Deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimneys contain a high diversity of microorganisms, yet the metabolic activity and the ecological functions of the microbial communities remain largely unexplored. In this study, a metagenomic approach was applied to characterize the metabolic potential in a Guaymas hydrothermal vent chimney and to conduct comparative genomic analysis among a variety of environments ...

The potential for application of GIScience techniques and technologies is increasingly being realized by a multitude of diverse domains. This paper reports on one such application in the domain of building diagnostics, a subfield of the broader economic sector of building construction. A pressing issue in building diagnostics is the detection of water infiltration, a condition that can cause si...

Passive cooling is inevitable for buildings to be resilient global warming. While many forms of passive techniques have been developed, radiative (RC), as an emerging technology, still not widely applied in buildings. Due current limitations, proposals implementing RC come up combination with other design strategies. In this study, we propose combine natural ventilation the form a novel RC-enha...

In this study, a numerical model was presented to simulate the experimental behavior obtained for a reinforced concrete chimney section. The purpose of the previous experimental investigation conducted for the chimney section was to evaluate the effect of large openings on the cyclic response in order to reveal the performance of such structures under seismic loads. A detailed finite element mo...

This paper expands a model different from existing models to analyze the cost and benefit of areinforced concrete solar chimney power plant (RCSCPP) built in the desert regions of Iran.Based on the model and some assumptions for values of parameters, this paper calculates totalnet present value (TNPV) and the minimum electricity price in each phase by dividing the wholeservice period into four ...

A correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-021-10567-y