Exposure to radiation from different types of television sets was measured to ascertain the levels of hazards posed to the human biological system. Measurement of the annual radiation dose hazards was performed using a halogen-quenched GM tube with thin mica end window having a density of 1.5 mg/cm2, effective window diameter of 0.360 inch and side wall of 0.012 inch thick. The GM tube was plac...

This paper examines the changes in the population biology and biomass of common kilka (Clupeonella cultriventris caspia) in the Iranian waters of the Caspian Sea from 1995-2004. For most years during this 10-year period, we estimated the age structure of the catch, length-weight relationship, von Bertalanffy growth parameters, condition factor, sex ratios, maturity stages determined from ovaria...

We wish to report a case of lymphangioleiomyomatosis in an 86-yr-old female who presented with acute breathlessness on a background of increasing dyspnoea over a 3-yr period. She had been told that she had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 2 yrs prior to this presentation, despite having never smoked. At the time of admission she was taking regular nebulised salbutamol but no other respirat...

The GCE web site has been set up and is available online at http://gcelter.marsci.uga.edu/lter/. Data sets from the Georgia Rivers LMER as well as new data from the LTER are being organized in the database associated with this web site. We have made presentations about the GCE LTER at local and coastal schools and to a meeting of the research coordinators from NOAA’s National Estuarine Research...

The flocculation of dissolved heavy metals is a process which has an important effect on decreasing the concentration of the colloidal elements during estuarine mixing of river water and sea or ocean water. During this important process, a large amount of colloidal elements change into particles in the form of flock and the dissolved loads decline. This study is performed to evaluate the mechani...

In the present work WRF model is used to generate meteorological fields for the HYSPLIT dispersion model. Sensitivity and validation of the WRF model, is conducted by utilizing different combinations of physical parameterization schemes. For this purpose, eight different configurations are examined. Assessment of the predictions of the WRF model is carried out by computing the statistical param...