Incorporation of forest slash during stand establishment is proposed as ameans of increasing soil carbon and nutrient stocks. If effective, the increased soil carbon and nutrient status may result in increased aboveground tree growth. Eight years after study installation, the impact of forest slash incorporation into the soil on soil carbon and nutrient stocks, foliar nutrients and loblolly pin...

OBJECTIVE To determine the relation between sleeping position and quantity of bedding and the risk of sudden unexpected infant death. DESIGN A study of all infants dying suddenly and unexpectedly and of two controls matched for age and date with each index case. The parents of control infants were interviewed within 72 hours of the index infant's death. Information was collected on bedding, s...

*Correspondence: Randel T. Cox, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Memphis, Johnson Hall, Memphis, TN 38152, USA e-mail: [email protected] Large-scale liquefaction features (e.g., sand blows, lateral-spread fissure vents) that can be recognized on remote-sensing imagery and photography have been of great utility in developing chronologies of paleo-earthquakes. In areas where large-s...

Cone-in-cone (CIC) and beef (BF) carbonate lenses ornament detachment zone faults underlying Triassic growth basins on Edgeøya. Field relationships place CIC and BF growth as during early diagenesis and a transition from hydroplastic to a later brittle-style of faulting that is marked by coarser calcite veining. Deformation is constrained to have occurred at<300 m depth. Multiple models exist f...

The current OPSS and OPSD that provide specifications for drainage pipes in Ontario, are shown to be a simplified and more conservative version of the traditional Marston-Spangler method. The SIDD method was developed through extensive finite element analyses. It improves the pipe installation practice by lessening the requirements in bedding and compaction, and allowing the use of native backf...

The application of compost bedding system on sheep farm is a technology to minimize the negative impact manure waste toward environment. microorganisms which inhabit bedding, especially nitrifying bacteria are expected have significant role in odor emission reduction become environmental problem around farm. This study aims analyze abundance and diversity obtained from important reducing ammoni...

The South Saskatchewan River has a long term average discharge of 275 m3/sec, with flood peaks in the range of IS00 to 3800 nP/sec. South of Saskatoon, the four major types of geomorphological elements recognised are channels, slipfacebounded bars, sand flats and vegefated islands and floodplains. Major channels are 3-5 m deep, up to 200 m wide, and flow around sand flats which are 50-2000 m lo...

This article suggests a method for classifying sows’ activity types performed in farrowing house. Five types of activity are modeled using multivariate dynamic linear models: High active (HA), Medium active (MA), Lying laterally on one side (L1), Lying laterally on the other side (L2) and Lying sternally (LS). The classification method is based on a Multi Process Kalman Filter (MPKF) of class I...