Le réseau hydraulique à Pompéi (Italie) de l’époque des Samnites à Auguste (fin ive-fin ier s. av. J.-C.) by Federico Giletti

“…While it is true that the decision to install chambered cisterns to regulate the slope of the hillside may have served to enlarge the building spaces, it is equally plausible that their purpose was also to provide the city wall defences with water reserves to supply the militia in case of siege or fire, in accordance with a common practice in ancient urban design.The military value of some of these cisterns, however, lost its significance after the establishment of the colony, as did walled fortifications. …”
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Intelligent Monitoring System for Biogas Detection Based on the Internet of Things: Mohammedia, Morocco City Landfill Case by Jamal Mabrouki, Mourade Azrour, Ghizlane Fattah, Driss Dhiba, Souad El Hajjaji

“…Hazards levels, potential fire, and explosion risks associated with biogas are lower than those of natural gases in most cases. …”
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Homo erectus adapted to steppe-desert climate extremes one million years ago by Julio Mercader, Pamela Akuku, Nicole Boivin, Alfredo Camacho, Tristan Carter, Siobhán Clarke, Arturo Cueva Temprana, Julien Favreau, Jennifer Galloway, Raquel Hernando, Haiping Huang, Stephen Hubbard, Jed O. Kaplan, Steve Larter, Stephen Magohe, Abdallah Mohamed, Aloyce Mwambwiga, Ayoola Oladele, Michael Petraglia, Patrick Roberts, Palmira Saladié, Abel Shikoni, Renzo Silva, María Soto, Dominica Stricklin, Degsew Z. Mekonnen, Wenran Zhao, Paul Durkin

“…Using biogeochemical analyses, precise chronometric dating, palaeoclimate simulations, biome modeling, fire history reconstructions, palaeobotanical studies, faunal assemblages, and archeological evidence, we reconstruct an environment dominated by semidesert shrubland. …”
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Jiawei Suanzaoren decoction for the treatment of perimenopausal insomnia: clinical observation and experimental study by Li-Qiong Chen, Yong-Can Zhou, Fang Ning, Ming-Jin Zhu

“…BackgroundTraditional Chinese medicine has a good clinical therapeutic effect on perimenopausal insomnia, Jiawei Suanzaoren Tang (JW-SZRT) has a significant therapeutic effect on people with yin deficiency and fire excess type insomnia.MethodFirstly, 80 cases of perimenopausal yin deficiency and fire excess type insomnia were included in the study. …”
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Concentrations, Deposition, and Effects of Nitrogenous Pollutants in Selected California Ecosystems by Andrzej Bytnerowicz, Pamela E. Padgett, Sally D. Parry, Mark E. Fenn, Michael J. Arbaugh

“…In addition, dry deposition of predominantly HNO3 has lead to changes in vegetation composition and contamination of ground- and stream water where terrestrial N loading is high. Long-term, complex interactions between N deposition and other environmental stresses such as elevated ozone (O3), drought, insect infestations, fire suppression, or intensive land management practices may affect water quality and sustainability of California forests and other ecosystems.…”
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LC/MS/MS Analysis of N-Terminal Protein Adducts with Improved Sensitivity: A Comparison of Selected Edman Isothiocyanate Reagents by Per Rydberg, Hans von Stedingk, Jörgen Magnér, Jonas Björklund

“…The principles of the FIRE-procedure are that adducts to N-terminal amino acids selectively are detached and measured from of proteins after derivatisation by isothiocyanate Edman reagents. …”
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Stand structure of tropical forests is strongly associated with primary productivity by Wenmin Zhang, Yanbiao Xi, Martin Brandt, Chunying Ren, Jialing Bai, Qin Ma, Rasmus Fensholt

“…The majority of high SSI values representing higher forest height, density and diversity of canopy height, is found for all tropical forest areas in moist regions, natural forests, and regions with less fire activity. …”
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Reflections on Korea in 2010: Trials and prospects for recovery of common sense in 2011 by Paik Nak-chung

“…The main reason behind this 'snatching' action apparently was to push on with the Four Great Rivers Project and to pass the related pernicious legislation known as the "Water-Friendly Region Law." We may now foresee an accelerating destruction not only of the nation's environment but of democracy and rule of law as well. …”
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SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY FOR SUSTAINABLE INDUSTRY by G. Rizzuto, F. Bucelli, M. Sciaccaluga, O. Avataneo

“…Its formulation is glycols-free, and it allows for easier disposal of the exhausted fluid, compared to a traditional water/ glycol-based HFC hydraulic fluid. …”
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A New Cooperative MIMO Scheme Based on SM for Energy-Efficiency Improvement in Wireless Sensor Network by Yuyang Peng, Jaeho Choi

“…Combining the proposed scheme with monitoring sensor node will provide a good performance in arbitrary deployed WSN such as forest fire detection system.…”
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THERAPY FOR HYPERTENSION WITH ACUPUNTURE AND HERBAL CUCUMBER (Cucumis sativus (L.)) by Yuninda Asyroful Kamaliyah, Ario Imandiri, Myrna Adianti

“…The patient is classified as hypertensive with differentiated liver fire hyperactivity syndrome. Purpose: To determine the effect of acupuncture combination therapy at Shenmen (HT 7), Fuliu (KI 7), Taichong (LR 3), Xingjian (LR 2), and Yinlingquan (SP 9) herbal fruit and herbal cucumber (Cucumis sativus) in diseases hypertension. …”
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A Case Study of Cyclic Top Coal Weakening Process Based on Highly Tough Coal Seam with Partings by Zhaopeng Wu, Junhui Wang, Zhijun Wan, Jingyi Cheng, Luchang Xiong, Lizhu Zhao, Xiaogang Liu

“…The conventional blast weakening process and water injection weakening process are more widely applied in fully mechanized caving mining of hard thick coal seams, but under some special complex geological conditions, no desirable performance has been achieved in top coal weakening by one weakening process alone after substantial investment in capital and equipment. …”
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Automobile transport and armored car military units of the Russian Imperial Army. 1896–1917s by M. S. Novikov

“…The appearance of cars equipped with artillery and machine guns and later protected by armor began a new development in the ground forces. …”
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Flora i fauna rezerwatu przyrody Jezioro Kiełpińskie i sąsiednich starorzeczy w strefie podmiejskiej Warszawy by Jerzy Romanowski, Paweł Boniecki, Anita Kaliszewicz, Marek Kloss, Izabella Olejniczka

“…A large number of protected species of plants and vertebrates were recorded in the area, including amphibians, birds, and mammals that are of particular importance to the European community, such as the fire-bellied toad, little bittern, western marsh harrier, beaver, and otter. …”
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Oriental Mysticism in the Works of Konstantin Balmont, the Poet of Symbolism and Poet Laureate of the Russian Language by Marzieh Yahyapour, Masoumeh Motamednia, Janolah Karimi Motahhar

“…Then, the article deals with  the origin and form of some of the eastern themes. The four elements (fire, water, earth, and air) are the main themes of Balmont's poems. …”
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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

“…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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WORKING WITH AUTISM CHILDREN USING ACUPUNCTURE METHOD by Henry Remanlay

“…Needle acupuncture was the method of choice except one subject prefers laser acupuncture. The objective is to eliminate the phlegm, calm the heart fire, and tonify spleen. …”
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Une pompe hydraulique romaine en bois en contexte d’incendie à Reims/Durocortorum by Cyril Driard

“…The subdivided spaces may correspond to a relatively luxurious residential area, the layers of demolition having notably revealed a remarkable megalography of Dionysos.This district was partially destroyed during a fire after 164-165 AD and before the 2nd half of the 3rd century. …”
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DEVELOPMENT OF MELTED EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE AS ΒITUMEN MODIFIER FOR PAVEMENT CONSTRUCTION by AREMU TAJUDEEN ORIAJE, BAMIDELE IBUKUNOLU OLUGBEMI DAHUNSI, KAZEEM ADEKUNLE ADEYEMO

“… This study was designed to investigate the Performance of melted Expanded Polystrene (EPS) wastes on the quality of bitumen used in asphaltic concrete. The EPS materials were ground and then melted (200-400 oC) to form a slurry. …”
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Espaços e relações de poder em Chapecó/SC na década de 1950. by Cristina de Moraes

“…Later with the consolidation of these colonies migration Chapecó became an attractor of population, resulting in the arrival of new migrants. …”
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