Ionospheric Disturbances Recorded by DEMETER Satellite over Active Volcanoes: From August 2004 to December 2010 by Jacques Zlotnicki, Feng Li, Michel Parrot

“…The study analyzes electromagnetic data and plasma characteristics in the ionosphere recorded by DEMETER microsatellite over erupting volcanoes during the life of the mission: from August 2004 to December 2010. The time window in which anomalous changes are searched brackets the onset of the eruptive activity from 60 days before to 15 days after the period during which most pre- and posteruptive phenomena are amplified. 73 volcanoes have entered into eruption. …”
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Orbital-Radar v1.0.0: a tool to transform suborbital radar observations to synthetic EarthCARE cloud radar data by L. Pfitzenmaier, P. Kollias, P. Kollias, N. Risse, I. Schirmacher, B. Puigdomenech Treserras, K. Lamer

“…These results provide valuable insights into the capabilities and challenges of the EarthCARE CPR mission and its advantages over the CloudSat CPR. …”
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Climate Change Indicators and Spatiotemporal Shift in Monsoon Patterns in Pakistan by Fasiha Safdar, Muhammad Fahim Khokhar, Muhammad Arshad, Iftikhar Hussain Adil

“…The satellite gridded data for rainfall are acquired from Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) along with rainfall and temperature data from 15 ground stations of Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD). …”
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Assessing the Public’s Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy Management in Taiwan by Hsing-Chih Chen, Chun-Hung Lee, Timothy Bernd Wallace Seekings, Linh Bao Nguyen

“…The insights gained from this study outline policy implications for improving the public’s social acceptance and advancing the development of RE in Taiwan, contributing to the world’s carbon-neutral mission.…”
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Design on a Composite Mobile System for Exploration Robot by Weiyan Shang, Canjun Yang, Yunping Liu, Junming Wang

“…In order to accomplish exploration missions in complex environments, a new type of robot has been designed. …”
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TR Jets above Magnetic X-Type Null Points by Ehsan Tavabi, Mehri Heidari, Azam Mollatayefeh

“…The recently launched Hinode mission permitted us to observe the excellent proxies of these jets with an unprecedented high spatial resolution of 120 km on the Sun. …”
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Assessment of Beach Slope and Sediment Grain Size Anywhere in the World: Review of Existing Formulae, Integration of Tidal Influence, and Perspectives from Satellite Observations by Amélie Arias, Rafael Almar, Vincent Regard, Erwin W. J. Bergsma, Bruno Castelle, Thierry Garlan

“…Continued advances in satellite missions, including higher resolution and revisit frequency, as well as new sensors, are essential to improve predictive capabilities and facilitate wider implementation.…”
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Diurnal Variation of Seasonal Precipitation over the CONUS: A Comparison of Gauge Observations with TRMM Data by Liming Zhu, Yu Zhao, Xiaoping Rui, Qingwei Wei

“…In this study, a comparison is drawn between precipitation gauge observations and Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) 3B42 data on diurnal variation of precipitation. …”
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Organizational school climate in city high schools from the perspective of teachers by Tadić Violeta M., Kordić Boris J.

“…The findings of this research have the potential to encourage reflection on the importance of promoting positive interactions among school members so that the school can achieve its mission and vision of positive education and upbringing of children.…”
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A Damage-Tolerant Task Assignment Algorithm for UAV Swarm in Confrontational Environments by Chao Chen, Weidong Bao, Tong Men, Wen Zhou, Daqian Liu, Li Ma

“…As Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are widely used in many applications, a lot of military missions in confrontational environments are being undertaken by UAV swarm rather than human beings due to its advantages. …”
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Quadrotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Mounted Launch Device Precision Analysis for Countering Intruding Drones by Yanan He, Lingsong Di, Huiqi Xu, Weigui Zeng, Wei Li, Silei Cao

“…Simulation results indicate that downward firing has the highest shooting accuracy and is suitable for counter-drone missions. For single-shot firing, lateral downward firing compared to frontal firing can effectively reduce attitude and position changes, which is beneficial for engaging stationary targets. …”
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Field Observations during the Eleventh Microwave Water and Energy Balance Experiment (MicroWEX-11): from April 25, 2012, through December 6, 2012 by Tara Bongiovanni, Pang-Wei Liu, Karthik Nagarajan, Daniel Preston, Patrick Rush, Tim H.M. van Emmerik, Robert Terwilleger, Alejandro Monsivais-Huertero, Jasmeet Judge, Susan Steele-Dunne, Roger De Roo, Ruzbeh Akbar, Ella Baar, Max Wallace, Anthony England

“…These observations match that of satellite-based passive microwave radiometers and NASA’s recently launched Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission. This 96-page report was written by Tara Bongiovanni, Pang-Wei Liu, Karthik Nagarajan, Daniel Preston, Patrick Rush, Tim H.M. van Emmerik, Robert Terwilleger, Alejandro Monsivais-Huertero, Jasmeet Judge, Susan Steele-Dunne, Roger De Roo, Ruzbeh Akbar, Ella Baar, Max Wallace, and Anthony England and published by the UF Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, July 2015. …”
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Vibration Reliability Analysis of Aeroengine Rotor Based on Intelligent Neural Network Modeling Framework by Jia-Qi Liu, Yun-Wen Feng, Cheng Lu, Wei-Huang Pan, Da Teng

“…Through the analysis of the rotor vibration reliability of the B737-800 aircraft during a flight mission from Beijing to Urumqi, the time-varying rotor vibration reliability was obtained, which verified the effectiveness and feasibility of the method. …”
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Retrospective strategic analysis of LNTU brand management by Natalia Vavdiiuk, Natalia Koretska, Nadia Kovalchuk, Roksolana Gavrylyuk

“…The potential for growth in the value of the HEI brand will include a decrease in overall competition; enhancing image and prestige; increase in financial resources; achieving the mission; achievement of the development strategy. …”
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Current development and future prospects of multi-target assignment problem: A bibliometric analysis review by Shuangxi Liu, Zehuai Lin, Wei Huang, Binbin Yan

“…The multi-target assignment (MTA) problem, a crucial challenge in command control, mission planning, and a fundamental research focus in military operations, has garnered significant attention over the years. …”
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Optimization of airflow organization in the passenger cabin of special vehicles based on human thermal sensation by Miaocheng Weng, Yu Zhang, Fang Liu, Aiyang Liu, Hongyu Zhang

“…Special vehicles play a critical role in accomplishing ground-based missions. However, unevenly distributed high temperatures within the cabin environment significantly impact the thermal comfort and work efficiency of personnel. …”
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Ultraviolet Photometry and Habitable Zones of over 2700 Planet-hosting Stars by Xue Li, Song Wang, Henggeng Han, Jifeng Liu

“…In this paper, we conducted a detailed analysis of the UV photometry of over 2700 host stars with confirmed planets, using observational data from the Galaxy Evolution Explorer and Swift Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope missions. We performed aperture photometry on single-exposure images and provided photometric catalogs that can be used to explore a wide range of scientific questions, such as stellar UV activity and planet habitability. …”
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Holistic Medicine III: The Holistic Process Theory of Healing by Søren Ventegodt, Niels Jørgen Andersen, Joav Merrick

“…According to the life mission theory, we can stretch our existence and lower our quality of life when we are in crises, to survive and adapt, and we can relax to increase our quality of life when we later have resources for healing. …”
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A Logical Hierarchical Hidden Semi-Markov Model for Team Intention Recognition by Shi-guang Yue, Peng Jiao, Ya-bing Zha, Quan-jun Yin

“…To model the team intention as well as the world state and observation, we propose a Logical Hierarchical Hidden Semi-Markov Model (LHHSMM), which has advantages of conducting statistical relational learning and can present a complex mission hierarchically. Additionally, the LHHSMM explicitly models the duration of team working mode, the intention termination, and relations between the world state and observation. …”
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Remote Wind Turbine Inspections: Exploring the Potential of Multimodal Drones by Ahmed Omara, Adel Nasser, Ahmad Alsayed, Mostafa R. A. Nabawy

“…Rotor-based designs demonstrate simpler and more efficient means to conduct such missions, whereas bio-inspired designs allow greater flexibility and more accurate locomotion. …”
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