Variability of selected physico-chemical parameters of water in the Słupsko reservoir by Katarzyna Moraczewska-Majkut, Agata Jaroń, Ewa Łobos-Moysa, Witold Karol Nocoń

“…Results and conclusions: The Słupsko reservoir contributes only to a small extent to the equalization of the analyzed ions' concentrations . …”
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COMPARISON OF OPENNESS TO EXPERIENCE IN MANAGERS AND NON-MANAGERS EMPLOYED AT MEAT INDUSTRY ‘OVAKO’ VISOKO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA by Goran Riđić, Minela Ahmić, Ognjen Riđić, Senad Bušatlić

“…Selection process was simple random sampling, which means that every single individual had the equal opportunity to be selected. Survey questions were distributed to 200 participants. …”
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COMPARISON OF OPENNESS TO EXPERIENCE IN MANAGERS AND NON-MANAGERS EMPLOYED AT MEAT INDUSTRY ‘OVAKO’ VISOKO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA by Goran Riđić, Minela Ahmić, Ognjen Riđić, Senad Bušatlić

“…Selection process was simple random sampling, which means that every single individual had the equal opportunity to be selected. Survey questions were distributed to 200 participants. …”
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The stepwise decrease of 4+ year ice extent and its linked survivability since around 2007 by Qi Shan, Ke Fan, Jiping Liu

“…The decrease in survivability is affected by both winter and summer processes. Summer melting contributed the most, while the contribution of the export through Fram Strait was minor. …”
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Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Drought in the Huai River Basin (2012–2018): Analyzing Patterns Through Hydrological Simulation and Geospatial Methods by Yuanhong You, Yuhao Zhang, Yanyu Lu, Ying Hao, Zhiguang Tang, Haiyan Hou

“…Our results demonstrate that the model showed a correlation coefficient of 0.74, a bias of −0.29, and a root mean square error of 2.66% when compared with reanalysis data in the 0–10 cm soil layer. …”
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Perennial disaster patterns in Central Europe since 2000 and implications for hospital preparedness planning – a cross-sectional analysis by Maik von der Forst, Maximilian Dietrich, Felix C. F. Schmitt, Erik Popp, Markus Ries

“…While technological disasters were spread equally over the whole year, the vast majority of disasters related to natural hazards (n = 394), i.e. storms (n = 178, 45%), floods (n = 101, 26%), and extreme temperatures (n = 93, 24%) peaked during summer and winter months. …”
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Potential of Eisenia fetida (Redworm) for the conversion of three varieties of organic waste by Kishor Maharjan, Prakrit Noppradit, Kuaanan Techato

“…Purpose The aim of this study was to assess the potential of Eisenia fetida (Redworm) in composting different types of waste, namely tea waste (TW), vegetable waste (VW) (leaves of cauliflower), and mixed food waste (MFW).Method The experiment was set up inside the Lab room during the summer. For vermicompost preparation, 27 equal size vermi beds of moist sawdust were prepared in a tub basin. …”
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Thermodynamic Analysis of a Solar Combined Ejector Absorption Cooling System by Doniazed Sioud, Raoudha Garma, Ahmed Bellagi

“…The combined ejector single-effect absorption cycle exhibits high performances, almost equal to that of double-effect absorption device. …”
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SEASONAL LIFE HISTORY PLASTICITY OF THE GROUP OF WINTER WHEAT AND TRITICALE ACCESSIONS by V. E. Kozlov, V. I. Ponomarenko, E. P. Razmakhnin

“…In the fall the percentage of fertile plants was equal to 0 in the case of 5 accessions and to not more than 59.3 in other 29 accessions partly because of the  presence of sterile plants. …”
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ANTHROPOGENIC LOAD ON WATER BODIES IN THE UPPER OB BASIN IN DIFFERENT WATER CONTENT PERIODS: THE DYNAMICS AND THE FORECAST by Natalya V. Stoyashcheva

“…The assessment of the conditional pollutant load for the Tom river basin has shown that small and very small rivers, where wastewater is often discharged without treatment, are the most susceptible to pollution. …”

Design, Fabrication, and Efficiency Study of a Novel Solar Thermal Water Heating System: Towards Sustainable Development by M. Z. H. Khan, M. R. Al-Mamun, S. Sikdar, P. K. Halder, M. R. Hasan

“…This paper investigated a novel loop-heat-pipe based solar thermal heat-pump system for small scale hot water production for household purposes. …”
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Infectious diseases prevention and control with reduced energy consumption in an airport by Tingrui Hu, Shujia Shang, Jingchao Xie, Ying Ji, Peng Xue, Nan Zhang

“…The dining area had the highest energy consumption per square meter, reaching 14.2 kWh/m2 at its highest. …”
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Spatiotemporal Variations and Contributing Factors of Air Pollutants in Almaty, Kazakhstan by Aiymgul Kerimray, Eldar Azbanbayev, Bulat Kenessov, Pavel Plotitsyn, Danara Alimbayeva, Ferhat Karaca

“…The maximum levels were observed in the winter, while the minimum levels in the summer. Winter-to-summer difference was more noticeable for PM2.5 than for other pollutants. …”
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Relation of Different Components of Climate with Human Pituitary-Thyroid Axis and FT3/FT4 Ratio: A Study on Euthyroid and SCH Subjects in Two Different Seasons by Taha O. Mahwi, Darya S. Abdulateef

“…In a prospective study on 152 healthy (euthyroid) volunteers and 25 SCH subjects, the serum hormone levels (TSH, FT4, and FT3) were measured in both the summer and winter seasons and correlated with all the climate components using Pearson’s correlation coefficient. …”
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A Dynamical Z-R Relationship for Precipitation Estimation Based on Radar Echo-Top Height Classification by Wenxin Wu, Haibo Zou, Jiusheng Shan, Shanshan Wu

“…Two statistics of 720 rainfall events in summer (April to June 2017) and 50 rainfall events in winter (December 2017) over the same region show that the correlation coefficient (root-mean-squared error and relative error) between RQPE derived by the new Z-R relationship and observation is significantly increased (decreased) compared to the other two Z-R relationships. …”
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L’ensemble monumental du Pâtis à Vieillevigne (Loire-Atlantique) : un nouvel exemple de complexe sur cour laténien en Gaule by Yann Dufay-Garel, Marie Grall, Sandrine Paradis-Grenouillet, Rémy Wassong

“…It is delimited by a large, perfectly square enclosure measuring 83 m along each side and covering an area of around 6000 m2. …”
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Investigating the influence of urban green spaces on urban heat island mitigation – taking four districts in Shijiazhuang as an example by Nan Zhang, Qiuning Ding, Haitao Wang

“…The data were collected using the equal-scale city blocks performed by the OpenStreetMap urban network and ECOSTRESS remote sensing images at different times (morning, noon and evening). …”
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Species diversity of saprophagous flies (Diptera) in hospital grounds of Tehran, Iran by Abbas Ali Mirzakhanlou, Mansoureh Shayeghi, Hassan Vatandoust, Arman Izadian, Zahra Karimi, Kamran Akbarzadeh

“…The population data has been transformed by calculating square root due to huge variations among community data, and data was analyzed with Kruskal-Wallis test to estimate the temporal and spatial variation. …”
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Evaluation and Correction of GPM IMERG Precipitation Products over the Capital Circle in Northeast China at Multiple Spatiotemporal Scales by Wei Sun, Yonghua Sun, Xiaojuan Li, Tao Wang, Yanbing Wang, Qi Qiu, Zhitian Deng

“…Based on five evaluation indexes, NRMSE (Normalized Root Mean Square Error), NSE (Nash-Sutcliffe), FAR (False Alarm Ratio), UR (Underreporting Rate), and CSI (Critical Success Index), the monthly GPM products showed the best performance, better than GPM-HH products and GPM-D products. (2) The performance of GPM products in summer and autumn was better than in winter and spring. …”
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Application of a Multi‐Layer Artificial Neural Network in a 3‐D Global Electron Density Model Using the Long‐Term Observations of COSMIC, Fengyun‐3C, and Digisonde by Wang Li, Dongsheng Zhao, Changyong He, Yi Shen, Andong Hu, Kefei Zhang

“…The correlation coefficients of the predicted profiles all exceed 0.96 for the training, validation and test datasets, and the minimum root‐mean‐square error of the predicted residuals is 7.8 × 104 el/cm3. …”
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