Saving the face of soil aggregates

Changes study of soil splash and stability of soil aggregates using polyvinyl acetate

Soil erosion, especially water erosion, threatens the installations, water resources and also human life. The first stage of water erosion is the splash erosion that it requires to control in the primary stages. On the other hand, the application of soil conditioners is one of the approaches that it provide the conservation possibility of soil surface against water erosion, especially erosion f...

evaluation of the suitability of fractal dimension of soil aggregates in assessing different soil management practices

a major concern of farmers is deterioration of the soil and water resources. soil management is the most direct way for mankind to interfere with natural processes that may either intensify or hinder soil degradation. fractal geometry has been widely used to describe heterogeneity in a wide range of natural processes, including physical systems of soil. in this study, the effects of different m...

EMPYA: Saving Energy in the Face of Varying Workloads

Energy-efficient cloud and data-center applications utilize just enough resources (e.g., threads, cores) to provide the performance required at the current point in time. Unfortunately, building such applications is inherently difficult in the face of varying workloads and further complicated by the fact that existing programming and execution platforms are not energy aware. Consequently, progr...

Saving Face for Darwin: The Functions and Uses of Embarrassment

In this article, we review di verse studies of the anteced ents, facial display, and social consequences of embarrass ment. These studies indicate that embarrassment serves an appeasement function, recon ciling social relations when they have gone awry. We then speculate about how embar rassment is elaborated into more complex social interac tions, such as teasing and flir tation. We conclude b...

Saving face: better interfaces for noninvasive ventilation.