Case Report: “Smart Palliation” and “Clepsydra Shape”: A new approach in complex congenital heart disease [PDF]
Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2023 A limiting factor in using vascular conduits in the pediatric/newborn population is their inability to grow. Many complex congenital heart diseases require palliative surgery, but using rigid and nonexpandable conduits does not allow the structures to ...
Ermanno Bellanti +4 more
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Nitrous Oxide (N2O) Emissions by Termites: Does the Feeding Guild Matter? [PDF]
PLoS One, 2015 In the tropics, termites are major players in the mineralization of organic matter leading to the production of greenhouse gases including nitrous oxide (N2O).
Brauman A +5 more
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Reconstruction designs of an early Chinese astronomical clock with a waterwheel steelyard clepsydra [PDF]
Mechanical Sciences, 2021 During the 8th century, ancient China began to use a steelyard clepsydra to control the waterwheel, giving it a time-keeping function for use in hydromechanical astronomical clocks.
Z.-H. Hwang, T.-Y. Lin, H.-S. Yan
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Historical development of water-powered mechanical clocks [PDF]
Mechanical Sciences, 2021 This article examines the historical development of ancient water-powered mechanical clocks. The study begins with a comprehensive analysis and comparison of the different types of ancient clepsydra, their use and development and the development of their
Z.-H. Hwang, H.-S. Yan, T.-Y. Lin
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DEVELOPING AN EDUCATIONAL CULTURAL HERITAGE 3D PUZZLE IN A VIRTUAL REALITY ENVIRONMENT [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2022 The ways our cultural heritage reserve is preserved and disseminated to the public have changed significantly, with the use of immersive technologies, such as virtual reality environments, and serious games.
A. Roumana +2 more
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The Neotropical antlion genus Ameromyia Banks, 1913 (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae), systematics and redefinition under a phylogenetic approach [PDF]
Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny, 2023 A taxonomic revision and the first phylogenetic hypothesis of the Neotropical genus Ameromyia Banks (Myrmeleontidae: Brachynemurini) is herein presented.
Leon Gustavo de Miranda Tavares +2 more
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Agronomy, 2022 Mounds of the harvester termite Coarctotermes clepsydra (Sjöstedt) (Isoptera: Termitidae, Nasutitermitinae) are a typical feature of savanna woodlands in Madagascar.
Ralf Peveling
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Clepsydra of the Bronze Age from the Central Donbass [PDF]
Archaeoastronomy and Ancient Technologies, 2015 In the article presents the results of the multidisciplinary study conducted with the help of archaeological, physical and astronomical methods. The aim of the study was to analyze and interpret marks and drawings applied to the surface of the vessel of ...
Vodolazhskaya, L.N. +2 more
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Astronomical Calendar and Restoration Design of Clepsydra in the Silla era [PDF]
Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2008 We study on the astronomical calendars that was used in the Silla era. The calendars are deduced from the records in Samguksagi. They were influenced from calendaric system of Tang Dynasty, which are Lin duk calendar(?), Ta yen calendar(?) and Sun myung ...
Yong Sam Lee +3 more
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Gerbert of Aurillac (Pope Sylvester II) as a Clockmaker
Teorie vědy, 2020 The paper analyses three preserved reports, depicting Gerbert of Aurillac (also known as: of Reims, of Ravenna, of Bobbio, and in 999–1003 as Pope Sylvester II) as a clockmaker.
Marek Otisk
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