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Ichthyoplankton composition form PELDOcean cruise 1, Southern Brazilian Shelf, in 2000
No full textThe PELDOcean cruise series were carried out by the Brazilian Program for Long-term Ecological Research (PELD) - Site 8 - Lagoa dos Patos Estuary and Adjacent Coastal Region. The activities aimed at the analysis of oceanographic conditions and ichthyoplankton in the coastal region under the influence of the Patos Lagoon (Muelbert, 2000). Three cruises were carried out, the first on 22 and 23/02/2000 (PELDoce_1), the second on 10 and 11/10/2000 (PELDoce_2) and the last on 05/02/2002 (PELDoce_3). Each cruise included a transect perpendicular to the coastline from the channel of the Lagoa dos Patos estuary towards the ocean, where 8 sequential hydrographic stations were carried out to characterize the oceanographic condition of the water column, followed by 5 complete oceanographic stations which included plankton trawls (Muelbert, 2000; 2001).
The ichthyoplankton samples were obtained through oblique hauls conducted from the bottom to the surface, with a 0.7 m diameter Bongo net with 330 ?m mesh equipped with flowmeters to determine the volume of filtered water in each trawl ( Muelbert, 2000, 2001). In the first and third cruises, the flowmeter was used only in the net A (Hydrobios cte = 0.263), and thus the values of eggs and larvae obtained for each net were summed to compose the totals of each station, and the filtered volume calculated for the net A used to standardize abundance values per 100 m3 of filtered water. In the second cruise, different flowmeters were used for each net (net A with Ictio2 cte = 0.4537769 and net B with Hydrobios cte = 0.263). As material from both nets was identified, the mean filtered volume by the two nets was used to standardize the abundance of eggs and larvae per 100 m3. Samples were fixed and preserved in formaldehyde solution, buffered with sodium tetraborate, diluted in sea water with a final approximate concentration of 4%
Supporting data from Esquivel-Muelbert, A.; Bennett, A.C.; Sullivan, M.J.P.; Baker, J.C.A.; Gavish, Y.; Johnson, M.O.; Wang, Y.; Chambers-Ostler, A.; Giannichi, M.L.; Gomes, L.; Kalamandeen, M.; Pattnayak, K.C.; Fauset, S. A Spatial and Temporal Risk Assessment of the Impacts of El Niño on the Tropical Forest Carbon Cycle: Theoretical Framework, Scenarios, and Implications. Atmosphere 2019, 10, 588.
No full textData supports the publication:Esquivel-Muelbert, A.; Bennett, A.C.; Sullivan, M.J.P.; Baker, J.C.A.; Gavish, Y.; Johnson, M.O.; Wang, Y.; Chambers-Ostler, A.; Giannichi, M.L.; Gomes, L.; Kalamandeen, M.; Pattnayak, K.C.; Fauset, S. A Spatial and Temporal Risk Assessment of the Impacts of El Niño on the Tropical Forest Carbon Cycle: Theoretical Framework, Scenarios, and Implications. Atmosphere 2019, 10, 588.Here you can find all the files needed to replicate the analyses presented in the paper.It includes severity (Sev), Baseline (Base), Likelihood (Like), Temperature Anomaly (TempAnom), Forest Edge (ForEdge), Risk files for different El Niño years assess in the paper.</div
Ichthyoplankton composition form PRONEX cruise 2, Southern Brazilian Shelf, in 2007
No full textThe PRONEX series was obtained during two interdisciplinary cruises carried out in the scope of the "Programa de Apoio a Núcleos de Excelência" carried out in the winter of 2005 and summer 2007, in the regions near the Cape of Santa Marta (28º30'S) and Albardão (33ºS). Three transects were performed with the research vessel Atlantico Sul, totaling 15 oceanographic stations spaced 14 nautical miles (~ 26 km) apart in the Cape of Santa Marta, and 18 stations distant 17 nautical miles (~ 31 km) apart in the Albardão (Torquato, 2013). Ichthyoplankton samples were obtained continuously during the day and night by means of stratified hauls with a MultiNet containing 3 nets of 330 μm of mesh opening (nets 1, 3 and 5) and 2 nets of 200 μm (2 and 4), and mouth area of 0.25 m2. Two flowmeters, one internal and one external, were fixed in the MultiNet structure to measure filtration efficiency of the tow, and determination of the volume filtered in each haul with the internal flowmeter (Torquato, 2013). The MultiNet was lowered to the maximum depth of sampling with the first 330 μm net performing an oblique trawl. Subsequently, the MultiNet was towed back to the surface conducting stratified horizontal hauls at four different depth intervals. Ichthyoplankton was selected from the samples collected with the 330 μm nets (Torquato & Muelbert, 2014, 2015). The depth of each stratified horizontal trawl took into account the thermal and acoustic profile sampled at each station, so the depth of sampling varied between the oceanographic stations (Torquato, 2013). The samples were preserved in formaldehyde solution, buffered with sodium tetraborate, diluted in sea water with a final approximate concentration of 4%. The filtered volume was calculated and used to standardize the abundance of fish eggs and larvae per 100 m3 of filtered water (Torquato & Muelbert, 2014, 2015)
Ichthyoplankton composition form PRONEX cruise 1, Southern Brazilian Shelf, in 2005
No full textThe PRONEX series was obtained during two interdisciplinary cruises carried out in the scope of the "Programa de Apoio a Núcleos de Excelência" carried out in the winter of 2005 and summer 2007, in the regions near the Cape of Santa Marta (28º30'S) and Albardão (33ºS). Three transects were performed with the research vessel Atlantico Sul, totaling 15 oceanographic stations spaced 14 nautical miles (~ 26 km) apart in the Cape of Santa Marta, and 18 stations distant 17 nautical miles (~ 31 km) apart in the Albardão (Torquato, 2013). Ichthyoplankton samples were obtained continuously during the day and night by means of stratified hauls with a MultiNet containing 3 nets of 330 μm of mesh opening (nets 1, 3 and 5) and 2 nets of 200 μm (2 and 4), and mouth area of 0.25 m2. Two flowmeters, one internal and one external, were fixed in the MultiNet structure to measure filtration efficiency of the tow, and determination of the volume filtered in each haul with the internal flowmeter (Torquato, 2013). The MultiNet was lowered to the maximum depth of sampling with the first 330 μm net performing an oblique trawl. Subsequently, the MultiNet was towed back to the surface conducting stratified horizontal hauls at four different depth intervals. Ichthyoplankton was selected from the samples collected with the 330 μm nets (Torquato & Muelbert, 2014, 2015). The depth of each stratified horizontal trawl took into account the thermal and acoustic profile sampled at each station, so the depth of sampling varied between the oceanographic stations (Torquato, 2013). The samples were preserved in formaldehyde solution, buffered with sodium tetraborate, diluted in sea water with a final approximate concentration of 4%. The filtered volume was calculated and used to standardize the abundance of fish eggs and larvae per 100 m3 of filtered water (Torquato & Muelbert, 2014, 2015)
Dr. Duane M. Jackson, Morehouse College, July 2011
No full textThis video is a conversation with Dr. Duane M. Jackson. Dr. Jackson talks about his paper, "Recall and the Serial Position Effect: The Role of Primacy and Recency on Accounting Students' Performance." Jackie Daniel, AUC Woodruff Library, is the interviewer
"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States" By M. Carey.
No full text"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States: containing bried sketches of the moral and political character of those states.
By M. Carey, member of the American philosophical, and of the American Antiquarian Society, and author of The Olive Branch, Cindiciae Hibernicae, essays on banking, on political economy, and on internal improvement.
To which are now added the English editor's comments on the subject; together with Important Advice to Emigrants, and Cautions Against Impositions Practiced in the Outports
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Dr. Glendon Swarthout
No full textHosted by Roger M. Busfield, MSU Assistant Professor of Speech and Theater, Meet the Author is designed to introduce a general audience to a contemporary author and their work through in-depth interviews. This episode features a conversation between Dr. Glendon Swarthout, prolific author and English professor at MSU, and assistant professors Sam S. Baskett and Theodore B. Strandness
Simulation of thermal plant optimization and hydraulic aspects of thermal distribution loops for large campuses
No full textFollowing an introduction, the author describes Texas A&M University and its utilities system. After that, the author presents how to construct simulation models for chilled water and heating hot water distribution systems. The simulation model was used in a $2.3 million Ross Street chilled water pipe replacement project at Texas A&M University. A second project conducted at the University of Texas at San Antonio was used as an example to demonstrate how to identify and design an optimal distribution system by using a simulation model. The author found that the minor losses of these closed loop thermal distribution systems are significantly higher than potable water distribution systems. In the second part of the report, the author presents the latest development of software called the Plant Optimization Program, which can simulate cogeneration plant operation, estimate its operation cost and provide optimized operation suggestions. The author also developed detailed simulation models for a gas turbine and heat recovery steam generator and identified significant potential savings. Finally, the author also used a steam turbine as an example to present a multi-regression method on constructing simulation models by using basic statistics and optimization algorithms. This report presents a survey of the author??s working experience at the Energy Systems Laboratory (ESL) at Texas A&M University during the period of January 2002 through March 2004. The purpose of the above work was to allow the author to become familiar with the practice of engineering. The result is that the author knows how to complete a project from start to finish and understands how both technical and nontechnical aspects of a project need to be considered in order to ensure a quality deliverable and bring a project to successful completion. This report concludes that the objectives of the internship were successfully accomplished and that the requirements for the degree of Degree of Engineering have been satisfied
Intern experience at CH���M Hill, Inc.: an internship report
No full textIncludes author's vita"Submitted to the College of Engineering of Texas A&M University in partial
fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Doctor of Engineering."Includes bibliographical referencesA review of the author's internship experience with CH���M HILL, Inc.
during the period September 1975 through May 1976 is presented. During this nine month
internship the author worked as an Engineer II in the Industrial Processes discipline of this
large consulting engineering firm... The author's prime responsibility was as one of three
lead design engineers on the design of a large wastewater treatment facility for a pulp mill
in Hoquiam, Washington owned by ITT Rayonier Inc. The work generally consisted of the design
of individual treatment units and associated piping and pumping. The purpose of the project
was to provide wastewater treatment capabilities that would satisfy the effluent limitations
(standards) imposed upon the mill by the State of Washington Department of Ecology and the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The author's assignment also entailed necessary
interaction with the project manager and other CH���M HILL design engineers and support staff
members, the client's representatives, and representatives of two other consulting engineering
firms working on the project. Thus, the internship position at CH���M HILL provided considerable
experience coordinating the author's work with the work of other engineers, guiding the design
and administrative efforts of a support staff, and interacting regularly with the client and
other consulting firms. This broad exposure to a variety of engineering and organizational
problems provided a valuable educational experience
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