We analyze the transport of heat along a chain of particles interacting through anharmonic potentials consisting of quartic terms in addition to harmonic quadratic terms and subject to heat reservoirs at its ends. Each particle is also subject to an impulsive shot noise with exponentially distributed waiting times whose effect is to change the sign of its velocity, thus conserving the energy of...

A promising energy conserving technique for the Ad hoc network must maintain effective packet forwarding capacity when turning off the network interface for idle nodes to reduce power consumption. This paper incorporates the energy conserving technique with the Ant Colony routing protocol and proposes a new EC-PPRA routing algorithm. We use the pheromone mechanism to make routing decision while...

In this study, temporally-evolving incompressible and compressible Turbulent Shear Layer (TSL) instability problem is solved using an all-speed (allMach), implicit, non-dissipative and kinetic energy conserving algorithm. An in-house, fully parallel, finite-volume Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) solver was developed using PETSc. Convergence characteristics at low-Mach numbers were also improv...

The properties of C-grid staggered spatial discretizations of the shallow-water equations on regular Delaunay triangulations on the sphere are analyzed. Mass-conserving schemes that also conserve either energy or potential enstrophy are derived, and their features are analogous to those of the C-grid staggered schemes on quadrilateral grids. Results of numerical tests carried out with explicit ...

The paper uses Italian official survey data collected in 2012 from more than 20 thousand households to shed light on the determinants of people’s pro-environmental behavior, specifically differentiation domestic waste disposal. A rich interdisciplinary literature has developed explain why people may make eco-friendly choices, which come at a personal cost and provide benefits accruing largely o...

Solid papillary carcinoma of the breast is a low-grade tumor originating in the ductal epithelium. It is commonly seen in post-menopausal women and accounts for <1% of all breast cancers. Patients can be asymptomatic, have nipple discharge or present with abnormal mammographic findings. Despite of some radiological features solid papillary carcinoma cannot be accurately diagnosed by imaging alo...

Recent economic and societal developments have led to an increasing emphasis on organizational environmental performance. At the same time, demographic trends are resulting in increasingly aging labor forces in many industrialized nations. Commonly held stereotypes suggest that older workers are less likely to be environmentally responsible than younger workers. To evaluate the degree to which ...

Predicting current and potential species distributions and abundance is critical for managing invasive species, preserving threatened and endangered species, and conserving native species and habitats. Accurate predictive models are needed at local, regional, and national scales to guide field surveys, improve monitoring, and set priorities for conservation and restoration. Modeling capabilitie...

Protecting and conserving environmental resources is a global concern. Over the past decade, a number of certification processes have emerged to help designers and operators of buildings assess the potential impact of a building on the environment. Certifications such as the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) consider the environmental impact through the lifecycle of a buildin...

Pro-environmental behaviors such as conserving water, reducing flights, or purchasing energy-efficient appliances are subject to social pressures. The influence of norms on behavior is widely studied, but it less clear which identities (e.g., political ideology; being an environmentalist) and contextual factors lead individuals pursue avoid pro-environmental behaviors. visibility behaviors—whet...