Designing Buildings and Building Environments for Greater Resilience against the Encroachment of Seasonal Forest Fires by Adekunle Olubowale Mofolasayo

“…Rather than waiting for firefighters to come and help extinguish the fire in residential communities, the design of our buildings can be such that it would not only put a major focus on the automatic deployment of the water sprinkler effect for the interior sections of the buildings, but the improved designs for residential buildings should be such that automatic water sprinklers are available to cover all the exterior portions of buildings for a pre-determined length of time, to mitigate the effect of seasonal forest fires. …”
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Analysis of natural radionuclides in coal, slag and ash in coal-fired power plants in Serbia by Janković M.M., Todorović D.J., Nikolić J.D.

“…Monitoring included the analysis of soil, water, flying ash, slag, coal and plants. This paper presents the results of the radioactivity analysis of coal, ash and slag samples. …”
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EFFECTS OF GEOMETRIC PARAMETERS ON ENTROPY GENERATION IN FIRE-TUBE STEAM BOILER’S HEAT EXCHANGER by OLUMUYIWA LASODE, JOSEPH OYEKALE, IDEHAI OHIJEAGBON, JOHN OLADEJI

“… This paper presents a parametric study on fire-tube steam boilers’ heat exchanging unit using Entropy Generation Minimization (EGM) technique. …”
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Investigation of the effect of impact load on concrete-filled steel tube columns under fire by Ali Golsoorat Pahlaviani, Ali Mohammad Rousta, Peyman Beiranvand

“…As compared to reinforced concrete columns, existence of the exterior steel tube not only bears a portion of axial load but also most importantly provides confinement to the infill concrete.with the confinement provided by the steel tube, axial strength of the infill concrete can be largely enhanced.this paper presents the investigation effect of impact load on concrete-filled steel tube columns under fire by numerical simulations using ABAQUS software.the results indicate that the CFST sections with larger confinement factor ξ=1.23 behaved in a very ductile manner under lateral impact. …”
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KV7 Channels Regulate Firing during Synaptic Integration in GABAergic Striatal Neurons by M. Belén Pérez-Ramírez, Antonio Laville, Dagoberto Tapia, Mariana Duhne, Esther Lara-González, José Bargas, Elvira Galarraga

“…This modulation occurs on sub- and suprathreshold responses and lasts during the whole duration of the responses, hundreds of milliseconds, greatly altering SPNs firing properties. This modulation affected the behavior of the striatal microcircuit.…”
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Differential Evolution-Based End-Fire Realized Gain Optimization of Active and Parasitic Arrays by Rozita Konstantinou, Ihsan Kanbaz, Okan Yurduseven, Michail Matthaiou

“…For the parasitic arrays, the dipoles are reactively loaded based on the input impedances of the active dipoles, after which the optimization focuses on the inter-element distance to achieve a balance between the gain and the reflection efficiency. …”
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Enhanced CH4 emissions from global wildfires likely due to undetected small fires by Junri Zhao, Philippe Ciais, Frederic Chevallier, Josep G. Canadell, Ivar R. van der Velde, Emilio Chuvieco, Yang Chen, Qiang Zhang, Kebin He, Bo Zheng

“…Our study highlights the value of atmospheric inversion based on fire tracers like CO to track fire-carbon-climate feedback.…”
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Forest fires under the lens: needleleaf index - a novel tool for satellite image analysis by Afshin Amiri, Keyvan Soltani, Silvio Jose Gumiere, Hossein Bonakdari

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Qualitative Analysis of a Quadratic Integrate-and-Fire Neuron Model with State-Dependent Feedback Control by Guangyao Tang, Jin Yang, Sanyi Tang

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Commissioning and analysis of new desulfurization wastewater treatment system in a coal-fired power plant by LIU Guidong, HU Yangyang, WANG Jing, CHEN Yang, WANG Zhiyong, DANG Yulu, XU Hao

“…By on-site equipment joint adjustment, the operating parameters could be optimized and equipment damage rate could be reduced. After 168 h commissioning and running, the new process of desulfurization wastewater system was stable and effective. …”
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Fire in the Wildland-Urban Interface: Reducing Wildfire Risk While Achieving Other Landscaping Goals by Cotton K. Randall, L. Annie Hermansen-Báez, Glenn Acomb

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Fire in the Wildland-Urban Interface: Reducing Wildfire Risk While Achieving Other Landscaping Goals by Cotton K. Randall, L. Annie Hermansen-Báez, Glenn Acomb

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Effect of Impact Load on Concrete Containing Recycled Tire Rubber Aggregate With and Without Fire Exposure by Muhammad Arf Muhammad, Wrya Abdulfaraj Abdullah faraj, Mohamed Raouf Abdul-Kadir

“…In this study, the impact resistance of rubberized concrete exposed to fire is investigated experimentally in the laboratory.  …”
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Multiple UAV Swarms Collaborative Firefighting Strategy Considering Forest Fire Spread and Resource Constraints by Pei Zhu, Rui Song, Jiangao Zhang, Ziheng Xu, Yaqi Gou, Zhi Sun, Quan Shao

“…A temperature change-driven adaptive step-length search strategy is proposed to improve the accuracy of the search and detection of fire spots. The critical water flow rate required for fire suppression is calculated to evaluate the firefight performance, and an emergency bidding algorithm is applied to enable multiple UAV swarms collaborative firefighting under limited resources, including different payloads per UAV and swarm number. …”
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Video Spectral Methods and Tools for Monitoring of Controlled Parameters of Forest Fires and Oil Spill Accidents by A. S. Sizikov, Y. V. Belyaev, I. M. Tsykman, A. P. Popkov

“…Its purpose, composition and main technical parameters were indicated.Spectral-polarization studies of the characteristics of samples that simulates objects (pollution) of natural (forest fires) and man-made (oil spills) emergencies were performed with the help of complex “Vizir” using polarizing nozzles under various conditions (angles of illumination, observation, pollution concentration, the time that passed since the contamination, the degree of wood thermal damage). …”
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BIPE: A Bi-Layer Predictive Ensemble Framework for Forest Fire Susceptibility Mapping in Germany by Ling Hu, Volker Hochschild, Harald Neidhardt, Michael Schultz, Pegah Khosravani, Hadi Shokati

“…Despite considerable economic advancements, firefighting strategies remain less than optimal. This paper introduces the Bi-layer Predictive Ensemble (BIPE), an innovative machine learning model designed to enhance the accuracy and generalization of forest fire susceptibility mapping. …”
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Smoke control and temperature distribution of tunnel fires under longitudinal ventilation combined with shaft exhaust by Xinyue Zhang, Weiling Ma, Liangliang Tao, Yanhua Zeng, Yumin Wen

“…Findings reported in the literature is insufficient to support the rapid development of extra-long road tunnels. In this paper, a numerical model was established by FDS (Fire Dynamics Simulator), and a 1:15 model test platform was built for verification. …”
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Improvement of engineering properties and environmental impact of fired clay bricks utilizing industry sludge waste by Amir Detho, Aeslina Abdul Kadir, Ahmad Shayuti, Bin Abdul Rahim, Nejib Ghazouani, Abdelkader Mabrouk, Ahmed Babeker Elhag, Hesham Hussein Rassem

“…Bricks are fundamental in masonry construction, and current research is exploring the integration of industrial waste materials into fired clay bricks to enhance their properties and mitigate environmental impacts. …”
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Research on change law of fire smoke characteristics during dynamic sealing process of mine tunnels by Chengmao HE, Yang WANG, Qingfeng ZHANG

“…The results show that during the change of sealing ratio from 50% to 100%, the temperature at the center of the ceiling first sharply decreases and then slowly increases; after being sealed, the temperature above the fire source shows a distribution pattern of high temperature above and low temperature below, and the closer it is to the fire source, the faster the temperature decay rate; the vertical distribution of ceiling temperature shows an overall increase, the maximum temperature point shifts 1-3 m to the sealed side; the deposition phenomenon of smoke on the sealed side is obvious, and the stratification phenomenon disappears; the relationship between CO volume fraction and time is linear when one side is completely sealed. …”
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Filiform Fire Needling Combined with Electroacupuncture in Treating 30 Cases of Obstinate Peripheral Facial Paralysis by Minqin ZHENG, Zhenwei CHEN

“…No significant difference showed in the safety and pain tolerance between the two groups.Conclusion:The therapeutic effect of filiform fire needling combined with electroacupuncture is better than that of single electroacupuncture therapy.…”
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