The Mushroom Agaricus blazei Murill Elicits Medicinal Effects on Tumor, Infection, Allergy, and Inflammation through Its Modulation of Innate Immunity and Amelioration of Th1/Th2 I... by Geir Hetland, Egil Johnson, Torstein Lyberg, Gunnar Kvalheim

“…The medicinal mushroom Agaricus blazei Murill from the Brazilian rain forest has been used in traditional medicine and as health food for the prevention of a range of diseases, including infection, allergy, and cancer. …”
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Experimental Study on Hygrothermal Deformation of External Thermal Insulation Cladding Systems with Glazed Hollow Bead by Houren Xiong, Jinming Xu, Yuanzhen Liu, Shimeng Wang

“…This research analyzes the thermal and strain behavior of external thermal insulation cladding systems (ETICS) with Glazed Hollow Beads (GHB) thermal insulation mortar under hygrothermal cycles weather test in order to measure its durability under extreme weather (i.e., sunlight and rain). Thermometers and strain gauges are placed into different wall layers to gather thermal and strain data and another instrument measures the crack dimensions after every 4 cycles. …”
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Implementation of the WSM5 and WSM6 Single Moment Microphysics Scheme into the RAMS Model: Verification for the HyMeX-SOP1 by Stefano Federico

“…For this period a database of daily precipitation of thousands of rain gauges over the Italian territory is available. …”
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Determining the variations of monthly wet and dry regimes using Angot index in Ardabil Province by Raoof Mostafazadeh, Roghayeh Asiabi-hir, Seyed Saied Nabavi

“…The aim of this study is to assess and calculation of the Angot inxed in analysis of dry and wet periods of monthly rainfall in rain gauge stations of Ardabil province. The maximum values of Angot index were observed in November and May months. …”
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Load Estimation of Complex Power Networks from Transformer Measurements and Forecasted Loads by Haina Rong, Francisco de León

“…An “effective temperature” reflecting complex weather conditions (sun irradiation, humidity, rain, etc.) is introduced to properly consider the effect on the power consumption of cooling and heating devices. …”
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An Efficient Image Denoising Method for Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks Based on DT-CWT by Rachid Sammouda, Abdul Malik S. Al-Salman, Abdu Gumaei, Nejmeddine Tagoug

“…In this context, many types of noises occur due to sensors problems, change of illumination, fog, rain, and other weather conditions. These noises usually degrade the digital images acquired by camera sensors. …”
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Relationship of Meteorological and Air Pollution Parameters with Pneumonia in Elderly Patients by Suleyman Serdar Tasci, Cemil Kavalci, Afsin Emre Kayipmaz

“…As a result, climatic (temperature, humidity, pressure levels, rain, etc.) and environmental factors (airborne particles, CO, NO, and NOX) were found to be effective in the number of patients admitted to the hospital due to pneumonia.…”
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Road Rescue Demand Prediction for the Improvement of Traffic System Resilience by Zhenzhen Yang

“…., low temperature, high temperature, heavy snow, heavy rain, and rainstorm). The research findings can provide scientific basis for the rescue department to deploy rescue equipment and rescue personnel in advance, raise the efficiency and quality of rescue, and improve the resilience of the transportation system.…”
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Numerical Simulation of the Topographical Change in Korea Mountain Area by Intense Rainfall and Consequential Debris Flow by Byong-Hee Jun

“…Three rainfall events between July 9 and July 14, 2009, triggered a number of debris flows at Jecheon County in Korea. Rain fell at a rate of 64 mm/h, producing 400 mm of total accumulation during this period. …”
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Four-Channel Vibrating Testbed Design for Full Vehicle Durability Simulation by Huiqi Du, Shiqing Xu

“…In order to reflect the fatigue process of parts more truly, the anomaly points were identified and eliminated based on the two-parameter rain-flow counting method. By representing the transfer function in the frequency domain, the measured signal is changed quickly by Fourier, and the uniqueness of the transfer function is ensured by establishing an invariant system. …”
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Impacts of Abnormal Heating of Tibetan Plateau on Rossby Wave Activity and Hazards Related to Snow and Ice in South China by Yuyue Fan, Guoping Li, Huiguo Lu

“…In January 2008, extreme freezing rain struck South China. At the same time, the Tibetan Plateau (TP) was experiencing pronounced surface heating. …”
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Ultrasound-Assisted Emulsification Microextraction Based on Solidification Floating Organic Drop Trace Amounts of Manganese Prior to Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrometry... by Alireza Mohadesi, Masoumeh Falahnejad

“…The proposed method was successfully applied for separation and determination of manganese in sea, rain, tap, and river water samples.…”
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Comparison of Neural Network Error Measures for Simulation of Slender Marine Structures by Niels H. Christiansen, Per Erlend Torbergsen Voie, Ole Winther, Jan Høgsberg

“…Therefore, the networks trained on different error functions are compared with respect to accuracy of rain flow counts of stress cycles over a number of time series simulations. …”
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Evaluation of Maize (Zea mays L.) Varieties in Selected Lowland Areas of Southern Ethiopia by Tariku Simion Dojamo, Selamawit Markos Takiso, Melese Lema Tessema

“…An increase in temperature above 30°C reduces yield by 1% under optimal rain-fed conditions. Approaches that improve performance under drought and high temperatures are essential to sustain productivity. …”
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Trends of Moisture and Electrical Conductivity in Clay Liners by Muawia Dafalla, Ahmed Al-Mahbashi, Mosleh Al-Shamrani

“…A metrological station installed within the site was used to observe temperature, humidity, and rain fall. The drop of moisture and electrical conductivity was found to be nonlinear with temperature changes and reflecting the bimodal nature of the soil. …”
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THE STRENGTH BEHIND GROWTH: EXPLORING METAPHORS IN PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR’S POEM, THE SEEDLING by Fitriyah Fitriyah, Aisyah Ahzahra Suroso, Arvina Septa Maharani

“…The metaphors used in Paul Laurence Dunbar's 'The Seedling' speak to the stages of human improvement, utilizing characteristic pictures such as seeds, roots, daylight, and rain. Each allegory is utilized to portray desires, dreams, trusts, and the plausibility of developing into a grown up in spite of having to overcome numerous challenges. …”
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Evaluation of the Contribution of Deposited Precipitation by Jaroslav Fišák, Miroslav Tesař

“…An automatic device for DP weight measurement developed and produced at the Institute of Atmospheric Physics was used. The tipping bucket rain gauges were used for the FP measurement. Present paper summarizes the results of measurements of deposited and falling precipitation in three localities: Suchdol, Prague (capital of the Czech Republic), Poledník (Bohemian Forest), and Smĕdava (the Jizerské hory Mts.). …”
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Analysis of Slope Stability and Disaster Law under Heavy Rainfall by Pengfei Guo, Yadi Yuan, Yanyan Peng, Haijiag Zhang, Yongxu Zhao

“…Results showed that due to the heavy rainfall within 2 h, the deformation of the slope is not obvious in the rain 2 h~7 h period, first of all in the position of slope toe of slope stress raiser; As the rainfall continued, the infiltration of rainwater led to weakening of the rock mass strength, and the cracks in the slope fracture zone further expanded and extended to the top of the slope. …”
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KAJIAN IDENTIFIKASI POTENSI DAN PERMASALAHAN SUMBERDAYA AIR by ASEP HARIYANTO, K. HERRY ISKANDAR

“…Based on the results of the analysis has been done, can know the potential water resources are owned Belitung Regency include: watershed and river discharge that has a large enough reliable; under-mined under the savings used as raw water sources as ponds that use river water reservoir and water rain; and groundwater. In addition to the potential, there are some problems related to water resources management in Belitung District include: water pollution; flooding problems; dryness; as well as deterioration of water quality problems. …”
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Evaluation of Relations between Extreme Precipitation and Temperature in Observational Time Series from the Czech Republic by Marta Martinkova, Martin Hanel

“…The scaling for total rain events is steeper than for the events with prevailing convective component and for the events with prevailing stratiform component. …”
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