Joints and fractures, common in Ohio glacial tills, often influence shallow ground water flow paths and rates. Environmental site investigations in glacial till and lacustrine sediments should include determination of the glacial stratigraphy and evaluation of the presence, extent, and density of subsurface fractures. The test pit is one approach to directly assess fracturing and stratigraphy. ...

In recent years, there has been a decline in the efficiency of coal mining by traditional methods. On one hand, volume outside contour cut, which is economically impractical for open-pit mining, increasing. other when using underground geotechnology, cost production exceeds performing operations open this due to differences factors operation pit and mine. This circumstance determines use open-u...

This report represents the final publication of Longbridge Deverill Cow Down, an iconic ‘Iron Age’ settlement excavated by Sonia Chadwick Hawkes between 1956 and 1960, with the help of her husband Christopher Hawkes. The report has been a long time in production, it is 52 years since the excavations were completed, but that does not detract from the significance of this publication. The site re...

one of the main concerns of the mining industry is to determine ultimate pit limits. final pit is a collection of blocks, which can be removed with maximum profit while following restrictions on the slope of the mine’s walls. the size, location and final shape of an open-pit are very important in designing the location of waste dumps, stockpiles, processing plants, access roads and other surfac...

background: sacral pit is a shallow or deep dimple in the lower sacral region, with a reported prevalence of 3-5% among newborns. the aim of the present study was to investigate spinal cord abnormalities in newborns with sacral pit via ultrasound examinations. methods: in this descriptive study, 3071 infants born at 34-42 weeks of gestation were studied in hospitals affiliated to islamic azad u...

OBJECTIVE Elevated serum phosphate has emerged as a major risk factor for vascular calcification. The sodium-dependent phosphate cotransporter, PiT-1, was previously shown to be required for phosphate-induced osteogenic differentiation and calcification of cultured human vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs), but its importance in vascular calcification in vivo and the potential role of its homo...

In this paper, we present an integrated model to find the optimum size of blast block that uses (i) a multi-criteria decision-making method to specify the applicable size of the mineable block; (ii) a linear programming method for the selection of the blasted areas to be excavated and in deciding the quantity of ores and wastes to be mined from each one of the selected blocks. These two methods...