Monitoring and control of the blast furnace hearth is critical to achieve the required production levels and adequate process operation, as well as to extend the campaign length. Because of the complexity of the draining, the outflows of iron and sla...
Drainage network patterns influence the hydrological response of the watersheds and must be taken into account in the management of the water resource. In this context, it is important to identify the factors that control the configuration of drainag...
Topographic depressions in Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) have been traditionally seen as a feature to be removed as no outward flow direction is available to route and accumulate flows. Therefore, to simplify hydrologic analysis for practical purpo...
The drainage pattern of a river network is the arrangement in which a stream erodes the channels of its network of tributaries. It can reflect the geographical characteristics of a river network to a certain extent because it depends on the topograph...
The drainage network of the Upper Araguari River, Brazil, developed within an intraplate setting characterized by the Brasiliano structural inheritance, Mesozoic magmatism, and marked lithological contrasts. Although these factors strongly influence...
In view of the deep burial depth, high formation pressure, and presence of top and bottom water in offshore extra-heavy-oil reservoirs, this paper conducts a study on the production performance and flow field variation law of steam huff-and-puff to s...
Drainage network pattern recognition is a significant task with wide applications in geographic information mining, map cartography, water resources management, and urban planning. Accurate identification of spatial patterns in river networks can hel...
The total nitrogen (TN) increases and the water quality deteriorates when a large amount of nitrogen-containing water is discharged from farmlands into wetlands. This research on the relationship between the TN, ammonia nitrogen (NH4-N), and nitrate...
In the last two decades, studies of lymphoscintigraphy imaging in lymphatic mapping reported an extreme heterogeneity of skin lymphatic drainage of some skin area, in contrast with the previous scientific literature. The aim of this study was to inve...
The automatic detection and accurate characterization of drainage patterns are of primary importance for interpreting the regional geologic origin and the features of the regional geological structure. However, there are few studies regarding the ide...
Better methods are needed for mapping agricultural drainage pipe systems. Prior research on small test plots indicates that ground penetrating radar (GPR) is oftentimes capable of detecting buried drainage pipes; however, the feasibility of employing...
The Rio Grande drainage plays a key role in supplying water and electricity to large urban centres, but some components of its rich ichthyofauna are still poorly known. Based on our field inventories in the middle section of the drainage, we recognis...
Although irrigation systems largely sustain global agricultural production, their efficiency is often alarmingly low. While irrigation water (blue water) is critical for the water-saving irrigation of rice with a high water demand, the process and ef...
Agricultural drainage canals provide critical habitats for fish species that are highly sensitive to agricultural practices. However, conventional monitoring methods such as capture surveys are invasive and labor-intensive, which means they can distu...
In Brazil, stormwater management systems are usually deficient and very commonly implemented after the urban areas have settled. In Brasilia, the Federal capital of Brazil, this problem is aggravated due to the fact that the rainy and dry seasons are...
Detrital zircon (DZ) ages of Cretaceous sandstones in the United States contain critical spatial and temporal information on their sedimentary provenance and on the reorganization of drainage patterns. Herein, we report zircon U-Pb ages of sandstones...
Background/Objectives: The variability in the structure of the deep cerebral venous system in neonates is increasingly recognised, as are the vascular structural factors involved in the development of the germinal matrix/intraventricular haemorrhage...
In the Pikes Peak oil field near Lloydminster, Canada, a significant amount of heavy oil reserves is located in reservoirs with a bottom water zone. The properties of the bottom water zone and the operation parameters significantly affect oil product...
In the last decade, machine learning (ML) technology has been transforming daily lives, industries, and various scientific/engineering disciplines. In particular, ML technology has resulted in significant progress in neural network models; these enab...
Rainfed agriculture is dependent on rainfall and runoff patterns, especially in lowland areas that rely on pumping operation to remove excess water from the drainage network. Polder areas are extremely vulnerable to saltwater intrusion and subsequent...
Mussels of the family Unionidae are important components of freshwater ecosystems. Alarmingly, the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources Red List of Threatened Species identifies almost 200 unionid species as extinct, e...
Micro-scale cold-air flow along a gentle slope was analyzed using thermal infrared imaging (TIR), focusing exclusively on the lowermost 2 m above ground. Cold-air pulses were analyzed with regard to their vertical temperature stratification as well a...
Postoperative complications after pancreatic surgery are still a significant problem in clinical practice. The aim of this study was to characterize and compare the microbiomes of different body compartments (bile duct, duodenal mucosa, pancreatic tu...
Many reclaimed areas in Indonesia have abandoned swampland or idle land which is attributed to various factors. One of the main factors is the unsuitability of the exiting flow system in this area since the condition of the canals and water structure...
Coastal wetland ecosystems around the world are facing serious challenges due to rapid economic development, climate change, and sea level rise. These factors have a great influence on the tidal creek network and vegetation ecosystem. Accordingly, ba...
Practicing agricultural drainage strategies is necessary to manage excess water in poorly drained irrigated agricultural lands to protect them from induced waterlogging and salinity problems. This paper provides an overview of subsurface drainage str...
Changes in weather patterns directly impact urban transport infrastructures. The increase in temperature and the ongoing precipitation changes should be handled and managed more frequently. In urban areas, most of the soil is impermeable and water ha...
While the sentinel lymph node concept is routinely applied in other surgical fields, no established and valid modality for lymph node mapping for esophageal cancer surgery currently exists. Near-infrared light fluorescence (NIR) using indocyanine gre...
The drainage basins of Greece are analyzed in terms of hierarchy and discussed in view of Tsallis Entropy. This concept has been successfully used in a variety of complex systems, where fractality, memory and long-range interactions are dominant. The...
The condition of drainage pipes greatly affects the urban environment and human health. However, it is difficult to carry out economical and efficient pipeline investigation and evaluation due to the location and structure of drainage pipes. Herein,...
Gas flow in a coal seam is a complex process due to the complicated coal structure and the sorption characteristics of coal to adsorbable gas (such as carbon dioxide and methane). It is essential to understand the gas migration patterns for different...
Thermokarst lakes in permafrost regions are highly dynamic due to drainage events triggered by climate warming. This study focused on mapping lake drainage events across the Northeast Siberian coastal tundra from 2000 to 2020 and identifying influent...
Due to the different design standards of urban drainage and water conservancy facilities, numerous coordination and linkage issues arise when confronting extreme rainfall. In this paper, three clustering methods were used to cluster rainfall events,...
To comprehensively comprehend the spatiotemporal variations in pollution load within the Sixth Drainage Ditch of the Ningxia Yellow River Diversion Irrigation Area, we employed the LOADEST model. We utilized daily flow data and concentrations of ammo...
Climatically driven processes are important controls on the Earth’s surface and on interactions between the hydrological cycle and erosion in drainage basins. As a result, landscape forms such as hillslope topography can be used as an archive t...
With extraordinary resolution and accuracy, Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR)-derived digital elevation models (DEMs) have been increasingly used for watershed analyses and modeling by hydrologists, planners and engineers. Such high-accuracy DEMs...
Severe blockages of tunnel drainage systems greatly affect the lining structure of the tunnels, thus jeopardizing their stability and safety. In order to study the blockages of tunnel drainage pipes, the flow rate of a calcium carbonate crystal tunne...
Crystal blockage of tunnel drainage pipes is one of the main causes of problems such as lining cracking and water leakage. The study of the crystal development rule is of great significance for the design of tunnel drainage systems and the long-term...
Understanding the patterns of greenhouse gas emissions and the changes in pollution load in terrestrial freshwater systems is crucial for accurately assessing the global carbon cycle and overall greenhouse gas emissions. However, current research oft...
Analysing the morphological features of the drainage basin helps to understand its hydrological characteristics and the association of water, with soil, topography, and vegetation of the catchment. Morphometric analysis reveals the linear, areal, and...
Agricultural drainage plays an effective role in preventing waterlogging and salinity disasters and also is the main transport pathway for agricultural non-point source pollutants into rivers and lakes. Hence, the water quality of agricultural draina...
As an effective energy storage solution, gas reservoir compressed air energy storage (CAES) can efficiently utilize curtailed wind power to meet urban electricity demands. Well pattern optimization enables rational design and adjustment of well layou...
This study investigates the often-overlooked phenomenon of land drainage interventions as a means of climate change adaptation, focusing on a conceptual case study from Northern Bohemia, Czech Republic. The intensification of agriculture has led to e...
In this study, experimental quantification of drainage potential curves for unspiked and spiked Exxsol D60 was performed and compared against simplified numerical model results. This potential relates to the flow rate of tapped water from the bottom...
First flush is one of the key phenomena in the dynamics of pollutants in urban drainage. It is affected by a number of factors, like the characteristics of urban surfaces and drainage systems, the rainfall patterns, the street sweeping frequency and...
Slope siphon drainage is a convenient and efficient above-ground drainage method that is free of manual power and can effectively maintain the stability of potential landslides and prevent the loss of life and property. The complex engineering topogr...
With the frequent occurrence of extreme weather events worldwide, the compound frequency of drought and flood events has significantly increased, imposing multidimensional pressures on agricultural water resource management. Agricultural water consum...
Over the years, multiple tailings dam failures all over the world have been primarily linked to drainage issues. Given its critical role in dam stability, this research analyzes the relationship between precipitation, reservoir levels, and geotechnic...
The drainage of groundwater in mountainous tunnel projects always leads to substantial decline of the regional water table, which may induce numerous environmental issues, such as spring depletion, surface subsidence, vegetation degradation, and impa...
The practice of rainwater harvesting (RWH) has been studied extensively in recent years, as it has the potential to alleviate some of the increasing stress on urban water distribution systems and drainage networks. Within the field, an approach of re...
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