An evaluation of observed and unimpaired flow and precipitation during drought events in the ACF basin

Proceedings of the 2003 Georgia Water Resources Conference, held April 23-24, 2003, at the University of Georgia.The Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) Basin has experienced three major drought events in the past 50 years. A cumulative deficit evaluation of the drought events shows that the greatest cumulative rainfall deficit occurred during the mid 1950’s event, but the greatest flow deficit occurred during the 1999–2002 drought event. An evaluation of the unimpaired flow set, being used to develop an Allocation Formula for the ACF Basin, indicates that this data set is not consistent with these findings, suggesting further evaluation may be needed to address the adequacy of the dataset as the basis for future policy decisions. Caution should be used in using and in interpreting model results from this time period

Prospectus, May 19, 1975

MCMULLEN WINS PRESIDENCY; PC News….In Brief: Library Extends Hours, Registration By Mail Deadline May 27, New Officers For Chi Gamma; StuGo Budget Vetoed; VP Race Squeaker; Betty Furness To Address Grads; Dental Students Capped; Statutory Rape: Crime Without A Victim; StuGo Minutes; More StuGo Minutes; Fine Arts Week At Parkland; $9000...Where Does The Priority Lie?; The Kaleidoscope; The Short Circuit; letters; L.T.D.s Corner: OFF Without A Hitch...Almost; To The 1975 College Grads; Parkland: The Year In Review; Le Finis; Skylines; Chess Talk: Chess Notation; Congratulations to Mrs. Teresa Wells...; It\u27s Not Too Late For A Summer Job In Europe; Cimmeron Brings Insane Happiness; Suggestion Box; Wiechman Recieves ROTC Scholarship; What If...; Movie Revue: \u27Shampoo\u27; May 22nd: \u27Slink Rand\u27; Zappa Captivates Chicago; My Friendly Tree; Wanted: Reporters; Student Elections: Opinion Poll; S.I.U. Has New LibTech Program; Fine Arts Week; Classified Ads; Outside Life At PC; NROTC Scholarship Pgrogram; New Record For Bike Race; Sports Views; Trackmen Third In State; Cobras\u27 Win Streak Broken; Final Examination Schedule; Problems? Learning Lab Can Help; New Pharmacology Class; Awards Given At IOC Banquethttps://spark.parkland.edu/prospectus_1975/1009/thumbnail.jp

Prospectus, April 21, 1975

ORGANIZED STRUGGLE,\u27 DAVIS; Bomb Scare????; StuGo: Wegner Made Secretary Get Budget; Hot Meals; Albin, Barnes, Hood Win Trustee Election; StuGo Elections May 7-8; editorials; letters; The Short Circuit; The Kaleidoscope; Special Feature: Women In Art; Women Work Of Art; Who\u27s Afraid Of ERA??; The Poison Pen Tongue; Chess Talk; EIU At PC; Photography 35; L.T.D.s Corner: Pure Music: by Chase; Skylines; This And That; Sports Views; Cobras Drop Twin Bill; E. St. Louis Track Meet; Bio-Field Course; Walk For The Bald Eagles Week; Track To Kansas; Classified Ads; Moon Lake; Cat Ballou; L.R.C. Hires New Staff Member; Parkland Events; Suggestion Box; New PC Staffhttps://spark.parkland.edu/prospectus_1975/1012/thumbnail.jp

Is demography destiny? Application of machine learning techniques to accurately predict population health outcomes from a minimal demographic dataset

© 2015 Luo et al. For years, we have relied on population surveys to keep track of regional public health statistics, including the prevalence of non-communicable diseases. Because of the cost and limitations of such surveys, we often do not have the up-to-date data on health outcomes of a region. In this paper, we examined the feasibility of inferring regional health outcomes from socio-demographic data that are widely available and timely updated through national censuses and community surveys. Using data for 50 American states (excluding Washington DC) from 2007 to 2012, we constructed a machine-learning model to predict the prevalence of six non-communicable disease (NCD) outcomes (four NCDs and two major clinical risk factors), based on population socio-demographic characteristics from the American Community Survey. We found that regional prevalence estimates for non-communicable diseases can be reasonably predicted. The predictions were highly correlated with the observed data, in both the states included in the derivation model (median correlation 0.88) and those excluded from the development for use as a completely separated validation sample (median correlation 0.85), demonstrating that the model had sufficient external validity to make good predictions, based on demographics alone, for areas not included in the model development. This highlights both the utility of this sophisticated approach to model development, and the vital importance of simple socio-demographic characteristics as both indicators and determinants of chronic disease

Assessment of coastal management options by means of multilayered ecosystem models

This paper presents a multilayered ecosystem modelling approach that combines the simulation of the biogeochemistry of a coastal ecosystem with the simulation of the main forcing functions, such as catchment loading and aquaculture activities. This approach was developed as a tool for sustainable management of coastal ecosystems. A key feature is to simulate management scenarios that account for changes in multiple uses and enable assessment of cumulative impacts of coastal activities. The model was applied to a coastal zone in China with large aquaculture production and multiple catchment uses, and where management efforts to improve water quality are under way. Development scenarios designed in conjunction with local managers and aquaculture producers include the reduction of fish cages and treatment of wastewater. Despite the reduction in nutrient loading simulated in three different scenarios, inorganic nutrient concentrations in the bay were predicted to exceed the thresholds for poor quality defined by Chinese seawater quality legislation. For all scenarios there is still a Moderate High to High nutrient loading from the catchment, so further reductions might be enacted, together with additional decreases in fish cage culture. The model predicts that overall, shellfish production decreases by 10%–28% using any of these development scenarios, principally because shellfish growth is being sustained by the substances to be reduced for improvement of water quality. The model outcomes indicate that this may be counteracted by zoning of shellfish aquaculture at the ecosystem level in order to optimize trade-offs between productivity and environmental effects. The present case study exemplifies the value of multilayered ecosystem modelling as a tool for Integrated Coastal Zone Management and for the adoption of ecosystem approaches for marine resource management. This modelling approach can be applied worldwide, and may be particularly useful for the application of coastal management regulation, for instance in the implementation of the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive

Masculinity and men's health disparities : conceptual and theoretical challenges

In this chapter, we examine differing conceptual and theoretical ideas around gender and masculinities and consider how they are related (either implicitly or explicitly) to understanding men’s health practices and, specifically, men’s health disparities. In having this focus, we recognize that we are not also encompassing the important work that has been undertaken on theorizing health disparities (or health inequalities as they are often also referred to). (For an excellent overview on theorizing health inequalities, see the double special issue on this topic edited by Smith and Schrecker [2015].) In this chapter, then, we begin by briefly considering biological, sociobiological, and early psychological explanations of gender and masculinities before spending considerably more time exploring a range of nuanced sociological understandings. This latter section not only includes seminal work around hegemonic masculinities but also contemporary, “third wave” men and masculinities literature, which has not, as yet, been fully considered by researchers in the fields of men’s health or men’s health disparities. Having completed our review of this work on masculinities and men’s health, we then consider some of the conceptual thinking around intersectionality. Here, we reflect on how acknowledging mutually constituting structures of power can make possible more nuanced and multilayered insights into men’s health disparities. Throughout the chapter, we refer to empirical work when appropriate to highlight or illuminate the conceptual or theoretical ideas being discussed

Evidence for marine production of monoterpenes

Environmental context. Laboratory incubation experiments and shipboard measurements in the Southern Atlantic Ocean have provided the first evidence for marine production of monoterpenes. Nine marine phytoplankton monocultures were investigated using a GC-MS equipped with an enantiomerically-selective column and found to emit monoterpenes including (–)-/(+)-pinene, limonene and p-ocimene, all of which were previously thought to be exclusively of terrestrial origin. Maximum levels of 100–200 pptv total monoterpenes were encountered when the ship crossed an active phytoplankton bloom. Abstract. Laboratory incubation experiments and shipboard measurements on the Southern Atlantic Ocean have provided the first evidence for marine production of monoterpenes. Nine marine phytoplankton monocultures were investigated using a GC-MS equipped with an enantiomerically-selective column and found to emit at rates, expressed as nmol C10H16 (monoterpene) g [chlorophyll a]–1 day–1, from 0.3 nmol g [chlorophyll a]–1 day–1 for Skeletonema costatum and Emiliania huxleyi to 225.9 nmol g [chlorophyll a]–1 day–1 for Dunaliella tertiolecta. Nine monoterpenes were identified in the sample and not in the control, namely: (–)-/(+)-pinene, myrcene, (+)-camphene, (–)-sabinene, (+)-3-carene, (–)-pinene, (–)-limonene and p-ocimene. In addition, shipboard measurements of monoterpenes in air were made in January–March 2007, over the South Atlantic Ocean. Monoterpenes were detected in marine air sufficiently far from land as to exclude influence from terrestrial sources. Maximum levels of 100–200 pptv total monoterpenes were encountered when the ship crossed an active phytoplankton bloom, whereas in low chlorophyll regions monoterpenes were mostly below detection limit