In order to evaluate the possible correlation between the tree density and the human population density, the forested area in Nav Asalem district located in Guilan Province was selected. The descriptors of tree number and basal area per hectare as well as the stand density index were used to determine the tree density, which was conducted from a 2014 forest inventory including 62 cluster (558 p...

Reverse osmosis membrane (RO) is becoming a most popular instrument to desalinate seawater as a result of new developments in membrane technology. The critical factor governing successful long-term reverse osmosis (RO) in desalination plants is fouling caused by the turbidity of seawater, such as by suspended solids, sparingly soluble salts, or biological growth. To reduce the turbidity, the se...

hydrological drought analysis using sdi index in halilrud basin of iran abstract nowadays, drought is considered as damaging environmental phenomenon which affects natural resources and social communities. therefore it will be an important issues that magnitude and effects of these phenomena to be considered. to do this we used l-moment method for regional homogeneity testing. the streamflow dr...

Ecological restoration of fire-excluded yellow pine-mixed conifer (YPMC) forests in the western US first requires definition desired future conditions. The Sierra de San Pedro Martír (SSPM) Baja California has been used as a modern reference for other YPMC because it shares similar vegetation, soils, climate, and fire regimes, but is less impacted by logging suppression. Our study re-visited 14...

BACKGROUND Differences between men and women with respect to dietary intakes and eating behaviours have been reported and could be explained by gender differences in motivational variables associated with the regulation of food intake. The main objectives of the present study were to identify gender differences in dietary intakes, eating behaviours and motivational variables and to determine ho...

The techniques for conducting forest inventories have been established over centuries of land management and conservation. In recent decades, however, compelling new tools methodologies in remote sensing, computer vision, data science offered innovative pathways enhancing the effectiveness comprehension these sampling designs. Now with aid Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) advanced image processing...

This study investigated the effects of soluble organic matters on membrane fouling characteristics, using silt density index (SDI) and modified fouling index (MFI) to evaluate the fouling potential. Experimental results demonstrated that humic acid had significant effects on membrane fouling indexes. When its concentration was in the range of 0.01-0.05 mg/L, the SDI(15) and MFI were 2.9-3.9 and...

Background LV intraventricular dyssynchrony is commonly assessed by systolic dyssynchrony index (SDI), which is defined by the dispersion of time of minimum regional cavity volume. Several studies have reported conflicting results on cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) responses based on SDI values. In this study, we aim to characterise SDI distributions in asymptomatic patients and to anal...