The magnitude and extent of soil erosion in the Pacific Northwest region of the US still makes chilling reading. In a conventional farming approach in land mostly planted to winter wheat, there can be a loss of 12 bushels of topsoil, mostly from water erosion, for each bushel of wheat produced, with on-site losses of up to 1/8 in. of this highly fertile topsoil. Off-site outcomes were equally d...

OBJECTIVE To compare the ability of the simple erosion narrowing score (SENS) to classify radiographic progression relative to the Sharp/van der Heijde score (SHS) in a prospective cohort of anti-TNF-treated RA patients. METHODS Radiographs of the hands, wrists and feet of patients enrolled in a pharmacovigilance programme are performed every 2 years. These radiographs were read in chronologi...

The Three Gorges Reservoir Area is one of the most severe soil erosion in China. Serious erosion has degraded the soil productivity, deteriorated the ecological environment, and influenced the service life of Three Gorges Reservoir. The natural and social-economic factors which influence the soil erosion in Three Gorges Reservoir Area include topography, geological situation, vegetation, rainfa...

The south-west coast of the Isle of Wight (see Figure 4.1 for general location) is geomorphologically rich in features of interest. It contains examples of most of the cliff types undergoing active erosion described from other GCR sites. The site demonstrates well how coastal processes have produced different cliff forms related not only to variations of lithology and geological structure, but ...

This paper presents results of a coastal decision making system that utilizes the following tools: Internet, wireless technology, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The developed system consists of an on-site mobile spatial subsystem, a coastal structure permitting subsystem, and a web-based shoreline erosion awareness subsystem. The system is being tested and developed for applications ...