Analysis of flood risk based on WMS model in urban catchment area Case study: Damand basins, Golabdareh and Saadabad, Tehran metropolitan area by amir safari, ali ahmadabadi, zahra sedighifar

“…Hence, in these areas, determination of flood progression and its elevation relative to the surface of the earth, as well as determining the characteristics of the flood during the various return periods, which will be called flood zoning, will be of great importance. …”
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JUSTICE AS BEAUTY-IN-ACTION? INSIGHTS FROM HANS URS VON BALTHASAR’S AESTHETICS AND DRAMATICS by M.J. Havenga

“…It begins by giving an exposition of Balthasar’s theological aesthetics, as developed in his work The glory of the Lord, which shows how, for Von Balthasar, earthly beauty participates in, and expresses something of God’s divine glory and reaches its apex in the revelation of the beautiful form of Jesus Christ. …”
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Tombes à fossé circulaire et chemins de la fin du premier âge du Fer à la Pailletrice, ZAC du Parc de l’Aéroport à Pérols (Hérault) : nouvelles données sur les pratiques funéraires... by Isabelle Daveau, Bernard Dedet

“…The best preserved monument shows a peripheral ditch marking out a very low earth barrow with a secondary cremation deposit next to its centre, an ossuary with the remains of two bronze vases, and a shallow pit containing residues from the pyre. …”
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Analysis on Time Window of Shared Parking in Hospitals Based on Parking Behaviors by Qin Chen, Peng He, Jun Chen

“…Hospitals are essential components of a city; huge traffic demand is generated and attracted, causing contradiction between parking supply and demand. By sharing parking berths, limited space can serve more demand which is beneficial to alleviating parking problems. …”
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Video communication, blue marble awe, and attitudes toward climate change and renewable energy by Ion Bogdan Vasi, Mario Paez-Arellano

“…Three interventions used single message approaches, which focused on facts about climate change science, facts about solar PV technology, or the emotion of blue marble awe (the feeling of awe for the Earth arising from the realization that we live on a fragile planet). …”
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Determination of Nd3+ Ions in Solution Samples by a Coated Wire Ion-Selective Sensor by Hassan Ali Zamani

“…The sensor revealed high selectivity with respect to all common alkali, alkaline earth, transition and heavy metal ions, including members of the lanthanide family other than Nd3+. …”
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Dynamical imprints on precipitation cluster statistics across a hierarchy of high-resolution simulations by C. C. Stephan, B. Stevens

“…Our findings suggest that power laws in Earth's precipitation cluster statistics stem from the robust power laws of atmospheric motions.…”
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Epidemic threshold conditions for seasonally forced SEIR models by Junling Ma, Zhien Ma

“…We find that for models without recruitment of susceptible individuals (via births or loss of immunity), max$_t{\mathcal{R}_0(t)} < 1$ is required to prevent outbreaks no matter when and how the disease is introduced. …”
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Estimation of land surface temperature in relation to land-use using remote sensing technology and geographic information system (Case study: Tabriz city( by Mohammad Kazemi Garajeh, Behnam Salmani, Mohammad Hossein Rezaei Moghaddam

“…The research results also indicate that the split-window algorithm provides reliable results for land surface temperature estimation that can be used in environmental studies and earth sciences.…”
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Polar stations as testing platforms for space analogue simulations – Case study for Polish potential by Agata Maria Kołodziejczyk, Marek Lewandowski, Adam Nawrot, Ireneusz Sobota

“…The article presents the current state of existing infrastructure in the polar regions, which are unique considering the multiple aspects of future settlement beyond Earth. These include food production, energy supply and storage, smart materials, and new forms of communication. …”
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Satellite Constellation Orbit Design Optimization with Combined Genetic Algorithm and Semianalytical Approach by Tania Savitri, Youngjoo Kim, Sujang Jo, Hyochoong Bang

“…The constellation consists of nonsymmetric and circular Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites. A global optimization method, Genetic Algorithm (GA), is chosen due to its ability to locate a global optimum solution for nonlinear multiobjective problems. …”
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De gallo peregrino, le coq voyageur by Serge Bahuchet

“…Pour cette enquête on analyse chronologiquement les témoignages écrits successifs, c’est-à-dire les archives qui ont pu être révélées par des historiens, et surtout les livres (de cuisine, d’agriculture, dictionnaires), afin de mettre en évidence les étapes de l’adoption du dindon dans notre civilisation européenne (Espagne, Italie, France et Angleterre).…”
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PVC-Membrane Potentiometric Electrochemical Sensor Based on 2-(4-Oxopentan-2-ylideneamino)isoindoline-1,3-dione for Selective Determination of Holmium(III) by Hassan Ali Zamani

“…This electrode presented very good selectivity and sensitivity towards the Ho3+ ions over a wide variety of cations, including alkali, alkaline earth, transition and heavy metal ions. The practical utility of the electrode has been demonstrated by its use as an indicator electrode for the potentiometric titration of a Ho3+ solution with EDTA and for the determination of Ho3+ ions concentration in mixtures of two and three different ions.…”
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Congenital Anomalies of the Kidney and Urinary Tract: A Genetic Disorder? by Ihor V. Yosypiv

“…Congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUTs) occur in 3–6 per 1000 live births, account for the most cases of pediatric end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), and predispose an individual to hypertension and cardiovascular disease throughout life. …”
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Research on Shield Tunnelling Parameters Correlation in Composite Strata by Ziqi Guo, Huipeng Zhang, Xiaoyang Shi, Zhi Huang, Yiyong Xu, Zhiqiang Zhang

“…Based on the tunnel project between the Dinggong Road North Station and the People’s Park Station online 4 of Nanchang Metro during shield tunnelling construction, this paper collects thrust, torque, and revolution speed of the cutterhead during shield tunnelling in the complex strata with differentiated argillaceous siltstone and gravel and analyzes these parameters by means of mathematical statistics analysis, in order to explore the interrelationship between shield tunnelling parameters under different stratigraphic conditions and put forward optimization suggestions for tunnelling parameters, which can provide a reference for control of tunnelling parameters of earth pressure shield in composite strata.…”
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La traversée d’un objet by Bruno Almosnino

“…Une tentative de fiction ébauchée, retrouvée dans les archives d’une synagogue, permet d’ajouter un nouvel élément à la longue liste des objets qui nous font agir dans le monde. Ecrit dans un moment d’isolement par le président d’une communauté concerné par l’avenir des juifs algériens et de leur patrimoine, son contenu dévoile, par une organisation dramatique bien pensée, le véhicule permettant aux protagonistes en situation de résoudre les épreuves de leur appartenance contrariée au judaïsme. …”
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Searching for dark torsion signatures at LIGO in Nieh–Yan teleparallel chiral gravitational waves and Chern–Simons invariants by L. C. Garcia de Andrade

“…It is shown that pulsar sources for GWs bathing the surface of the Earth on a contortion background of $$10^{-15}\,\textrm{s}^{-1}$$ 10 - 15 s - 1 possess amplitudes well within the parameters of LIGO capabilities of amplitudes on the order of $$10^{-22}$$ 10 - 22 . …”
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Ecophilosophical and Ecopsychological Aspects of Sustainable Consumption and Lifestyle by Mikołaj Niedek

“…The article will present and compare the concepts of the eco-philosophy of Henryk Skolimowski and the ecopsychology of Theodore Roszak in terms of cognitive, ideological, and axiological propositions of these concepts that can form the motivating basis for responsible living on Earth. In the author’s opinion, apart from the economic dimension, the adoption of ecological ethics and of ecological sensitivity is crucial for the permanent rooting of sustainable consumption patterns in people's attitudes. …”
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Experimental Methods to Assess the Effectiveness of Soil Conditioning with Foam in Fully Weathered Granite by Liming Tao, Zhongtian Chen, Jian Cui, Huiwu Wang, Yong Fang

“…The application range of the earth pressure balance (EPB) shield has been expanded due to advances in optimization methods, one of which is the application of foam conditioning. …”
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Correlates of and Barriers to the Utilization of Health Services for Delivery in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa by Nai-Peng Tey, Siow-li Lai

“…Data from the Demographic and Health Surveys conducted in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Kenya, Nigeria, and Tanzania show that more than half of the births in these countries were delivered outside a health facility. …”
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