FOREST DAMAGE AND SNOW AVALANCHE FLOW REGIME

Forest damage and snow avalanche flow regime

Snow avalanches break, uproot and overturn trees causing damage to forests.The extent of forest damage provides useful information on avalanche frequency and intensity.However, impact forces depend on avalanche flow regime.In this paper, we define avalanche loading cases representing four different avalanche flow regimes: powder, intermittent, File

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Assessment of Client Satisfaction in Six Urban WIC Clinics

Customer service is a measure of support and courtesy provided to individuals who patronize an organization, and is a factor vital to the success of any business.Programs that strive to meet critical needs of at risk populations, such as the Special Supplementation Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), may also benefit from asse

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Open Access Mega Journals: The Case Study of Characteristics and Performance of Eight International Mega Journals

Open access mega journals represent an increasingly important part of the scholarly communications.The current research aims to introduce eight international mega journals and to investigate their performance in a five-year time span (2012-2016).The current study is an applied research in terms of objectives while it is a descriptive study in terms

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