BACKGROUND Patents have been granted for a number of techniques for petroleum biodegradation including use of micro-organisms for degradation of hydrocarbon-based substances and for hydrocarbon degradation in oil reservoirs, but there is a dearth of information on hydrocarbon degradation in different soil textures. OBJECTIVE Hence, this work investigated the effects of different soil textures...

Johansson. T. 1995. Site index curves for Norway spruce plantations on farmland with different soil types. Studici Forestulia S~lecicu 198. 19 pp. ISSN 0039-3150, ISBN 91-576-5089-6. Growth data were collected from 157 Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) stands planted on farmland in Sweden. The stands ranged in latitude from 55'N to 66'N. The mean age of the stands was 41 years (range, 25-...

Distal radius fractures are common on playgrounds. Yet current guidelines for the selection of playground surface materials are based only on protection against fall-related head injuries. We conducted "torso release" experiments to determine how common playground surface materials affect impact force applied to the hand during upper limb fall arrests. Trials were acquired for falls onto a rigi...

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Interpreting observations of frequency-dependence in backscatter from the seafloor offers many challenges, either because multiple frequencies are used for different observations that will later be merged or simply because seafloor scattering models are not well-understood above 100 kHz. Hindering the understanding of these observations is the paucity of reported, calibrated acoustic measuremen...

While most of the world's large rivers are heavily engineered, channel response to engineering measures on decadal century and several 100 km scales is scarcely documented. We investigate Lower Rhine River (Germany-Netherlands) measures, in terms slope bed surface grain size. Field data show domain-wide incision, primarily associated with extensive narrowing. Remarkably, has increased upstream ...

An increase in seawater that experiences high tides can cause tidal flooding. Tidal flooding the Semarang area requires quick and precise handling, so an emergency dam is needed to deal with overflow or This study discusses Knock-Down weir as a practical weir. also aims test shear stability of model against wall roughness based on variations soil types, namely: masonry, gravel, sand, clay. The ...