Actual Evapotranspiration Comparison in Hanjiang River and Weihe River Basin Based on Multiple Methods by LI Tongtong, LIU Dengfeng, MING Guanghui, HAN Songjun, MENG Xianmeng, HUANG Qiang

“…Accurate actual evapotranspiration assessment in a basin is important for revealing climate change trends and serving regional water resources management.The Hanjiang River and Weihe River are typical representatives of semi-humid and semi-arid watersheds on the north and south sides of the Qinling Mountains.This paper estimates and verifies the mean annual actual evapotranspiration of basins in the Hanjiang River and Weihe River basins by multiple methods including the water balance method, B2015 evapotranspiration complementary model, SWAT hydrological model, and evapotranspiration data products.The results show that the B2015 evapotranspiration complementary model is well applied to both study areas, and the calculated actual evapotranspiration error is less than 10%.The SWAT model performs well in the daily runoff simulation in both study areas, and the determination coefficient is larger than 0.63.The comparison results of multiple methods show that the annual actual evapotranspiration calculated by the water balance method and the SWAT model is closer to the actual value, and the calculated values of the B2015 evapotranspiration complementary model in Hanjiang River and Weihe River are 3.79% and 2.46% smaller than the actual values respectively.The actual evapotranspiration from the TEDAC and GLDAS evapotranspiration products is 31.08% and 36.54% larger in Hanjiang River and 13.72% and 5.06% larger in Weihe River, and the evaluation performance of the two products is better in the Weihe River than that in Hanjiang River.Additionally, it is still difficult to calculate the accurate actual evapotranspiration by current datasets and methods in specific basins.…”
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Modeling of spatio-temporal of albedo over Iran by Zahra Hejazizadeh, Meysam Toulabi Nejad, Alireza Rahimi, nasrin bazmi, Atefeh Bosak

“…In general, according to the factors used, it can be said that the western and central parts of the country have a highest albedo, and the north and northwest regions of the country have a lowest albedo.…”
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Systematic Review of Focal Prostate Brachytherapy and the Future Implementation of Image-Guided Prostate HDR Brachytherapy Using MR-Ultrasound Fusion by M. Sean Peach, Daniel M. Trifiletti, Bruce Libby

“…Prostate cancer is the most common malignancy found in North American and European men and the second most common cause of cancer related death. …”
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HCHs and DDTs in Soils around Guanting Reservoir in Beijing, China: Spatial-Temporal Variation and Countermeasures by Tie-yu Wang, Bing Tan, Yong-long Lu

“…The level of HCHs and DDTs residues in the south reservoir is lower than that in the north reservoir. The middle region has the highest HCHs and DDTs concentrations, especially near the Beixinpu town. …”
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Analysis of homogeneity and isotropy of the flow in the watercourses by applying the RAPS and IPTA methods by Bojan Đurin, Mirna Raič, Petra Sušilović, Hossein Banejad

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Multivariate Statistics and Supervised Learning for Predictive Detection of Unintentional Islanding in Grid-Tied Solar PV Systems by Shashank Vyas, Rajesh Kumar, Rajesh Kavasseri

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Environmental Influences on Young Adult Male Height. A Comparison of Town and Countryside in the Netherlands, 1815-1900 by Jan Kok, Erik Beekink, David Bijsterbosch

“…We contrast an early industrializing town, with a typical proletarian sub-culture of tile bakers and a significant middle class (Woerden in the province of South-Holland) to an agrarian community (the village of Akersloot and surrounding area in the province of North-Holland). Our dataset allows us to disentangle effects of the family composition, the family’s socio-economic status, food prices, and the environment on bodily growth of 1,738 young men. …”
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Energy Budget on Various Land Use Areas Using Reanalysis Data in Florida by Chi-Han Cheng, Fidelia Nnadi, Yuei-An Liou

“…Therefore, in this study, North American regional reanalysis (NARR) data set from 1992 to 2002 were employed to investigate the energy budget on various land uses (lake, wetland, agriculture, forest, and urban) at a regional scale in Florida. …”
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Critical Rationalism as a Source of Theoretical Jurisprudence by R. S. Raab

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Knowledge, Awareness, Perceptions, and Use of Emergency Contraceptives among Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence by Kathleen J. Wilder, Jeane-Marie Guise, Nancy A. Perrin, Ginger C. Hanson, Rebecca Hernandez, Nancy Glass

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The Reliability and Validity of a Clinical Measurement Proposed to Quantify Humeral Torsion by Paul A. Salamh, William J. Hanney, Lauren Champion, Connor Hansen, Kari Cochenour, Celine Siahmakoun, Morey J. Kolber

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Effects of the Amount of Fly Ash Modified by Stearic Acid Compound on Mechanical Properties, Flame Retardant Ability, and Structure of the Composites by Tuan Anh Nguyen

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Improving Oil Supply Security: Using a Risk Optimization Model to China and India by Ming Qi, Danyang Shi, Congcong Li, Jialu Wu, Pei Wang

“…India should import four times as much oil from the United States as it does now and import 10 times more crude oil from Russia. Africa and North America will play a more important role in India’s oil supply security.…”
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Transmission dynamics and optimal control of brucellosis in Inner Mongolia of China by Linhua Zhou, Meng Fan, Qiang Hou, Zhen Jin, Xiangdong Sun

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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

“…Using the thermodynamic physical equations, the thermodynamic diagrams of the vertex column were simulated for a point with a width of 38.375 degree north and a length of 47.625 degrees east. 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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Sensitivity of Service Life Extension and CO2 Emission due to Repairs by Silane Treatment Applied on Concrete Structures under Time-Dependent Chloride Attack by Aruz Petcherdchoo

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Investigation of smart grid technologies deployment for energy reliability enhancement in electricity distribution networks by Lukas M.N. Gabriel, John A. Adebisi, Leokadia N.P. Ndjuluwa, Dickson K. Chembe

“…This investigative research used both qualitative and quantitative methodologies to identify potential opportunities and challenges associated with smart grid technologies deployment into distribution networks using Central North Regional Electricity Distributor (CENORED) and Namibia Power Corporation (NAMPOWER) as a case study for the possibility of smart technologies deployment to enhance energy distribution network. …”
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McGregor Flap in Reconstruction of Lower and Upper Eyelid Defects by Mir Yasir, Hillal Ahmad Bhat, Altaf Rasool, Mir Mohsin, Umar Farooq Baba, Haroon Rashid Zargar, Sheikh Adil Bashir, Adil Hafeez Wani

“…Materials and Methods: This study was conducted prospectively from August 2015 to July 2018 in one of the tertiary care hospitals in North India. This study consisted of a total of 15 patients treated for eyelid defects following the excision of neoplastic disease of the lids. …”
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TAXPAYERS’ AWARENESS, TAX PENALTIES AND TAX ADMINISTRATION IN NIGERIA by Benuh Adama Idris

“…A total of one hundred and fifty (150) corporate taxpayers whose tax files are domiciled in North-Central and South-West FIRS zonal offices were selected as sample for this study. …”
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Effects of pH, Temperature, Dissolved Oxygen, and Flow Rate on Phosphorus Release Processes at the Sediment and Water Interface in Storm Sewer by Haiyan Li, Liang Liu, Mingyi Li, Xiaoran Zhang

“…The sampling was conducted in a residential storm sewer of North Li Shi Road in Xi Cheng District of Beijing on August 3, 2011. …”
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