To date, hydraulic collection is the most widely considered technology in polymetallic-nodule mining, since there no direct contact between collectors and ocean floor. construct a collector that results least sediment disturbance, it critical to develop an insightful understanding of interaction bed. this end, we conducted set small-scale experiments which several operational conditions were te...

Background.  We determined the feasibility of using computer vision and depth sensing to detect healthcare worker (HCW)-patient contacts to estimate both hand hygiene (HH) opportunities and personal protective equipment (PPE) adherence. Methods.  We used multiple Microsoft Kinects to track the 3-dimensional movement of HCWs and their hands within hospital rooms. We applied computer vision techn...

It is known that woody debris in stream channels modifies morphology in many ways, ranging from scour of the bed to lateral migration of the channel over time. Since the occurrence of woody debris in streams results in a complex set of inter-related processes, it is useful to use controlled conditio ns in laborato ry experim ents to aid in the understan ding of thes e processe s. A flume study ...

Global environmental pollution challenges can be alleviated if proper disposal and conversion of wastes is promoted. An attempt of converting waste to wealth was made in this study by converting oil palm empty fruits bunch to activated carbon through chemical activation with potassium hydroxide which was used for adsorption of Rhodamine B dye from waste water. Fixed-bed column adsorption system...

In this paper, we present the exact solution of the Riemann problem for the nonlinear one-dimensional so-called shallow-water or Saint-Venant equations with friction proposed by SAVAGE and HUTTER to describe debris avalanches. This model is based on the depth-averaged thin layer approximation of granular flows over sloping beds and takes into account a Coulomb type friction law with a constant ...

Soil fumigation is useful for controlling soil-borne pests and diseases in high-cash-value crops. Fumigants are highly volatile, and approaches to reduce atmospheric emissions are required to protect human and environmental health. Application of fumigants through drip irrigation has been proposed as a means to decrease fumigant emissions, improve fumigant distribution in soil, and minimize wor...