We screened the algorithm 2 (308 K threshold) European Space Agency (ESA) World Fire Atlas (WFA), for the period 1997–2002, using ancillary land cover, nightlights and volcanic activity datasets, combined with statistical techniques to detect the occurrence of space-time clusters of anomalous observations. The WFA is built using night time data from the Along Track Scanning Radiometer (ATSR) on...

A statistical study of the chromospheric ribbon evolution in H[Formula: see text] two-ribbon flares was performed. The data set consists of 50 confined (62%) and eruptive (38%) flares that occurred from June 2000 to June 2015. The flares were selected homogeneously over the H[Formula: see text] and Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) classes, with an emphasis on including p...

High-throughput genome scans are important tools for genetic studies and breeding applications. Here, a 6K SNP array for use with the Illumina Infinium® system was developed for diploid sweet cherry (Prunus avium) and allotetraploid sour cherry (P. cerasus). This effort was led by RosBREED, a community initiative to enable marker-assisted breeding for rosaceous crops. Next-generation sequencing...

The polarisation of x-ray photons can be determined by measuring the direction of emission of a K-shell photoelectron. Effective exploitation of this effect below 10 keV would allow development of a highly sensitive x-ray polarimeter dedicated in particular to x-ray astronomy observations. Only with the advent of finely segmented gas detectors was it possible to detect polarisation sensitivity ...

Effect of long-term intake of isoleucine-proline-proline (IPP) and valine-proline-proline (VPP), or a sour milk product containing these peptides on development of hypertension was investigated in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). Six-week-old SHR were given: 1) water (control group), 2) IPP and VPP dissolved in water (peptide group) or 3) sour milk containing IPP and VPP (sour milk group)...

A gas sensor array, consisting of seven Metal Oxide Semiconductor (MOS) sensors that are sensitive to a wide range of organic volatile compounds was developed to detect rotten onions during storage. These MOS sensors were enclosed in a specially designed Teflon chamber equipped with a gas delivery system to pump volatiles from the onion samples into the chamber. The electronic circuit mainly co...

This study aimed to evaluate the effect of rootstocks on fruit sugars, organic acids, and carotenoids. The contents of sugars and organic acids in fruits were determined by HPLC. Total acidity (TA), total soluble solids (TSS), and pH value of the juice were also evaluated. Total carotenoids and chlorophylls contents were measured using a spectrophotometer. The content of ethylene in fruits was ...

Gas flaring from oil and gas fields is a significant source of black carbon (BC) emissions, component particulate matter that damages health warms the climate. Observations Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) satellite instrument indicate approximately 17.2 billion cubic meters (bcm) was flared upstream operations in United States 2019. Based on an emissions factor equation accoun...

The compressibility factor (Z-factor) of natural gases is necessary in many gas reservoir engineering calculations. Accurate determination of this parameter is of crucial need and challenges a large number of used simulators in petroleum engineering. Although numerous studies for prediction of gas compressibility factor have been reported in the literature, the accurate prediction of this param...

Solar-type stars exhibit their highest levels of magnetic activity during early convective pre-main sequence (PMS) phase evolution. The most powerful PMS flares, super-flares and mega-flares, have peak X-ray luminosities $\log(L_X)=30.5-34.0$~erg~s$^{-1}$ total energies $\log(E_X)=34-38$~erg. Among $>24,000$ selected young ($t<5$~Myr) members 40 nearby star-forming regions from our earlier $Cha...