The lognormal, Gumbel, smemax, log-Boughton, loglogistic, Pearson-3 and log-Pearson-3 distributions are applied to the annual flood peaks series longer than 21 observations of 112 unregulated natural streams in 23 major basins in Turkey. The parameters of most of those distributions are estimated by the methods of: (a) moments; (b) maximum likelihood; and (c) probability weighted moments. A det...

ICES indicates how the management of the Crangon crangon fishery might be considered. Due to the short life span of C. crangon an annual stock assessment and annual TACs are not suitable. Appropriate management would be needed to effectively limit the fishing effort, as reaching the maximum sustainable yield does not seem possible unless effort is reduced from the current level. A harvest contr...

The spatial and temporal structures of extreme rainfall trends in South Korea are investigated in the current study. The trends in the annual maximum rainfall series are detected and their spatial distribution is analyzed. The scaling exponent is employed as an index representing the temporal structure. The temporal structure of the annual maximum series is calculated and spatially analyzed. Su...

This section of the study describes the modelling assumptions used, and the outputs from the highest level of harvesting modelled which is termed the high level of harvest. This scenario was developed specifically in response to the FSD requirement to assess the consequences of a level of harvest that approximated the estimated maximum annual volume of timber production. This level was intended...

Energy consumption in the residential sector is a complex socio-technical problem that can be explained using acombination of physical, demographic and behavioural characteristics of a house and its occupants. In this paper, byusing the energy consumption data for the residential sector of Shiraz in Iran, the effect of built area (BA) andoccupant number (Occ) on annual energy consumption (Ec) w...

OBJECTIVE To assess levels of radiation exposure from diagnostic imaging among family practice patients, the degree to which these levels exceed recommended levels, and whether radiation exposure level is associated with a diagnosis of cancer. DESIGN Chart abstraction. SETTING Six practices in an academic family medicine centre and 1 family practice in the community. PARTICIPANTS Two hund...