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Browsing by Subject "Water"
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A Dynamic Decision Support System for Drought Resiliency and Climate Change
(2018)A water utility is tasked with perpetually supplying water to its customers, regardless of weather patterns and water supply. Simply put, there is no room for a shortage under any conditions. This can be most challenging ... -
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Changes in Snow Hydrology After a Severe Wildfire
(2022)Most freshwater in the western United States used for agriculture, municipalities, and industrial consumption originates from headwaters in snow-dominated watersheds. During the winter months, snowpacks serve as natural ... -
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Design of a parallel cluster-randomized trial assessing the impact of a demand-side sanitation and hygiene intervention on sustained behavior change and mental well-being in rural and peri-urban Amhara, Ethiopia: Andilaye study protocol
(2019)Unimproved water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) behaviors are key drivers of infectious disease transmission and influencers of mental well-being. While WASH is seen as a critical enabler of health, important knowledge ... -
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Enhanced Extended-Surfaces for Two-Phase Pump-Less Cooling Loops
(2010)Pool boiling experiments are conducted to investigate the heat transfer performance of screen laminate-enhanced extended surfaces in water at reduced pressures. A lamination of fine-filament, wire mesh is an effective ... -
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Estimating Annual Groundwater Evapotranspiration from Hydrographic Areas in the Great Basin Using Remote Sensing and Evapotranspiration Data Measured by Flux Tower Systems
(2019)Rising concerns about water availability in the Great Basin in the face of increasing population and water demand have prompted multiple groundwater studies focused on estimating groundwater recharge and discharge. Groundwater ... -
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Factors predicting the practice of breastfeeding in Africa and USA
(2022)The benefits of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) are well documented. However, EBF is often not practiced both in the United States and in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). It is therefore important to further characterize ... -
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Forest cover controls variability of net shortwave radiation and snow albedo in a mountain watershed
(2020)Snow albedo regulates the surface energy budget of snow-covered regions which governs snowmelt processes, this makes snow albedo a critical parameter for climate models. Spaceborne and airborne remote sensing measurements ... -
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Geochemical and Microbial Controls of Groundwater Quality in Northwestern Liberia
(2017)Years of conflict, political instability, and national emergencies have left behind very little information on water resources in Liberia, West Africa. This research leverages major ion and trace element analysis, Escherichia ... -
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A Long-Term Micrometeorological and Hydrological Dataset Across an Elevation Gradient in Sagehen Creek, Sierra Nevada, California
(University of Nevada Reno, 2018)We compile and release ~55 years of daily and ~20 years of hourly Micrometeorological and hydrological data from Sagehen Creek a 28 km〖^2〗 watershed with observation sites spanning 1771 to 2670 m. A USGS gauging station ... -
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Mule Deer Demographics and Parturition Site Selection: Assessing Responses to Provision of Water
(2015)Providing permanent sources of water to benefit wildlife where this resource is limited has been a common management tactic since the 1940s. Effects of water provisioning on vital rates, corresponding life-history ... -
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The influence of the previous plane of nutrition on water and nitrogen metabolism of grain versus forage fed beef cattle
(2022)The beef cattle production system is mainly segmented into three main sectors corresponding to life stages: cow-calf, backgrounding, and finishing. In each one of those phases, nutritional status of animals can vary greatly ... -
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Thirst: Searching for Water in the Great Basin
(2015)This collection of essays centers focuses on theme of water in the deserts of Northern Nevada. The creative nonfiction narratives in this work depict first encounters with dry landscapes, as the author moves from Florida, ...