Enhanced global extreme droughts driven by the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean on decadal timescales by Yihui Xu, Xiaodan Guan, Jianping Huang, Shi Jin, Zhiyuan Jin

“…Meanwhile, the DMO significantly influences global wet-dry variations through phase changes, leading to an increase in the probability of extreme droughts in the positive phase. …”
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Increased Asymmetry of Ecosystem Productivity Responses to Precipitation in Recent Two Decades by Licong Dai, Minqi Liang, Anping Chen, Guojiao Yang, Chuan Jin, Wenping Yuan, Zhongmin Hu

“…Here, we used multiple streams of satellite observation and found that asymmetry decreased along the humidity index gradient, indicating higher productivity pulse than decrease under dry climate conditions, and the asymmetry shifted from positive in dry areas to weakly negative in wet areas. …”
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Prognostic role of pre-procedural lung ultrasound in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation by Guilherme Pinheiro Machado, Pedro Castilhos de Freitas Crivelaro, Gustavo Neves de Araujo, Guilherme Heiden Telo, Luiz Carlos Corsetti Bergoli, Marina Petersen Saadi, Julia Carvalho da Silva, Camila Porto Cardoso, Wagner Azevedo, Felipe Costa Fuchs, Marco Wainstein

“…Patients were classified as having “wet lungs” (≥1 positive zone) or “dry lungs” (no positive zones). …”
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THE DETERMINATION OF ATMOSPHERIC WATER CONTENT FROM METEOROLOGICAL AND GPS DATA by O. F. Lukhneva, M. G. Dembelov, A. V. Lukhnev

“…ZTD is the sum of ZHD (hydrostatic or ‘dry’ delay) and ZWD (‘wet’ delay). ZWD values can be converted with a very high confidence in integrated water vapor (IWV) values for each installed GPS receiver.…”
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Influence of different types of sterile cytoplasms (A3, A4, 9E) on the combining ability of CMS lines of sorghum by O. P. Kibalnik, L. A. Elkonin

“…In dry seasons, significant positive effects of the 9E cytoplasm on GCA for the length of the largest leaf, and positive effects of the A3 cytoplasm on GCA for the plant height, and negative effects of the A4 cytoplasm on GCA for these traits were observed. …”
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Trophic disruption by an invasive species linked to altered energy fluxes by Peter J. Flood, Bradley A. Strickland, William F. Loftus, Joel C. Trexler

“…The direction of change for these metrics from dry season to wet‐season post‐invasion (i.e., effect of adding water) was used as a proxy for the direction of effects from restored water delivery. …”
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Zooplankton Diversity, Dynamics and Correlation with Physicochemical Parameters at Ugbevwe Pond in Delta State, Nigeria by J.A. Edoreh, T.O.T IMoobe, E. Ikpokpo, M.M. Ubrei-Joe, C.M. Ubrei-Joe

“…Zooplankton samples were collected from three stations from August, 2014 to May, 2015 covering the wet and dry seasons. Zooplankton species were sorted and identified using appropriate identification keys. …”
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Effect of sterilization methods on the absorption capacity of absorbent paper points by Carlos Menezes Aguiar, Thaísa Torres, Daniela Mendes, Bruna Farias, Andréa Cruz Câmara

“…The purpose of the present study was to analyze the influence of sterilization methods on the absorption capacity of different brands of standardized absorbent paper points, testing the hypothesis that there is a positive correlation between the percentage of increased absorption capacity and sterilization method. …”
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Urzhumian Pedocomplexes of the Kazan Volga Region (Eastern Europe): An Example of Paleoclimate and Paleolandscapes of the Subtropics of the Continental Pangea in the Middle Permian by F. A. Mouraviev, T. V. Kropotova, B. I. Gareev, G. A. Batalin

“…The biostratigraphic position of the pedocomplex in the Cheremushka Ravine shows that it is coeval with the pedocomplex of the Grebeni section. …”
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Uneven shifts in flood and drought flows in a Brazilian water supply catchmentHavard Dataverse by Tiago Souza Mattos, André Simões Ballarin, Murilo Cesar Lucas, André Almagro, Paulo Tarso Sanches Oliveira

“…Study Focus:: This study assessed the impacts of projected climate change on streamflow (Q) regimes and dynamics in the study area, a key drinking water source for the Curitiba Metropolitan Region (3.7 million people). Dry and wet Q regimes were analyzed using 3-, 6-, and 12-month accumulation periods through a non-parametric approach. …”
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Epidemiology of age-related macular degeneration among elderly in geriatric homes, East Cairo, Egypt by Dina Hussien Edarous, Hoda I. Fahim, Mohamed Momen, Ashraf Abd El-Salam Shaat, Ayat F. Manzour

“…The most common form of AMD was early, and the late wet variety was second. Important non-modifiable risk factors for AMD include advancing age, being a woman, and having a positive family history of the disease. …”
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Investigating the Impact of Climate Change on Changes in the Cultivated Area of Selected Agricultural Products in Jiroft Plain by Mohammadjavad Mehdizadehrayeni, Hamid Mohammadi, Saman Ziaee, Ali Azareh

“…Modeling is based on the length of dry and wet periods, daily precipitation and radiation series, and semi-empirical distribution. …”
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Evaluation of chitosan based pretreatment for cotton and linen dyeing with direct dyes and reactive dyes by Mohammad Toufiqul Hoque, Tian Benrui, Thomas Grethe, Boris Mahltig

“…The rubbing fastness in dry and wet conditions is measured. Even if in the actual study no positive effects were determined by pretreatment of chitosan, the determined results could be utilized in future research to develop other functional treatments of cotton and linen materials with implemented chitosan. …”
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Evaluation of chitosan based pretreatment for cotton and linen dyeing with direct dyes and reactive dyes by Mohammad Toufiqul Hoque, Tian Benrui, Thomas Grethe, Boris Mahltig

“…The rubbing fastness in dry and wet conditions is measured. Even if in the actual study no positive effects were determined by pretreatment of chitosan, the determined results could be utilized in future research to develop other functional treatments of cotton and linen materials with implemented chitosan. …”
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Evaluation of chitosan based pretreatment for cotton and linen dyeing with direct dyes and reactive dyes by Mohammad Toufiqul Hoque, Tian Benrui, Thomas Grethe, Boris Mahltig

“…The rubbing fastness in dry and wet conditions is measured. Even if in the actual study no positive effects were determined by pretreatment of chitosan, the determined results could be utilized in future research to develop other functional treatments of cotton and linen materials with implemented chitosan.…”
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Spatial and temporal variations of trophic state conditions of Lake Bunyonyi, south‑western Uganda by Alex, Saturday, Thomas, J. Lyimo, John, Machiwa, Siajali, Pamba

“…Based on CTSI values, the lake was eutrophic in both dry and wet seasons albeit with differences in the values. …”
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The Coffee Processing Method Had a More Pronounced Effect than Location and Production Systems on the Overall Quality of Kaffa Biosphere Reserve Coffees by Addis Alemayehu Tassew, Gezahegn Berecha Yadessa, Adugna Debela Bote, Taye Kufa Obso

“…As a result, preliminary coffee quality data was acquired from bean physical and cup quality examination of coffees derived through a three-stage nested design combining districts (Gimbo, Gawata, and Decha), coffee production systems (forest, semiforest, and garden), and coffee processing methods (wet, semiwet, and dry). Representative soil samples were collected according to the sampling structure and analyzed following the standard procedures. …”
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Growing-season NDVI responses to climate change in China’s three major marsh wetland regions by Yue Deng, Shujing Gao, Lulu Liu, Weiguo Jiang

“…Especially, extreme positive MWV significantly coincide with extreme wet events. …”
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Dynamics of some criteria of soil fertility in a non-balanced agriculture by Yu. I. Mitrofanov

“…In the experiments the difference in exchangeable potassium content in the topsoil between wet and dry years was 26-69mg / kg, the content of available phosphorus - 29-73mg / kg. …”
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Atmospheric Deposition of Phosphorus to the Everglades: Concepts, Constraints, and Published Deposition Rates for Ecosystem Management by Garth W. Redfield

“…Most information on P deposition is from bulk precipitation collectors and wet/dry bucket sampling, both with questionable precision and accuracy. …”
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