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Open AccessGroundwater recharge influenced by ephemeral river flow and land use in the semiarid Limpopo Province of South Africa
Determining the sustainability of groundwater use in drylands with high climate variability is complex. Central to this determination is an understanding of groundwater recharge and associated processes and co...
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Open AccessGroundwater recharge processes in an Asian mega-delta: hydrometric evidence from Bangladesh
Groundwater is used intensively in Asian mega-deltas yet the processes by which groundwater is replenished in these deltaic systems remain inadequately understood. Drawing insight from hourly monitoring of gro...
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Open AccessCharacteristics of high-intensity groundwater abstractions from weathered crystalline bedrock aquifers in East Africa
Weathered crystalline bedrock aquifers sustain water supplies across the tropics, including East Africa. Although well yields are commonly <1 L s−1, more intensive abstraction occurs and provides vital urban and ...
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Open AccessHydrogeological typologies of the Indo-Gangetic basin alluvial aquifer, South Asia
The Indo-Gangetic aquifer is one of the world’s most important transboundary water resources, and the most heavily exploited aquifer in the world. To better understand the aquifer system, typologies have been ...
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Open AccessTerrestrial water load and groundwater fluctuation in the Bengal Basin
Groundwater-level fluctuations represent hydraulic responses to changes in groundwater storage due to aquifer recharge and drainage as well as to changes in stress that include water mass loading and unloading...
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Groundwater quality and depletion in the Indo-Gangetic Basin mapped from in situ observations
Increasing groundwater abstraction in the Indo-Gangetic Basin poses a threat to groundwater supplies. In situ observations reveal that sustainable groundwater in much of the region is limited more by contaminatio...
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Tracing sources of carbon in urban groundwater using δ13CTDIC ratios
Total dissolved inorganic carbon (TDIC) and its stable isotope ratio δ13CTDIC are used to trace the evolution of the carbon system of groundwater in three UK Permo-Triassic sandstone aquifers. Samples were collec...
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A retrospective study was performed of 250 patients with cholelithiasis treated at the Royal Children's Hospital, (RCH) Melbourne, over 25 years by open operation; 32 (12.8%) had proven choledocholithiasis on...
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Temporal variations in the depth-specific hydrochemistry and sewage-related microbiology of an urban sandstone aquifer, Nottingham, United Kingdom
The temporal and spatial characteristics of groundwater recharge in urban environments remain poorly understood. Depth-specific monitoring of groundwater quality in the Triassic Sandstone underlying the city o...
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Correction: Corrigendum: The genome sequence of Schizosaccharomyces pombe
Nature 415, 871–880 (2002). In this Article, the author Andreas Düsterhöft was mistakenly omitted: his name and affiliation (footnote 6) should have been inserted between M. Fuchs and C. Fritzc in the author l...
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The genome sequence of Schizosaccharomyces pombe
We have sequenced and annotated the genome of fission yeast (Schizosaccharomyces pombe), which contains the smallest number of protein-coding genes yet recorded for a eukaryote: 4,824. The centromeres are between...
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The physical maps for sequencing human chromosomes 1, 6, 9, 10, 13, 20 and X
We constructed maps for eight chromosomes (1, 6, 9, 10, 13, 20, X and (previously) 22), representing one-third of the genome, by building landmark maps, isolating bacterial clones and assembling contigs. By th...
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A rare case of vertebral osteomyelitis and paravertebral abscess that presented as a posterior mediastinal tumour with airway compression in a 7-week-old baby is presented. The differential diagnosis and the r...
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The preconditions for computer-assisted decision-making in tomorrow’s schools
This paper is a summary of a multi-session group discussion among the listed authors in which they deal with three broad questions: What sorts of decisions need to be made in schools? What kinds of computer as...
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Potential contributions of management science to expert information systems in schools
In this paper the author claims that a mature expert information system within educational management must incorporate the contributions of management science completely within the information system and trans...
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Localization of lipoprotein in pre- and post-transition atherosclerotic lesions following short-term incubation with [125I]LDL
Ultrastructural autoradiography has been used to test the hypothesis that atherosclerotic regions of vessels differ with respect to lipoprotein uptake and localization. White Carneau pigeons, in which the prev...
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Failure Analysis: The Challenge
Optoelectronic, VHSIC, ASIC & USIC devices are key components critical to system reliability and when failure occurs correct diagnosis together with expedient remedial action is essential (in certain applicati...
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Twenty children with achalasia of the cardia were seen at the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne in the years 1953 to 1986. The clinical presentation, investigations, and treatment are discussed. Ten childre...
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Textural evidence for quartz and feldspar dissolution as a mechanism of formation for Maggs Pipe, Zaaiplaats tin mine, South Africa
Shallowly plunging and branching pipe systems in Lease and Bobbejaankop Granite at the Zaaiplaats mine are host to major tin mineralization. Detailed textural study of Maggs Pipe indicates that dissolution of ...
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