Inflow Characteristics of Dam Reservoirs in Tobishima, Yamagata Prefecture

An Overview of Hydrogen Sulfide Suicides in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan

Background: Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is one of the major toxic gases and the second most common cause of death in workplaces among toxic gas-related morbidities. H2S suicides using hospital-based data were studied in 2008. However, most cases did not involve ambulance transfer to the hospital because the victims of H2S suicide were usually found dead at the scene. H2S suicide-related data elucida...

An Outbreak of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in Yamagata Prefecture Following the Great East Japan Earthquake

Background: In the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake, most of the areas in Yamagata prefecture experienced a serious power failure lasting for approximately 24 hours. A number of households were subsequently poisoned with carbon monoxide (CO) due to various causes. In this study, we conducted a survey of CO poisoning during the disaster. Methods: A questionnaire regarding CO poisonin...

An Overview of Hydrogen Sulfide Suicides Based on Police Data in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan

Dam tailwaters compound the effects of reservoirs

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sedimentation in reservoirs case of sefidrud dam

this paper describes the problem of sedimentation in reservoirs,in general, and offers an estimate of the annual rate of storage loss and the useful life of sefidrud reservoir in iran,in particular. the life of sefidrud reservoir was predicted to exceed 100 years in the design, based on insufficient data. regular daily measurements of sediment discharge of the river, taken years later, however,...