Hurricane Dennis' Impact on Cuban Agriculture by William A. Messina, Jr., Thomas H. Spreen

“… Between July 7 and July 9, 2005, Hurricane Dennis moved along the southern coast of Cuba then moved across the island, enveloping nearly the entire country with strong hurricane and tropical storm force winds and driving rain. This was the fourth major hurricane to strike Cuba in the last four years. …”
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Using Audience Commitment to Increase Behavior Changes in Sustainable Landscaping by Laura Sanagorski, Paul Monaghan

“… Participants in an Extension rain barrel workshop who said they would inspect their irrigation systems might begin to see themselves as people who use water wisely. …”
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Contaminants in the Urban Environment: Perfluoroalkyl Substances by Ignacio A. Rodriguez-Jorquera, Gurpal S. Toor

“…Common products that contain PFASs are Teflon pans, non-stick cookware, rain/waterproof jackets (like Gore-Tex), fire-fighting foams, food packaging, carpets, and furniture fabrics. …”
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Analysis of Earth Dam Break of a Reservoir Based on BREACH Model by LIU Fengru, ZHAO Yuhao, ZHAN Damei

“…Frequent rain and flood may lead to earth dam break,resulting in serious consequences.Therefore,it is necessary to analyze the dam break and its impact.Based on the BREACH model,this paper studies the earth dam break of a reservoir.The results show that:in the piping dam break mode,with the increase of flood magnitude,the maximum breach discharge,final breach width and cumulative discharge also increase.Under the same flood magnitude,the maximum breach discharge and final average breach width of overtopping dam break are large,and the relative risk is great.In the given scheme,the earthquake emergency is safer than that in other schemes.In addition,the cumulative discharge is equal to the sum of initial storage capacity and inflow volume,which verifies the rationality of the calculation results from the model.…”
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La cuisine et sa ritualisation en pays mixtèque (Oaxaca, Mexique) by Esther Katz

“…Cuisine contributes, like rituals, to the balance of natural forces and of the cycles of rain, corn and human life.…”
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Compilation of the Test Load Spectrum of Wind Power Gearbox based on the Random Wind Speed Model by Xu Fang, Zhou Zhigang

“…In order to compile the load spectrum for dynamic characteristic and fatigue life test of wind turbine gear transmission system,the external random wind load is obtained on the basis of simulating reality wind speed and aerodynamics theory,and by using the rain- flow counting method and mathematical statistics method,the statistic and analysis of the input random wind load data is carried out. …”
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Footstep and Vehicle Detection Using Seismic Sensors in Wireless Sensor Network: Field Tests by Gökhan Koç, Korkut Yegin

“…Detection and classification of seismic signals due to footstep, rain, or vehicle were successfully performed.…”
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Des insectes et des hommes (Nord du Cameroun) by Christian Seignobos

“…The Mowo even claimed to « reign » by the means of rituals allowing them to control the rain as well as crop pests.…”
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Es regnete Anfragen und ehe er sich‘s versah, schneite ihm eine Überraschung ins Haus. Zur synchronen Variierbarkeit der Valenz der Witterungsverben by Petra Szatmári

“…Based on the verb regnen ‘to rain’, the article more closely examines the synchronous variability of its valence. …”
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Borogon: Ethnonym and Ethnic History by Bair Z. Nanzatov, Vladimir V. Tishin

“…A hypothesis about the interpretation of the name in its original meaning in connection with the Written Mongolian word boruγa(n) ‘rain’, or, mostly, from the form *boroγan, *boraγan id has been argued. …”
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The potential of recycling wool residues as an amendment for enhancing the physical and hydraulic properties of a sandy loam soil by Ahmed Abdallah, Francesca Ugolini, Silvia Baronti, Anita Maienza, Francesca Camilli, Laura Bonora, Francesca Martelli, Jacopo Primicerio, Fabrizio Ungaro

“…Soil bulk density (BD), total porosity (TP), aggregates stability, aggregate size distribution, saturated hydraulic conductivity, and water retention properties were determined under rain conditions, in addition to rainwater balance (storage, percolation and runoff). …”
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Separating snow and ice melt using water stable isotopes and glacio-hydrological modelling: towards improving the application of isotope analyses in highly glacierized catchments by T. Müller, T. Müller, M. Fischer, M. Fischer, S. N. Lane, B. Schaefli, B. Schaefli, B. Schaefli

“…Some studies propose using water stable isotopes to estimate shares of rain, snow and ice in streamflow, yet the choice of the isotopic composition of these water sources significantly impacts results.…”
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Contaminants in the Urban Environment: Perfluoroalkyl Substances by Ignacio A. Rodriguez-Jorquera, Gurpal S. Toor

“…Common products that contain PFASs are Teflon pans, non-stick cookware, rain/waterproof jackets (like Gore-Tex), fire-fighting foams, food packaging, carpets, and furniture fabrics. …”
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Home Irrigation and Landscape Combinations for Water Conservation in Florida by Melissa B. Haley, Michael D. Dukes, Grady L. Miller, Dorota Z. Haman

“…The dry winter/spring weather and sporadic large rain events in the summer coupled with low water holding capacity of the soil make irrigation necessary for the high quality landscapes desired by homeowners. …”
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Les organisations professionnelles agricoles et la gestion des ressources naturelles en Amazonie brésilienne orientale : Innovations et apprentissages by Laurence Granchamp Florentino, Aquiles Simões

“…So, they operate, locally, several programs for the protection of the rain forest promoted by the NGOs or international organisations, or corresponding to federal public policies. …”
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Cycleanalysis oftime seriesof annualprecipitationHelehandMondwatershed by yadollah balyani, Mohammad saligheh, Hossein asakereh, Mohammad Hossein Nasserzadeh

“…In this study, data from 37 stations Heleh and Mond watershed (both rain and synoptic) from its inception until 2011,  who had over 30 years of data, to analyze the cycle of annual rainfall, interest has been taken. …”
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Air Quality Survey of some locations in the Niger Delta Area by A Adoki

“…The average acidity values (5.63, 5.57, 5.41 and 5.41) of rainwater collected over the monitored period show rain acidity. The low Conductivity values however indicated non-contamination of the rainwater.…”
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Effect of Environmental Parameters on the Performance of Optical Wireless Communications by Hosam Abd Elrazek Mohamed Ali, El-Sayed Soliman A. Said, Mohamed Ebrahim Yousef

“…This paper studies the effect of environmental parameters like rain, fog, haze, snow, and dust on the performance of optical wireless communications using Opti-system program. …”
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THE SELECT METHOD OF ITERATION TARGET SPECTRUM FOR INDOOR ROAD SIMULATION TEST by ZHENG SongLin, DENG Xin, FENG Jinzhi, ZHAO LiHui, YU JiaWei

“…To verify the validness of this methodology,analyses and comparison between the two methods are conducted from numerical statistical analysis,rain-flow cycle damage distribution,shock response spectrum and fatigue damage spectrum. …”
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Nest Relocation and Colony Founding in the Australian Desert Ant, Melophorus bagoti Lubbock (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) by Patrick Schultheiss, Sebastian Schwarz, Antoine Wystrach

“…Reproduction occurs in synchronised mating flights, which are probably triggered by rain. Queens may engage in multiple matings, and there is circumstantial evidence that males are chemically attracted to queens. …”
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