Thermal Performance Improvement of Solar Parabolic Dish System Using Modified Spiral Coil Tubular Receiver by Rajkumar Malviya, Prashant V. Baredar, Anil Kumar

“…The maximum absorber temperature for May month comes out to be 296°C, and the maximum working fluid outlet temperature is found to be 294.2°C which is near to simulating temperature of 289.59°C and 288.15°C, respectively. …”
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Utilization of NDVI, VTCI and WDI indices in analyzing the effects of drought severity and duration on vegetation density in Siminehrood catchment by Parviz zeaiean Firoozabadi

“…Visible, near-infrared and thermal bands are among the most widely used in the production of products such as vegetation and surface temperature. In this study, from MODIS sensor data to investigate and find the coefficients of spatial relationship between vegetation-surface temperature index (NDVI-TS) and NDVI-ΔTS to extract the time of agricultural drought from June to October 2007 to 2010 in the catchment Siminehrood has been extracted from the Temperature-Vegetation Condition Index (VTCI) and the Water Lack Index (WDI), which are able to detect drought stress on a regional scale. …”
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Effects of the manufacturing process on fracture behaviour of cast TiAl intermetallic alloys by A. Brotzu, F. Felli, D. Pilone

“…The γ -TiAl based intermetallic alloys are interesting candidate materials for high-temperature applications with the efforts being directed toward the replacement of Ni-based superalloys. …”
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Molecular Dynamics Simulation of the Coalescence and Melting Process of Cu and Ag Nanoparticles by Hui Guo, LinFu Zhang, Qiang Zhu, ChuanJie Wang, Gang Chen, Peng Zhang

“…The coalescence point and melting temperature increase as cluster diameter increases. …”
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First-principles generated mechanical property database for multi-component Al alloys: Focusing on Al-rich corner by Wang J., Du Y., Tao X., Ouyang Y., Zhang L., Chen Q., Engström A.

“…In addition, the temperature-dependent elastic properties for some technologically important phases are calculated. …”
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First-principles study on structural, elasto-mechanical, electronic, thermodynamic and hydrogen storage properties of XGeH3 (X=K, Rb) hydrides by Muhammad Salman Kiani, Abu Bakar, Erum Rehman

“…The entropy and volume increase with temperature, while Debye temperature decreases as the applied temperature increases. …”
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Study on the Combustion Process and Emissions of a Turbocharged Diesel Engine with EGR by Mei Deqing, Qian Junnan, Sun Ping, Miao Yan, Zhang Shuang, Cai Yongjun

“…Under the same steady operating mode, with the increase of EGR rate, the temperature of compressed gas ascended, the ignition delay was shortened, the pressure and temperature of the burned gas descended, and the combustion process was prolonged. …”
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Assessing water status in rice plants in water-deficient environments using thermal imaging by Chin-Ying Yang, Yan-Ci Zhang, Ya-Ling Hou

“…The Crop Water Stress Index (CWSI), calculated from canopy temperature and atmospheric temperature, indicated a high correlation between access to water for rice plants and their physiological parameters. …”
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Impact of bovine serum albumin in simulated body fluid on the dynamic dissolution behavior of bioactive glass S53P4 by Minna Siekkinen, Adrian Stiller, Xiaoju Wang, Leena Hupa

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Analysis and Simulation of Thermodynamic Diagrams of Convective and Destructive Storms in Mountainous Regions (Case Study: Meshkinshahr City) by Dariush Yarahmadi, Jamid Mirhashemi, Habib Ariantabar

“…The simulation of thermodynamic diagrams and calculation of physical indices with six hour time observation for this rainy day revealed that the most important factor in causing this rainfall is the different layering of humidity of the vertical layers, in which the potential temperature and equivalent potential temperature are higher than the hours before the beginning of precipitation to the beginning of precipitation, the trend is decreasing. …”
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The evaluation of Agro climatic potentials of Kermanshah and Isfahan provinces in autumn cultivation of sugar beet

“…Since the most important climatic parameter affecting sugar beet cultivation is the temperature, we carried out this research considering climatic elements such as temperature, precipitation and freezing days in relation to autumn sugar beet planting. …”
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Transport, Magnetic, and Thermal Properties of La0.7Ca0.24Sr0.06MnO3 Single Crystal by Tejas M. Tank, Ashish Bodhaye, Ya M. Mukovskii, Sankar P. Sanyal

“…The ac-susceptibility measurement shows that this material exhibits ferromagnetic to paramagnetic transition temperature (TC) 277 K. Sharp peak around this temperature in heat capacity data indicates the onset of long-range ordering. …”
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Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Combustion and Knock in a Dual Fuel Gas/Diesel Compression Ignition Engine by A. Gharehghani, S. M. Mirsalim, S. A. Jazayeri

“…The influence of intake pressure and temperature on knock occurrence and the effects of initial swirl ratio on heat release rate, temperature-pressure and emission levels have been investigated in this study. …”
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STUDY ON WARM FORMING LIMIT PREDICTION OF ADVANCED HIGH STRENGTH STEEL DP780 SHEET METAL by WANG KaiDi, LI Di, LENG YangSong, FU QiuTao, XU JiaChuan, JIANG Ning

“…Based on the unidirectional tensile test results analysis of DP780 steel sheet in the temperature range of 573 K ～ 873 K and strain rate range of 6. 67×10^-4 s^-1～ 6. 67×10^-3 s^-1,the warm forming performance of DP780 steel sheet is better under the condition of temperature of 673 K and strain rate of3. 33×10^-3 s^-1 determined by the product of strength and ductility. …”
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Tailoring Multiferroic Characteristics in LaFeO3 Nanocrystals via Rare-Earth Pr3+ Doping by Ramesh Kumar Raji, Tholkappiyan Ramachandran, Fathalla Hamed, Srinivasa S

“…The ambient temperature magnetic properties of the LPFO ferrite materials displayed antiferromagnetic behavior. …”
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Insights into greener Miocene biomes and globally enhanced terrestrial productivity from fossil leaves by Tammo Reichgelt, Christopher K. West

“…There is a dearth of Miocene data in the tropics and notably an absence of data points in equatorial localities that have high modern NPP (rainforests), which makes a direct comparison complicated. 89% of investigated sites underwent a precipitation decrease from the Miocene to modern, whereas 66% underwent a temperature decrease, and 60% underwent both a precipitation and a temperature decrease. 67% of sites had more productive biomes during the Miocene than today. …”
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Modification of Human-Biometeorologically Significant Radiant Flux Densities by Shading as Local Method to Mitigate Heat Stress in Summer within Urban Street Canyons by Hyunjung Lee, Jutta Holst, Helmut Mayer

“…Urban human-biometeorology stands for the variables air temperature Ta, mean radiant temperature Tmrt, and physiologically equivalent temperature PET, that is the human-biometeorological concept to assess the thermal environment which was applied. …”
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Theoretical Study of Upper Critical Magnetic Field (HC2) in Multiband Iron Based Superconductors by Tsadik Kidanemariam, Gebregziabher Kahsay

“…Similarly, the phase diagrams of the GL coherence length, ξGL, and GL penetration depth, λGL, parallel and perpendicular to the symmetry axis versus temperature are drawn for the superconductors mentioned above. …”
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Research on Splash Lubrication Characteristics of the Planetary Gear Train Based on the MPS Method by Shi Lubing, Chen Huixiao, Yan Shidang, Wang Jun, Ding Haohao, Pei Bang, Liu Zhongming, Wang Wenjian

“…The number of particles in the meshing zone between planetary gears, sun gears and inner gear rings decreases with the increase of input speed and oil temperature, and decreases with the decrease of oil level height. …”
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Design and Implementation of a Healthcare Monitoring System Based on LoRa by Hayder Fadhil Jawad, Ali Al-Askery, Adnan Hussein Ali

“…The design and implementation of a monitoring system for the measurement of blood oxygen saturation, heart rate, and body temperature have been combined into one tool in this study. …”
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