The grading entropy concept can be adapted to the field of geotechnics, to establish criteria for phenomena such as particle packing, particle migration and filtering, through a quantified expression of the order/disorder in the grain size distribution, in terms of two entropy-based parameters. In this paper, the grading entropy theory is applied in some geotechnical case studies, which serve a...

In the western United States, sugar beet processing for sugar recovery generates a lime-based waste product (∼250,000 Mg yr) that has little liming value in the region's calcareous soils. This area has recently experienced an increase in dairy production, with dairies using copper (Cu)-based hoof baths to prevent hoof diseases. A concern exists regarding soil Cu accumulation because spent hoof ...

Page Introduction 1 Alteration of the environment 2 Keduced sunlight 3 Shading with tall-growing plants 4 Shading with muslin tents 6 Shading with low and densely growing plants 7 Spraying and dusting 9 Soil management 10 Irrigation and fertilization 11 Page Soil management—Continued. Soil dryness and preirrigation 13 Green manuring _ 13 Green manure with lime and fertilizers.. 14 Time of plant...

Sincere thanks go to the Development Fund of the Swedish Construction Industry (SBUF) and to the Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket), whose financial support made this work possible. I would also like to thank my supervisor, Stefan Larsson, who has supported this work with his knowledge and never-ending enthusiasm. Further acknowledgments are directed to my colleagues at the Divisio...

Here, we present the whole-genome sequence of an environmental Gram-negative Alishewanella aestuarii strain (HH-ZS), isolated from the hyperalkaline contaminated soil of a historical lime kiln in Buxton, United Kingdom.

when geotechnical engineers are faced with cohesive clayey soils, the engineering properties of those soils may need to be improved to make them suitable for construction. the aim of this paper is to study the effect of using lime, natural pozzolana or a combination of both on the geotechnical characteristics of two cohesive soils. lime or natural pozzolana were added to these soils at ranges o...

of a Master's Thesis in Human Biology at the University of Indianapolis filed June 2000 Dr. Stephen P. Nawrocki, Chair Dr. Christopher W. Schmidt, Reader Of the many factors that affect buried remains, one that is particularly pertinent to forensic studies is the inclusion of lime in a burial. It would seem that assailants believe that lime accelerates the decomposition of soft tissues in burie...

BACKGROUND Maintaining soil productivity is essential if agriculture production systems are to be sustainable. However, there is a paucity of tools for measurement for the purpose of understanding changes in soil productivity. Fuzzy logic-based analysis offers this possibility. It is a new method on the evaluation of soil productivity in Turkey and even in the world. RESULTS Values for pH, sa...