Green roofs are becoming an increasingly popular way to improve the environmental, economic, and aesthetic performance of both new and existing buildings. Along with the green roofs themselves, it is also common to install sensors to measure various environmental parameters that are affected by or important to the operation of the roof such as precipitation, temperature, and runoff. However, fo...

The urban environment is characterised by a variety of different surface materials. For the discrimination of urban materials, hyperspectral imaging proved a valuable tool. In this study, two methods for classification, Spectral Angle Mapper and Support Vector Machines, are compared on a hyperspectral dataset to derive a detailed map of roof materials. Spectral similarity of different materials...

We investigate the evolution of entanglement in the Fenna-Matthew-Olson (FMO) complex based on simulations using the scaled hierarchical equations of motion approach. We examine the role of entanglement in the FMO complex by direct computation of the convex roof. We use monogamy to give a lower bound for entanglement and obtain an upper bound from the evaluation of the convex roof. Examination ...

2214-0271 B 2016 Heart Rhythm Society. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an o (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). of the left atrium (LA) from the right upper lung lobe (roof vein, Figure 1A, B). After reisolation of reconducted PVs (left superior, right superior, and left inferior PVs) and completion of making a roof line (posteriorly to the roof vein), a Lasso catheter (meas...

Piecewise-linear terrains (“roofs”) over simple polygons were studied by Aichholzer et al. (1995) in their work on straight skeletons of polygons. We show how to construct a roof over a simple polygon that has minimum (or maximum) volume among all roofs that drain water. Such a maximum-volume (minimumvolume) roof can have quadratic (maybe cubic, resp.) number of facets. Our algorithm for comput...

Automatic building reconstruction from LIDAR data has become a hot topic for several years. Many methods and algorithms have been put forward to reconstruct the building models, such as of flat roof, gable roof, or other rectangular shapes. Among which, contour based method is an innovative one to simplify the focusing, detection and reconstruction of buildings. In this paper, the contour clust...

Roof rats (Rattus rattus) and deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) are occasional pests of nut and tree fruit orchards throughout California and in many other parts of the USA and beyond. In general, the most practical and cost-effective control method for rodents in many agricultural environments is the use of rodenticides (toxic baits), but little or no information exists on the efficacy of cur...

Floating roofs are widely used to store petroleum products with high volatility. This is to prevent the product loss and to ensure safe environment around the storage tanks. However, small number of researches were accomplished. These researches aim at study the design of the floating roof and the associated risks that it faces during operation. In an effort to compensate the lack of knowledge ...

Monitoring of roof activity is a primary measure adopted in the prevention of roof collapse accidents and functions to optimize and support the design of roadways in underground coalmines. However, traditional monitoring measures, such as using mechanical extensometers or electronic gauges, either require arduous underground labor or cannot function properly in the harsh underground environment...

Orbital roof fractures are relatively uncommon in craniofacial surgery but present a management challenge due to their anatomy and potential associated injuries. Currently, neither a classification system nor treatment algorithm exists for orbital roof fractures, which this article aims to provide. This article provides a literature review and clinical experience of a tertiary trauma center in ...