Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 1295: Synthesis and Electrochemical Study of Three-Dimensional Graphene-Based Nanomaterials for Energy Applications Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10071295 Authors: Antony R. Thiruppathi Boopathi Sidhureddy Emmanuel Boateng Dmitriy V. Soldatov Aicheng Chen Graphene is an attractive soft material for various applications due to its unique and exclusive properties. The processing and preservation of 2D graphene at large scales is challenging due...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 1294: Field Emission Properties of Polymer Graphite Tips Prepared by Membrane Electrochemical Etching Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10071294 Authors: Alexandr Knápek Rashid Dallaev Daniel Burda Dinara Sobola Mohammad M. Allaham Miroslav Horáček Pavel Kaspar Milan Matějka Marwan S. Mousa This paper investigates field emission behavior from the surface of a tip that was prepared from polymer graphite nanocomposites subjected to electrochemical...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 1293: A New Interaction Force Model of Gold Nanorods Derived by Molecular Dynamics Simulation Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10071293 Authors: Pan Yang Qinghua Zeng Kejun Dong Haiping Zhu Aibing Yu Interactions between nanoparticles is one of the key factors governing their assembly for ordered structures. Understanding such interactions between non-spherical nanoparticles and developing a quantitative force model are critical to achieving the...
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ncRNA, Vol. 6, Pages 26: LncRNA NEAT1 in Paraspeckles: A Structural Scaffold for Cellular DNA Damage Response Systems? Non-Coding RNA doi: 10.3390/ncrna6030026 Authors: Elisa Taiana Domenica Ronchetti Katia Todoerti Lucia Nobili Pierfrancesco Tassone Nicola Amodio Antonino Neri Nuclear paraspeckle assembly transcript 1 (NEAT1) is a long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) reported to be frequently deregulated in various types of cancers and neurodegenerative processes. NEAT1 is...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1964: The Development of a Psychometrically Valid and Reliable Questionnaire to Assess Nutrition Knowledge Related to Pre-Schoolers Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12071964 Authors: Jeanette Rapson Cathryn Conlon Kathryn Beck Pamela von Hurst Ajmol Ali With rising childcare enrollments, caregivers have a unique opportunity to promote children’s nutrition education and healthy eating. Accurately identifying nutrition knowledge gaps amongst caregivers...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1963: Factors Affecting Vitamin C Status and Prevalence of Deficiency: A Global Health Perspective Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12071963 Authors: Anitra C. Carr Sam Rowe A recent review of global vitamin C status has indicated a high prevalence of deficiency, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, as well as in specific subgroups within high-income countries. Here, we provide a narrative review of potential factors influencing vitamin C status globally....
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1962: Acute Effects of Lixisenatide on Energy Intake in Healthy Subjects and Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: Relationship to Gastric Emptying and Intragastric Distribution Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12071962 Authors: Ryan Jalleh Hung Pham Chinmay S. Marathe Tongzhi Wu Madeline D. Buttfield Seva Hatzinikolas Charles H. Malbert Rachael S. Rigda Kylie Lange Laurence G. Trahair Christine Feinle-Bisset Christopher K. Rayner Michael Horowitz...
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Particles, Vol. 3, Pages 532-542: Neutron Stars in f(R)-Gravity and Its Extension with a Scalar Axion Field Particles doi: 10.3390/particles3030036 Authors: Artyom Astashenok Sergey Odintsov We present a brief review of general results about non-rotating neutron stars in simple R 2 gravity and its extension with a scalar axion field. Modified Einstein equations are presented for metrics in isotropical coordinates. The mass–radius relation, mass profile and dependence...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 531: Diversity of the Seedborne Fungi and Pathogenicity of Fusarium Species Associated with Intercropped Soybean Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9070531 Authors: Xiaoli Chang Hongju Li Muhammd Naeem Xiaoling Wu Taiwen Yong Chun Song Taiguo Liu Wanquan Chen Wenyu Yang Maize/soybean relay strip intercropping has been widely practiced in Southwest China due to its high productivity and effective application of agricultural resources; however,...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 530: Application of the In Vitro HoxB8 Model System to Characterize the Contributions of Neutrophil–LPS Interaction to Periodontal Disease Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9070530 Authors: Maja Sochalska Magdalena B. Stańczyk Maria Użarowska Natalia Zubrzycka Susanne Kirschnek Aleksander M. Grabiec Tomasz Kantyka Jan Potempa (1) Background: Studying neutrophils in vitro is difficult since these cells are terminally differentiated and are easily...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 615: Stem Cells as Drug-like Biologics for Mitochondrial Repair in Stroke Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12070615 Authors: Farooq Park Cho Saft Sadanandan Cozene Borlongan Stroke is a devastating condition characterized by widespread cell death after disruption of blood flow to the brain. The poor regenerative capacity of neural cells limits substantial recovery and prolongs disruptive sequelae. Current therapeutic options...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 614: Heterodimeric Radiotracer Targeting PSMA and GRPR for Imaging of Prostate Cancer—Optimization of the Affinity towards PSMA by Linker Modification in Murine Model Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12070614 Authors: Fanny Lundmark Ayman Abouzayed Bogdan Mitran Sara S. Rinne Zohreh Varasteh Mats Larhed Vladimir Tolmachev Ulrika Rosenström Anna Orlova Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) and gastrin-releasing peptide receptor...
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Prosthesis, Vol. 2, Pages 140-152: Implant-Supported Prosthetic Therapy of an Edentulous Patient: Clinical and Technical Aspects Prosthesis doi: 10.3390/prosthesis2030013 Authors: Luca Ortensi Marco Ortensi Andrea Minghelli Francesco Grande The purpose of this article is to show how to implement an implant-supported prosthetic overdenture using a digital workflow. Esthetic previewing using a specific software, guided-surgery, construction of the prosthesis, and the esthetic...
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Psych, Vol. 2, Pages 128-152: Correction and Validation of Time-Critical Behavioral Measurements over the Internet in the Stage Twin Cohort with More Than 7000 Participants Psych doi: 10.3390/psych2030012 Authors: Guy Madison Behavioral data are increasingly collected over the Internet. This is particularly useful when participants’ own computers can be used as they are, without any modification that relies on their technical skills. However, the temporal accuracy in these...
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Resources, Vol. 9, Pages 82: Waste Management under Emergency Conditions: Life-Cycle Multicriteria Analysis as Decision Support System Resources doi: 10.3390/resources9070082 Authors: Luca Moreschi Adriana Del Borghi Angela Celeste Taramasso Michela Gallo Waste management under emergency conditions requires proper handling. The sudden closure of a strategic final disposal site can result in serious environmental and health hazards which need to be addressed. Furthermore, this...
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Risks, Vol. 8, Pages 71: The Dynamics of the S&P 500 under a Crisis Context: Insights from a Three-Regime Switching Model Risks doi: 10.3390/risks8030071 Authors: Lorenzo Cerboni Baiardi Massimo Costabile Domenico De Giovanni Fabio Lamantia Arturo Leccadito Ivar Massabó Massimiliano Menzietti Marco Pirra Emilio Russo Alessandro Staino This paper provides an econometric analysis aiming at evidencing the dynamics showed by the S&P 500 market index...
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Risks, Vol. 8, Pages 72: Numerical Algorithms for Reflected Anticipated Backward Stochastic Differential Equations with Two Obstacles and Default Risk Risks doi: 10.3390/risks8030072 Authors: Jingnan Wang Ralf Korn We study numerical algorithms for reflected anticipated backward stochastic differential equations (RABSDEs) driven by a Brownian motion and a mutually independent martingale in a defaultable setting. The generator of a RABSDE includes the present and future values of the...
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Risks, Vol. 8, Pages 69: Retiree Mortality Forecasting: A Partial Age-Range or a Full Age-Range Model? Risks doi: 10.3390/risks8030069 Authors: Han Lin Shang Steven Haberman An essential input of annuity pricing is the future retiree mortality. From observed age-specific mortality data, modeling and forecasting can take place in two routes. On the one hand, we can first truncate the available data to retiree ages and then produce mortality forecasts based on a partial age-range model....
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Risks, Vol. 8, Pages 70: Effect of Variance Swap in Hedging Volatility Risk Risks doi: 10.3390/risks8030070 Authors: Yang Shen This paper studies the effect of variance swap in hedging volatility risk under the mean-variance criterion. We consider two mean-variance portfolio selection problems under Heston’s stochastic volatility model. In the first problem, the financial market is complete and contains three primitive assets: a bank account, a stock and a variance swap, where...
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Robotics, Vol. 9, Pages 51: Least Squares Optimization: From Theory to Practice Robotics doi: 10.3390/robotics9030051 Authors: Giorgio Grisetti Tiziano Guadagnino Irvin Aloise Mirco Colosi Bartolomeo Della Corte Dominik Schlegel Nowadays, Nonlinear Least-Squares embodies the foundation of many Robotics and Computer Vision systems. The research community deeply investigated this topic in the last few years, and this resulted in the development of several open-source solvers...
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Safety, Vol. 6, Pages 35: Muscle Activity during Postural Stability Tasks: Role of Military Footwear and Load Carriage Safety doi: 10.3390/safety6030035 Authors: Sachini N.K. Kodithuwakku Arachchige Harish Chander Alana J. Turner Samuel J. Wilson Jeffrey D. Simpson Adam C. Knight Reuben F. Burch V. Chip Wade John C. Garner Daniel Carruth Decrements to postural control manifest as an increase in muscle activity, indicating continuous attempts to maintain body...
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Safety, Vol. 6, Pages 34: Driver Take-Over Reaction in Autonomous Vehicles with Rotatable Seats Safety doi: 10.3390/safety6030034 Authors: Shi Cao Pinyan Tang Xu Sun A new concept in the interior design of autonomous vehicles is rotatable or swivelling seats that allow people sitting in the front row to rotate their seats and face backwards. In the current study, we used a take-over request task conducted in a fixed-based driving simulator to compare two conditions, driver front-facing...
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Smart Cities, Vol. 3, Pages 556-584: Worldwide Coverage Mobile Systems for Supra-Smart Cities Communications: Featured Antennas and Design Smart Cities doi: 10.3390/smartcities3030030 Authors: César Benavente-Peces Iván Herrero-Sebastián Current terrestrial mobile communications networks can’t provide worldwide coverage. Satellite communications are expensive, and terminals are large and heavy. Worldwide mobile coverage requires the use of satellites providing an appropriate...
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Toxics, Vol. 8, Pages 47: Mercury Exposure and Associations with Hyperlipidemia and Elevated Liver Enzymes: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Survey Toxics doi: 10.3390/toxics8030047 Authors: Seungho Lee Sung-Ran Cho Inchul Jeong Jae Bum Park Mi-Yeon Shin Sungkyoon Kim Jin Hee Kim Mercury (Hg) has obesogenic properties. However, the associated health outcomes of population-level mercury exposure were unclear. This study investigated the relationships between blood mercury...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 433: Low Doses of Mycotoxin Mixtures below EU Regulatory Limits Can Negatively Affect the Performance of Broiler Chickens: A Longitudinal Study Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12070433 Authors: Kolawole Graham Donaldson Owens Abia Meneely Alcorn Connolly Elliott Several studies have reported a wide range of severe health effects as well as clinical signs, when livestock animals are exposed to high concentration of mycotoxins. However,...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 432: Potential of Bacteriocins from Lactobacillus taiwanensis for Producing Bacterial Ghosts as a Next Generation Vaccine Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12070432 Authors: Sam Woong Kim Yeon Jo Ha Kyu Ho Bang Seungki Lee Joo-Hong Yeo Hee-Sun Yang Tae-Won Kim Kyu Pil Lee Woo Young Bang Bacteriocins are functionally diverse toxins produced by most microbes and are potent antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) for bacterial ghosts as next generation vaccines....
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TropicalMed, Vol. 5, Pages 110: A Rapid Assessment of Health Literacy and Health Status of Rohingya Refugees Living in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh Following the August 2017 Exodus from Myanmar: A Cross-Sectional Study Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed5030110 Authors: Md Ridwanur Rahman Mohammad Abul Faiz Ma Yin Nu Md Rafiqul Hassan Ashish Kumar Chakrabarty Iqbal Kabir Khaleda Islam Abul Kashem Mohammad Jafarullah Mariam Alakabawy Ameneh...
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TropicalMed, Vol. 5, Pages 109: Does Drug-Resistant Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis Hinder TB Elimination Plans? A Case from Delhi, India Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed5030109 Authors: Sheelu Lohiya Jaya Prasad Tripathy Karuna Sagili Vishal Khanna Ravinder Kumar Arun Ojha Anuj Bhatnagar Ashwani Khanna Extrapulmonary drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-EPTB) poses a formidable diagnostic and therapeutic challenge.Besides associated with...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 352: Epitope Selection for Fighting Visceral Leishmaniosis: Not All Peptides Function the Same Way Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030352 Authors: Abel Martínez-Rodrigo Alicia Mas Daniel Álvarez-Campos José A. Orden Gustavo Domínguez-Bernal Javier Carrión Visceral leishmaniosis (VL) caused by Leishmania infantum is a disease with an increasing prevalence worldwide. Treatments are expensive, toxic, and ineffective. Therefore, vaccination seems to...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 351: Yeast-Based Aβ1-15 Vaccine Elicits Strong Immunogenicity and Attenuates Neuropathology and Cognitive Deficits in Alzheimer’s Disease Transgenic Mice Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030351 Authors: Dong-qun Liu Shuai Lu Lun Zhang Ya-ru Huang Mei Ji Xiao-ying Sun Xiao-ge Liu Rui-tian Liu Immunotherapy focusing on reducing the amyloid-beta (Aβ) burden is a promising treatment strategy for Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Many...
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Vibration, Vol. 3, Pages 162-173: Study on an Energy-Harvesting Magnetorheological Damper System in Parallel Configuration for Lightweight Battery-Operated Automobiles Vibration doi: 10.3390/vibration3030013 Authors: Urvesh Kabariya Sagil James Suspension dampers are extremely critical for modern automobiles for absorbing vibrational energy while in operation. For years now, the viscous passive damper has been dominant. However, there is a constant need to improve and revolutionize...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 715: Characterization of a Novel Rat Hepatitis E Virus Isolated from an Asian Musk Shrew (Suncus murinus) Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12070715 Authors: Huimin Bai Wei Li Dawei Guan Juan Su Changwen Ke Yasushi Ami Yuriko Suzaki Naokazu Takeda Masamichi Muramatsu Tian-Cheng Li The Asian musk shrew (shrew) is a new reservoir of a rat hepatitis E virus (HEV) that has been classified into genotype HEV-C1 in the species Orthohepevirus C. However,...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 713: Long Term Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol Administration Inhibits Proinflammatory Responses in Minor Salivary Glands of Chronically Simian Immunodeficieny Virus Infected Rhesus Macaques Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12070713 Authors: Xavier Alvarez Karol Sestak Siddappa N. Byrareddy Mahesh Mohan HIV/SIV-associated oral mucosal disease/dysfunction (HAOMD) (gingivitis/periodontitis/salivary adenitis) represents a major comorbidity affecting HIV patients on anti-retroviral...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 714: The Role of the Human Cytomegalovirus UL133-UL138 Gene Locus in Latency and Reactivation Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12070714 Authors: Luwanika Mlera Melissa Moy Kristen Maness Linh N. Tran Felicia D. Goodrum Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) latency, the means by which the virus persists indefinitely in an infected individual, is a major frontier of current research efforts in the field. Towards developing a comprehensive understanding of HCMV latency and...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1887: A Rainfall Intensity Data Rescue Initiative for Central Chile Utilizing a Pluviograph Strip Charts Reader (PSCR) Water doi: 10.3390/w12071887 Authors: Pizarro-Tapia González-Leiva Valdés-Pineda Ingram Sangüesa Vallejos To develop intensity-duration-frequency (IDF) curves, it is necessary to calculate annual maximum rainfall intensities for different durations. Traditionally, these intensities have been calculated from the analysis of traces...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1888: Hydrological Drought Risk Assessment Using a Multidimensional Copula Function Approach in Arid Inland Basins, China Water doi: 10.3390/w12071888 Authors: Yanyun Xiang Yi Wang Yaning Chen Yifei Bai Leyuan Zhang Qifei Zhang The aim of this research was to use the standardized runoff index (SRI) with a three-month timescale (SRI-3) to analyze hydrological drought risk in two arid river basins characterized by different runoff regimes, Northwest...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1885: Urban Water Demand Prediction for a City That Suffers from Climate Change and Population Growth: Gauteng Province Case Study Water doi: 10.3390/w12071885 Authors: Salah L. Zubaidi Sandra Ortega-Martorell Hussein Al-Bugharbee Ivan Olier Khalid S. Hashim Sadik Kamel Gharghan Patryk Kot Rafid Al-Khaddar The proper management of a municipal water system is essential to sustain cities and support the water security of societies. Urban water...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1886: Using Mixed Active Capping to Remediate Multiple Potential Toxic Metal Contaminated Sediment for Reducing Environmental Risk Water doi: 10.3390/w12071886 Authors: Meng-Yuan Ou Yu Ting Boon-Lek Ch’ng Chi Chen Yung-Hua Cheng Tien-Chin Chang Hsing-Cheng Hsi In this study, kaolinite, carbon black (CB), iron sulfide (FeS), hydroxyapatite (HAP), and oyster shell powder (OSP) were selected as potentially ideal amendments to immobilize metals in...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1882: Comparison of the MUSLE Model and Two Years of Solid Transport Measurement, in the Bouregreg Basin, and Impact on the Sedimentation in the Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah Reservoir, Morocco Water doi: 10.3390/w12071882 Authors: Mohamed Abdellah Ezzaouini Gil Mahé Ilias Kacimi Abdelaziz Zerouali The evaluation and quantification of solids transport in Morocco often uses the Universal Soil Loss Model (USLE) and the revised version RUSLE, which presents a...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1883: Optimal Operation of Complex Flood Control System Composed of Cascade Reservoirs, Navigation-Power Junctions, and Flood Storage Areas Water doi: 10.3390/w12071883 Authors: Di Zhu Yadong Mei Xinfa Xu Junhong Chen Yue Ben As more and more water projects are built on rivers, the flood control operation becomes more complex. Studies on the optimal flood control operation are very important to safeguard human life and property. This study focused on...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1884: Does Future Climate Bring Greater Streamflow Simulated by the HSPF Model to South Korea? Water doi: 10.3390/w12071884 Authors: Jihoon Park Euntae Jung Imgook Jung Jaepil Cho Evaluating the impact of climate change on water resources is necessary for improving water resource management and adaptation measures at the watershed level. This study evaluates the impact of climate change on streamflow in South Korea using downscaled climate change information...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1881: Supplied Sediment Tracking for Bridge Collapse with Large-Scale Channel Migration Water doi: 10.3390/w12071881 Authors: Takuya Inoue Jagriti Mishra Kazuo Kato Tamaki Sumner Yasuyuki Shimizu Here, we provide a numerical model that assigns an identification number to trace sediments and also identify the source of sediment supply. We analyze the efficacy of our model by reproducing the reach-scale field observations from flooding events in 2010 and...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1880: An Open Data Approach to Mapping Urban Drainage Infrastructure in Developing Communities Water doi: 10.3390/w12071880 Authors: Lay Shien See Luke Calo Benjamin Bannon Aaron Opdyke Urban flooding in developing countries represents a growing threat to sustainable development efforts, yet the tools needed to study these infrastructure systems in data-scarce environments are woefully inadequate. This study seeks to propose a standardized approach and...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1879: A Simplified Hydro-Economic Model of Guadalquivir River Basin for Analysis of Water-Pricing Scenarios Water doi: 10.3390/w12071879 Authors: Borrego-Marín María M. Expósito A. Berbel J. This study describes an economic model in the Guadalquivir river basin (Southern Spain) that considers inter-sectoral and hydrological effects of changes in water use as a response to various water-pricing policy scenarios. The main economic variables include water use,...
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