The combined usage of high-resolution satellite images and thermal infrared (TIR) data helps understanding the thermal effect of urban fabric properties and the mechanism of urban heat island (UHI) formation. In this study, three typical urban functional zones (UFZs) of downtown Shanghai were chosen for quantifying the relationship between fine-scale urban fabric properties and their thermal ef...

BACKGROUND Chagas disease, transmitted domestically by triatomine bugs, is the most important vector-borne disease in Latin America. The association between triatomine infestation and housing characteristics was investigated based on a standardized survey in 41 971 houses in 15 Departments in Colombia. METHODS Multivariate logistic regression was used to test for associations of two highly co...

The phase change of water from liquid to vapor is one of the most energy-intensive physical processes in nature, giving it immense potential for cooling. Diverse evaporative cooling strategies have resulted worldwide, including roof ponds and sprinklers, courtyard fountains, wind catchers with qanats, irrigated green roofs, and fan-assisted evaporative coolers. These methods all require water i...

Passive radiative cooling technology has attracted much attention for its ability to obtain “free” by heat exchange between objects on earth and outer space through atmosphere window. However, most of the existing materials are prepared in form thin films, which limits application building since films lacking scalability various shapes. In this paper, we a paint (RCP) with acrylic resin as subs...

Layers in ArcScene containing polygon features can be extruded to create 3D blocks for display in the current scene. While this is useful for representing flat-roofed buildings within ArcScene it does not create a new, 3D shapefile and cannot create buildings with peaked or curved roofs. A method to create 3D shapefiles representing buildings with complex roofs and then export these objects to ...

The aim of this study is the estimation of solar irradiance on building roofs in complex Alpine landscapes. Very high resolution geometric models of the building roofs are generated by means of advanced automated image matching methods. Models are combined with raster and vector data sources to estimate the incoming solar radiation hitting the roofs. The methodology takes into account for atmos...

Theories involving localized collapse allow the possibility that classical information could be obtained about quantum states by mechanisms other than standard dynamical maps defined positive operator valued measurements, but nonetheless without allowing superluminal signaling. We can model this extending theory to include hypothetical devices read out local state at a given point, which is con...