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Sami W. Tabsh and Moussa Leblouba
Over the years, structural engineering codes and specifications in Canada and elsewhere have moved from an allowable stress design (ASD) approach to a load and resistance factor design (LRFD) philosophy. LRFD methodology takes better account of the inher...
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Yuanyuan Xiang, Ruiyin Cheng, Mingyu Wang and Yimin Ding
The synchronicity of rain and heat in the summer of China?s monsoon region provides sufficient water and heat resources for maize growth. However, the intra-annual distribution of precipitation and the probability of extreme precipitation have been inevi...
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Raufar Shameem, Lukas M. Bongartz, Anton Weissbach, Hans Kleemann and Karl Leo
The ability to bridge ionic and electronic transport coupled with large volumetric capacitance renders organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) ideal candidates for bioelectronic applications. Adopting ionic-liquid-based solid electrolytes extends the...
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Abdullahi A. Ibrahim, Muhammad Khan, Chukwuma Nnaji and Amanda S. Koh
Heat-related illness is a growing concern for workers in temperate climates as rising temperatures and heatwaves put them at risk of exertional heat stroke. Monitoring biometrics that predict heat stroke, such as core temperature, is increasingly importa...
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Allimuthu Elangovan, Nguyen Trung Duc, Dhandapani Raju, Sudhir Kumar, Biswabiplab Singh, Chandrapal Vishwakarma, Subbaiyan Gopala Krishnan, Ranjith Kumar Ellur, Monika Dalal, Padmini Swain, Sushanta Kumar Dash, Madan Pal Singh, Rabi Narayan Sahoo, Govindaraj Kamalam Dinesh, Poonam Gupta and Viswanathan Chinnusamy
Phenomics technologies have advanced rapidly in the recent past for precision phenotyping of diverse crop plants. High-throughput phenotyping using imaging sensors has been proven to fetch more informative data from a large population of genotypes than t...
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Michelle Irizarry-Ortiz and Eric W. Harmsen
Spatiotemporal variations in reference evapotranspiration (ETo) are sensitive to the meteorological data used in its estimation. The sensitivity of the ASCE standardized ETo equation to meteorological variables from GOES-PRWEB dataset was evaluated for t...
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Haomiao Cheng, Shu Ji, Hengjun Ge, Mohmed A. M. Abdalhi, Tengyi Zhu, Xiaoping Chen, Wei Ding and Shaoyuan Feng
Deficit irrigation (DI) is a widely recognized water-saving irrigation method, but it is difficult to precisely quantify optimum DI levels in tomato production. In this study, the Root Zone Water Quality-Simultaneous Heat and Water (RZ-SHAW) model was us...
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Avay Risal, Anton Urfels, Raghavan Srinivasan, Yared Bayissa, Nirman Shrestha, Gokul P. Paudel and Timothy J. Krupnik
Irrigation-led farming system intensification and efficient use of ground and surface water resources are currently being championed as a crucial ingredient for achieving food security and reducing poverty in Nepal. The potential scope and sustainability...
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Donglin Ma, Qiaoyuan Deng, Huaiyuan Liu and Yongxiang Leng
Titanium nitride (Ti-N) thin films are electrically and thermally conductive and have high hardness and corrosion resistance. Dense and defect-free Ti-N thin films have been widely used in the surface modification of cutting tools, wear resistance compon...
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Nieves G. Valiente, Andrew Saulter, John M. Edwards, Huw W. Lewis, Juan M. Castillo Sanchez, Diego Bruciaferri, Christopher Bunney and John Siddorn
Prediction of severe natural hazards requires accurate forecasting systems. Recently, there has been a tendency towards more integrated solutions, where different components of the Earth system are coupled to explicitly represent the physical feedbacks b...
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