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Showing 1 to 20 of 54 for “"environmental research"”.
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An environmental research laboratory for Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge
… areas. This project involves the design of an Environmental Research Laboratory on Back Bay, in the Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge. The problems and possibilities associated with building on the barrier islands have been analyzed. and design solutions applicable to this and other sites have …
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Coupling data science and numerical simulations to empower atmospheric and environmental research
… Earth system are now common in atmospheric and environmental research. However, state-of-the-art Earth System Models are subject to limitations because of the multiscale nature of the Earth system, where processes on scales smaller than the computational grid resolution remain unresolved and can …
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Analysis of Aerosol Optical Depth for South Korea
… the United States and the National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea have led field studies to investigate the air pollution of the country to find a way to mitigate air pollution levels. This research analyzes aerosol optical depth (AOD), a measurement of aerosols present …
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IL-10 Deficiency as a Factor in Airway Cellular Responses to Inhaled Sulfur Dioxide
… asthmatic condition have become a major focus in environmental research. Asthmatics are known to have: 1) exaggerated bronchospasmic responses in response to SO2, 2) enhanced airway hyperresponsiveness to reactive oxygen species, and 3) deficient airway IL-10 production. This combination of …
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Co-producing Environmental Knowledge with Community Stakeholders
… problems requires the co-production of environmental knowledge. Co-production focuses on the socio-ecological contexts and knowledge forms of diverse actors in iterative dialogue to collectively generate new knowledge and practices relevant to societal challenges and decision-making. …
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Fossil Capitalist Realism: Petrofiction, Climate Change and the Endless Twentieth Century
… does the realism of lowered expectations for our environmental politics relate to the realism of literary representation, which has largely ceded the task of depicting environmental crisis to non-realist genres like science fiction and apocalypse? What exactly is the “reality” named by these …
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Global Digital Elevation Model Accuracy Assessment in the Himalaya, Nepal
… (GIS) and compared to DEMs created by NASA researchers using two data sources: the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (STRM) and Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER). Slope and aspect were generated within a GIS and compared to the GCP ground reference data to …
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Designing for privacy in the learning environment
… the literature provides a look at behavioral and environmental research on privacy, as well as background information on educational and school design issues. An investigation of a handful of schools in the Boston area gives a description of how the class spaces are used, and uncovers shortcomings …
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Geospatial data obfuscation methods applied to agricultural data
… a controversial subject within the field of agri-environmental research. Agricultural transformation and digital farming are widely used in the agriculture industry. This enhances sustainable agriculture and subsequently sustainable development and food security. At the same time, such …
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The performance evaluation of different logical topologies and their respective protocols for wireless sensor networks
… applications in distinctive regions, including environmental research, medical application, military, transportation, stimulation, emergency administration, security, and smart spaces. However, several constraints of the sensor nodes are the principal obstacles in planning efficient protocols …
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Effect of Various Saturation Levels, Leaching Solution pH, and Leaching Cycle on Electrical Conductivity from Coal Mine Spoil Leachate
Historically, environmental research associated with Appalachian coal surface mines focused on acid mine drainage and reclamation. Recent studies suggest that electrical conductivity (EC) levels above 500 ?S cm-1 can impair Appalachian streams, shifting the focus towards limiting release of total …
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Civilian applications and policy implications of commercial unmanned aerial vehicles
… in such diverse areas as scientific and environmental research, cross-seas shipping, communications relays, emergency management, border monitoring, agriculture, and aerial photography. Small-scale tactical UAVs in particular have an enormous potential to fulfill a number of roles within …
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Comparison of the biodegradation of pharmaceuticals and biocides in water and soil systems
… of chemicals is a key parameter for their environmental risk assessment. The majority of chemicals have been tested for ready biodegradability in aqueous systems (e.g. OECD 301/310 test) for regulatory purposes, whereas only few data exist for other environmental systems such as soil. This …
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Chemical Detection and Sensing Using Optical Interferometry
… of gases and liquids, is a large field in environmental research and industry. It requires sensitive, rapid, and inexpensive chemical sensors. Many industrial materials such as coatings and adhesives readily absorb chemical analytes, which may result in changes of their chemical, …
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Potential environmental factors associated with the newly emerging bat white-nose syndrome in the northeastern United States: an exploratory modeling approach and case-control study
… during 2006 prompted an immediate need for research surrounding possible causation factors influencing its spread. Due to the mysterious nature of fungal pathogens, it has been very difficult to determine how the WNS-related Geomyces destructans fungus is causing bat mortality. Several …
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Learning from Early Commercial Tidal Energy Projects in the Puget Sound, Washington and the Pentland Firth, Scotland
… With a focus on stakeholder learning, the research draws upon scholarly literature on innovation systems and technical innovations systems. This qualitative study uses in-depth, semi-structured, elite interviews of key informants as the primary method of data collection. The study analyzed …
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Kinetic Modeling of a Transport Coal Gasifier
<p>The Energy and Environmental Research Center (EERC) in Grand Fork:, Morth Dakota is administering the research on the Transport Reactor Development Unit (TRDU) optimization project. This endeavor is sponsored by the Department of Energy, and it has an ultimate goal to justify the transition to a …
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Sustainability politics: The consequences of rebounds Vol. 1
… economy a society must be able to hold negative environmental impacts, whether defined as resource depletion or as pollution, to desired maxima. That is, it must control throughput defined as resource inputs plus low-value outputs. This can be done directly through capping input substances or …
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Sonic Apartheid: ecoracism, apartheid geographics and noise pollution in Cape Town's Blikkiesdorp
… the Blikkiesdorp community to be included in the Environmental Impact Assessment that was being instrumentalized to further displace them, this work examines the community's struggle against conditions of abandonment through complicating the division of humans and the environment. This project …
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The intention to purchase a night's stay in a hotel: an empirical test of the Hines' model of responsible environmental behavior
… to move forward the body of knowledge concerning environmental research as it pertains to the hospitality industry. The endeavor was undertaken with the belief that concern and awareness about the environment is not a passing fad but a fundamental shift in society. In order for any business to …
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