Contaminants in the Urban Environment: Perfluoroalkyl Substances by Ignacio A. Rodriguez-Jorquera, Gurpal S. Toor

“…Common products that contain PFASs are Teflon pans, non-stick cookware, rain/waterproof jackets (like Gore-Tex), fire-fighting foams, food packaging, carpets, and furniture fabrics. …”
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Home Irrigation and Landscape Combinations for Water Conservation in Florida by Melissa B. Haley, Michael D. Dukes, Grady L. Miller, Dorota Z. Haman

“…The dry winter/spring weather and sporadic large rain events in the summer coupled with low water holding capacity of the soil make irrigation necessary for the high quality landscapes desired by homeowners. …”
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Cycleanalysis oftime seriesof annualprecipitationHelehandMondwatershed by yadollah balyani, Mohammad saligheh, Hossein asakereh, Mohammad Hossein Nasserzadeh

“…In this study, data from 37 stations Heleh and Mond watershed (both rain and synoptic) from its inception until 2011,  who had over 30 years of data, to analyze the cycle of annual rainfall, interest has been taken. …”
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Air Quality Survey of some locations in the Niger Delta Area by A Adoki

“…The average acidity values (5.63, 5.57, 5.41 and 5.41) of rainwater collected over the monitored period show rain acidity. The low Conductivity values however indicated non-contamination of the rainwater.…”
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Effect of Environmental Parameters on the Performance of Optical Wireless Communications by Hosam Abd Elrazek Mohamed Ali, El-Sayed Soliman A. Said, Mohamed Ebrahim Yousef

“…This paper studies the effect of environmental parameters like rain, fog, haze, snow, and dust on the performance of optical wireless communications using Opti-system program. …”
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Nest Relocation and Colony Founding in the Australian Desert Ant, Melophorus bagoti Lubbock (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) by Patrick Schultheiss, Sebastian Schwarz, Antoine Wystrach

“…Reproduction occurs in synchronised mating flights, which are probably triggered by rain. Queens may engage in multiple matings, and there is circumstantial evidence that males are chemically attracted to queens. …”
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A Hurricane Preparedness for Citrus Groves by Mongi Zekri, Robert R. Rouse, Jonathan H. Crane

“… This document discusses the impact of tropical storms and hurricanes on citrus groves, emphasizing the potential for significant rain and wind damage. The hurricane season spans from June 1 to November 30, during which all of Florida, particularly south Florida with its shallow-rooted citrus trees, faces threats from severe weather events. …”
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Home Irrigation and Landscape Combinations for Water Conservation in Florida by Melissa B. Haley, Michael D. Dukes, Grady L. Miller, Dorota Z. Haman

“…The dry winter/spring weather and sporadic large rain events in the summer coupled with low water holding capacity of the soil make irrigation necessary for the high quality landscapes desired by homeowners. …”
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Wind Shear Target Echo Modeling and Simulation by Xiaoyang Liu, Chao Liu, Wanping Liu

“…In order to analyze the influence of wind shear on the efficiency of the airplane, this paper proposes a mathematical model of point target rain echo and weather target signal echo based on Doppler effect. …”
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A Hurricane Preparedness for Citrus Groves by Mongi Zekri, Robert R. Rouse, Jonathan H. Crane

“… This document discusses the impact of tropical storms and hurricanes on citrus groves, emphasizing the potential for significant rain and wind damage. The hurricane season spans from June 1 to November 30, during which all of Florida, particularly south Florida with its shallow-rooted citrus trees, faces threats from severe weather events. …”
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Design and Implementation of a Digital Environmental Monitoring System. by Nuwagaba, Alfred

“…This system focused on the following environmental parameters of temperature, humidity, light intensity and rain to digitally. The detected parameters are then displayed on a liquid crystal display (LCD) and sent to a remote user through short message service (SMS). …”
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African Indigenous Medicine Activities in Mbarara Municipality, Uganda by Godfrey, Barigye

“…It was established that most African indigenous healers were mainly practicing herbalism, midwifery/traditional birth attendance, spirituality/foretelling, bone-setters, snake poison healers and rain-makers. The African indigenous healers were in the age group of 40 years and above, had an educational level of secondary, most of them were females, who were Banyankore, Baganda, Congolese and Swahili, and were married. …”
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Sistem Pendeteksi Banjir dan Badai Angin serta Monitoring Cuaca Berbasis Internet of Things by Ida Bagus Made Lingga Pradirta, I Nyoman Piarsa, I Putu Arya Dharmaadi

“…The devices used are Arduino Mega 2560 microcontroller, ultrasonic sensor, anemometer sensor, temperature and humidity sensor, light intensity sensor, rain sensor, buzzer, Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), ESP8266 Wi-Fi module, SIM800L V2 module, stepdown LM2596 DC-DC, NEO-6M GPS module, 18650 battery, and on off switch with 3 pins. …”
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Enhanced Control Efficacy of Different Insecticides Mixed with Mineral Oil Against Asian Citrus Psyllid, <i>Diaphorina citri</i> Kuwayama, Under Varying Climates by Wei Hu, Kejing Wang, Xiaoyue Zhong, Pei Jiang, Shunchang Zhang, Zhanjun Lu, Zhixiang Zhang, Long Yi, Ning Zhang

“…Individual application of CPF, THX, and PPF effectively controlled against ACP nymphs under no rain conditions, with mortality rates varying from 20 to 100% during 1–5 d after treatment. …”
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Rozumienie przez dzieci 6-, 7- i 8-letnie występowania wody w gruncie by Jan Amos Jelinek

“…They are aware of the existence of water in the ground, but their cognitive horizon is limited to a deliberate explanation of the phenomena of water origin (e.g. water from rain immediately penetrates a well). The research has shown that children lack experience in preserving water in the ground and conclusions for pedagogical practice have been presented. …”
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Integrated Management of Bacterial Spot on Tomato in Florida by Amanda Strayer-Scherer, Ying-Yu Liao, Peter Abrahamian, Sujan Timilsina, Mathews Paret, Tim Momol, Jeff Jones, Gary Edward Vallad

“… Bacterial spot is one of the most detrimental diseases of tomato and is especially severe in the southeast United States when weather conditions (high temperature, high humidity, and rain) become conducive for disease development. This new 8-page publication of the UF/IFAS Plant Pathology Department presents updated information about the causal pathogen and management of bacterial spot on tomato in Florida. …”
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Relationships between Rainy Days, Mean Daily Intensity, and Seasonal Rainfall over the Koyna Catchment during 1961–2005 by S. Nandargi, S. S. Mulye

“…In the present study, daily rainfall data of the stations inside the Koyna catchment has been analysed for the period of 1961–2005 to understand the relationship between the rain and rainy days, mean daily intensity (MDI) and seasonal rainfall over the catchment on monthly as well as seasonal scale. …”
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DETERMINATION OF LEAKAGE CURRENT THROUGH INSULATED COATING OF 10 KV OVERHEAD DISTRIBUTION LINE WIRES WHILE CONTACTING TREES AND OTHER EARTHED OBJECTS IN RAINY WEATHER by K. F. Stepanchuk, G. S. Klimovich, A. S. Krasko, S. P. Rzhevskaya, M. S. Loman

“…However leakage current may lead to dangerous high potentials on these objects and around them.The results of calculations and experimental research have revealed that in the rain leakage current on an earthed object and insulation resistance depends on the width of moistened zone and practically does not depend on an object size and shape. …”
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Performance of Multimodel Schemes for Seasonal Precipitation over Indian Region by Vinay Kumar, Tirthankar Ghosh

“…These statistical schemes like downscaling, BLUE, and superensemble can improve rainfall forecasts further, if a dense rain gauge data is provided.…”
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