this study was carried out for the purpose of investigating the issue of tailings dams as a potential source of contamination by trace elements in soils at the sidi bou othmane mine in the marrakech region, morocco. soil samples taken from depths of up to 15 cm and within a radius of 50 m from the tailings dams, were analyzed for cd, cu, pb and zn using atomic absorption spectrometry. average c...

there are few iranian early islamic cities like dinevar that attract the attention of classic historians and geographers. its remains are in a vast and prolific plain northwest of sahneh, kermanshah province, and since it was located on the mesopotamian routs it has gotten a unique status. based on the authors’ filed surveys, the dinevar most ancient evidences are related to seleucids (224-651....

This article builds upon work which aims to ‘de-exceptionalise’ displacement [Cabot and Ramsey, 2021. Deexceptionalizing Displacement: An Introduction. Humanity: International Journal of Human Rights, Humanitarianism, Development, 12(3):286–299] by describing two hitherto unresearched examples ‘unexceptional’ displacement. Both involve abandonment going missing, both throw light on the ways in ...

We address the problem of abandoned object classification in video surveillance. Our aim is to determine (i) which feature extraction technique proves more useful for accurate object classification in a video surveillance context (scale invariant image transform (SIFT) keypoints vs. geometric primitive features), and (ii) how the resulting features affect classification accuracy and false posit...

BACKGROUND Glycine 1.5% has long maintained a dominating role as an irrigating solution for monopolar transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP), as well as for certain other transurethral procedures. MATERIALS AND METHODS This review summarizes the findings of systematic experimental and clinical studies in which glycine 1.5% for irrigation was infused/absorbed and the outcome compared t...