The Fall of an Imperial Ambassador: Count Georg Adam von Martinitz and His Recall from Rome by Béla Vilmos Mihalik

“…His successor, Count Leopold Joseph von Lamberg, arrived to Rome with the task “to put water on the fire”. But it was not an easy task, especially on the eve of the War of the Spanish Succession. …”
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Review on the Durability of Polypropylene Fibre-Reinforced Concrete by Yanzhu Liu, Liang Wang, Ke Cao, Lei Sun

“…As a result, the durability of concrete is significantly enhanced since PPF can block the penetration of water or harmful ions in concrete. This paper summarizes the influence of polypropylene fibre on the durability of concrete, including drying shrinkage, creep, water absorption, permeability resistance, chloride ion penetration resistance, sulfate corrosion resistance, freeze-thaw cycle resistance, carbonation resistance, and fire resistance. …”
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Isothermic and Kinetic Study on Removal of Methylene Blue Dye Using Anisomeles malabarica Silver Nanoparticles: An Efficient Adsorbent to Purify Dye-Contaminated Wastewater by M. Prabhahar, K. Gomathi, R. Venkatesh, V. Mago Stalany, D. S. Vijayan, Larissa R. Sassykova, S. Sendilvelan, V. Shanmuga Priya, G. O. Jijina, Rabin Selvaraj

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Effects of the Amount of Fly Ash Modified by Stearic Acid Compound on Mechanical Properties, Flame Retardant Ability, and Structure of the Composites by Tuan Anh Nguyen

“…Especially, the fire retardant properties are improved at a high level, with a modified 20% fly ash content: the burning rate of 16.78 mm/min, minimum oxygen index of 23.2%, and meet the fire protection standard according to UL 94HB with a burning rate of 8.09 mm/min. …”
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Rancang Bangun Mesin Pemanas Akrilik Tipe Turbular Skala Industri Kecil by Noviyanti Nugraha, M. Khenbakti, Rakha Rakha, Teguh Siswanto, Muraz Muraz, Rizkia Munajat

“…The heating process that has been carried out by small industries is usually acrylic material heated manually by spraying fire from a gas-tube or using a small heater so that the size of acrylic that can be heated is limited, both in terms of length and thickness. …”
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Silvopastoral systems as a strategy for drought resilience: A short international review by Mohammad Reza Ghaffariyan

“…The results indicated that silvopastoral systems could be beneficial to the landowners and farmers which could improve drought resilience by increasing air humidity and reducing weather temperature impact which eventually contributed to mitigation fire risks in farms. …”
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Tulsa Oklahoma Oktoberfest Tent Collapse Report by Kelly E. Deal, Carolyn K. Synovitz, Jeffrey M. Goodloe, Brandi King, Charles E. Stewart

“…Analysis of the 2007 Tulsa Oktoberfest mass casualty incident revealed rapid police/fire/EMS response despite challenges of operations at dark under severe weather conditions and the need to treat a significant number of injured victims. …”
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Explosion-Induced Stress Wave Propagation in Interacting Fault System: Numerical Modeling and Implications for Chaoyang Coal Mine by Xiaojun Feng, Qiming Zhang, Muhammad Ali

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Seasonal spatial-temporal trends of vegetation recovery in burned areas across Africa. by Oswaldo Maillard, Natasha Ribeiro, Amanda Armstrong, Ana I Ribeiro-Barros, Samora Macrice Andrew, Lucy Amissah, Zeinab Shirvani, Jonathan Muledi, Omid Abdi, Huascar Azurduy, João M N Silva, Stephen Syampungani, Hastings Shamaoma, Victorino Buramuge

“…Africa is entering a new fire paradigm, with climate change and increasing anthropogenic pressure shifting the patterns of frequency and severity. …”
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Humours and their Legacy in Early Buddhist Medicine by Federico Divino

“…The aim is to trace possible historical developments of a humoral conception that originates from an Indo-European duality between fire and water, with these elements serving as the original core of humoral theory. …”
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Les eaux comme frontières dans les Enfers gréco-romains, d’après L’Odyssée d’Homère, la Théogonie d’Hésiode, La République de Platon et L’Énéide de Virgile by Emilia Ndiaye

“…Waters are everywhere in the Ancient Netherworld, at the entrance and inside as several rivers organize the topography into various separate spaces. …”
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A Review on Natural Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composite and Its Applications by Layth Mohammed, M. N. M. Ansari, Grace Pua, Mohammad Jawaid, M. Saiful Islam

“…A number of drawbacks of NFPCs like higher water absorption, inferior fire resistance, and lower mechanical properties limited its applications. …”
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EyeLiner by Yoga Advaith Veturi, MSc, Steve McNamara, OD, Scott Kinder, MS, Christopher William Clark, MS, Upasana Thakuria, MS, Benjamin Bearce, MS, Niranjan Manoharan, MD, Naresh Mandava, MD, Malik Y. Kahook, MD, Praveer Singh, PhD, Jayashree Kalpathy-Cramer, PhD

“…Quantitative results show that the MD decreased for this model after alignment from 321.32 to 3.74 pixels for FIRE, 9.86 to 2.03 pixels for CORIS, and 25.23 to 5.94 pixels for SIGF. …”
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Sources and Trends of CO, O₃, and Aerosols at the Mount Bachelor Observatory (2004–2022) by Noah Bernays, Jakob Johnson, Daniel Jaffe

“…Wildfire sources were further divided into two categories: smoke transported in the boundary layer to the MBO and smoke transported in the free troposphere from more distant fires. …”
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Epoxy-Glass Microballoon Syntactic Foams: Rheological Optimization of the Processing Window by A. V. Ullas, Devendra Kumar, Prasun Kumar Roy

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Air Pollution and Watershed Research in the Central Sierra Nevada of California: Nitrogen and Ozone by Carolyn Hunsaker, Andrzej Bytnerowicz, Jessica Auman, Ricardo Cisneros

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Contaminantes en el Medio Ambiente Urbano: Los Perfluoroalquilos by Ignacio A. Rodriguez-Jorquera, Gurpal S. Toor

“…Toor, and published by the UF Department of Soil and Water Science, July 2015. Feature image credit: iStock/Thinkstock.com (non-stick pan, waterproof fabric, and fire fighting foam)/Digital Vision/Thinkstock.com (fast food) SL418-Span/SS644: Contaminantes en el Medio Ambiente Urbano: Los Perfluoroalquilos (ufl.edu) …”
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Mechanical Properties of Fiber Reinforced Lightweight Concrete Containing Surfactant by Yoo-Jae Kim, Jiong Hu, Soon-Jae Lee, Byung-Hee You

“…Fiber reinforced aerated lightweight concrete (FALC) was developed to reduce concrete's density and to improve its fire resistance, thermal conductivity, and energy absorption. …”
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A New Methodology for Hesitant Fuzzy Emergency Decision Making with Unknown Weight Information by Xiaodi Liu, Zengwen Wang, Shitao Zhang

“…This paper presents a novel approach to emergency decision making with hesitant fuzzy information, which takes regret aversion of the decision makers into account. …”
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Contaminantes en el Medio Ambiente Urbano: Los Perfluoroalquilos by Ignacio A. Rodriguez-Jorquera, Gurpal S. Toor

“…Toor, and published by the UF Department of Soil and Water Science, July 2015. Feature image credit: iStock/Thinkstock.com (non-stick pan, waterproof fabric, and fire fighting foam)/Digital Vision/Thinkstock.com (fast food) SL418-Span/SS644: Contaminantes en el Medio Ambiente Urbano: Los Perfluoroalquilos (ufl.edu) …”
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