the purpose of this article is to present the development of a wind farm, with a condition monitoring system (cms) based on control charts as the algorithm, centred on a new index, to prevent soil pollution by oil spills in wind farms. to this end, temperature sensors can be considered as one of the more significant sensors to be employed in this study, because the information obtained with reg...

Understanding the functional significance of shelter for animal populations requires knowledge of the behavioural mechanisms that govern the dynamics of shelter use. Exploitation of shelters may be impeded by mutual interference, yet interference competition can be difficult to distinguish from exploitation competition. We used Bullheads (Cottus gobio) as a model system of mobile fish to invest...

Homelessness among families has become a growing social problem for communities, yet little is known about the types of daily survival strategies such families employ. This paper presents results of a qualitative study of the coping narratives of 64 mothers living in temporary emergency shelters with their children. The women reported using a variety of coping responses to daily stressful event...

Prey environment, feeding success and condition of blue whiting Micromesistius poutassou larvae were analysed in contrasting meteorological situations west of Ireland in the spring of 2 consecutive years (1994 and 1995). While larval abundance in both years of the study was approximately equal, there were marked differences in the physical and biological environment between the 2 years. 1994 wa...

Using satellite-based wind and sea surface temperature (SST) observations, linear trend and interannual variability of wind stress, turbulent heat flux (Q) and wind stress curl are addressed for the Indian Ocean sector of the Southern Ocean (ISO, 0 ̊E 155 ̊E) for the period 2000-2009. The analysis reveals that spatial mean of Q varies between 70 and 73 Wm−2 in the austral summer and winter, respe...

earth-shelter construction is one of the aspects in architecture where the thermal mass of the earth behind the outer walls are applied in order to reduce heat loss and keep the internal temperature at human comfort range. in case of earth-shelter buildings, housing is especially important. as for its applicability the earth-shelter provides good housing. typological studies of earth-shelter co...

Shelterbelts are used for a variety of purposes in agricultural environments, primarily because of their ability to improve the downwind microclimate. Excessive evaporative losses from small, agricultural water supply reservoirs in semi-arid Western Australia motivated a combined numerical modelling and field investigation into the potential for using shelterbelts to reduce evaporation from the...