A man riding a bike crashed against a bridge and fell into a river. He was rescued just before drowning. Chest radiography and CT scan showed gravel filling almost all his bronchial tree. Three hours were necessary to take out all the gravel by rigid bronchoscopy (Figs. 1 and 2). Fig. 1. Frontal CT scan showing gravel blocking the bronchial tree. Only the right upper bronchus lobe is free. Fig....

t The effect of sesquioxidic i i ic gravels (>2 mm size fraction) on phosphorus sorption by two gravelly lateritic soils was investigated by phosphorus sorption experiments, X-ray diffraction, ti , autoradiography and electron microscopy. In one soil the abundance and size of gravels l decreased downslope. As the gravel content of both soils increased (13-61%), ), the proportion of large (>8 mm...

Soil gravel content affects many soil physical properties, as well as crop yield. Little is known regarding the influence of soil gravel content on growth and nutrient uptake of durum wheat (Triticum durum Desf.). The accumulation of nitrogen and phosphorous during the vegetative and reproductive periods and the contribution of pre-anthesis assimilates to grain N and P content have been evaluat...

Gravel bars are characteristic components of river landscapes and are increasingly recognized as key sites for many waterbirds, though detailed studies on the ecological function of gravel bars for waterbirds are rare. In this study, we surveyed the endangered Scaly-sided Merganser Mergus squamatus along a 40 km river section of Yuan River, in Central China, for three consecutive winters. We de...

Through the laboratory experiments, the mechanical properties of sandy gravel are obtained. Then, based on the slump tests, a modified sandy gravel model is developed by PFC (particle flow code of three dimensions), to which relevant microscopic parameters are assigned to numerically simulate the laboratory experiments. The laboratory test results are compared with that of the numerical simulat...

Passive treatment of acid mine drainage (AMD) have been applied successfully at many sites where metal concentrations are relatively low, but experience is scarce for waters with higher metal loads. In this study, we tested the suitability of caustic magnesia (MgO) as an alkaline reagent at field scale, with and without a prior calcite dissolution step. Three pilot systems where tested at the “...

Rivers sourced in the Himalayan mountain range carry some of the largest sediment loads on the planet, yet coarse gravel in these rivers vanishes within approximately 10-40 kilometres on entering the Ganga Plain (the part of the North Indian River Plain containing the Ganges River). Understanding the fate of gravel is important for forecasting the response of rivers to large influxes of sedimen...