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Zhigang Ren, Shize Yang, Jiaji Zhang, Qiankun Wang, Shuqiang Gui, Junli Zhou, Yuyang Tang, Ke Zhu, Chuxiong Shen, Zhihua Xiong, Jinlong Sun, Xinpeng Qiu and Zhuo Chen
The discharge of warm water from water source heat pump (WSHP) energy stations can cause local changes in the water temperature, leading to changes in the water quality around and downstream of the discharge outlet, resulting in a cumulative effect that ...
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Carlos Pérez-Carramiñana, Ángel Benigno González-Avilés, Nuria Castilla and Antonio Galiano-Garrigós
The dry Mediterranean climate (BShs) is the European region with the highest number of hours of sunshine per year. The high annual solar radiation makes sun shading devices necessary to comply with current energy efficiency standards. However, these stan...
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Viviana M. Gamboa Sojo, Caterina Morigi, Leonardo Langone and Renata G. Lucchi
The objective of this study was to reconstruct the last century?s climatic oscillations in the Arctic region around the Fram Strait using high-resolution analysis of foraminiferal assemblages as proxies for surface and deep-water mass properties. In this...
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Hyung-Gyu Park, Seok-Ho Kang, Yong-Gik Kim, Jin-Ho Son, Yeong-Su Kim, Seung-Min Woo and Yu-Shin Ha
In this study, the physical properties of garlic just before collection were investigated, and garlic-collecting conditions are presented as basic data of design factors that can be utilized during the development of garlic collectors. The physical prope...
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Eric Bisangwa, Jonathan D. Richwine, Patrick D. Keyser, Amanda J. Ashworth and Forbes R. Walker
The identification of appropriate nitrogen (N) rates for native warm-season grasses (NWSG) is needed to inform forage management in the southeastern United States. Experiments were conducted in Knoxville and Springfield, TN, from 2015 to 2019, to evaluat...
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Miguel A. Franesqui, Jorge Yepes and Samuel Valencia-Díaz
Low-energy asphalt techniques, such as warm mix asphalt (WMA), combined with the rational consumption of geomaterials and waste recycling would promote more sustainable and energy-efficient asphalt pavements. In volcanic environments, a significant propo...
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Vivek Sharma, Carlos H. Caldas, Dhaval Gajjar and Prajakta Bapat
Healthcare facilities (HCFs) are complex building structures that are becoming more challenging with ever-changing codes and regulations. Previously completed projects become a basis for future guidance regarding costs and scope. A robust normalization f...
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Yansong Li, Yaning Chen, Yapeng Chen, Weili Duan, Jiayou Wang and Xu Wang
Global changes in drought and wetness and their future trends in arid regions have recently become a major focus of research attention. The Tarim River Basin (TRB) in Xinjiang, China, is among the most climate-sensitive regions in the world. This study u...
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Sung-Yoon Ahn, Mira Kim, Hye-Won Jeong, Wonsuck Yoon, Iel-Soo Bang and Sang-Woong Lee
Technological advancements have shifted human living and working environments from outdoor to indoor. Although indoor spaces offer protection from unfavorable weather conditions, they also present new health challenges. Stale, humid, and warm indoor air ...
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Beichen Lu, Yanjun Liu, Xiaoyu Zhai, Li Zhang and Yun Chen
In recent years, clean and renewable energy sources have received much attention to balance the contradiction between resource needs and environmental sustainability. Among them, ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC), which consists of surface warm seaw...
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