The purpose of this research was to study forward-spatter misting patterns by shooting a firearm through a chamber of blood encased in ballistic gel to determine if there is a relationship between bloodstain pattern size as a function of distance and...
Aircraft cargo compartment fires are one of the main threats to the safety of civil aircraft. In this study, a series of numerical simulations on the fire suppression performance of water mist in cargo compartments was carried out to examine the effe...
This paper reports a method combining laser die transfer and mist capillary self-alignment. The laser die transfer technique is employed to feed selected microchips from a thermal release tape onto a receiving substrate and mist capillary self-alignm...
A flow visualization study was carried out for flow boiling in a rectangular channel filled with and without metallic random porous media. Four main flow patterns are observed as intermittent slug-churn flow, churn-annular flow, annular-mist flow, an...
This study investigates the thermal control effect of a water mist fire-extinguishing system in road tunnels under both single-source and double-source fire scenarios. A total of eight full-scale fire tests were executed in a physical tunnel, and the...
The objective of the research was to assess the outcomes on the spray patterns produced by the different feasible adjustments of two different air blast sprayers and one mist blower sprayer, commonly employed for treatments to Apulian “tendone” viney...
Extreme weather conditions challenge pig thermoregulation during transport and are addressed by the National Pork Board (NPB) Transport Quality Assurance® (TQA) program that provides guidelines for trailer boarding, bedding, and misting. These gu...
Respimat®Soft MistTM is a newly developed spray inhaler. Different from traditional nebulizers, metered-dose inhalers, and dry powder inhalers, this new type of inhaler can produce aerosols with long duration, relatively slow speed, and a high co...
In this paper, the method for growing α-Ga2O3 films on c-plane sapphire substrates using an inexpensive fine-channel mist-CVD face-to-face heating plate was investigated. Because high temperatures can result in reactor deformation, expensive Al...
Gas well deliquification is a key technology for mitigating liquid loading and restoring or enhancing production capacity in ultra-deep, high-temperature, and high-pressure gas wells. The abnormal corrosion behavior observed in the gas lift tubing of...
This study investigates the spread patterns of tunnel fires and examines issues related to emergency response. It focuses on the temperature characteristics, spread patterns, conditions leading to multi-source fires, and the efficacy of water mist su...
To investigate the performance patterns of high-pressure water mist sprinklers with different flow coefficients in smoke containment and thermal insulation during fire suppression, this study conducted droplet size experiments and small-scale fire te...
Optical metrology has experienced a fast development in recent years—cross laser-pattern has become a common cooperative measuring marker in optical metrology equipment, such as infrared imaging equipment or visual 3D measurement system. The rapid an...
The mean and fluctuation flow patterns and heat transfer in a turbulent droplet-laden dilute flow behind a two-dimensional single-side backward-facing step are numerically studied. Numerical simulations are performed for water droplets, with the inle...
Epoxy and epoxide composites have a wide range of outdoor applications wherein they are affected by ageing. In this study, epoxy casting plates and epoxy-based composite rods for use in overhead conductors were prepared. A concurrent investigation co...
With the development of ground-based all-sky airglow imager (ASAI) technology, a large amount of airglow image data needs to be processed for studying atmospheric gravity waves. We developed a program to automatically extract gravity wave patterns in...
Understanding the mechanisms underlying seasonal community dynamics is important for predicting biodiversity responses to environmental fluctuations, enhancing ecological forecasting, and informing conservation strategies. In this study, we use stand...
Diet, morphological traits, and other ecological characteristics may influence the composition of bird communities. The southern slopes of the Himalayas are one of the global hotspots for avian species diversity. However, systematic research on the d...
Numerical simulations are performed to determine the angular dependence of the MIe scattering cross-section intensities of pure water droplets and pollutants such as contaminated water droplets and black carbon as a function of the wavelength of the...
The variable-area pintle injector has unique geometry and spray characteristics compared to traditional coaxial injectors, and is advantageous for weight lightening and deep throttling of liquid rocket engines. To obtain an accurate prediction of the...
Trichotillomania (TTM) is a body-focused repetitive disorder affecting as much as 0.5 to 2% of the population, with women four times more likely to be affected than men. This disorder causes impairment in daily function and significant distress. A po...
Currently, nasal administration of active pharmaceutical ingredients is most commonly performed using swirl-nozzle-based pump devices or pressurized syringes. However, they lead to limited deposition in the more active regions of the nasal cavity, es...
Forested buffer strips are typically prescribed around water bodies during forest harvesting operations to minimize effects on aquatic communities and to maintain fish and wildlife habitat. It has been argued that the systematic application of these...
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Sub-optimal chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) management has been found largely due to patients’ medication non-adherence and incorrect inhaler technique. This study aimed to examine inhaler use technique and medication adherence amo...
Vertical stratification is a key component of the biological complexity of rainforests. Understanding community- and species-level responses to disturbance across forest strata is paramount for evidence-based conservation and management. However, eve...
Elevational variation in avian community composition can be significantly influenced by habitat degradation, fragmentation and secondary forest growth. Few studies have identified the drivers of changes in bird community composition across disturbed...
The aim of this study was to examine the role of a high-elevation ice cave (Lodowa Cave in Ciemniak, Mt. Ciemniak, 1715 m a.s.l., Tatra Mountains, Poland) in the seasonal and nightly activity of bats. Bat activity was monitored using mist-netting and...
The dynamic contact behavior between multi-component droplets and the surface of iron ore dust was taken as the research object, analysis of the maximum spreading coefficient, maximum acting diameter, maximum acting area, and maximum bouncing height...
Droplet microarrays are increasingly used for miniaturized, high-throughput biochemical assays, yet their fabrication commonly relies on complex lithographic processes, custom masks, or specialized coatings. Here we present a simple method for genera...
For the past few years, research in the field of flow boiling heat transfer has gained immense popularity for unravelling the dominant mechanism responsible for controlling heat transfer and identifying a parametric trend for understanding the charac...
Woodpeckers exhibit selectivity when choosing tree cavities for nest development in forest ecosystems, and fungi play a significant and important role in this ecological process. Therefore, there is a complex and intricate relationship between the va...
This paper reviews the apparent impact of how changes in nitrate, sulphate activities, and moisture affect the surface pH of rock art paintings at Cueva del Ratón, in the Sierra de San Francisco in Baja California Sur, Mexico. The data was col...
The expansion of anthropogenic activities drives changes in the composition, structure, and spatial configuration of natural landscapes, influencing both the taxonomic and functional diversity of bird communities. This pattern is evident in the Colom...
In view of the current situation where research on the dust diffusion laws of different dust source points is limited and the gap with the actual field situation is too large; this study employs an innovative gas–liquid–solid triphase cou...
Mammals harbor diverse microbial communities across different body sites, which are crucial to physiological functions and host homeostasis. This study aimed to understand the structure and function of gut and lung microbiota of pregnant Pomona leaf-...
Shale gas is mostly produced using horizontal wells, since shale gas reservoirs have low porosity and permeability. It is challenging to predict a horizontal well’s critical liquid-carrying gas flow rate because horizontal wells have more compl...
The basic national condition that is dominated by coal will not alter in the foreseeable future. Coal-fired boiler is the main equipment for coal utilization, and cyclone burner is a practical type of burner. There is a cyclone formation, a primary a...
As the wellbore pressure falls below the bubble point pressure, the light components in the oil phase are liberated, forming additional vapor, and the single-phase flow becomes a gas–liquid two-phase flow. However, most studies simplify the mul...
Climate change has a great impact on wildlife, which needs to be considered when designing conservation and management practices in habitats rich in biodiversity, such as wetlands and forests. Varied responses to climate change of species with differ...