At the beginning of each week, the author of a case study will present a brief document describing the key policy concerns faced by the institution and inviting the participants to comment on a number of issues or questions.
This document presents the design and evaluation of a rain simulator to study soil losses and runoff generation in erosion plots located in hilly bared soil.
Studies in this area have made use of large, defined cohorts, such as the Framingham Heart Study, to document risk factors in healthy populations, which are then followed for decades to see who develops heart disease.