungary. Quantification total, organic elemental (TC, OC EC, respectively), as well radiocarbon (14C) stable isotope analyses were performed on exposed filters collected an urban background site, a suburban site capital Hungary, Budapest from October 2017 J...