This study investigates the aerodynamic and structural behavior of a traditional horizontal-axis windmill equipped with a passively controlled fabric-sail rotor system, representative of the historic Lasithi Plateau windmills of Crete. The traditiona...
Windmills constitute a valuable part of cultural heritage, especially in Greece, as unique structures of popular architecture and know-how of the pre-industrial era. Their wooden mechanisms were of exceptional constructional ingenuity, with the Medit...
The system model on synchronizability problem of complex networks with multi-layer structure is closer to the real network than the usual single-layer case. Based on the master stability equation (MSF), this paper studies the eigenvalue spectrum of t...
We propose a novel type of spoof surface plasmon polariton (SSPP) waveguide based on windmill-shaped units for high-efficiency microwave and terahertz propagation. The dependence of terahertz dispersion characteristics on geometrical parameters of th...
This paper investigates the synchronizability of multilayer directed Dutch windmill networks with the help of the master stability function method. Here, we propose three types of multilayer directed networks with different linking patterns, namely,...
9 January 2020
Chinese windmill palms (Trachycarpus fortunei) are widely planted in karst bedrock outcrop areas in southwest China because of their high economic and ecological values. The aims of this study were to investigate the foraging ability of Chinese windm...
In this work, windmill palm fiber (WPF), alkali-treated fiber (AF) without hemicellulose and bleached fiber (BF) without lignin were prepared and buried in soil for 30, 60 and 90 days. The surface morphology, chemical composition, crystallinity degre...
This study focuses on identifying suitable areas for the installation of water-pumping windmills in Thailand, which require wind speeds of at least 4 m/s to operate efficiently. A simple combined approach is introduced, integrating the Entropy–...
During spinning, the chemical component content of natural fibers has a great influence on the mechanical properties. How to rapidly and accurately measure these properties has become the focus of the industry. In this work, a grey model (GM) for rap...
This study presents a computational and experimental aerodynamic characterisation of a full-scale 5.5 m diameter, six-sail horizontal-axis windmill of the traditional Cretan Lasithi type, equipped with flexible woven polyester sails that act as a pas...
To investigate the aerodynamic characteristics of the fan in windmilling conditions, a new body force model with the fan rotational speed prediction model was developed. The fan rotational speed prediction model was built based on the balance of fan...
23 July 2016
A small focused socio-acoustic after-study of annoyance from a windmill park was undertaken after local health officials demanded a health impact study to look into neighborhood complaints. The windmill park consists of 31 turbines and is located in...
The windmill palm (Trachycarpus fortunei (Hook.) H. Wendl.) is widely distributed and is an important potential source of lignocellulosic materials. The lack of knowledge on the anatomy of the windmill palm has led to its inefficient use. In this pap...
An embedding of an interconnection network into another is one of the main issues in parallel processing and computing systems. Congestion, dilation, expansion and wirelength are some of the parameters used to analyze the efficiency of an embedding i...
The government of Karnataka has resolved to promote and employ an increasing number of alternative fuels, particularly, wind energy. Selecting a windmill supplier is a key decision when developing a wind energy project, and investors must evaluate va...
Wind energy is a kind of renewable energy that plays a significant role in remote areas for pumping water. The windmill is also used to generate electricity. The windmill is also known as a wind pump when it is used for pumping water. In this work, t...
Preparation of high-performance organic semiconductor devices requires precise control over the active-layer structure. To this end, we are working on the controlled deposition of small-molecule semiconductors through a photoprecursor approach wherei...
This paper introduces the incentive of an optimization strategy taking into account short-term and long-term cost objectives. The rationale underlying the methodology presented in this work is that the choice of the cost objectives and their time bas...
Broadcasting is a fundamental information dissemination problem in a connected network where one node, referred to as the originator, must distribute a message to all other nodes through a series of calls along the network’s links. Once informe...
Wind energy potential or quality serve as the primary determinants influencing the decisions of Thai farmers regarding the installation of water-pumping windmills with heights ranging from 9 to 15 m and a cut-in wind speed requirement of 4 m/s, aimed...
Topological index is an invariant of molecular graphs which correlates the structure with different physical and chemical invariants of the compound like boiling point, chemical reactivity, stability, Kovat’s constant etc. Eccentricity-based to...
In recent years, global warming caused by greenhouse gasses such as carbon dioxide has become a concern. This has resulted in increased focus on environmentally friendly power systems. Consequently, renewable energy power generation methods, such as...
To address the demanding requirements for high gain, wide bandwidth, and stable circularly polarized (CP) radiation in wireless local area network (WLAN) applications, this paper proposes and implements a broadband circularly polarized array antenna...
Currently, an increasing number of designers have begun to pay attention to a new paradigm for evaluating the performance with full engine 3-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (3D CFD) simulations. Compared with the traditional component-based...
Molecular descriptors are essential in mathematical chemistry for studying quantitative structure–property relationships (QSPRs), and topological indices are a valuable source of information about molecular properties, such as size, cyclicity,...
This study introduced Softball Pitching Plane (SPP), a best-fit geometric plane designed to characterize the throwing arm spatial trajectory during the windmill softball pitch. The purpose was to evaluate the reliability of this planar representation...
The glasshouse study was conducted with the objectives of (i) investigating the effect of soil moisture variations on the control efficiency of glyphosate on windmill grass (Chloris truncata R.Br.), common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus L.), and flaxl...
Small-scale bioacoustic sensors, such as antennae in insects, are often considered, biomechanically, to be not much more than the sum of their basic geometric features. Therefore, little is known about the fine structure and material properties of th...
Acoustic metamaterials are large-scale materials with small-scale structures. These structures allow for unusual interaction with propagating sound and endow the large-scale material with exceptional acoustic properties not found in normal materials....
Underwater noise has been identified as a relevant pollution affecting marine ecosystems in different ways. Despite the numerous studies performed over the last few decades regarding the adverse effect of underwater noise on marine life, a lack of kn...
Wind energy stands as one of the most technologically mature renewable sources, playing a pivotal role in the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions. However, wind farms and associated infrastructures increase collision risk for flying organisms. Imp...
Glyphosate is the most widely used herbicide for weed control in citrus orchards in Brazil; therefore, it is likely that several species have gained resistance to this herbicide and that more than one resistant species can be found in the same orchar...
This paper presents an alternative proof of the celebrated friendship theorem, originally established by Erdős, Rényi, and Sós in 1966. The proof relies on a closed-form expression for the Lovász
In this paper, we introduce the notion of g-convex weight sequence (gcws) for connected graphs based on the concept of g-convexity and g-weight. g-weight is a natural generalization of the notion of branch weight for trees. We investigate the various...
In the 21st century, researchers have been showing keen interest in the areas of wireless networking and internet of things (IoT) devices. Conventionally, batteries have been used to power these networks; however, due to the limited lifespan of batte...
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Wind is one of the most important resources in the renewable energy basket. However, there are questions regarding wind as a sustainable solution, especially concerning its upfront costs, visual impact, noise pollution, and bird collisions. These cha...
This paper presents initial findings from aeroelastic studies conducted on a wing-propeller model, aimed at evaluating the impact of aerodynamic interactions on wing flutter mechanisms and overall aeroelastic performance. The flutter onset is assesse...
Distributed electric propulsion (DEP) systems offer a wide range of options for arranging the propulsion units on an aircraft. In most cases, the position of the propulsion systems is optimized for one specific flight phase, e.g., takeoff or cruise....
This project’s objective was to create a circular economy in the composites sector by examining the possibility of using wind turbine blade composite materials to construct noise-absorbing barriers for roads. The possibility of constructing roa...
The current study presents the results of the first dendrochronological survey performed over the East Aegean island of Symi. Research Highlights: Dendrochronological research of the East Aegean region is of paramount importance since dendrochronolog...
The degrees-of-freedom associated with offshore floating wind turbines (OFWTs) result in a more dynamic flow field. The resulting aerodynamic loads may be significantly influenced by these motions via perturbations in the evolving wake. This is of gr...
Prostate cancer (PC) is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer in males worldwide and the fifth most common cause of cancer-related death in men [...]
19 January 2022
Non-epithelial ovarian cancers (NEOC) are a group of uncommon malignancies that mainly includes germ cell tumours (GCT), sex cord-stromal tumours (SCST), and some extremely rare tumours, such as small cell carcinomas and sarcomas. Each of these class...
1 July 2022
Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is one of the cancers most influenced by hereditary factors. A fourth to a fifth of unselected EOC patients carry pathogenic variants (PVs) in a number of genes, the majority of which encode for proteins involved in DN...
Several high voltage condenser type OIP (oil impregnated paper) bushings used in the electrical industry are filled with dodecylbenzene, because of its ability to absorb hydrogen formed by corona partial discharges in the thick paper insulation of th...
Where there are wind turbines, they become a dominant feature of the landscape. The landscape is one of the frequently identified types of impacts of these investments on the natural environment and people. Specially prepared methodologies are used t...
Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors are a novel class of therapeutic agents that target tumors with deficiencies in the homologous recombination DNA repair pathway. Genomic instability characterizes high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC)...
Sandhoff disease (SD) is a progressive neurodegenerative lysosomal storage disorder characterized by GM2 ganglioside accumulation as a result of mutations in the HEXB gene, which encodes the β-subunit of the enzyme β-hexosaminidase. Lysosom...
Introduction: Malignant spinal cord compression (MSCC) is one of the most devastating complications of cancer. This event requires rapid decision-making on the part of several specialists, given the risk of permanent spinal cord injury or death. The...
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