Recent heat waves have been a matter of serious concern for India because of potential impacts on agriculture, food security, and socioeconomic progress. This study examines the trends and variability in frequency, duration, and intensity of hot episodes during three time periods (1951–2013, 1981–2013 and 1998–2013) by defining heat waves based on the percentile of maximum, minimum, and mean te...

Background. We performed 2 cross-sectional studies in Ménaka in the Northeastern Mali across 9 sites in different ecological settings: 4 sites have permanent ponds, 4 without ponds, and one (City of Ménaka) has a semipermanent pond. We enrolled 1328 subjects in May 2004 (hot dry season) and 1422 in February 2005 (cold dry season) after the rainy season. Objective. To examine the seasonality of ...

The influence of season on the plasma progesterone concentrations and morphometric values of corpus luteum and ovary was studied through ultrasonography in spring (n=10) and dry hot (n=10) seasons on alternate days during the estrous cycle regardless of estrous phases in Nili-Ravi buffaloes. The mean morphometric values of length and width of ovary and the diameter and area of corpus luteum wer...

Fluid flow and tracer transport in a fractured Bot Dry Rock (HDR) geothermal reservoir are modeled using fracture network modeling techniques. The steady state pressure and flow fields are solved for a two-dimensional, interconnected network of fractures with no-flow outer boundaries and constant-pressure source and sink points to simulate wellbore-fracture intersections. The tracer response is...

Wet thermal oxidation at 1000 “C of a 470-nm-thick epitaxial Ge~&3,,~ layer on ( 100)Si produces oxides of different composition depending on the details of the oxidation procedure. When a cold sample is directly exposed to the hot steam, the surface layer of the oxide contains both Ge and Si. Only SiOZ forms if a preheated sample is exposed to the hot steam. The effect is not present for dry o...

Heat stress reduces the capability for sustained exercise. On the other hand, with repeated exposures to hot environments, exhaustion is delayed. This paper examines the hypothesis that high core temperature might be the ultimate cause of the fatigue and inability to continue to exercise in hot dry environmental conditions. It is suggested that a high core temperature is the ultimate cause of f...

This paper investigates the function of windcatchers in dry regions in Middle East and compares them in different fields in two areas including Yazd-Iran, and Egypt. The study examines windcatchers in these areas in terms of cooling system and forms, with different plans, forms, constituent components and decorations.Reassessment of windcatchers in these areas can shed light on these difference...

This article discusses the existing calculation of heat for a coal-fired hot-blast furnace. By utilizing the standard method of heat calculation for boilers, considering the relation between the theoretical combustion temperature and the excess air coefficient of the boiler, combining some operational parameters of a coal-fired powder hot-blast furnace, the heat calculation of iron ore concentr...

In the conditions of hot and dry climate, concrete mixture quickly loses its mobility workability. this regard, it is necessary to plasticize by introducing various surfactants; at same time, surfactant additive should not slow down process hydration hardening. To ensure salt resistance, increase density strength concrete. The proposed complex obtained joint grinding in a ball mill soda sulfate...