background: radon concentration was measured in the soil and indoor of amman and al- rusaifa cities in jordan during summer season. materials and methods: the measurement was performed using time-integrated passive radon dosimeters, containing a solid state nuclear track plastic detector, commercially known as cr-39. results: radon concentration levels in the soil ranged from 2.8 ± 1.2 to 6.9 ±...

The Coastal area of Nazhvan is located at the riverside of Zayandehrūd River in the western part of Isfahan. In the gardens of this area which are mostly orchards, woodlands full of fruitless trees, owners have constructed architectural spaces and pavilions. One of the prominent architectural spaces within this territory is a mill known as “Asyāb-e Nazhvān or Hājjī”. There stands a two-floor pa...

Abstract In this study, we compare equilibrium-line altitudes (ELAs) calculated using the area–altitude balance ratio (AABR) and accumulation–area (AAR) methods, with measured ELAs derived from direct field observations. We utilise a GIS toolbox to calculate ELA for 64 extant glaciers by applying AABR AAR methods DEMs polygons of their geometry. The (c-ELAs) are then compared zero-net (znb-ELAs...

A total of 736 pigs was used in a study with a 2 x 2 x 2 factorial arrangement to investigate the effects of and interactions between sire line (Line A vs. B), floor space (unrestricted vs. restricted), and gender (barrow vs. gilt) on growth performance, BW, and protein and estimated lipid accretion curves from 40 to 120 kg of BW. Pigs were by eight Line-A and nine Line-B sires mated with PIC C...

This paper describes the development of a 3D model of the non-domestic building stock of England and Wales. The model’s purpose is to assess energy use in the stock, and study conservation options. Previous stock models have used data on floor area by activities, and have not represented building geometry. The present model by contrast combines digital maps and property taxation data to build a...

The Gulf of Suez area represents one the most famous tectonic structures in Red Sea, with a long history low-, moderate-, and high-intensity earthquakes. This paper provides geomorphic analytics fault-initiated mountain front sinuosity (Smf) stream gradients that cross various segments fault scarps. results from index valley floor width to height ratio (Vf) suggest different levels activities a...

In the early 1980s, nitrogen (N) deposition was first postulated as a cause of N saturation and spruce mortality across the northeastern US. In 1988, a series of high elevation spruce-fir forest N addition plots were established on Mt. Ascutney (southeastern) Vermont to test this hypothesis. The paired plots each received, in addition to ambient N deposition, 15.7 kg N ha-' (low N addition), 31...

Floor area density and land uses are two fundamental parameters of a city's master plan. Both affect the spatial temporal distribution cooling demand in district. This work studies how floor use impact efficiency district systems high-density cities quantifies using five cost indicators. We street layout plan downtown Singapore to generate hundreds designs by varying Rhino/Grasshopper quasi-Mon...

BACKGROUND The quality of the floor is essential to the welfare of piglets as abrasions often are recorded in newborn piglets, and such lesions may lead to lameness. Apart from animal suffering, lameness contributes to losses in form of dead piglets, decreased growth, and increased use of antibiotics and manual labour. METHODS In a herd with three different farrowing systems, 37 litters (390 ...