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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"WFD"”.
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RETHINKING RARITY: ASSESSING CLINICAL REPORTS OF WORD FINAL DISFLUENCY (WFD)
… highlights that word-final disfluency (WFD), a type of atypical dysfluencyinvolving final sound/syllable repetition, is distinct from developmental stuttering. However, current research is limited primarily to case studies, restricting the generalizability of those findings. The purpose …
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The use of gestures in the conversations of people with aphasia
… production, and word-finding difficulties (WFD). Results: The two groups of participants produced a similar number of gestures (t (37) = -1.060, p = .296). Gesture type was not examined statistically but showed some marginal differences between groups. Unfamiliar conversation partners …
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Modelling water and sediment chemistry in urban canals using chironomid pupal exuviae
… boundaries between Water Framework Directive (WFD) classes and develop a method to calculate ecological quality ratios that will support the objectives of the WFD. Calibrated chironomid-based inference models were constructed and these were used successfully to predict water and sediment …
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Environmental impact of mine drainage and its treatment on aquatic communities
… set by the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD). Streams impacted by coal and metal mine drainage present a clear ecological impact in response to water and sediment related variables, demonstrating that both sediment and water are key aspects in mine drainage pollution of freshwater …
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The Federal Workforce Development Program: An Analysis of Probationers and Characteristics Associated with and Predictive of Successful Reentry
… in the Federal Workforce Development Program (WFD) and a sample of probationers who were not enrolled in WFD. Chi-square and logistic regression tests were conducted to examine variables that may be associated with or predictive of successful reentry. The variables explored in this study …
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The water framework directive, paradigm shift or unrealized promises? A critical evaluation of its implementation from a boundary, economic and socio-political perspective
… better known as the Water Framework Directive (WFD), resulted from efforts to create a coherent approach to water policy at the European scale. It requires surface waters (rivers, lakes, wetlands and transitional and coastal waters) to attain good ecological and chemical status and establishes …
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Analisi degli aspetti di qualità nella gestione dei sistemi di drenaggio urbano attraverso modellazione numerica e indagini di campo
… towards a stream standard point of view. The WFD (EU/69/2000) sets new goals for receiving water quality, and groundwater as well, through an integrated immission/emissions phylosophy, in which emission limits are associated with effluent standards, based on the receiving water characteristics …
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Development and Validation of a New Naming Task: The Southwestern Item Fluency Test (SWIFT)
… component of word-finding difficulties (WFD). The aim of the current study was to develop and validate a brief, psychometrically sound naming task that is sensitive to WFD. One-hundred items were selected from the Bank of Standardized Stimuli (BOSS) (Brodeur et al., 2014), an open-source …
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A water quality model for shallow river-lake systems and its application in river basin management
… of the European Water Framework Directive (WFD) as well as in the context of climate change research. The developed simulation tool consists of a transport and a reaction module with the latter being highly flexible with respect to the description of turnover processes in the aquatic …
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Multimetric assessment of freshwater macroinvertebrate communities in Flanders, Belgium
… of the European Water Framework Directive (WFD; EU, 2000) is to attain a good status for all surface waters in the European Union by the end of 2015. To this end, the ecological status of natural surface waters should be assessed, based on a number of biological quality elements which depend …
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The efficacy of a newly developed method of controlled calcium carbonate introductions for anthropogenic acidification mitigation in a naturally acidic riverine environment
… the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) (WFD) for pH (Upper West Dart, Cycle 2 classifications 2013-2019 = Moderate, physico-chemical quality elements 2013-2019 pH = Moderate). The aim of this study was to develop and test a method of controlled calcium carbonate (CaCO3) introductions, in …
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Ein regelbasiertes Entscheidungsunterstützungssystem für Maßnahmen zur Gewässerstrukturverbesserung
… of the European Water Framework Directive (WFD) identified intense morphological deficits of the German watercourses. The WFD asks for a good ecological status of all surface waters. Fair morphological structures are a precondition for the good ecological status. Research studies show a more …
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Assessing the influence of low head weirs and low head ‘on weir’ hydropower on the phytobenthic biofilm
… quality, mainly the Water Framework Directive (WFD), there is an urgent need to improve current understandings. Fundamentally low head ‘on weir’ hydropower is a human activity that could potentially alter the aquatic environment, change natural biotic communities and cause failure to comply with …
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Outcomes of river rehabilitation on instream hydraulics and fish communities
… emergence of the EC Water Framework Directive (WFD) and EC Habitats Directive (HD), there has been an increase in river rehabilitation schemes to ameliorate anthropogenic pressures of rivers and augment ecological status to meet specific obligations. However, despite the extensive implementation …
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Use of bgaH as a reporter gene for studying translation initiation in the archaeon Haloferax volcanii
… suppress the UAG codon in archaea. H. volcanii WFD 11 used as the host does not have any endogenous 3-galactosidase.
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Monitoring and assessment of macroinvertebrate communities in support of river management in northern Vietnam
… policy plans. A decision support system, the WFD-Explorer was combined with classification trees to link human activities with the ecological river conditions and analyse the relevance of several restoration options.
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Identifying limitations of monitoring the success of river rehabilitation schemes for freshwater fish
… that underpins the Water Framework Directive (WFD) by means of addressing river degradation by re-introducing habitat heterogeneity to impacted river systems. Many past and recent papers have highlighted a lack of information on the success of rehabilitation projects leading to a paucity of …
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The effects of bog restoration in formerly afforested peatlands on water quality and aquatic carbon fluxes
… in rivers or pass rates for drinking water or WFD standards. We also found no significant effects on aquatic carbon exports. However, as more restoration is carried out within the catchments and the proportion felled increases, greater impacts on streams and rivers may be observed. From our …
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The Implications of Wicked Problems for the Legitimacy of European Environmental Policy Development. The case of Environmental Risks from the Pharmaceutical Endocrine Disrupter, 17α-Ethinyl Oestradiol under the European Water Framework Directive
… conducted under the Water Framework Directive (WFD) between 2006 and 2012, the European Commission recommended the imposition of an environmental quality standard for EE2. In 2013, this recommendation was rejected by politicians. The outcome was both contested and commended. The UK Government …
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Evaluación del riesgo ambiental de sedimentos marinos afectados por la contaminación de productos farmacéuticos
… fecha, la Directiva Europea del Marco del Agua (WFD) incluye estas sustancias emergentes como contaminantes de interés. Esta directiva prescribe que una evaluación de riesgos debe ser parte del procedimiento de aprobación de nuevas sustancias. Sin embargo, esta legislación recomienda una batería …
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