Introduction: Potential martian spring deposits are of considerable interest [1, 2] as indicators of water and the nature of the subsurface environment and as possible sites for preserved evidence of microbial communities. They are therefore attractive targets for exploration with Rovers, sample return missions [3], and eventually crewed exploration. The Dalhousie Springs Complex (DSC) in centr...

BACKGROUND Decreased bone mineral density and osteoporosis in postmenopausal women represents a growing source of physical limitations and financial concerns in our aging population. While appropriate medical treatments such as bisphosphonate drugs and hormone replacement therapy exist, they are associated with serious side effects such as osteonecrosis of the jaw or increased cardiovascular ri...

Abstract Artesian aquifers offer interesting opportunities for water supply by providing a low-vulnerability groundwater resource that is easily abstracted without any installation of pumps or power costs. However, hydraulic tests are challenging to perform, notably where the piezometric head above ground level with free-flowing wells not equipped valves and open years. This paper describes low...

A new method is proposed to remove accurately one signal’s influence from another. In particular, tidal influence on discharge from a natural artesian spring in the Woodville Karst Plain is quantified and is separated from that portion of the discharge due to other factors such as rainfall. Statistical correlation between the signals is used as a thresholding parameter in this new wavelet metho...

[1] Experimental observations comparing two steep unchanneled valleys in the Oregon Coast Range, one intensively instrumented (CB1) and the other monitored for runoff but which produced a debris flow (CB2), shed light on the mechanisms of shallow flow in bedrock, its interaction with the vadose zone, and its role in generating landslides. Previous work at CB1 led to the proposal that during sto...

Carotenoids are some of the commonest pigments found in nature. They are produced only by plants, both autotrophic and heterotrophic, whereas animals obtain them through the food they eat. These pigments may, however, in the latter undergo further conversion as a result, for example, of oxidation. Various functions have been ascribed to carotenoids ranging from their participation in the photos...