Espaces publics et mixité culturelle, pour un renouvellement du tourisme tunisien by Saloua Toumi, Roland Vidal

“…On the other hand, it is probable that a new kind of customers will emerge – less interested in water recreation, and more interested in this Tunisian revolution that made the news worldwide. …”
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Investigation for Influences of Seepage on Mechanical Properties of Rocks Using Acoustic Emission Technique by Saisai Wu, Xiaohan Zhang, Junping Li, Zhao Wang

“…Surrounding environments including the existence of water also have a great influence on the behavior and mechanical properties of rocks. …”
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Wear - Sediment Quantity Correlation Model for Preventive Maintenance Scheduling of a Hydroelectric Power Plant by Kleber Zhañay, Cristian Leiva, Erika Pilataxi, William Quitiaquez

“… The present research is carried out for the improvement of the availability of a hydroelectric power plant through a wear-sediment quantity correlation model for the scheduling of its preventive maintenance, the data is based on the measurement of blade thicknesses, as well as visual inspection to identify discontinuities in the water equipment, once the data has been collected, data analysis techniques can be used to evaluate the condition of the Francis turbine and determine the need for preventive maintenance under working condition. …”
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De Jane Eyre à Shirley : une représentation des éléments transformée par les bouleversements sociaux ? by Élise Ouvrard

“…Besides the industrial background has consequences on the water and above all on the air which is polluted by the factories and their chimneys (« Stilbro’ smoke atmosphere ») ; Robert Moore easily puts up with this tainted atmosphere, however it is quite revealing that Caroline finds it hard to breathe (« complained of want of air »). …”
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REE Geochemistry of Euphrates River, Turkey by Leyla Kalender, Gamze Aytimur

“…The river sediments in the tectonic zone and the weathered granodioritic rocks of the Elazığ Magmatic complex affect upstream water compositions.…”
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Determining Physical Characteristics of Watersheds in Artvin Province Using SRTM and Topographic Map Data by Saim Yıldırımer, Mehmet Özalp, Esin Erdoğan Yüksel

“…It is a fact that applying Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and associated software and/or modules on studies regarding use and protection of water resources have been increased in recent years. …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural from Corncob Using Solid Sulfonated Carbon Catalyst by Moges Admasie Mengstie, Nigus Gabbiye Habtu

“…The activity of the selected catalyst (BC-SO3H−1) was studied on the transformation of corncob to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural using biphasic solvent (water: ethyl acetate) and NaCl in the reaction medium. …”
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Gerris spinolae Lethierry and Severin (Hemiptera: Gerridae) and Brachydeutera longipes Hendel (Diptera: Ephydridae): Two Effective Insect Bioindicators to Monitor Pollution in Some... by Arijit Pal, Devashish Chandra Sinha, Neelkamal Rastogi

“…Regression analysis between each individual-independent water quality variable and insect abundance demonstrated a significant positive correlation in each case between B. longipes abundance and BOD, phosphate, free CO2, and algae dry weight, while a significant negative correlation of each of these variables was found with Gerris spinolae abundance. …”
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Controlled Assembly of Nanorod TiO2 Crystals via a Sintering Process: Photoanode Properties in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells by Saeid Vafaei, Kazuhiro Manseki, Soki Horita, Masaki Matsui, Takashi Sugiura

“…In addition, we focus on the preparation of low-cost and environmentally friendly titania electrode by adopting the “water-based” nanofluids. Our results provide useful guidance on how to improve the photovoltaic performance by reshaping the numerous 3D TiO2 particles to 1D TiO2-based electrodes with sintering technique.…”
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Organization of Emergency Health Services and Problems in Flood Disasters: The Case of Hopa by Kemal Torpuş, Sedat Bostan

“…The Hopa flood disaster that occurred on August 24, 2015, caused many injuries, 3 people were lost in the flood waters and 8 people lost their lives in addition to financial losses. …”
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The Enlightenment of Domestic and International Legal and Policies Related to the Sea Level Rise Adaptation by ZHANG Zefei, REN Shutong, XIA Dongdong, SHEN Xiaoying

“…Along China's coast, the rate of sea level rise exceeds the global average, leading to compressed coastal habitats, loss of shoals, threaten underground freshwater resources, and exacerbated disasters such as storm surges, floods, and sea water intrusion. The risen sea level also constrains the sustainability of coastal spatial planning. …”
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Concentrations of ammoniac nitrogen, nitrite and nitrate in areas of oyster culture in Cananeia-SP, Brazil by Edison Barbieri, Helcio Luis de Almeida Marques, Ana Cristina Vigliar Bondioli, Marcos Buhrer Campolim, Alessandra Tegon Ferrarini

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate aspects of water quality of Crassostrea spp. aquaculture sites in Cananeia (SP, Brazil) and adequacy thereof for the cultivation of mollusks in relation to concentrations of total ammoniacal nitrogen, nitrite and nitrate. …”
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C-Reactive Protein (CRP) and Health Resort Reaction by Jadwiga Kuciel-Lewandowska, Michal Kasperczak, Malgorzata Szybinska, Jan Gnus, Malgorzata Paprocka-Borowicz

“…The study population consisted of patients undergoing radon-active water bath treatment. Standard tests were used to determine CRP levels before the treatment as well as 5 and 18 days into the treatment. …”
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Predictores de vasoespasmo cerebral sintomático en la hemorragia subaracnoidea espontánea by Ezequiel López Espinosa, Miguel Ángel Serra Valdés, Maira Sarmiento Matamoros

“…Closely-related factors included: advanced age, loss of consciousness at the time of onset, intracranial hypertension as major clinical syndrome, water-electrolyte imbalance and respiratory arrhythmias. …”
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What was Killing Babies in Ipswich Between 1872 and 1909? by Eilidh Garrett, Alice Reid

“…It becomes clear that birth itself was a major cause of neonatal, even some post-neonatal, deaths. While water-food borne diseases killed large numbers in the summer months, it was the ever-present airborne diseases which carried off a greater number of small victims. …”
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Dynamic Analysis of a Rigid Body Mounting System with Flexible Foundation Subject to Fluid Loading by J.S. Tao, G.R. Liu, K.Y. Lam

“…The study is also carried out to compare the transfer receptances from different waves in plate as it couples with water with the objective to simplify the calculation of receptance. …”
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CFD Turbulence Study of PWR Spacer-Grids in a Rod Bundle by C. Peña-Monferrer, J. L. Muñoz-Cobo, S. Chiva

“…This work presents the analysis of the turbulence effects of a split-type and swirl-type spacer-grid geometries on single phase in a PWR (pressurized water reactor) rod bundle. Various computational fluid dynamics (CFD) calculations have been performed and the results validated with the experiments of the OECD/NEA-KAERI rod bundle CFD blind benchmark exercise on turbulent mixing in a rod bundle with spacers at the MATiS-H facility. …”
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Experimental and Numerical Study on the Permeation Grouting Diffusion Mechanism considering Filtration Effects by Guangxuan Zhu, Qingsong Zhang, Rentai Liu, Jiwen Bai, Wei Li, Xiao Feng

“…Finally, the effects of the grout flow velocity and the water/cement ratio of the grout on the diffusion mechanism are also discussed.…”
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Improvement on Structural Forms of Pile Group Foundations of Deepwater Bridges by Enbo Yu, Sen Ren, Haojun Tang, Yongle Li, Chen Fang

“…The results show that the displacement at the top of the foundation increases with the increase in the pile length until the cap partly emerges from water and so does the internal force at the bottom. …”
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Into the latent space of capacitive sensors: interpolation and synthetic data generation using variational autoencoders by Miguel Monteagudo Honrubia, Francisco Javier Herraiz-Martínez, Javier Matanza Domingo

“…Trained with signals of several water/glycerine concentrations, this generative model learns the dataset characteristics and builds a representative latent space. …”
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