Human activities such as oil and gas production can enhance the natural level of naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM) in by-product and waste streams. Iran has been among the top five oil producing countries since 2005. This high production rate emphasizes the importance of NORM management to ensure the safety of humans and wildlife. Petroleum storage and transport facilities are lo...

human activities such as oil and gas production can enhance the natural level of naturally occurring radioactive materials (norm) in by-product and waste streams. iran has been among the top five oil producing countries since 2005. this high production rate emphasizes the importance of norm management to ensure the safety of humans and wildlife. petroleum storage and transport facilities are lo...

The economic growth of aquaculture and the dependence of a large growing population on coastal resources have led to coastal degradation and reduced resources. In this paper while realizing the potential capacities of the island systems,  the aquaculture activities of the island are specially discussed  in the framework of Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM). Therefore, in this study, fir...

1 Atlantic Ecology Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Narragansett, RI, USA, 2 Economics and Environmental Sciences Departments, Stonehill College, North Easton, MA, USA, 3 Department of Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, USA, 4 Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Dauphin Island, AL, USA, 5 Department of Fisheries, Animal, and Veterinary Sciences, College o...

Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge, WA, is home to the majority of breeding seabirds and harbor seals found in the Puget Sound/San Juan Island area. The island consists of a high central plateau flanked by bluffs on the north and south and by low points on the southwest and east. We analyzed the physical and vegetational changes in Protection Island from the 1860s to 1999, an interval s...

We recently described the presence of 3 pilus variants in the human pathogen group B streptococcus (GBS; also known as Streptococcus agalactiae), each encoded by a distinct pathogenicity island, as well as the ability of pilus components to elicit protection in mice against homologous challenge. To determine whether a vaccine containing a combination of proteins from the 3 pilus types could pro...

The Rhode Island Child Death and Injury Review Team was formally established in 1998 by the Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF). In spring 2004 the review of child fatalities occurring from January 1, 2000, onward became the responsibility of the Rhode Island Child Death Review Team (RICDRT), coordinated by the state’s Chief Medical Examiner. Members include represent...

Thermal infrared remote sensing has become one of the main technology methods used for urban heat island research. When applying urban land surface temperature inversion of the thermal infrared band, problems with intensity level division arise because the method is subjective. However, this method is one of the few that performs heat island intensity level identification. This paper will build...