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Joana Carneiro, Dália Loureiro, Marta Cabral and Dídia Covas
This paper presents and demonstrates a novel scenario-building methodology that integrates contextual and future time uncertainty into the performance assessment of water distribution networks (WDNs). A three-step approach is proposed: (i) System context...
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Nader Vahdati, Aamna Alteneiji, Fook Fah Yap and Oleg Shiryayev
Engine mounts serve three primary purposes: (1) to support the weight of the engine, (2) to lessen the transmitted engine disturbance forces to the vehicle structure/chassis or airplane fuselage, and (3) to limit the engine motion brought on by shock exc...
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Fredrik Regler and Heinz Bernhardt
This study addresses the challenge of subjective remounting decisions in calf and heifer rearing, typically driven by the animal caretaker?s feelings and experience, lacking a robust data foundation. Key factors such as developmental delays, diseases, or...
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Maria Isabella Sifola, Ida Di Mola, Eugenio Cozzolino, Lucia Ottaiano, Sabrina Nocerino, Riccardo Riccardi, Patrizia Spigno and Mauro Mori
The aim of the present study is to investigate the effect of differently colored low-density polyethylene mulching films (black, silver/brown, and yellow/brown) in comparison with bare soil (BS) on soil temperatures, yield and yield components (number of...
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Nuaman Ejaz, Aftab Haider Khan, Muhammad Shahid, Kifayat Zaman, Khaled S. Balkhair, Khalid Mohammed Alghamdi, Khalil Ur Rahman and Songhao Shang
Satellite precipitation products (SPPs) are undeniably subject to uncertainty due to retrieval algorithms and sampling issues. Many research efforts have concentrated on merging SPPs to create high-quality merged precipitation datasets (MPDs) in order to...
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Yuting Bai, Yijie Niu, Zhiyao Zhao, Xuebo Jin and Xiaoyi Wang
The phenomenon of algal bloom seriously affects the function of the aquatic ecosystems, damages the landscape of urban river and lakes, and threatens the safety of water use. The introduction of a multi-attribute decision-making method avoids the shortco...
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Sipho G. Thango, Georgios A. Drosopoulos, Siphesihle M. Motsa and Georgios E. Stavroulakis
A methodology to predict key aspects of the structural response of masonry walls under blast loading using artificial neural networks (ANN) is presented in this paper. The failure patterns of masonry walls due to in and out-of-plane loading are complex d...
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Hao Zhou, Guangdong Tian, Tongzhu Zhang, Xuesong Zhang, Duc Truong Pham, Xia Xiu, Yixiong Feng and Hongliang Li
The integration of green design into building construction is a necessary process in today?s world to address environmental issues and achieve sustainable development. However, when evaluating green building design schemes, various factors are intertwine...
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David G. Tork, Neil O. Anderson, Donald L. Wyse and Kevin J. Betts
Flaxseed has gained popularity as a health food. Wild, perennial Linum relatives of annual flax (L. usitatissimum) possess similar oil compositions, making them perennial oilseed (OS) alternatives. The objective of this study was to phenotype 25 OS and 1...
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Lucio Pinello, Omar Hassan, Marco Giglio and Claudio Sbarufatti
An increase in aircraft availability and readiness is one of the most desired characteristics of aircraft fleets. Unforeseen failures cause additional expenses and are particularly critical when thinking about combat jets and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UA...
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