the paper is concerned with the hydrogeological appraisal of the proposed mining operations in thethar lignite field in sindh, pakistan. the thar coalfield covers an area of approximately 9000km2 andcontains three lignite seams lying at depth of 130m to 250 m. in the thar lignite field, the presence ofthree main aquifers induces pore pressure in the rock mass surrounding the lignite seams and m...

Recently heard at a tutorial in our field: “It cost me less than one hundred bucks to annotate this using Amazon Mechanical Turk!” Assertions like this are increasingly common, but we believe they should not be stated so proudly; they ignore the ethical consequences of using MTurk (Amazon Mechanical Turk) as a source of labor. Manually annotating corpora or manually developing any other linguis...

Timothy J. Orr1, Brendan D. Macdonald, Stephen R. Iverson, & William R. Hammond HHS/CDC/NIOSH, Office of Mine Safety and Health Research, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Mechanical Engineer, 412.386.4403, [email protected]. HHS/CDC/NIOSH, Office of Mine Safety and Health Research, Spokane, WA, USA, Mining Engineer, 509.354.8089, [email protected]. HHS/CDC/NIOSH, Office of Mine Safety and Health Research, ...

This research used both ERS and JERS-1 images to investigate the feasibility of differential radar interferometry (DInSAR) for mine subsidence monitoring in the state of New South Wales, Australia. DInSAR results are analysed and validated with the aid of Geographic Information System (GIS) tools. The drawbacks of using interferometric measurements for mine subsidence monitoring are discussed. ...

Voorhees, M.E., 1986. Infiltration rate of bentonite mine spoil as affected by amendments of gypsum, sawdust and inorganic fertilizer. Reclam. Reveg. Res., 5: 483-490.

The investigation of repeat and near-repeat (RNR) patterns of sub-categories of burglary crimes is of great importance to law enforcement since a distinct intervention strategy may be suitable in the application to a different sub-category. In this study, the Knox test is used to investigate the RNR patterns within the data set of three different subcategories of burglary crime in relation to t...

was provided by Sheri Meland, Shauna Morimoto, and Sara Wakefield (University of Wisconsin) and Christine Schwartz (UCLA). Administrative data used were constructed under the supervision of Patricia Brown, CSDE Data Manager; survey data are from the Survey of Wisconsin Works Families, Margaret Krecker, Survey Manager. Steven Cook provided expert help with administrative data on child support pa...

“The country being wholly his, the king farms out his land not for money but for service, and the people enjoy portions of land from the king and instead of rent they have their several appointments, some are to serve the king in his wars, some in their trades, some serve him for labourers and others are as farmers to furnish his house with the fruits of the ground; and so all things are done w...

Today’s consumers value the knowledge and opinions of others (Lawer and Knox 2006); indeed it is argued that word-of-mouth is replacing traditional mass media in influencing consumer attitudes and brand choice (Urban 2004). Research has suggested that word-ofmouth (WOM) plays an important role in shaping attitudes and behaviours of consumers (Herr et al. 1991). Day (1971) found that WOM was nin...