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Wetland suitability for waterbirds in Illinois
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2019-02-05 without embargo terms
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Suitability of salvaged timber in structural design
Increased demand for timber construction in the United States has placed a strain on the American timber reserve. At the same time, the annual demolition of thousands of buildings and wood structures results in thousands of tons of waste earmarked for incineration or landfill disposal. There exists …
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LAND SUITABILITY ANALYSIS FOR WINDFARM DEVELOPMENT IN TEXAS
… by existing wind turbine locations. The suitability index value for each existing wind turbine location was identified for each model output. The Fuzzy Overlay Three model resulted in the highest mean index value of 3.86, followed by the Weighted Overlay of 3.77, and the Weighted Sum of …
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A Geological Model for Land-Use Suitability Evaluation
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-11T18:10:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7405554.pdf: 4187468 bytes, checksum: 7b2de3c68594307b013ed48d3aefbed3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1973
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Parametric analysis of part suitability in Additive Manufacturing
… and tools to enable rapid estimation for part suitability in AM with physics-based and predictive models. A method is presented to estimate build time for parts manufactured via the Selective Laser Sintering process, utilizing specific metrics for part geometry and machine specific parameters. …
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Habitat suitability modeling for Lontra canadensis in east Tennessee
… data. The results of this study detail a habitat suitability map for river otters in east Tennessee, indicating a strong positive correlation between mixed forest land cover and otter presence. This information can be expounded on with further field testing and utilized by state officials in …
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E-learning and developmental osteology: a test of suitability
… this subject area should be assessed for its suitability for online teaching. A test module was created on the development of the "hip" bone in which 145 students and staff from the Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification were enrolled. These participants were tested on the content of the …
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Suitability of energy cropping on abandoned metal contaminated farmland.
A great deal of research is being undertaken globally on the viability of alternative energy sources given the potential effects of climate change and increases in oil prices. Energy cropping is one of many emerging technologies for producing renewable energy that is being widely researched around …
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Incorporating microclimate into habitat suitability analysis for plethodonitd salamanders
… correlative and mechanistic models for habitat suitability analysis at the microscale. This involved the development and evaluation of an approach that incorporates vegetation structure across the entire vertical profile of forests into predictions of microclimatic temperature at a highly …
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Evaluating land suitability to increase food production in Kenya
… of land and water resources. A land suitability analysis is carried out in this report to identify the arability of land of Kenya for the selected crops including maize, wheat and rice. The results of the report show that there is a huge potential for intensifying the food productions …
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The suitability of coal gasification in India's energy sector
Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC), an advanced coal-based power generation technology, may be an important technology to help India meet its future power needs. It has the potential to provide higher generating efficiency, can be adapted to efficiently burn India's high-ash coal, and …
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The Suitability of Native Warm-Season Grasses for Equine
Introduced cool-season grasses are dominant in Virginia's grasslands, but their high digestible energy and non-structural carbohydrate (NSC) levels pose a risk for horses prone to obesity and laminitis. Native warm-season grasses (NWSG) have lower digestible energy and NSC levels that may be more …
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Suitability of Casuarina equisetifolia as utility poles in Senegal
The use of <i>Casuarina equisetifolia</i> trees grown in Senegal as utility poles was investigated as follows: (1) to determine the longitudinal air permeability of the species with regard to its treatability; (2) to determine the treatability of the wood using a full-cell process; (3) to determine …
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Physical suitability of sites for community-scale tidal power generation
… impacts. This thesis examines the physical suitability of sites for community-scale tidal energy extraction, with examples taken from western Scotland and the northern parts of Ireland. An improved regional assessment of the tidal stream resource was conducted, using high resolution, 3D …
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The suitability of network processors for multi-fied packet classification
As the internet continues to grow, there is an increasing need for intelligent network elements that can adapt their behaviour to fit the needs of a particular network application. In order to do this, the network elements must be able to differentiate between trafic streams.
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The suitability of Virginia coals for underfeed stoker equipped plants
Performance of Southwest Virginia coal: The results of the 24-hour tests herein recorded indicate that nut and slack coal from Southwest Virginia can be burned economically at burning rates of from 15.36 to 27.20 pounds of dry fuel per square foot of projected grate area per hour with an average …
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Suitability of Quantized DEVS-LIM Methods for Simulation of Power Systems
… burden, asynchronous variable updates, and suitability for high-stiff nonlinear systems, it still faced unresolved issues. One significant drawback pointed out by the QDL method’s creator but left unresolved was the presence of steady-state oscillations, which clearly diminished its …
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Suitability of commercial certification assessments for film and video editing courses
<p>A study on the microstructure development of as-cast Cu-Mn alloys based around the congruent minimum at 34.6 wt % Mn and 873 °C was performed. Initially, this was to evaluate the alloy as an alternative to wide freezing range Pb and Sn bronzes that are plagued with porosity. The shallow minimum …
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Off road vehicle soil suitability analysis within the Kisatchie National Forest
… project was initiated in 2001 to assess the suitability of KNF soils for ORV traffic using Geographical Information System (GIS) software. The objectives were achieved by utilizing soil properties, rainfall events, soil trafficability ratings, Keetch-Byram Drought Index (KBDI), and …
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