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Gamil Gamal, Pavol Nejedlik and Ahmed M. El Kenawy
Understanding long-term variations in precipitation is crucial for identifying the effects of climate change and addressing hydrological and water management issues. This study examined the trends of the mean and four extreme precipitation indices, which...
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Nan He, Xiaolong Chi, Chi Feng, Manfei Lu, Li Zhang and Jingming Dong
Steam ejectors could improve the energy efficiency of ships by efficiently utilizing low-grade waste heat from ships for seawater desalination or cooling. The internal flow characteristics of steam ejectors can be deeply analyzed through numerical simula...
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Yang Zhang, Xiyi Huang and Biao Wang
Carbon fiber paper (CFP) is one of the most important units of gas diffusion layer (GDL) in proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). The binder used in the wet-laid technique has a significant effect on the properties of CFP. In this work, the polyv...
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Rathborey Chan, Wilai Chiemchaisri and Chart Chiemchaisri
Methane emission and oxidation in different bio-cover materials, i.e., sandy loam, compost, and stabilized wastes, were investigated at a municipal solid waste landfill in Thailand. The bio-cover was purged with extracted landfill gas while methane reduc...
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Wentao Song, Cuibo Yang, Weicheng Cui, Changhui Song, Ping Yang, Jin Hong, Yi Lei, Qimeng Liu and Zhenhua Wang
Underwater wet-mateable connectors have been widely used to reduce the cost and the time of installation, maintenance and reconfiguration in many fields, such as the oil and gas (O&G) industry, offshore renewable energy (ORE), and undersea observator...
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Shuo Jia, Zhiyuan Jiang, Binbin Jiao, Xiaochi Liu, Yijie Pan, Zhenfei Song and Jifeng Qu
Herein, a microfabricated millimeter-level vapor alkali cell with a high hermeticity is fabricated through a wet etching and single-chip anodic bonding process. The vapor cell, containing Rb and N2, was investigated in a coherent population trapping (CPT...
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Angela Kapitanovic and Helena Otmacic Curkovic
The new bronze objects of art are almost always patinated before their exposure outdoors or indoors. Among the many patination methods used by practitioners, sulphide patination is one of the most common techniques. The aim of this work is to examine the...
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George L. Vourlitis, Emma Lousie van der Veen, Sebastian Cangahuala, Garrett Jaeger, Colin Jensen, Cinzia Fissore, Eric M. Wood, Joel K. Abraham, Kevin S. Whittemore, Elijah Slaven, Dustin VanOverbeke, James Blauth, Elizabeth Braker, Nina Karnovsky and Wallace M. Meyer III
Urban landscaping conversions can alter decomposition processes and soil respiration, making it difficult to forecast regional CO2 emissions. Here we explore rates of initial mass loss and net nitrogen (N) mineralization in natural and four common urban ...
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Tao Zhang, Yaoming Li, Lizhang Xu, Yanbin Liu, Kuizhou Ji and Sheng Jiang
Among food crops, rice has the largest planting area, the highest yield per unit area and the largest total yield in China. However, cleaning performance is reduced by the high moisture content of rice during the harvesting process. In order to decrease ...
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Steven Fiorino, Lance Todorowski, Jaclyn Schmidt, Yogendra Raut, Kevin Keefer and Jacob Margraf
This paper evaluates the feasibility of a method using a single hand-held infrared (IR) thermometer and a mini tower of wet and dry paper towels to psychometrically obtain surface layer temperature and moisture gradients and fluxes. Sling Psychrometers h...
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