Resources, Vol. 8, Pages 158: Social Life-Cycle Assessment of a Piece of Jewellery. Emphasis on the Local Community Resources doi: 10.3390/resources8040158 Authors: Manuela D’Eusanio Monica Serreli Luigia Petti An increasing global focus on sustainability has affected the jewellery industry by raising questions about its environmental and social impacts and ethics due to the negative impacts of gold mining. It is essential to consider the social aspects of mining activities on...
Sat Sep 21, 2019 03:00
Risks, Vol. 7, Pages 99: A New Heavy Tailed Class of Distributions Which Includes the Pareto Risks doi: 10.3390/risks7040099 Authors: Deepesh Bhati Enrique Calderín-Ojeda Mareeswaran Meenakshi In this paper, a new heavy-tailed distribution, the mixture Pareto-loggamma distribution, derived through an exponential transformation of the generalized Lindley distribution is introduced. The resulting model is expressed as a convex sum of the classical Pareto and a special case of the...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
Robotics, Vol. 8, Pages 83: System-Level Testing and Evaluation Plan for Field Robots: A Tutorial with Test Course Layouts Robotics doi: 10.3390/robotics8040083 Authors: William R. Norris Albert E. Patterson Field robotics is a very important sub-field of robotic systems, focusing on systems which need to navigate in open, unpredictable terrain and perform non-repetitive missions while monitoring and reacting to their surroundings. General testing and validation standards for larger...
Sun Sep 22, 2019 03:00
Robotics, Vol. 8, Pages 82: Online Multi-Objective Model-Independent Adaptive Tracking Mechanism for Dynamical Systems Robotics doi: 10.3390/robotics8040082 Authors: Mohammed Abouheaf Wail Gueaieb Davide Spinello The optimal tracking problem is addressed in the robotics literature by using a variety of robust and adaptive control approaches. However, these schemes are associated with implementation limitations such as applicability in uncertain dynamical environments with complete...
Sun Sep 22, 2019 03:00
Sci, Vol. 1, Pages 57: Perception to Adaptation of Climate Change in Nepal: An Empirical Analysis Using Multivariate Probit Model Sci doi: 10.3390/sci1030057 Authors: GC Yeo This study assessed farmers’ perception of climate change, estimated the determinants of, and evaluated the relationship among adaptation practices using the multivariate probit model. A survey in 300 agricultural households was carried out covering 10 sample districts considering five agro-ecological...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
Sci, Vol. 1, Pages 56: Transport Properties of Nanostructured Li2TiO3 Anode Material Synthesized by Hydrothermal Method Sci doi: 10.3390/sci1030056 Authors: Lakshmi-Narayana Hussain Mauger Julien Li2TiO3 nanopowders were synthesized by hydrothermal process using anatase TiO2 and LiOHH2O as raw materials. Li2TiO3 crystallizes in the layered monoclinic structure (space group C2/c) with average crystallite size of 34 nm. Morphology, elemental composition and local structure...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
Social Sciences, Vol. 8, Pages 267: A Tale of Two Subjectivities: An Academic Life Story Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci8100267 Authors: Adriana Gil-Juárez In this article I present an autobiographical account as someone who has been an academic in both Mexico and Spain for the last thirty years. My life story shows the transition from a life centred on an academic project to a life centred on mere survival in the system. These are two subjectivities that do not neatly appear consecutively...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
Social Sciences, Vol. 8, Pages 266: Commenting on Top Spanish YouTubers: “No Comment” Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci8100266 Authors: Victoria Tur-Viñes Araceli Castelló-Martínez The aim of this paper was to analyze commenting activity and sentiment (polarity and subjectivity) in interactions in response to videos by Spain’s most-subscribed YouTubers. An exploratory study was conducted on the content of the comments, their relationship with other social media actions,...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
Technologies, Vol. 7, Pages 68: Validation of Different Filters for Center of Pressure Measurements by a Cross-Section Study Technologies doi: 10.3390/technologies7040068 Authors: Koltermann Gerber Beck Beck The measurement of the center of pressure (CoP) is one of the most frequently used quantitative methods for quantifying postural performance. Due to the complexity and the high biological variability of the postural control loop, a large number of different methods and...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
Toxics, Vol. 7, Pages 51: Development, Cytotoxicity and Eye Irritation Profile of a New Sunscreen Formulation Based on Benzophenone-3-poly(ε-caprolactone) Nanocapsules Toxics doi: 10.3390/toxics7040051 Authors: Thallysson Carvalho Barbosa Lívia Éven Dias Nascimento Cristiane Bani Taline Almeida Marcelo Nery Rafael Silva Santos Luana Renyelle de Oliveira Menezes Aleksandra Zielińska Ana Rita Fernandes Juliana Cordeiro Cardoso Alessandro Jäguer Eliezer Jäguer...
Sun Sep 22, 2019 03:00
Toxics, Vol. 7, Pages 50: Exposure of Larval Zebrafish to the Insecticide Propoxur Induced Developmental Delays that Correlate with Behavioral Abnormalities and Altered Expression of hspb9 and hspb11 Toxics doi: 10.3390/toxics7040050 Authors: Jeremiah N. Shields Eric C. Hales Lillian E. Ranspach Xixia Luo Steven Orr Donna Runft Alan Dombkowski Melody N. Neely Larry H. Matherly Jeffrey Taub Tracie R. Baker Ryan Thummel Recent studies suggest that organophosphates...
Sat Sep 21, 2019 03:00
Toxics, Vol. 7, Pages 49: Chloroanisoles and Other Chlorinated Compounds in Cork from Different Geographical Areas Toxics doi: 10.3390/toxics7040049 Authors: Salvatella Prat Roselló Anticó Cork quality is crucial for the fabrication of corks intended to be used to seal wine bottles. This work has focused on the determination of chloroanisoles (CAs)—exogenous compounds with a low perception threshold—in cork. The identification and quantification of these...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 11, Pages 557: Pertussis Toxin: A Key Component in Pertussis Vaccines? Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins11100557 Authors: Kelsey A. Gregg Tod J. Merkel B. pertussis is a human-specific pathogen and the causative agent of whooping cough. The ongoing resurgence in pertussis incidence in high income countries is likely due to faster waning of immunity and increased asymptomatic colonization in individuals vaccinated with acellular pertussis (aP) vaccine relative whole-cell pertussis...
Sat Sep 21, 2019 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 11, Pages 556: Assessment of Fusarium Infection and Mycotoxin Contamination of Wheat Kernels and Flour Using Hyperspectral Imaging Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins11100556 Authors: Elias Alisaac Jan Behmann Anna Rathgeb Petr Karlovsky Heinz-Wilhelm Dehne Anne-Katrin Mahlein Fusarium head blight (FHB) epidemics in wheat and contamination with Fusarium mycotoxins has become an increasing problem over the last decades. This prompted the need for non-invasive and non-destructive...
Sat Sep 21, 2019 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 11, Pages 555: Synergistic Phytotoxic Effects of Culmorin and Trichothecene Mycotoxins Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins11100555 Authors: Rebecca Wipfler Susan P. McCormick Robert Proctor Jennifer Teresi Guixia Hao Todd Ward Nancy Alexander Martha M. Vaughan Species of the fungus Fusarium cause Fusarium head blight (FHB) of cereal crops and contaminate grain with sesquiterpenoid mycotoxins, including culmorin (CUL) and trichothecenes. While the phytotoxicity...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 11, Pages 554: The Mycotoxin Deoxynivalenol Significantly Alters the Function and Metabolism of Bovine Kidney Epithelial Cells In Vitro Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins11100554 Authors: Jennifer R. Bailey Jonathan Breton Gordana Panic Tristan A. Cogan Michael Bailey Jonathan R. Swann Michael R. F. Lee Bovine mycotoxicosis is a disorder caused by the ingestion of fungal toxins. It is associated with chronic signs, such as reduced growth rate and milk yield, and...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 11, Pages 552: Zearalenone Biodegradation by the Combination of Probiotics with Cell-Free Extracts of Aspergillus oryzae and its Mycotoxin-Alleviating Effect on Pig Production Performance Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins11100552 Authors: Liu Chang Wang Yin Huang Dang Lu Gao In order to remove zearalenone (ZEA) detriment—Bacillus subtilis, Candida utilis, and cell-free extracts from Aspergillus oryzae were used to degrade ZEA in this study....
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 11, Pages 551: Novel Polyclonal Antibody Raised against Tetrodotoxin Using Its Haptenic Antigen Prepared from 4,9-anhydrotetrodotoxin Reacted with 1,2-Ethaneditiol and Further Reacted with Keyhole Limpet Hemocyanin Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins11100551 Authors: Sato Takaishi Yasumoto Watabe A novel polyclonal antibody against tetrodotoxin (TTX) was raised using its haptenic antigen, where 4,9-anhydroTTX was reacted with 1,2-ethanedithiol and this derivative was...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 11, Pages 553: Effects of Essential Oil Citral on the Growth, Mycotoxin Biosynthesis and Transcriptomic Profile of Alternaria alternata Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins11100553 Authors: Liuqing Wang Nan Jiang Duo Wang Meng Wang Alternaria alternata is a critical phytopathogen that causes foodborne spoilage and produces a polyketide mycotoxin, alternariol (AOH), and its derivative, alternariol monomethyl ether (AME). In this study, the inhibitory effects of the essential...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 11, Pages 549: Cloning and Expression of Genes for Biodegrading Nodularin by Sphingopyxis sp. USTB-05 Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins11100549 Authors: Qianqian Xu Hongfei Ma Jinhui Fan Hai Yan Haiyang Zhang Chunhua Yin Xiaolu Liu Yang Liu Huasheng Wang Biodegradation is efficient for removing cyanobacterial toxins, such as microcystins (MCs) and nodularin (NOD). However, not all the microbial strains with the microcystin-biodegrading enzymes MlrA and MlrC...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 11, Pages 550: Graphene-Based Sensing Platform for On-Chip Ochratoxin A Detection Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins11100550 Authors: Nekrasov Kireev Emelianov Bobrinetskiy In this work, we report an on-chip aptasensor for ochratoxin A (OTA) toxin detection that is based on a graphene field-effect transistor (GFET). Graphene-based devices are fabricated via large-scale technology, allowing for upscaling the sensor fabrication and lowering the device cost. The sensor...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
Urban Science, Vol. 3, Pages 101: Integrating Satellite-Derived Data as Spatial Predictors in Multiple Regression Models to Enhance the Knowledge of Air Temperature Patterns Urban Science doi: 10.3390/urbansci3040101 Authors: Alonso Renard With the phenomenon of urban heat island and thermal discomfort felt in urban areas, exacerbated by climate change, it is necessary to best estimate the air temperature in every part of an area, especially in the context of the on-going rationalization...
Sat Sep 21, 2019 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 7, Pages 124: Genetic Variation in the Magnitude and Longevity of the IgG Subclass Response to a Diphtheria-Tetanus-Acellular Pertussis (DTaP) Vaccine in Mice Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines7040124 Authors: Yung-Yi C. Mosley Josiah E. Radder Harm HogenEsch The type of IgG subclasses induced by vaccination is an important determinant of vaccine efficacy because the IgG subclasses vary in their biological function. The goal of this study was to determine the influence...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 7, Pages 125: Immune Modulation and Immune-Mediated Pathogenesis of Emerging Tickborne Banyangviruses Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines7040125 Authors: Crystal A. Mendoza Hideki Ebihara Satoko Yamaoka In the last decade, the emergence of several, novel tickborne viruses have caused significant disease in humans. Of interest are the tickborne banyangviruses: Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV), Heartland virus (HRTV), and Guertu virus (GTV). SFTSV...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 7, Pages 123: Virus-Like Particle Systems for Vaccine Development against Viruses in the Flaviviridae Family Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines7040123 Authors: Shu Hui Wong Alagie Jassey Jonathan Y. Wang Wei-Cheng Wang Ching-Hsuan Liu Liang-Tzung Lin Viruses in the Flaviviridae family are important human and animal pathogens that impose serious threats to global public health. This family of viruses includes emerging and re-emerging viruses, most of which are...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 7, Pages 122: Enlisting the mRNA Vaccine Platform to Combat Parasitic Infections Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines7040122 Authors: Leroy Versteeg Mashal M. Almutairi Peter J. Hotez Jeroen Pollet Despite medical progress, more than a billion people still suffer daily from parasitic infections. Vaccination is recognized as one of the most sustainable options to control parasitic diseases. However, the development of protective and therapeutic vaccines against tropical...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 6, Pages 75: A Serosurvey of Multiple Pathogens in American Black Bears (Ursus americanus) in Pennsylvania, USA Indicates a Lack of Association with Sarcoptic Mange Veterinary Sciences doi: 10.3390/vetsci6040075 Authors: Kevin D. Niedringhaus Justin D. Brown Mark A. Ternent Christopher A. Cleveland Michael J. Yabsley Infectious diseases, particularly of wildlife, are intrinsically linked to human and domestic animal health. Reports of sarcoptic mange...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 888: A New Cell Model for Investigating Prion Strain Selection and Adaptation Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11100888 Authors: Alexandra Philiastides Juan Manuel Ribes Daniel Chun-Mun Yip Christian Schmidt Iryna Benilova Peter-Christian Klöhn Prion diseases are fatal neurodegenerative diseases that affect humans and animals. Prion strains, conformational variants of misfolded prion proteins, are associated with distinct clinical and pathological phenotypes....
Sun Sep 22, 2019 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 887: Molecular Identification of a Novel Hantavirus in Malaysian Bronze Tube-Nosed Bats (Murina aenea) Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11100887 Authors: Brigitta Zana Gábor Kemenesi Dóra Buzás Gábor Csorba Tamás Görföl Faisal Ali Anwarali Khan Nurul Farah Diyana Ahmad Tahir Safia Zeghbib Mónika Madai Henrietta Papp Fanni Földes Péter Urbán Róbert Herczeg Gábor Endre Tóth Ferenc Jakab In the past ten years, several novel hantaviruses...
Sat Sep 21, 2019 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 885: Viral Infections and Autoimmune Disease: Roles of LCMV in Delineating Mechanisms of Immune Tolerance Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11100885 Authors: Georgia Fousteri Amy Dave Jhatakia Viral infections are a natural part of our existence. They can affect us in many ways that are the result of the interaction between the viral pathogen and our immune system. Most times, the resulting immune response is beneficial for the host. The pathogen is cleared, thus protecting...
Sat Sep 21, 2019 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 886: Zika Virus Pathogenesis: From Early Case Reports to Epidemics Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11100886 Authors: Ryan D. Pardy Martin J. Richer For the first 60 years following its isolation, Zika virus (ZIKV) remained a relatively poorly described member of the Flaviviridae family. However, since 2007, it has caused a series of increasingly severe outbreaks and is now associated with neurological symptoms such as Guillain-Barré syndrome and congenital...
Sat Sep 21, 2019 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 884: Viruses and Bats Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11100884 Authors: Patrick C. Y. Woo Susanna K. P. Lau n/a
Sat Sep 21, 2019 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 880: Characterization of the Humoral Immune Response Induced after Infection with Atypical Porcine Pestivirus (APPV) Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11100880 Authors: Gökce Nur Cagatay Denise Meyer Michael Wendt Paul Becher Alexander Postel Atypical porcine pestivirus (APPV) is a widely distributed pathogen causing congenital tremor (CT) in piglets. So far, no data are available regarding the humoral immune response against APPV. In this study, piglets and their...
Sat Sep 21, 2019 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 882: Serum-Derived Extracellular Vesicles from African Swine Fever Virus-Infected Pigs Selectively Recruit Viral and Porcine Proteins Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11100882 Authors: Montaner-Tarbes Pujol Jabbar Hawes Chapman Portillo Fraile Sánchez-Cordón Dixon Montoya : African swine fever is a devastating hemorrhagic infectious disease, which affects domestic and wild swines (Sus scrofa) of all breeds and ages, with a high lethality...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 883: Hepatitis E Virus Entry Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11100883 Authors: Xin Yin Zongdi Feng Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is a major cause of acute hepatitis worldwide. It is transmitted enterically but replicates in the liver. Recent studies indicate that HEV exists in two forms: naked, nonenveloped virions that are shed into feces to mediate inter-host transmission, and membrane-cloaked, quasienveloped virions that circulate in the bloodstream to mediate...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 881: Insight into the Lytic Functions of the Lactococcal Prophage TP712 Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11100881 Authors: Escobedo Campelo Wegmann García Rodríguez Martínez The lytic cassette of Lactococcus lactis prophage TP712 contains a putative membrane protein of unknown function (Orf54), a holin (Orf55), and a modular endolysin with a N-terminal glycoside hydrolase (GH_25) catalytic domain and two C-terminal LysM domains (Orf56, LysTP712). In...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1975: Turbulence in Wall-Wake Flow Downstream of an Isolated Dunal Bedform Water doi: 10.3390/w11101975 Authors: Sankar Sarkar Sk Zeeshan Ali Subhasish Dey This study examines the turbulence in wall-wake flow downstream of an isolated dunal bedform. The streamwise flow velocity and Reynolds shear stress profiles at the upstream and various streamwise distances downstream of the dune were obtained. The results reveal that in the wall-wake flow, the third-order...
Sun Sep 22, 2019 03:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1974: Variation of the Relative Soil Moisture of Farmland in a Continental River Basin in China Water doi: 10.3390/w11101974 Authors: Guofeng Zhu Qiaoqiao Li Hanxiong Pan Meihua Huang Junju Zhou The reduction of grain production caused by drought is one of the most serious problems caused by natural disasters. The relative soil moisture of farmland is the most important monitoring indicator for agricultural drought. This study investigated the relative...
Sun Sep 22, 2019 03:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1973: Interdisciplinary Critical Geographies of Water: Capturing the Mutual Shaping of Society and Hydrological Flows Water doi: 10.3390/w11101973 Authors: Maria Rusca Giuliano Di Baldassarre In light of recent calls for an increased commitment to interdisciplinary endeavors, this paper reflects on the implications of a critical geography of water that crosses social and natural sciences. Questions on how to best research the relationship between water and society...
Sun Sep 22, 2019 03:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1972: Irrigation Requirement for Eucalyptus pellita during Initial Growth Water doi: 10.3390/w11101972 Authors: Dwinata Aprialdi Muhammad Ibnu Haiban Bjørn Kløve Ali Torabi Haghighi The growth of Eucalyptus pellita in forestry plantations requires attention to water requirements, especially in the initial growth phase from seedling to field-ready plant. In this study, actual evapotranspiration (ETa), crop coefficient (Kc), and the irrigation requirement...
Sat Sep 21, 2019 03:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1970: Sediment Transport Mechanisms in a Lagoon with High River Discharge and Sediment Loading Water doi: 10.3390/w11101970 Authors: Jovita Mėžinė Christian Ferrarin Diana Vaičiūtė Rasa Idzelytė Petras Zemlys Georg Umgiesser The aim of this study was to investigate the sediment dynamics in the largest lagoon in Europe (Curonian Lagoon, Lithuania) through the analysis of in situ data and the application of a sediment transport model. This approach...
Sat Sep 21, 2019 03:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1971: Experimental Investigation of Flood Energy Dissipation by Single and Hybrid Defense System Water doi: 10.3390/w11101971 Authors: Afzal Ahmed Abdul Razzaq Ghumman In this study, a series of laboratory experiments were conducted to investigate the energy loss through the hybrid defense system (HDS) in the order of dike, moat, and emergent vegetation in steady subcritical flow conditions. The results of HDS were compared with a single defense system (SDS)...
Sat Sep 21, 2019 03:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1969: Flood Risk Evaluation in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River Based on Eigenvector Spatial Filtering Poisson Regression Water doi: 10.3390/w11101969 Authors: Tao Fang Yumin Chen Huangyuan Tan Jiping Cao Jiaxin Liao Liheng Huang A Poisson regression based on eigenvector spatial filtering (ESF) is proposed to evaluate the flood risk in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River in China. Regression analysis is employed to model the relationship...
Sat Sep 21, 2019 03:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1968: Acute Water-Scarcity Monitoring for Africa Water doi: 10.3390/w11101968 Authors: Amy McNally Kristine Verdin Laura Harrison Augusto Getirana Jossy Jacob Shraddhanand Shukla Kristi Arsenault Christa Peters-Lidard James P. Verdin Acute and chronic water scarcity impacts four billion people, a number likely to climb with population growth and increasing demand for food and energy production. Chronic water insecurity and long-term trends...
Sat Sep 21, 2019 03:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1967: Optical Properties of Dissolved Organic Matter and Controlling Factors in Dianchi Lake Waters Water doi: 10.3390/w11101967 Authors: Min Xiao Fengchang Wu Yuanbi Yi Zenglei Han Zhongliang Wang Characterization of dissolved organic matter (DOM) is useful in understanding environment quality and carbon cycling in the lake system. In this study, the fluorescence of DOM, major ions, and nutrients in water were investigated to understand the sources...
Sat Sep 21, 2019 03:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1966: Water Resources Allocation Systems under Irrigation Expansion and Climate Change Scenario in Awash River Basin of Ethiopia Water doi: 10.3390/w11101966 Authors: Gedefaw Hao Denghua Qin Wang Girma Batsuren Abiyu Rational allocation of water resources is very essential to cope with water scarcity. The optimal allocation of limited water resources is required for various purposes to achieve sustainable development. The Awash River...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1964: Assessing the Effectiveness of Variable-Rate Drip Irrigation on Water Use Efficiency in a Vineyard in Northern Italy Water doi: 10.3390/w11101964 Authors: Bianca Ortuani Arianna Facchi Alice Mayer Davide Bianchi Andrea Bianchi Lucio Brancadoro Although many studies in the literature illustrate the numerous devices and methodologies nowadays existing for assessing the spatial variability within agricultural fields, and indicate the potential...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1965: Treatment Method Assessment of the Impact on the Corrosivity and Aggressiveness for the Boiler Feed Water Water doi: 10.3390/w11101965 Authors: Iwona Skoczko Ewa Szatyłowicz The aim of the study was the assessment of corrosivity and aggressiveness for boiler feed water. The negative effects of water corrosivity and aggressiveness may include silting up of the steel water supply system and the destruction of boiler equipment touched or washed by such water....
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1962: The Application of Different Biological Remediation Strategies to PCDDs/PCDFs Contaminated Urban Sediments Water doi: 10.3390/w11101962 Authors: Magdalena Urbaniak Anna Wyrwicka Grzegorz Siebielec Sylwia Siebielec Petra Kidd Marek Zieliński Our aim was to assess the efficacy of four different bioremediation strategies applied to soil treated with urban sediments for alleviating soil phytotoxicity (examined using Lepidium sativum), by removing...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1961: Can Citizen Science Promote Flood Risk Communication? Water doi: 10.3390/w11101961 Authors: Wing Cheung David Feldman This article explores the challenges facing citizen science as a means of joining the efforts of scientists and flood-risk affected stakeholders in motivating citizen involvement in identifying and mitigating flood risks. While citizen science harbors many advantages, including a penchant for collaborative research and the ability to motivate...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1963: A Modeling Approach for Assessing Groundwater Resources of a Large Coral Island under Future Climate and Population Conditions: Gan Island, Maldives Water doi: 10.3390/w11101963 Authors: Deng Bailey This study assesses the future groundwater supply of a large coral island, Gan Island, Republic of Maldives, under influences of rainfall patterns, sea level rise, and population growth. The method described in this paper can be used to estimate the future...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1959: Urban Hydroinformatics: Past, Present and Future Water doi: 10.3390/w11101959 Authors: C. Makropoulos D. A. Savić Hydroinformatics, as an interdisciplinary domain that blurs boundaries between water science, data science and computer science, is constantly evolving and reinventing itself. At the heart of this evolution, lies a continuous process of critical (self) appraisal of the discipline’s past, present and potential for further evolution,...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1960: Spatial and Temporal Variations in the Rainy Season Onset over the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau Water doi: 10.3390/w11101960 Authors: Hu Xu Huang Zhou Pang Shi Chen Precipitation on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (TP) in southwestern China is subject to interactions between the complex and variable terrain and the sensitive climate. The regional climate is mainly affected by three circulations: westerlies, the South Asian monsoon, and...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
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