Large wood increases the morphological and hydraulic complexity of rivers, yet it may block modify flood discharge capacity structures. To assess related risk, blockage probability estimation for structures such as reservoir spillways is needed. This work presents unstudied parameters large with a reservoir-type approach flow, where inflow velocity has negligible magnitude. Experiments were con...

The Engine for Likelihood-Free Inference (ELFI) is a Python software library for performing likelihood-free inference (LFI). ELFI provides a convenient syntax for specifying LFI models commonly composed of priors, simulators, summaries, distances and other custom operations. These can be implemented in a wide variety of languages. Separating the modelling task from the inference makes it possib...

Flood forecasting is particularly difficult and uncertain for small drainage basins. One reason for that is the absence of adequate temporal and spatial hydrological input variables for model-based flood predictions. Incorporating additional information collected by volunteers with the help of their smartphones can improve flood forecasting systems. Data collected in this way is often referred ...

OBJECTIVE The number of mobile applications addressing health topics is increasing. Whether these apps underwent scientific evaluation is unclear. We comprehensively assessed papers investigating the diagnostic value of available diagnostic health applications using inbuilt smartphone sensors. METHODS Systematic Review-MEDLINE, Scopus, Web of Science inclusive Medical Informatics and Business...

hydraulics of stepped spillway is a very complicated phenomenon, as it consists of a two phase flow passing through a set of designed steps. the steps increase the rate of energy dissipation taking place on the spillway face. turbulence, flow aeration and energy dissipation are the main tasks in the design of such structures. this study consists of the experimental investigation to determine th...

After a lengthy period of scouring, the reinforced concrete surface dam spillway (i.e., drift spillways and flood discharge spillways) will suffer from deterioration damage. Regular manual inspection is time-consuming dangerous. This paper presents robotic solution to detect automatically, count defect instance numbers, reconstruct by incorporating deep learning method with visual 3D reconstruc...

Erosion at either dam or spillway foundations, destabilization in riverbanks, and damage the natural environment located downstream of dams spillways represent crucial elements to be taken into account risk assessment hydraulic structures. One main problems is related scouring that water flow may induce boundary spillways. This issue exacerbated case undersized stilling basins, i.e., when a sig...

The use of nanostructured materials and nanosized-topographies has the potential to impact performance implantable biodevices, including neural interfaces, enhancing their sensitivity selectivity, while reducing tissue reactivity. As a result, current trends in biosensor technology require effective ability improve devices with controlled nanostructures. Nanoimprint lithography pattern surfaces...