This manuscript presents an overview of the current experimental situation regarding nucleon decay and the measured flux of atmospheric neutrinos. Previous and on-going experiments are reviewed, the data are presented, and new outstanding questions are posed. The SuperKamiokande project is described and its expected sensitivity for improving measurements of the nucleon lifetime and the atmosphe...

Applications of Lagrangian dispersion modeling to the analysis of changes in the specific absorption of elemental carbon J. C. Doran, J. D. Fast, J. C. Barnard, A. Laskin, Y. Desyaterik, M. K. Gilles, and R. J. Hopkins Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, P.O. Box 999, Richland, Washington, USA Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA Received: 25 September 2007 – Accepted: 10...

The successful launch of the Landsat 8 satellite with two thermal infrared bands on February 11, 2013, for continuous Earth observation provided another opportunity for remote sensing of land surface temperature (LST). However, calibration notices issued by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) indicated that data from the Landsat 8 Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) Band 11 have large uncerta...

As part of a study using lake sediments to determine the extent and causes of human impacts to lakes along an east–west transect following the Yangtse River, sediment cores were taken from Taihu in eastern China. Previous studies have focussed on the impacts of direct inputs of pollutants from municipal and industrial wastewater but little work has been undertaken on trends in atmospheric depos...

This paper analyzes the effect of systems to manage environmental aspects on environmental performance at individual polluting facilities. Regulated polluting facilities are increasingly embracing pollution minimization strategies that involve the adoption of broadly defined systems to manage environmental aspects. Despite a meaningful empirical literature, whether or not these systems lead to ...

In this paper, we investigate two different models for transitions of neutrinos and how they are related to each other. The two models are: neutrino oscillations and neutrino decoherence. Neutrino oscillation models have been the standard description for neutrino transitions so far and still are. Neutrino decoherence models, on the other hand, have recently been discussed by several authors [1–...

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today's organizations change their pay structure and pay for performance role increased in pay package. performance pay in every organizational level has been appear. many researches show that in high performance organizations, variable pay has critical role. another variable that is very important in designing compensation strategy is pay dispersion. with using hierarchical linear modelin...

Abstract Roadway sanding is a common practice in cold regions because sand increases the roadway friction when mixing with snow. However, after snow melt, sand imposes potential hazards to the traffic. Recovery of sand from highways has become an increasing concern not only for the reason of traffic safety, but also for being nonpoint pollution sources to nearby wetlands and streams. In this st...