The rainfall and runoff relationship becomes an intriguing issue as urbanization continues to evolve worldwide. In this paper, we developed a simulation model based on the soil conservation service curve number (SCS-CN) method to analyze the rainfall-runoff relationship in Guangzhou, a rapid growing metropolitan area in southern China. The SCS-CN method was initially developed by the Natural Re...

We present Strömgren CCD photometry for the two galactic globular clusters M55 (NGC 6809) and M22 (NGC 6656). We find average Strömgren metallicities of −1.71±0.04 dex for M55 and −1.62 ± 0.08 dex for M22. The determination of metal abundances in cluster giants with the Strömgren m1 index in comparison with spectroscopic data from Briley et al. (1993) and Norris & Freeman (1982, 1983) shows tha...

We propose a concrete procedure of a Σ-protocol proving knowledge that a set of witnesses satisfies a monotone predicate in the witness-indistinguishable manner. Inspired by the high-level work proposed by Cramer, Damg̊ard and Schoenmakers at CRYPTO ’94, we provide a concrete procedure by extending the so-called OR-proof.

Full: HTML / PDF (283K) Select Citation A New LC/MS/MS Rapid and Sensitive Method for the Determination of Green Tea Catechins and their Metabolites in Biological Samples Maria de Lourdes Mata-Bilbao, Cristina Andrés-Lacueva, Elena Roura, Olga Jáuregui, Celina Torre, and Rosa Maria Lamuela-Raventós pp 8857 8863; (Article) DOI: 10.1021/jf0713962 Abstract Full: HTML / PDF (138K) Select Citation A...

BACKGROUND Emotional states are often thought to drive excessive alcohol intake and influence the development of alcohol use disorders. To gain insight into affective properties associated with excessive alcohol intake, we utilized ultrasonic vocalization (USV) detection and analyses to characterize the emotional phenotype of selectively bred alcohol-preferring (P) rats; an established animal m...

Background: Emotional states are often thought to drive excessive alcohol intake and influence the development of alcohol use disorders (AUDs). To gain insight into affective properties associated with excessive alcohol intake, we utilized ultrasonic vocalization (USV) detection and analyses to characterize the emotional phenotype of selectively bred alcoholpreferring “P rats”; an established a...

AIMS This study evaluated the effect of anaerobic digestion at 22, 38 and 55°C on odour, coliforms and chlortetracycline (CTC) in swine manure or monensin (MON) in cattle manure. METHODS AND RESULTS Swine or cattle were fed the respective growth promotant, manure was collected, and 2-l laboratory methane digesters were established at the various temperatures and sampled over 25 or 28 days. Af...