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MODELING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL WETTING PATTERNS UNDER SUBSURFACE DRIP IRRIGATION

open access: yesMağallaẗ Al-kūfaẗ Al-handasiyyaẗ
The drip irrigation method is one of the highly efficient methods to provide irrigation water in arid and semi-arid areas, and subsurface drip irrigation is the best in terms of reducing evaporation from the soil surface. The study aimed to follow up the
Mohammad Tariq Mahmood   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Water Infrastructures Facing Sustainable Development Challenges: Integrated Evaluation of Impacts of Dams on Regional Development in Morocco [PDF]

open access: yes
During the past century, large hydraulic infrastructures have been considered as the most effective tools for increasing water supply and rationalise water management.
Anna Brusarosco, Paola Minoia
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The Future of Dams Project: Governance Statement [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This governance statement sets out shared principles to guide our work and our relationships with each other on the New England Sustainability Consortium’s Future of Dams project.
NEST - New England Sustainability Consortium
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Sustaining the teaching profession: Innovating the ‘golden thread’ in university‐led teacher education

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines the implications of England's ‘golden thread’ policy framework for teacher education, which describes a state‐mandated, linear model of professional learning from initial teacher training and education through to continuing professional development.
Amanda Nuttall   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Jamming-Resistant Learning in Wireless Networks

open access: yes, 2013
We consider capacity maximization in wireless networks under adversarial interference conditions. There are n links, each consisting of a sender and a receiver, which repeatedly try to perform a successful transmission.
Dams, Johannes   +2 more
core   +1 more source

A review of the historic and present ecological role of aquatic and shoreline wood, from forest to deep sea

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The ecology of forests, their losses, and terrestrial wood decomposition dynamics have been intensively studied and reviewed. In the aquatic realm, reviews have concentrated on large wood (LW) in rivers and the transition from freshwater to marine environments in the Pacific Northwest of North America. However, a comprehensive global synthesis
Jon Dickson   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Flow Characteristics in Vertical Shaft Spillway with Varied Inlet Shapes and Submergence States

open access: yesTikrit Journal of Engineering Sciences
A spillway is an essential hydraulic structure that discharges excessive water, especially during floods from upstream to downstream of the dam. A shaft spillway is sometimes used when a limited area is available. This study used four physical models of
Intisar A. Hady, Ahmed Y. Mohammed
doaj   +1 more source

Disaggregation of Annual to Monthly Streamflow: A Case Study of Kızılırmak Basin (Turkey)

open access: yesAdvances in Meteorology, 2017
This study utilizes a recent nonparametric disaggregation K-nearest neighbor (KNN) model, to resample monthly flows depending on annual flows at different sites.
Shatha H. D. Al-Zakar   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Role of Hydropower in Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: A Review

open access: yesEngineering, 2016
Hydropower is a clean, renewable, and environmentally friendly source of energy. It produces 3930 (TW.h).a−1, and yields 16% of the world’s generated electricity and about 78% of renewable electricity generation (in 2015).
Luis Berga
doaj   +1 more source

The spread of non‐native species

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The global redistribution of species through human agency is one of the defining ecological signatures of the Anthropocene, with biological invasions reshaping biodiversity patterns, ecosystem processes and services, and species interactions globally.
Phillip J. Haubrock   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

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