This paper describes a model-driven decision-support system (software tool) implementing a model-based methodology for on-line leakage detection and localization which is useful for a large class of water distribution networks. Given that model-based leakage localization methods present a certain degree of complexity which limits their use to people with a high expertise in this modelling field...

[1] Studies invoking the silicic acid leakage hypothesis to explain events of high biogenic opal deposition at low latitudes did not consider variations in formation rate of Southern Ocean intermediate waters. Comparison of dSi records from the Southern Ocean to records of biogenic opal accumulation from low-latitude upwelling systems indicates a strong negative correlation between the silicic ...

We previously reported that an apparent water potential disequilibrium is maintained late in muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.) seed development between the embryo and the surrounding fruit tissue (mesocarp). To further investigate the basis of this phenomenon, the permeability characteristics of the tissues surrounding muskmelon embryos (the mucilaginous endocarp, the testa, a 2- to 4-cell-layered pe...

The mechanisms underlying cardiovascular diseases induced by chronic exposure to arsenic remain unclarified. The objectives of this study were to investigate whether increased vascular leakage is induced by inflammatory mustard oil in mice systemically exposed to various doses of arsenic and whether an increased vascular leakage response is still present in arsenic-fed mice after arsenic discon...

abstract background and objectives: soil salinity is one of the most important limited factors of plant productions. physiological drought resulting from salinity stress is one of the main reasons of limiting water absorption from soil. moreover, increasing the salt absorption by plants cause to disorder in physiological and cellular processes. spearmint (mentha spicata l.) is from lamiaceae fa...