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João Dehon Pontes Filho, Maria Manuela Portela, Ticiana Marinho de Carvalho Studart and Francisco de Assis Souza Filho
The standardized precipitation index (SPI), is one of the most used drought indices. However, it is difficult to use to monitor the ongoing drought characteristics because it cannot be expeditiously related to precipitation deficits. It also does not pro...
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Richard A. Falk, Ernest R. Blatchley III, Thomas C. Kuechler, Ellen M. Meyer, Stanley R. Pickens and Laura M. Suppes
Current regulatory codes for swimming pool disinfection separately regulate free chlorine (FC) and cyanuric acid (CYA). It is well-known that CYA affects disinfection rates by reversibly binding to FC in aqueous solutions. However, limits for these regul...
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Mngereza Miraji, Jie Liu and Chunmiao Zheng
River basins around the world face similar issues of water scarcity, deficient infrastructure, and great disparities in water availability between sub-regions, both within and between countries. In this study, different strategies under the Water Evaluat...
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Chitransh Shrivastava, Nor Hafizah Ramli Sulong, Tatheer Zahra, Mohamed Elchalakani, Kumari Gamage and Sabrina Fawzia
The environmental concerns raised by the over-exploitation of fresh water and river sand have driven researchers to explore seawater sea sand concrete (SWSSC) as a substitute for conventional concrete in structural columns. With numerous investigations o...
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Daniel Gugerell, Benedikt Gollan, Moritz Stolte and Ulrich Ansorge
Task batteries mimicking user tasks are of high heuristic value. Supposedly, they measure individual human aptitude regarding the task in question. However, less is often known about the underlying mechanisms or functions that account for task performanc...
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Prashanth Barla, Hemalatha Shivarama, Ganesan Deepa and Ujjwal Ujjwal
Hybrid magnetic tunnel junction/complementary metal oxide semiconductor (MTJ/CMOS) circuits based on in-memory-computation (IMC) architecture is considered as the next-generation candidate for the digital integrated circuits. However, the energy consumpt...
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Zhiyuan Hu, Peng Yu, Guohua Xu, Yongjie Shi, Feng Gu and Aijun Zou
Tiltrotors permit aircrafts to operate vertically with lift, yet convert to ordinary forward flight with thrust. The challenge is to design a tiltrotor blade yielding maximum lift and thrust that converts smoothly without losing integrity or efficiency. ...
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Dwaipayan Chakraborty and Subhashis Mallick
Ocean-water temperature and salinity are two vital properties that are required for weather-, climate-, and marine biology-related research. These properties are usually measured using disposable instruments at sparse locations, typically from tens to hu...
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Antoine Picard, Florent Barbecot, Gérard Bardoux, Pierre Agrinier, Marina Gillon, José A. Corcho Alvarado, Vincent Schneider, Jean-François Hélie and Frédérick de Oliveira
Accurate discharge measurement is mandatory for any hydrological study. While the ?velocity? measurement method is adapted to laminar flows, the ?dilution? method is more appropriate for turbulent streams. As most low-gradient streams worldwide are neith...
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Maryam Safavi and Maryam Khoshbakht
Utilizing integrated solar systems and renewable energy sources has the potential to not only decrease the CO2 emissions of buildings but also provide access to more affordable energy alternatives compared to fossil fuels, especially considering the rece...
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