With the increasing load and renewable energy capacity in interconnected power grids, the system voltage stability faces significant challenges. Tie-line transmission power is a critical factor influencing the voltage stability margin. To address thi...
Aiming at the practical difficulties (e.g., high cost of full-scale tests) in testing the rolling resistance of aircraft wheels on unpaved runways, this study establishes a theoretical calculation formula for wheel rolling resistance based on the Bek...
Based on the analysis of solar radiation and meteorological parameters measured at a subtropical forest in China during 2013–2016, a new empirical model of global solar irradiance has been developed. It can calculate global solar irradiance at the gr...
To optimize contributions of uncertain input variables on the statistical parameter of given model, e.g., reliability, global reliability sensitivity analysis (GRSA) provides an appropriate tool to quantify the effects. However, it may be difficult t...
An empirical model of global solar irradiance (EMGSI) under all sky conditions was developed by using solar radiation and meteorological parameters at Sodankylä. The calculated hourly global solar irradiance is in agreement with that observed at the...
Nearly Zero Energy Building (NZEB) is becoming a standard for new and renovated buildings throughout the European Union (EU). Through the ongoing implementation of directives related to energy efficiency and NZEB-compliant buildings, the EU commissio...
On the analysis of solar radiation and meteorological variables measured in Ankara province in Türkiye from 2017 to 2018, an empirical model of global solar radiation was developed. The global solar radiation at the ground and at the top of the...
The appropriate division of underground drinking water source protection zones is a low-cost method of preventing water source pollution and ensuring a supply of safe drinking water. Based on FEFLOW, a groundwater flow model of large water sources wa...
Traditional drainage methods for marine reclamation typically consume large amounts of energy and have a negative environmental impact. The siphon-vacuum drainage method (SVD) automatically forms a vacuum and drains using less energy. It has signific...
Microwave vegetation index (MVI) is a vegetation index defined in microwave bands. It has been developed based on observations from AMSR-E and widely used to monitor global vegetation. Recently, our study found that MVI was influenced by the atmosphe...
This paper presents an approach for the topological design of multi-material compliant mechanisms with global stress constraints. The element stacking method and the separable stress interpolation scheme are applied to calculate the element stiffness...
The application of phenol-formaldehyde (PF) resin as an optical temperature sensor is investigated. Recent developments in optical luminescent sensors allow for global measurements to be made over the surface of a test article, extending beyond conve...
The composite tape winding process, which utilizes a tape winding machine and prepreg tapes, provides a promising way to improve the quality of composite products. Nevertheless, the process parameters of composite tape winding have crucial effects on...
This cross-sectional study aims to explore the prevalence of protein-energy wasting (PEW) in dialysis patients in Catalonia, Spain, using a new and practical online tool which enables rapid calculation and comparison with other nutritional scores. Me...
6 March 2022
An empirical model to predict hourly global solar irradiance under all-sky conditions as a function of absorbing and scattering factors has been applied at the Dome C station in the Antarctic, using measured solar radiation and meteorological variabl...
Effective management of coral reefs requires strategies tailored to cope with cumulative disturbances from human activities. In Brazil, where coral reefs are a priority for conservation, intensifying threats from local and global stressors are of par...
This paper presents a new moving force identification (MFI) algorithm that uses measured accelerations to infer applied vehicle forces on bridges. Previous MFI algorithms use strain or deflection measurements. Statistics of the inferred forces are us...
Considering the nearly zero energy building (nZEB) and the increased measures for the improvement of the energy efficiency, the international literature indicates an extended use of specialized materials and technical installations. An increase in th...
Global dietary consumption strongly determines agricultural land requirements. Yet, it is currently difficult for individual consumers to quantify the environmental impact of their individual diet. One relatively easy to understand metric is the Huma...
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted trade flows, causing a trade drop in 2020 that was especially sensitive for pharmaceutical and medical products necessary to ensure public health. The production of pharmaceutical products is dispersed in a framewor...
Global climatic changes increase areas that are influenced by drought. Remote sensing based on the spectral characteristics of reflected light is widely used to detect the action of stressors (including drought) in plants. The development of methods...
In the development of tight gas reservoirs, gas flow through porous media usually takes place deep underground with multiple mechanisms, including gas slippage and stress sensitivity of permeability and porosity. However, little work has been done to...
Background/Objectives: Universal surgical risk calculators are not validated for use and poorly predict postoperative morbidity and mortality for women undergoing gynaecological oncology surgery. This adversely affects communication of risk resulting...
The quantum entanglement entropy of the electrons in a one-dimensional hydrogen molecule is quantified locally using an appropriate partitioning of the two-dimensional configuration space. Both the global and the local entanglement entropy exhibit a...
Standard safety assessments of civil engineering systems are conducted using safety factors. An alternative method to this approach is the assessment of the engineering system using reliability analysis of the structure. In reliability analysis of th...
In this study, an 18-steps, 22-species reduced global mechanism for ozone-enhanced CH4/air combustion processes was derived by coupling GRI-Mech 3.0 and a sub-mechanism for ozone decomposition. Three methods, namely, direct relation graphics with err...
Geological CO2 sequestration (GCS) has been proposed as an effective approach to mitigate carbon emissions in the atmosphere. Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis of the fate of CO2 dynamics and storage are essential aspects of large-scale reservoir...
In this work, we investigated a simple mathematical model describing the consumption of virus-infected phytoplankton by zooplankton in a chemostat. The system was studied by calculating the basic reproduction number, the equilibrium points, and their...
The use of electric motors, and particularly, Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors, is increasing in recent years, and their vibration response is one of the most crucial aspects regarding their behaviour. Thus, the reduction in vibrations is one of t...
Soil respiration (SR) is one of the largest fluxes in the global carbon cycle. The temperature sensitivity of SR (often termed as Q10) is a principal parameter for evaluating the feedback intensity between soil carbon efflux and global warming. The p...
Primary production by marine phytoplankton is one of the largest fluxes of carbon on our planet. In the past few decades, considerable progress has been made in estimating global primary production at high spatial and temporal scales by combining in...
Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) is an emerging technology with significant potential for large-scale emissions reduction. To reduce the overall system costs of CCUS, this study first establishes a comprehensive economic cost model for...
The traditional load-shedding models usually use global optimization to get the load-shedding region, which will cause multiple variables, huge computing scale and other problems. This makes it hard to meet the requirements of timeliness in on-line p...
The surface fluxes calculated in land surface models (LSMs) are sensitive to the determination of the stability parameter. Further, calculation of the surface fluxes over the Tibetan Plateau (TP) is crucial in the simulation of regional and global we...
Many important practical problems connected to energy efficiency in buildings, ecology, metallurgy, the development of wireless communication systems, the optimization of radar technology, quantum computing, pharmacology, and seismology are described...
The intention of this paper is to evaluate the sensitivity of the Storm Water Management Model (SWMM) output to its input parameters. A global parameter sensitivity analysis is conducted in order to determine which parameters mostly affect the model...
Efficient and affordable plant phenotyping methods are an essential response to global climatic pressures. This study demonstrates the continued potential of consumer-grade photography to capture plant phenotypic traits in turfgrass and derive new ca...
22 July 2022
An empirical model to estimate global solar radiation was developed at Qomolangma Station using observed solar radiation and meteorological parameters. The predicted hourly global solar radiation agrees well with observations at the ground in 2008&nd...
Seawater pH is a direct proxy of ocean acidification, and monitoring the global pH distribution and long-term series changes is critical to understanding the changes and responses of the marine ecology and environment under climate change. Owing to t...
Sustainable development (SD) evaluations have attracted considerable attention from governments and scientific communities around the world. The objective and quantitative calculation of the importance of sustainable assessment indicators is a key pr...
Competitive location problems (CLPs) are a crucial business concern. Evaluating customers’ sensitivities to different facility attractions (such as distance and business area) is the premise for solving a CLP. Currently, the development of loca...
The global surface pressure was measured on a 7
Globally, over 85% of oyster reefs have been lost, and the combined effects of climate change, ocean acidification, and environmental degradation, including pollution and mangrove overharvesting, could further reduce global oyster fisheries in the co...
A covariance matrix is an important parameter in many computational applications, such as quantitative trading. Recently, a global minimum variance portfolio received great attention due to its performance after the 2007–2008 financial crisis,...
Background: Quality assurance (QA) programs are designed to improve the quality and safety of radiation treatments, including patient-specific QA (PSQA). The objective of this study was to investigate the conditions in which pretreatment PSQA is perf...
Thresholding algorithms segment an image into two parts (foreground and background) by producing a binary version of our initial input. It is a complex procedure (due to the distinctive characteristics of each image) which often constitutes the initi...
Modeling the global markets is complicated due to the existence of uncertainty in the information available. In addition, the lithium supply chain presents a complex network due to interconnections that it presents and the interdependencies among its...
Chemical process engineering and machine learning are merging rapidly, and hybrid process models have shown promising results in process analysis and process design. However, uncertainties in first-principles process models have an adverse effect on...
Amidst the intensifying challenges of global climate change and the increasing demand for regional sustainable development, accurately assessing the contributions and dynamic characteristics of different land-use types to regional carbon sink pattern...
Background: Substance use disorders (SUDs) remain a major contributor to global morbidity and mortality, imposing substantial health, social, and economic burdens worldwide. Comprehensive assessments of long-term epidemiological trends across World H...
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