Science and opinion in decision making: A case study of the food security collapse in Sri Lanka by Akila Wijerathna‐Yapa, Robert J. Henry, Matt Dunn, Christine A. Beveridge

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A hypothesis about interrelations of epigenetic factors and transposable elements in memory formation by R. N. Mustafin

“…This is confirmed by the fact that the proteins involved in memory formation, including the transfer of genetic information through synapses between neurons (Arc protein), originate from transposons. Long non-coding RNAs and microRNAs also originate from transposons; their role in memory consolidation has been described. …”
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Numerical investigation of the influence of pulse frequency on the weld pool size in pulsed current TIG welding by Shahid Parvez, Magdy El Rayes, Essam Al-Bahkali, Khalid Alqosaibi

“…A numerical model was developed to compute heat and current fluxes on the workpiece surface. The arc profile shifted from a bell shape in high-frequency cycles to a conical shape in low-frequency cycles. …”
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Effect of Nitrogen Fertilization on the Growth and Seed Yield of Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) by Gebregergis Zenawi, Amare Mizan

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Numerical Investigation of Water Film Evaporation with the Countercurrent Air in the Asymmetric Heating Rectangular Channel for Passive Containment Cooling System by Kashuai Du, Po Hu, Zhen Hu

“…Due to the large curvature radius of the annular channel, one of the short arc segments is taken out, as a rectangular channel, to analyze the main water film evaporation heat transfer characteristics. …”
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Study of the Protection of Aluminum Alloy Surfaces by a Graphene-Modified Fluorocarbon Anticorrosive Coating by Peng Wang, Dayong Cai

“…The corrosion performance was quickly characterized, the polarization curve and the AC impedance curve were fitted, and it was found that the self-corrosion current density (Jcorr) of the graphene-modified anticorrosive coating was the smallest (1.190×10−7 A/cm2) when 0.6% of rGO was added; the impedance modulus (∣Z∣) was the largest (104), the capacitive reactance arc radius was the largest, and the coating resistance was the largest after fitting (15517 Ω). …”
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Evaluation of Land Use Changes before and after Iraq and Iran's War (Case Study: Ilam Watershed) by Norodin Rostami, Batol Navrouzi, Taherh Jafari

“…Therefore, using ETM satellite images and ENVI software, 8 different land uses were defined for each period and the area of each land use was calculated using ArcGIS software. Classification was made by supervised classification method with 96.5, 92.3 and 97.8% kappa coefficient respectively for the various studied periods. …”
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Analyzing the hydro-morphological indicators of the Balharoud river with the aim of determining the trend and causes of riverbed change by Tayebeh Kiani, Mohsen Pourbashir Hir

“…And the indexes were calculated in AutoCAD and Arc maps software. The results show that the Meandering pattern has become more intense over the period of 61 years and the rate of river bed changes has been very high. …”
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The Ecological Model of Pastures Zoning of Kurdistan Province Emphasizing on the Climatic Elements of Temperature and Precipitation by Gholamali Mozafari, Farshad Safarpour

“…Using Boolean logic in the Arc GIS environment, these layers were integrated and the classification maps of pasture Kurdistan province in 3 groups (rich, medium and poor) were provided. …”
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Comparison of Direct Runoff Hydrographs of Two Ungauged Sub-Basins Using Instantaneous Unit Hydrograph Approach by Hüseyin Akay, Müsteyde Baduna Koçyiğit

“…Drainage networks of the sub-basins were created via ArcGIS and some morphometric parameters were calculated. …”
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Analysis of Agricultural Non-point Source Pollution in A Small Watershed in Typical Mountainous Areas at Dongjiang Headwaters ——Taking the Dongjiang Watershed in Dingnan County as... by ZENG Jinfeng, PAN Hong, ZHANG Linan, ZHONG Jianhong, XIE Shuishi, ZHOU Shaomei

“…The current situation of agricultural non-point source pollution in a small watershed in typical mountainous areas at Dongjiang Headwaters were investigated and analyzed,and the agricultural non-point source pollution sources,pollution load and pollution load intensity in this watershed were analyzed,so as to provide a reference for ensuring the safety of water sources in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and promoting the precise pollution control in the watershed.The pollution types such as human settlements,agricultural planting,livestock and poultry breeding and aquaculture in the Dongjiang River Basin of Dingnan County were classified and investigated at the scale of county and township.The pollution load and pollution load intensity were estimated using the output coefficient method and the equivalent pollution load method,and the spatial distribution of pollutants was analyzed by clusteranalysis and ArcGIS.It was found that the main pollutants from agricultural non-point sources in the Dongjiang River Basin of Dingnan County were TN and NH⁺₄-N,which mainly came from human settlements and agricultural planting,and the pollution sources were concentrated in Lishi Town and Egong Town.Strengthening residents' awareness of water environmental protection,speeding up the construction of supporting sewage pipe networks,strengthening the operation and management of sewage equipments,and rationally applying nitrogen and phosphate fertilizers are of great significance for promoting the continuous emission reduction of agricultural non-point source pollution in the mountainous watershed at Dongjiang Headwaters.…”
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Assessment of the quality of groundwater wells in the island Municipality of Panglao, Bohol, Philippines by Ma. Grace Sumaria

“…Spatial variation is analyzed through ArcGIS 10.6 and regression analyses. Results showed that about 40% of the study area’s nitrate concentration exceeded the maximum contaminant level (MCL) of 10mg L-1 as set by US EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act. …”
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Did the COVID-19 quarantine policies applied in Cochabamba, Bolivia mitigated cases successfully? an interrupted time series analysis by Rodrigo K. Arce Cardozo, Osvaldo Fonseca-Rodríguez, Yercin Mamani Ortiz, Miguel San Sebastian, Frida Jonsson

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Research on Tooth Positioning and Mechanical Properties of Flexspline Tooth Rings with Harmonic Gear Clearance Assembly by Xing Jingzhong, Yang Ziyu, Chen Xiaoxia, Yao Yunpeng

“…The size of non-contact area, and the internal forces and deformation of tooth ring is solved iteratively with Energy Method according to the displacement conditions on minor axis and the curvature condition at wrap angle and arc length relationship. Based on the results of finite element model, the theoretical results and tooth positions are compared and verified. …”
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The effect of urban sprawl in emerging of transportation flows and urban air pollution in Tehran metropolitan region

“…For analysis of suburban spatial transportation have used Raw Data Intra-Urban and suburban Data in 1395 Year And for spatial analysis of air pollution (PM2.5 and PM10), have been used The raw data from sensing stations and Landsat satellite images (OLI) for three selected days in 1392, 1393, and 1395 as survey samples in the ArcGIS software. The research findings indicate that due to the intensity of transportation flows in Tehran metropolitan, the suburb to the suburb, the suburb to the central city (Tehran) and vice versa, Air pollution center Rise cannot be attributed to Tehran alone, as the area of pollutant sources has been distributed within the "Tehran metropolitan region ".So, the amount of spatial correlation between air pollution maps and transportation flow maps in selected days (2 Bahman 1392, 5 Bahman 1393 and Dec. 7, 1395), in all cases indicated high spatial relations (more than 75%), Confirmation the idea of this paper. …”
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STRUCTURE ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATION OF MAGNETIC POLE COMBINED PERMANENT MAGNETIC SCREW by SONG XiaoQing, ZHANG YongXin, ZHANG JiaChen, ZHANG XiaoDong

“…Scheme one was to combine andarrange several circular arc-shaped magnetic poles (CASMP) blocks in step. …”
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Soil Contamination by Metals/Metalloids around an Industrial Region and Associated Human Health Risk Assessment by Hale Demirtepe

“…Possible sources of contamination were iron and steel facilities with electric arc furnaces and oil combustion. Non-carcinogenic risk assessment revealed acceptable risks of exposure to Aliağa soils, while exposure scenarios had a great impact on estimated risks. …”
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Estudio climatológico de los vientos para la ciudad de Bogotá en el periodo 2010 - 2016 by Juan Antonio Aragón-Moreno, Erika Daniela Serna-Castaño, David Steven Solano-Romero

“…Del mismo modo, se elaboraron las rosas de los vientos por estación, con el software WRPLOT™; y para finalizar se realizó un mapa vectorial mediante el método de interpolación Co-Kriging utilizando el sistema de información geográfica ArcGis®. Observando que el régimen de circulación atmosférico en Bogotá está estrechamente relacionado con la presencia de los cerros orientales y con la predominancia de los vientos alisios; así mismo, se encontró que la mayor velocidad del viento se presenta al suroeste, y las magnitudes más débiles, al norte y en cercanía a los cerros orientales.…”
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Determination of heat input impact on residual stress, microstructure and mechanical characteristics of welded ferrite-pearlite (α-P) steel joints by using taguchi optimization app... by Nagaraju Doredla, Senthil Kumar N

“…., owing to their special ductility property. Submerged arc welding is highly efficient in welding long-span prefabricated structures. …”
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Reduction disintegration behavior and crystallographic transformation of vanadium–titanium magnetite pellets during hydrogen-based reduction by Feng Chen, Hao Li, Yufeng Guo, Kuo Liu, Shuai Wang, Lingzhi Yang, Yuekai Wen, Meng Zhang

“…There are many advantages of the smelting of vanadium-titanium magnetite pellets by hydrogen-based shaft furnace pre-reduction and electric arc furnace process, including high reduction efficiency, low carbon dioxide emission and high recovery of titanium and so on. …”
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