The effects of recent climate change, including warm winters and repeated temperature fluctuations during dormancy, can lead to freezing injuries that result in significant economic losses in the fruit industry. This study aimed to examine the physio...
It was assumed that a horse with its rider body weight found in the upper limit may negatively impact the horse’s welfare. The objective of this paper was to analyze the differences in body temperature and selected heart rate parameters in hors...
This paper assesses the dry-band formation and location during artificial pollution tests performed on a 4-shed 11kV insulator with conventional and textured surface designs in a clean-fog chamber and with the application of a voltage ramp-shape sour...
Research Highlights: This paper presents a cross-city empirical study on micro-climatic thermal benefits of urban trees, using machine-learning analysis to identify the importance of several in situ measured tree physiognomy traits for cooling. Backg...
13 February 2023
Relationship exploration between the street-greenery rate (SGR) of different street types and land surface temperature (LST) is of great significance for realizing regional sustainable development goals. Given the lack of consideration of the local c...
In this article, a finite element (FE) thermal–electrical model with a trunk-conical discharge channel is employed to simulate individual EDM discharges with a time-on of 18 μs up to 320 μs, which are subsequently compared with the experimental resul...
To develop more valuable application, oil palm trunk was successfully converted into activated carbon fibers (ACFs). An effective process of chemical treatment with dilute sulfuric acid was conducted to improve the thermal stability of primary fibers...
In this study, Se-excess Ge2Sb2SexTe1 (GSST) thin films were synthesized via magnetron co-sputtering. The crystal structure, surface morphology, complex refractive index, and bandgap of the Se-excess GSST thin films were systematically investigated....
Water treadmill (WT) exercise is used for horses’ rehabilitation and training. Given that each training needs to be individualized for each horse, the goal is to assess whether infrared thermography (IRT) can serve as a non-invasive tool for da...
15 October 2016
In the New Qidaoliang Tunnel (China), a rear-end collision of two tanker trunks caused a fire. To understand the damage characteristics of the tunnel lining structure, in situ investigation was performed. The results show that the fire in the tunnel...
In horse racing the most acceptable way to objectively evaluate adaptation to increased exertion is to measure lactate blood concentration. However, this may be stressful for the horse, therefore, a simple, noninvasive procedure to monitor race progr...
A reproducible deep learning framework is presented for surface metrology to predict surface texture parameters together with their reported standard uncertainties. Using a multi-instrument dataset spanning tactile and optical systems, we jointly add...
Fruit sunburn is a major abiotic stress limiting apple production worldwide, with losses potentially reaching 50% due to climate change-driven heat events. This study aimed to evaluate sustainable strategies to mitigate or reduce sunburn on ‘Ga...
Insects have limited ability to regulate their body temperature and have thus required a range of strategies to withstand thermally stressful environments. Under unfavorable winter conditions, insects often take refuge under the soil surface to survi...
Surface fuel removal is crucial to facilitate the mitigation of severe fires in forests. Prescribed burning is often used by forest managers, thanks to its low cost and high efficiency in hard-to-reach areas. The determination of heat transfer betwee...
Calcium oxalate phytoliths are one of the most prominent types of Ca speciation in the plant kingdom, and they store extensive amounts of carbon in crystalline form. Ca phytoliths were investigated in the root, trunk, and bark of Vitis vinifera Chass...
Detecting the early signs of heat stress is highly important in dairy farming. The surface temperature (ST) of cattle can reflect their thermal status and using such a measuring method can be efficient and non-invasive. However, few studies have repo...
The utilization of titanium-containing blast furnace slag has been an unsolved problem for a long time. Failure to make effective use of the slag, which is caused by a high TiO2 content within it, not only results in a waste of resources, especially...
The transportation of oil and gas in Russia’s northern and Arctic regions has seen significant growth in recent years. However, the presence of permafrost in these areas can cause malfunctions in the main pipelines due to soil frost heaving. Th...
This study investigated the quantitative and qualitative attributes of liquid product and biochar obtained from pyrolysis of woody biomass (rubberwood sawdust (RWS)) and non-woody biomasses (oil palm trunk (OPT) and oil palm fronds (OPF)). The prepar...
This research examines the possibility of palm oil and oil palm trunk biochar (OPTB) from pyrolysis effectively serving as alternative processing oils and fillers, substituting petroleum-based counterparts in natural rubber (NR) composites. Chemical,...
To explore the characteristics of the spatial and temporal variation in soil respiration (SR) in orchard ecosystems in different regions of the Loess Plateau of Shaanxi Province and to distinguish the controlling factors, representative orchards were...
Argania spinosa (L.) Skeels is a unique endemic species in Morocco, renowned for its ecological characteristics and socio-economic importance. In Morocco, recent years have seen an exacerbation of the harmful effects of climate change, leading to an...
In the past few decades, due to rising temperatures and changes in precipitation, the degree of drought in semi-arid areas has increased, leading to a large number of tree deaths and threatening the natural forests distributed in the semi-arid areas...
The trematodes Fasciola hepatica and F. gigantica are transmitted by lymnaeid snails and cause fascioliasis in livestock and humans. Human infection is emerging in southern and southeastern Asia. In India, the number of case reports has increased sin...