The study was carried out to determine the most effective, efficient, and profitable combination offertilizer regime and pineapple residue management practice for pineapple grown on tropical peat. Three residue management practices, namely; (i) In situ decomposition of pineapple residue without any disturbance (R1), (ii) Stacking of pineapple residue slashed and raked from 0.6 m x 10 m beds int...

Many of the improvised explosive devices received at the Forensic Explosives Laboratory (FEL) contain pyrotechnic or home-made explosive mixtures as the explosive charge. Pyrotechnic residues contain a complex mixture of combustion products and unconsumed material. It has been reported that pyrotechnic residues comprise characteristic particles, similar to the formation of gunshot residue parti...

Potential exposure to pesticide residues resulting from burning wood treated with phenoxy and pyridine herbicides was assessed. Wood samples from trees treated with 2,4-D [2,4-dichlorophenoxy acetic acid], dicamba [3,6-dichloro-oanisic acid], dichlorprop [2-(2,4-dichlorphenoxy) propionic acid], picloram [4-amino-3,5,dtrichloropicolinic acid], and triclopyr (3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyri dinyl)oxy acet...

straw burned (Bird et al., 2001; 2002). Recent work in tropical and temperate rice ecosystems has determined The transition from open-field burning of straw residues to alternathat the operationally-defined mobile humic fraction tive residue management practices may affect soil C sequestration potential and the supply of nutrients to crops. A field study of dual(Na4P2O7 or NaOH extractable) is ...

Interactive Simulation of Fire, Burn and Decomposition. (December 2007) Zeki Melek, B.S., Bogazici University; M.S., Bogazici University Chair of Advisory Committee: Dr. John Keyser This work presents an approach to effectively integrate into one unified modular fire simulation framework the major processes related to fire, namely: a burning process, chemical combustion, heat distribution, deco...