Generation of electricity from coal has increased over the years in the United States and around the world. Burning of coal results in annual production of upwards of 100 millions tons (United States only) of coal combustion products (CCPs). Only about a third of these products are being used to create new products while the remainder goes to landfills. Application of CCPs mixed with composted ...

Capillary pressure-saturation-relative permeability relations described using the van Genuchten and Mualem models for non-uniform porous media lead to numerical convergence diiculties when used with Richards' equation for certain auxiliary conditions. These diiculties arise because of discontinuities in the derivative of speciic moisture capacity and relative permeability as a function of capil...

Risk is one of the main features of modern societies. With the Internet a new media has appeared, which on the one hand has increased the risk associated with information: free accessibility, interactivity, globality, and connectivity of personal, economical, political and media communication have all led to a loss of journalistic control over the information market. On the other hand Internet-...

In the last years, with the increase of the available data from social networks and the rise of big data technologies, social data has emerged as one of the most profitable market for companies to increase their benefits. Besides, social computation scientists see such data as a vast ocean of information to study modern human societies. Nowadays, enterprises and researchers are developing their...

Kinetics of cell growth of human B-lymphocyte lines derived from Burkitt's lymphomas and lines derived from the Epstein-Barr virus transformation of normal adult lymphocytes were studied. Cells seeded at high densities (5 X 10(4)/ml) grew in an exponential manner; those seeded at low densities (5 X 10(3) to 1 X 10(4) began to grow exponentially only after a lag period of 3 to 4 days. Transfer o...

Background & Aim: Effects of ultra violet spectrum on plants due to their obligatory requirement for sunlight for survival are unavoidable. Direct effects of UV on plant growth and development are generally negative and usually they use many different defense mechanisms to acclimate and protect themselves. Material & Methods: The present research for the first time was conducted to investigate...

Problems of difficult settlement or solution in the world cannot be solved by segmented academic formats, market-place interests or mass-media headlines; instead of dealing with taken for granted issues (the apparent “bubbles” in the surface), public policies, research and teaching programmes should detect the issues and deal with them deep inside the boiling pot. Policy discussions and policy ...