Disaster-vulnerability reduction is an impure public good: when provided to one it is provided to others, but not equally provided to all. This means that in addition to the question of how much disaster-vulnerability reduction to provide, policymakers face the question of to whom it should be provided. This essay distinguishes between two broad classes of approaches to the latter question, one...

The carbonate phase of impure sideritic concretions from a sequence of argillaceous sediments from the Westphalian of Yorkshire has been analysed using an acid-dissolution technique and corrections allowing for the decomposition of non-carbonate minerals applied to obtain accurate compositional formulae. The siderites show considerable compositional variation, some containing Ca in excess of an...

We overview recent results on intrinsic frictional properties of adsorbed monolayers, composed of mobile hard-core particles undergoing continuous exchanges with a vapor phase. In terms of a dynamical master equation approach we determine the velocity of a biased impure molecule-the tracer particle (TP), constrained to move inside the adsorbed monolayer probing its frictional properties, define...

Prior to 1938 no form of oral hormonal contraception was possible as none of the then availablehormones were active when given orally. The era of oral contraception commenced withthe reports of Pincus et al (3). The contraceptive pills used today contain a synthetic oestrogenand a synthetic progestational agent. Oestrone and oestradiol were available prior to 1938as esters but these were active...

filter is one of the main components of embankment dams. by a simple but effective performance, filter protects the dam against erosion and soil scouring in impervious core caused by leakage (piping) and makes it safe. interaction between filter and erodible base soil is a complex phenomenon which is dependent upon several factors, and has challenged researchers for better understanding the fil...

Crystallization experiments performed with highly supercooled solutions produced pure (>99 wt %) and crystalline mesocrystals of curcumin from impure (∼22% two structurally similar impurities) in one step. These exhibited a crystallographic hierarchy were composed perfectly or imperfectly aligned nanometer-thick crystallites. X-ray diffraction spectroscopic analysis confirmed that the spherulit...

the error of inertial navigation systems increase versus time, therefore for achieving higher accuracy specially in long time navigations we have to use an aiding system. global positioning system is the best aiding system in this case. in this paper we first simulate a gps and ins; then simulate tightly integration and finally review adaptation method of kalman filtering a fuzzy adaptive kalma...