Despite the importance of nitrogen (N) limitation of forest carbon (C) sequestration at rising atmospheric CO2 concentration, the mechanisms responsible are not well understood. To elucidate the interactive effects of elevated CO2 (eCO2) and soil N availability on forest productivity and C allocation, we hypothesized that (1) trees maximize fitness by allocating N and C to maximize their net gr...

Particle size distribution of gravelly soil plays a crucial role in debris flow initiation. For better understanding the mechanism of debris flow formation, two crucial mechanical property parameters of the gravelly soil are required to be studied meticulously: hydraulic conductivity and strength. With the aim of measuring the composition of the gravelly soil, 182 soil samples were taken from d...

The article examines the issues of possibility studying erosion and its control. study proved that development soil is based on forming impact natural anthropogenic factors. degree potential danger prevention, taking into account preservation environmental situation in foothills Upper Shirvan example Shamakhi district Republic Azerbaijan, were studied. main tasks determination amount eroded ero...

lumbar puncture (lp) is a procedure for obtaining spinal fluid from spinal meningeal spaces this can be done as a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure which can result in to a typical positional headache named as post lumbar puncture headache .this can cause a lot of discomforts for patients and makes fear from the procedure. this study designed to evaluate the effect of resting position after l...

objectives: to compare the outcomes of prone and supine lumbar traction in patients with chronic discogenic low back pain. methods: the test was prospective and randomized control trial. the structure of trial was urban physical medicine and rehabilitation clinic. participants was included of a total of 124 subjects with chronic low back pain (lbp) and evidence of a degenerative and/or herniate...

The aim of this paper is to investigate landslide prone areas in Nilgiri hills which have caused damage to people and properties and to devise preventive steps to be taken in the events of future landslides. Our study area was situated at Ooty region, Nilgiri District, Tamilnadu. In this study we use the seismic refraction survey carried out across landslides located near the villages in Allanc...

A soil gas measurement method developed earlier, [Nucl Tracks Radiat Meas, 22(1-4) (1993) 468] was applied to boreholes drilled to below foundation depth. Radon concentration and permeability were measured at 50-cm intervals. In radon prone areas, permeability showed an increase with depth over several orders of magnitude, indicating a low permeability top layer with a thickness of 0.5 m and mo...