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| Sierra Rayne; Kaya Forest; Ken J. Friesen. |
| A statistical analysis was conducted on long-term climate records in the Okanagan Valley wine grape growing region of British Columbia, Canada. No observable trends for average annual temperatures were found in the region. Analyses of monthly mean and extreme temperatures show wide spatial and temporal heterogeneity, indicating that future studies using downscaling of global climate models for this region will require resolutions on the order of several kilometers. Mean winter temperatures are increasing throughout the valley, and extreme minimum temperatures are also increasing during the winter at the central and northern sites which have historically presented the most risk of winter damage to grapevines. Only the most southern and northern sub-regions... |
| Tipo: Manuscript |
Palavras-chave: Earth & Environment. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://precedings.nature.com/documents/3162/version/1 |
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| Sierra Rayne; Ken J. Friesen. |
| It appears likely that the installation of many large dams on major rivers worldwide over the past century has led to large and complex contaminant loadings becoming trapped in the sediments behind these dams. Future planned large dam removal efforts or unintentional breaches may result in substantial contaminant releases downstream. We review the current state of the art regarding knowledge of contaminant loadings behind large dams and potential downstream impacts following dam breaches. |
| Tipo: Manuscript |
Palavras-chave: Earth & Environment. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://precedings.nature.com/documents/2965/version/1 |
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| Sierra Rayne; Kaya Forest; Ken J. Friesen. |
| The pK~a~ estimation ability of the semiempirical PM6 method was evaluated across a broad range of oxyacids and compared to results obtained using the SPARC software program. Compound classes under consideration included acetic acids, alicyclic and aromatic heterocyclic acids, benzoic acids, boronic acids, hydroxamic acids, oximes, peroxides, peroxyacids, phenols, α-saturated acids, α-saturated alcohols, sulfinic acids, α-unsaturated acids, and α-unsaturated alcohols. PM6 accurately predicts the acidity of acetic and benzoic acids and their derivatives, but is less reliable for alicyclic and aromatic heterocyclic acids and phenols. α-Saturated acids are reliably modeled by PM6 except for polyacid... |
| Tipo: Manuscript |
Palavras-chave: Chemistry; Pharmacology; Earth & Environment. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://precedings.nature.com/documents/2981/version/1 |
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| Sierra Rayne; Kaya Forest; Ken J. Friesen. |
| A statistical analysis was conducted on long-term climate records in the Okanagan Valley wine grape growing region of British Columbia, Canada. No observable trends for average annual temperatures were found in the region. Analyses of monthly mean and extreme temperatures show wide spatial and temporal heterogeneity, indicating that future studies using downscaling of global climate models for this region will require resolutions on the order of several kilometers. Mean winter temperatures are increasing throughout the valley, and extreme minimum temperatures are also increasing during the winter at the central and northern sites which have historically presented the most risk of winter damage to grapevines. Only the most southern and northern sub-regions... |
| Tipo: Manuscript |
Palavras-chave: Earth & Environment. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://precedings.nature.com/documents/3162/version/2 |
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| Sierra Rayne; Kaya Forest; Ken J. Friesen. |
| Perfluorinated acids (PFAs) are contaminants detected worldwide in a range of abiotic and biotic environmental matrices. The two major classes of PFAs include the perfluorinated carboxylic acids (PFCAs) and perfluorinated sulfonic acids (PFSAs), both of which are considered persistent and potentially bioaccumulative. Current research and regulatory efforts are focussed on the straight-chain members of each PFA class and homologue group, primarily because these congeners are the major components of technical mixtures and are also available as pure standards. However, the numerous potential branched congeners in each PFA class represent a poorly understood family of environmental contaminants whose environmental and toxicological properties may be more... |
| Tipo: Poster |
Palavras-chave: Chemistry; Earth & Environment. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://precedings.nature.com/documents/1956/version/1 |
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| Sierra Rayne; Kaya Forest; Ken J. Friesen. |
| We introduce a congener-specific numbering system for the C4 through C8 perfluorinated homologue groups of alkyl sulfonates, carboxylates, telomer alcohols and acids, and their derivatives. Increasing length of the carbon chain beyond C3 leads to a corresponding rapid increase in the number of potential isomers (C4 =4, C5 =8, C6 =17, C7 =39, and C8 =89 congeners). There is a need for clear and unambiguous chemical shorthand to ensure accuracy and consistency in the future perfluorinated alkyl substance (PFA) literature, and to correct previous misconceptions that may have restricted research efforts into developing full-congener PFA analysis. If adopted by the research community, introduction of a numbering system at this relatively early stage of... |
| Tipo: Poster |
Palavras-chave: Chemistry; Earth & Environment. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://precedings.nature.com/documents/1957/version/2 |
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| Sierra Rayne; Kaya Forest; Ken J. Friesen. |
| We introduce a congener-specific numbering system for the C4 through C8 perfluorinated homologue groups of alkyl sulfonates, carboxylates, telomer alcohols and acids, and their derivatives. Increasing length of the carbon chain beyond C3 leads to a corresponding rapid increase in the number of potential isomers (C4 =4, C5 =8, C6 =17, C7 =39, and C8 =89 congeners). There is a need for clear and unambiguous chemical shorthand to ensure accuracy and consistency in the future perfluorinated alkyl substance (PFA) literature, and to correct previous misconceptions that may have restricted research efforts into developing full-congener PFA analysis. If adopted by the research community, introduction of a numbering system at this relatively early stage of... |
| Tipo: Poster |
Palavras-chave: Chemistry; Earth & Environment. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://precedings.nature.com/documents/1957/version/1 |
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