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Development of an ultrasonic resonator for ballast water disinfection [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Ultrasonic disinfection involves the application of low-frequency acoustic energy in a water body to induce cavitation. The implosion of cavitation bubbles generates high speed microjets >1 km/s, intense shock wave >1 GPa, localized hot spots > ...
Balasubramaniam, Prakash   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Preventing financial ruin: How the West India trade fostered creativity in crisis lending by the Bank of England

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, Volume 79, Issue 1, Page 57-88, February 2026.
Abstract This paper contributes to the understanding of the complex relationship between British economic performance during the Napoleonic wars and the ‘West Indies’, as the Caribbean slave colonies were called. Not only did profits from slave‐based commerce provide financing for the growth of the financial sector, as has been claimed, but the risk of
Carolyn Sissoko, Mina Ishizu
wiley   +1 more source

Restoring Balance: The Intersection of Management and Fishing Sustainability in Indonesia

open access: yesFisheries Management and Ecology, Volume 33, Issue 1, Page 54-68, February 2026.
ABSTRACT As the world's second‐largest fish producer, Indonesia plays a crucial role in global fishing. However, overfishing, habitat degradation, population growth, and container port traffic threaten the sustainability of the fishing industry. We examined the impacts of fishing, population growth, and container port traffic on Indonesia's fishing ...
Kirca Mustafa   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A comparative study of new ballast and recycled ballast generated from various maintenance activities

open access: yesTransportation Engineering
Railroad ballast performance is influenced by aggregate type, geological origin and mineralogy, gradation, and particle shape. As ballast ages, it gets progressively fouled with finer materials generated from particle breakage and abrasion, which may ...
Erol Tutumluer   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Key Ballast Water Management Regulations With a View on Ballast Water Management Systems Type Approval Process

open access: yesNaše More (Dubrovnik), 2019
Over the last few decades, the spread of invasive aquatic organisms via ships’ ballast water became one of the global environmental issues of most concern.
Leo Čampara   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Technology on Snow and Ice: Innovation, Monitoring, and Performance for the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Medicine &Science in Sports, Volume 36, Issue 2, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Elite performance in Olympic winter sports depends on the interplay among the athlete, equipment, and the snow or ice. This naturally evolves with temperature, humidity, wind, preparation, and contact between the equipment and its surface. Together, these factors continuously rebalance the forces of gravity, aerodynamic drag, and friction ...
Andreas Almqvist   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Upgrading of vibrating compactor of the railway track ballast of VPO-3000 machine [PDF]

open access: yesTransport Problems, 2012
In the course of work a new vibrating compactor with single-direction inertial forces according to the authors’ innovative license is applied. Examination of possible dependence on substantiation of the new vibrating device parameters is shown.
Sergey LEE   +3 more
doaj  

METHODS OF SHIP BALLAST WATER DECONTAMINATION WITH DISINFECTION SUBSTANCE «BIOPAG-D»

open access: yesМедицинский вестник Юга России, 2017
Objective: to ground the choice of ships’ ballast water decontamination methods with disinfection substance under the title «Biopag-D».Materials and Methods: for study of methods of ballast water decontamination in preliminary experiment in vitro with ...
S. Yu. Vodyanitskaya   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tractor Test 2172: John Deere 8400R e23 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
ABOUT THE TEST REPORT AND USE OF THE DATA The test data contained in this report are a tabulation of the results of a series of tests. Due to the restricted format of these pages, only a limited amount of data and not all of the tractor specifications ...
Nebraska Tractor Test Lab,
core   +1 more source

Assessing the Impact of Sand-Induced Ballast Fouling on Track Stiffness and Settlement

open access: yesGeotechnics
This study investigates the impact of sand-induced ballast fouling on railway track performance, focusing on track stiffness (modulus), settlement, and overall degradation.
Mohammed A. Alzhrani   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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