The Fokker–Planck equation is solved by the method of distributed approximating functionals via forward time propagation. Numerical schemes involving higher-order terms in Dt are discussed for the time discretization. Three typical examples ~a Wiener process, an Ornstein–Uhlenbeck process, and a bistable diffusion model! are used to test the accuracy and reliability of the present approach, whi...

Dinitrogen (N2) fixation was investigated together with organic matter composition in the mesopelagic zone of the Bismarck (Transect 1) and Solomon (Transect 2) Seas (Southwest Pacific). Transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) and the presence of compounds sharing molecular formulae with saturated fatty acids and sugars, as well as dissolved organic matter (DOM) compounds containing nitrogen (N)...

Understanding of the nitrogen (N) cycle and its spatial variability is important for managing ecosystems. Soil δ15N, as an important indicator of different soil nitrogen cycling processes, may provide critical information about the spatial variability in soil N cycling. The objective of this study was to examine the dominant landscape scale variability of δ15N, the location of the variability a...

in this work, a more accurate prediction of liquid evaporation flux has been achieved. the statistical rate theory approach, which is recently introduced by ward and fang and exact estimation of vapor pressure in the layer adjacent to the liquid–vapor interface have  been used for prediction of this flux. firstly, the existence of an equilibrium layer adjacent to the liquid-vapor interface is c...

Variations in snow cover and vegetation in the Province of Quebec, Canada, were characterized for a transect spanning from 50uN to 60uN during the International Polar Year field campaign of February 2008. The main objective of this study was to compare measured (AMSR-E) and modeled (MEMLS) brightness temperature (Tb) and to analyze differences in the in situ measurement of snow water equivalent...

livestock grazing and rangelands fire are important ecological disturbances influencing the vegetation and soil properties in rangelands ecosystem. this study was conducted to determine the effects of different burned treatments and distances from the water sources on some soil and vegetation properties of rangelands ecosystem. the experiment was conducted in lashgar dar rangelands. vegetation ...

socio-political metatheories based on ontological and epistemological foundations, could be devided to different objectivist and subjectivist fronts. according to such a devide, different interpretation of individual-society and agent-structure could be renderd. in contrast,critical metatheories that seek to transcend the contradiction between objectivity-subjectivity in the individual-society ...

the extended hildebrand solubility parameter approach (ehsa) is used to estimate the solubility of satranidazole in binary solvent systems. the solubility of satranidazole in various water-peg 400 mixtures was analyzed in terms of solute-solvent interactions using a modified version of hildebrand-scatchard treatment for regular solutions. the solubility equation employs term interaction energy ...