This paper is an initial report on the systematic analysis of changes within the vowel system of Standard Dutch. The work focuses on the recent lowering of the diphthong /Ei/, known as ‘Polder Dutch’ (Poldernederlands). The purpose was to find an automatizable method to reliably analyze and compare speakers of a large corpus of Dutch spontaneous speech. Diphthong variants of twelve native speak...

Abstract. Eutrophication of water bodies has been a problem causing severe degradation quality in cities. To gain mechanistic understanding the temporal dynamics nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) groundwater-fed low-lying urban polder, we applied high-frequency monitoring Geuzenveld, polder city Amsterdam. The equipment was installed at pumping station where leaves polder. From March 2016 to June...

This study analyzed the variability of rainfall and temperature in southwest coastal Bangladesh assessed impact such on local livelihood last two decades. The analysis involved use coefficient variation (CV), standardized precipitation anomaly (Z), concentration index (PCI). Linear regression was conducted to assess trends, a Mann–Kendall test performed detect significance trends. climate by us...