Background: The larvae of Lucilia sericata are efficiently and widely used in maggot therapy. The aim of this study was to investigate some environmental factors that influence the mass rearing of Lucilia sericata as the most suitable candidates for maggot therapy in Iran. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in fli...

A ceramic thick film humidity sensor was produced from an emulsion of titania powders by a spin coating technique using a low speed. Electrical measurements were taken between interdigital electrodes obtained by depositing silver paste on the oxide, then cured at 500 ◦C for 15 min. Different relative humidities of a dynamic atmosphere were obtained by mixing dry and 23 ◦C saturated synthetic ai...

Here, we use 16-year satellite and reanalysis data in combination with a multivariate regression model to investigate how aerosols affect cloud fraction (CF) over the East Coast of United States. Cloud droplet number concentrations (Nd), geometrical thickness, lower tropospheric stability, relative humidity at 950 hPa (RH950) are identified as major controlling parameters that explain 97% varia...

The thermal contribution to the nonlinear refractive index of air at 1.064mum was measured with a high-finesse Fabry-Perot cavity and a 500-mW cw laser beam. At room temperature and pressure, the nonlinear refractive-index coefficient of air was found to be n(2)((th))=(-1.9+/-0.2)x10 (-14) cm(2)/W for a beam waist radius of 0.23 mm and was found to be independent of the relative humidity. The t...

realistic prediction of concrete shrinkage and creep requires the calculation of the distributions of relative humidity at various times. although the distributions of the relative humidity can be computed by numerical methods from the differential equation for diffusion, simple prediction formulas can facilitate structural analysis. the purpose of this paper is to present a simple formula for ...