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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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Carlos Alejandro Perez Garcia, Marco Bovo, Daniele Torreggiani, Patrizia Tassinari and Stefano Benni
The escalating global population and climate change necessitate sustainable livestock production methods to meet rising food demand. Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) integrates information and communication technologies (ICT) to improve farming efficien...
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Ana Angélica Feregrino-Pérez, Adán Mercado-Luna, Carlos Alberto Murillo-Cárdenas, Rosalinda González-Santos, Jorge Luis Chávez-Servín, Angel Félix Vargas-Madriz and Eduardo Luna-Sánchez
Maize is part of the traditional diet of Mexico and other Latin American countries. The diverse varieties of maize produced by adaptation to different regions and climates are known as creole or native maize. The characteristics and nutritional contribut...
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Xinyi Huang, Shouming Feng, Shuaishuai Zhao, Jinlong Fan, Zhihao Qin and Shuhe Zhao
Agricultural drought assessment is based on soil moisture deficit during the plant-growing season. The available long-term in situ soil moisture data can be used to evaluate the drought indices? performance. Drought indices have different sensitivities t...
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Zhijun Xu, Dongsheng An, Lei Xu, Xuejiao Zhang, Qibiao Li and Baoshan Zhao
The production and breeding of peanuts was restricted by the frequently extreme climatic conditions in Guangdong province, China. To understand the influence of drought and pluvial climates on peanut traits and yield, a phenotypic investigation of sevent...
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Anna K. D. Pfohl and Steven R. Fassnacht
Current streamflow timing metrics, such as the center of volume, or COV, use flow days, which are days at which a specific total streamflow volume, such as 50% for COV, has passed a given point. These metrics have been used as indicators for changes in t...
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Siliang Yang, Francesco Fiorito, Alistair Sproul and Deo Prasad
Energy used in buildings is mainly attributed to provide the desired thermal comfort, which could result in an increase in carbon emission and, in turn, lead to further environmental degradation. A Building-Integrated Photovoltaic Double-Skin Façade (BIP...
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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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Juliana May Sangoi, Taylana Piccinini Scolaro and Enedir Ghisi
The performance of water heating systems must be evaluated considering energy consumption and efficiency in storing and distributing hot water, together with building and climate characteristics. This work aims to analyse the performance of different wat...
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Yang Yu, Yu Shao, Bolun Zhao, Jiahui Yu, Haibo Guo and Yang Chen
Due to global warming, the overheating risk in the severe cold region of China has attracted attention, but so far, no studies have examined summer overheating in this region. This paper aims to reveal the overheating risk in recent and future climates i...
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