This article examines how digital nomads (generally defined here as those from the Global North working remotely without a permanent home) reacted to COVID-19 pandemic. Using social media data and 37 in-depth interviews with 16 countries, it argues that many in this group continued traveling maintain their identity avoid border closures lockdowns. The explores they rationalized mobility while n...

Understanding the annual cycle of Microcystis is essential for managing the blooms of this toxic cyanobacterium. The current work investigated the sedimentation of microcystin-producing Microcystis spp. in three reservoirs from Central Spain during the summer and autumn of 2006 and 2007. We confirmed remarkable settling fluxes during and after blooms ranging 10(6)-10(9) cells m(-2) d(-1), which...

We present the results of a combined experimental and theoretical investigation of sedimentation in a stratified fluid. The theory of sedimentation in a homogeneous ambient is extended to include the influence of a spatially varying particle settling speed. The results of an experimental investigation of latex particles settling in a stably stratified salt water solution are reported. Density v...

a mathematical method for calculation of the minimum cross-sectional area of a thickener is presented by obtaining minimum laboratory batch settling test data, a function, which is called settling function, is derived. this function is found to be in the form of a polynomial of third order. the settling function and mass flux relation are used for the design of thickener. the method predicts th...

Dust grain growth and settling time inside initial gaseous giant protoplanets in the mass range 0.3 to 5 Jovian masses, formed by gravitational instability, have been investigated. We have determined the distribution of thermodynamic and physical variables inside the protoplanets solving the structure equations assuming their gas blobs to be fully convective and with this distribution we have c...

In this contribution, a new approach for teaching digital controllers for finite settling time and deadbeat response is proposed. Essential concepts of deadbeat control are revised and shorted in order to simplify the teaching. The approach is base on a constructivist instructional model, which is supported by wellknown pedagogical tools as the learning cycle, the sandwich structure and the por...

The study was carried out to identify and study the settling characteristics of the dairy activated sludge. The causes and the control measure for the sludge bulking were studied. The activated sludge was generated by running a batch reactor of capacity of 10 liters for a θC of 10 days. It was operated until steady state conditions were reached. pH, DO, MLSS and COD were taken as the parameters...

New data on the settling velocity of artificial sediments and natural sands at high concentrations are presented. The data are compared with a widely used semiempirical Richardson and Zaki equation (Trans. Inst. Chem. Eng. 32 (1954) 35), which gives an accurate measure of the reduction in velocity as a function of concentration and an experimentally determined empirical power n. Here, a simple ...