A positive matrix factorization model (US EPA PMF version 5.0) was applied for the source apportionment of the dataset of 37 NMVOCs measured over a period of 19 December 2012 – 30 January 2013 during the SusKat-ABC international air pollution measurement campaign using a Proton Transfer Reaction Time of Flight Mass Spectrometer in the Kathmandu Valley. In all, eight source categories were ident...

Questions in natural language typically consist of a proposition articulated into a foreground part, which evokes a set of alternatives, and a background part, which provides a function for distinguishing among those alternatives. For instance, the question Who left? asks which of the people that who quantifies over (the foreground) have the property of leaving (the background). Concealed quest...

As a result of a revision of the JIS system, the application of the hot wire method for determining thermal conductivity has been expanded from heat-insulating bricks to refractories with higher heat conductivity. In this regard, focusing on magnesia bricks, which are used in the safety lining of converters and a wide variety of other applications, the authors studied the possibility of applyin...

Conventional water treatment plant generates two types of process wastes, filter back wash water and sludge. Characteristic studies of these wastes reveals that it contains high solids content, metals and bacteriological concentration, which are generally more than permissible disposable standards. Direct disposal of these wastes in to natural stream pollutes the receiving streams, affects huma...

Due to their physical and chemical properties, mortars made with lime are considered to be more compatible with historic fabrics than those made with artificial cements. This paper explores the mechanical properties of clay brick masonry bound with hydraulic limes of different strengths, and hydrated calcium lime (CL90-s) with no hydraulic properties. Masonry wallettes built with a CL90-s morta...

For the first time in nearly a decade, the LEGO programmable brick has undergone a major hardware revision. The LEGO programmable brick has been adopted for a variety of uses in primary, secondary, and higher education. With the introduction of the new hardware, there appears to be a growing interest in using the programmable brick for teaching computer programming to college students. The goal...

accumulation of unmanaged industrial solid waste, especially in developing countries has resulted in an increased environmental concern. in view of utilization of industrial solid waste the recycled paper mill waste (rpmw) – cement composite bricks were designed and developed. in order to investigate the environmental performance of sustainable construction materials two small scale model house...

naturally occurring radionuclides have different amount of activity concentration for 226 ra, 232 th and 40 k in building materials. in this study, natural radioactivity has been measured for bricks used in tehran. for this work, 9 samples of three types of bricks, clay brick (cb), making the facade brick (mfb) and firebrick (fb) has been selected from different regions and factories in tehran....