The purpose of this study was to evaluate the large-scale structure, and hence available reserves, of the Lower Cretaceous Luscar Formation near Mountain Park, in the Foothills of Alberta. Coal resource evaluation clearly requires information on the mineable tonnages, as well as the grade, of the coal strata. In open pit mining, the volume of coal economically extracted from a seam is directly ...

As patients continue to turn to online resources for health care information to guide their care decisions, it is becoming increasingly important for radiologists to engage with patients online via social media platforms. There are many ways physicians can use social media to provide patients with valuable information and improve the overall patient experience. By optimizing online discoverabil...

Planarian flatworms are in the midst of a renaissance as a model system for regeneration and stem cells. Besides two well-studied model species, hundreds of species exist worldwide that present a fascinating diversity of regenerative abilities, tissue turnover rates, reproductive strategies and other life history traits. PlanMine (http://planmine.mpi-cbg.de/) aims to accomplish two primary miss...

Economic evaluations of mining projects incorporate the examinination and assessment of the technical, financial, social and political aspects of the environment in which the mineral deposit is situated. This paper outlines some technical inputs that form the basis for financial evaluation. These include estimates of mineable ore, pro­ duction rates, performance of production systems, capital a...

This paper focuses on the sequencing and scheduling problem of open pit mining, with the allocation of loading equipment considering a medium-term horizon. This study considers the existence of a heterogeneous loading equipment fleet and two types of mineable material, namely ore or waste rock. For the mining of ore, the following requirements are taken under consideration: the mixture quality,...

Standardized chemical structure annotation of public toxicity databases and information resources is playing an increasingly important role in the 'flattening' and integration of diverse sets of biological activity data on the Internet. This review discusses public initiatives that are accelerating the pace of this transformation, with particular reference to toxicology-related chemical informa...