Upgrading the thermal performance of building envelope of existing residential buildings is an effective way to reduce heat gain or heat loss. Overhang device is a common solution for building envelope improvement as it can cut down solar heat gain and thereby can reduce the energy used for space cooling in summer time. Despite that, overhang can increase the demand for indoor heating in winter...

This work analyses the spatial clustering of fire intensity in Zimbabwe, using remotely sensed Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) active occurrence data. In order to investigate pattern intensity, MODIS-derived radiative power (FRP) was utilized. A local indicator autocorrelation method, Getis-Ord (Gi*) statistic, applied show distribution high and low clusters. Analysis rela...

poor wheat stand establishment is a major cause of yield loss, particularly in rainfed and poorly irrigated environments. seeds of eight wheat cultivars (triticum aestivum l.) including irrigated and rainfed varieties, belonging to three different climates of iran (hamedan as cold, karaj as temperate and sarpolzohab as warm climates) were primed using osmoprimig treatments through use of urea ,...

temperature is of crucial importance to ectotherms, particularly for fish whose branchial respiration forces body temperature to follow that of the habitat. During an annual cycle, fish from temperate zones cope with a wide thermal range. To offset these thermal shifts, many species modify their biochemical and physiological properties (Hazel and Prosser, 1974). A common response in cold-active...

Porosity and permeability alteration due to the thermo-poro-elastic stress field disturbance from cold fluid injection is a deciding factor for longer, more economic, safer heat extraction an enhanced geothermal system (EGS). In Soultz-sous-Forêts system, faulted zones are main flow paths, resulting porosity–permeability development over time reorientation sensitive in comparison with regions w...

the accumulative roll bonding (arb) as a severe plastic deformation (spd) procedure aimed at enhancing the mechanical properties of metals and alloys. in the present study, a new slab method is proposed for estimating the forming stress field for cold extrusion of metals cross the alumina interlayer powder particles by accumulative roll bonding process. plastic deformation behavior of the metal...

[1] Subduction zones are where sediments, oceanic crust, and mantle lithosphere return to and reequilibrate with Earth’s mantle. Subduction zones are interior expressions of Earth’s 55,000 km of convergent plate margins and are the geodynamic system that builds island arcs. Excess density of the mantle lithosphere in subduction zones provides most of the power needed to move the plates while in...