The weather system which produced the tornadoes caused significant straight-line wind damage, hail as large as softballs – 4.5 inches in diameter – major flooding, significant freezing rain, and heavy snow across many areas of eastern North America.
Typhoon-induced disasters caused significant economic losses and heavy causalities, most of which resulted from the damage or collapse of low-rise buildings.
After crossing the Gulf of Mexico, Allen weakened as it struck the lower Texas coast, causing high winds, a significant storm surge, and heavy rainfall, which caused damage to southern Texas.
Military wintertime training is associated with significant cold exposure and heavy physical exercise which could result in aggravated airway cooling and functional changes of the airway epithelia favouring influenza virulence and other respiratory tract infections [ 15].
BMI produced significant decreases in Q F, heavy drinking, and problems, while AEC produced significant decreases in Q F and heavy drinking.
But this hydrometallurgical process also generates as wastes different solid residues with high content of heavy metals and a liquid waste stream with significant concentrations of ammonia and heavy metals.
The Strategy I Fe uptake mechanism (i.e. reducing Fe(III) followed by Fe(II) uptake), together with the Fe(III) chelate form in the nutrient solution had significant effects on Fe and heavy metal uptake.
Open vegetable farming has the highest erosion rate estimated at 82 t/ha/year and more than 69% of the rainfall become runoff that flows into the water bodies carried together with the eroded soil a significant amount of nutrient and heavy metals.
We found no significant differences in yelling and heavy pranks, severe threats, robbery, armed aggression and sexual violence by socio economic status (SES) among both men and women.
Gill [ 21] found significant levels of binge and heavy alcohol consumption in young adults, and suggested that this age group were paying little attention to guidelines on sensible alcohol consumption.
