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Individual aerosol particles from biomass burning in southern Africa: 2. Compositions and aging of inorganic particles [PDF]

, 2003
Individual aerosol particles collected over southern Africa during the SAFARI 2000 field study were studied using transmission electron microscopy and field- emission scanning electron microscopy.
Buseck, Peter R., Hobbs, Peter V., Li, Jia, Pósfai, Mihály   +3 more
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Optimizing biomass use for carbon storage and land use with the OptiBiU model

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, EarlyView.
Abstract Optimal biomass use in a circular bioeconomy requires a system perspective to guide decision‐making. The Optimizing Biomass Use (OptiBiU) model was developed for this purpose. The model distinguishes among primary biomass production, intermediate products, and biobased products, and incorporates recycling.
Pim M. Post, Heleen Ballemans, Argyris Kanellopoulos, Iris Vural Gürsel, Berien Elbersen, Steven Hoek, Remco Kranendonk, Wolter Elbersen, Sjaak Conijn   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

ECONOMICALLY OPTIMAL WILDFIRE INTERVENTION REGIMES [PDF]

Wildfires in the United States result in total damages and costs that are likely to exceed billions of dollars annually. Land managers and policy makers propose higher rates of prescribed burning and other kinds of vegetation management to reduce amounts
Abt, Karen L., Butry, David T., Holmes, Thomas P., Mercer, D. Evan, Prestemon, Jeffrey P., Pye, John M.   +5 more
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Prescribing competence: The pros and cons of different methods for assessment

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Evaluating a medical graduate’s competence in rational prescribing is challenging. With the aim to guide and inspire teachers, this narrative review explores different methods that can be used to assess prescribing competence. Each method has its own advantages and disadvantages, and thus a mix of different assessment methods is needed throughout the ...
David J. Brinkman, Erik M. Donker, Jelle Tichelaar, on behalf of the CP4T programme   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prescribed Heather Burning on Peatlands: A Review of Ten Key Claims Made About Heather Management Impacts and Implications for Future UK Policy

Mires and Peat
In a previous _Mires and Peat_ article, Bacon _et al._ (2017) questioned ten common assumptions frequently made about peatlands “_in the academic literature, practitioner reports and the popular media which are either ambiguous or in some cases ...
Andreas Heinemeyer, Mark A. Ashby, Bing Liu, Abby Mycroft, William L. Burn, Tom Holmes, Anthony Lloyd Jones, Luke O. Andrews   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Predicting Post-Fire Change in West Virginia, USA from Remotely-Sensed Data [PDF]

, 2016
Prescribed burning is used in West Virginia, USA to return the important disturbance process of fire to oak and oak-pine forests. Species composition and structure are often the main goals for re-establishing fire with less emphasis on fuel reduction or
Maxwell, Aaron E., Strager, Michael Strager P, Thomas-Van Gundy, Melissa   +2 more
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Constraints on the age and dilution of Pacific Exploratory Mission-Tropics biomass burning plumes from the natural radionuclide tracer 210Pb [PDF]

, 1999
During the NASA Global Troposphere Experiment Pacific Exploratory Mission-Tropics (PEM-Tropics) airborne sampling campaign we found unexpectedly high concentrations of aerosol-associated 210Pb throughout the free troposphere over the South Pacific ...
Blake, D R, Blake, N J, Dibb, Jack E., Gregory, G L, Meeker, David, Sachse, G W, Scheuer, Eric, Talbot, R.   +7 more
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Cannabinoids and drug–drug pharmacokinetic interactions: Deciphering the risks

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
The relationship between cannabinoids and mental health has become a major focus of scientific inquiry and public discourse. Cannabinoids are diverse chemical compounds from the Cannabis species that have been explored for their therapeutic applications in treating chronic pain, psychiatric and neurological conditions, such as depression, schizophrenia,
Paraskevi Papakyriakopoulou, Georgia Valsami, Georgios Ismailos   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Shawnee National Forest Vegetation Plot Analysis [PDF]

, 2014
Prescribed burns were conducted in 2675 acres (12 individual burn units) in the Hidden Springs and Vienna Ranger District of the Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois.
Gibson, David J, Martinez, Kelsey A
core   +1 more source

‘Where are the adults?’: Troubling child‐activism and children's political participation

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Children's political participation is a well‐established theme in childhood studies. In this article we offer an original account of child activism that takes into account the entangled and emergent aspect of children as activists. We begin with a historical and a conceptual review, noting the importance of mid‐20th century developments such ...
Sharon Hunter, Claire Cassidy
wiley   +1 more source