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Can crop disease control cope with climate change? [PDF]
, 2014 Crop yields need to increase by at least 70% over the next 35 years in order to meet the global demands for food due to the increasing population and changing dietary preferences towards meat and dairy products in developing nations.
Fitt, Bruce D.L., Qi, Aiming
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Design Rainfall Duration Based on Extreme Storm Events [PDF]
Journal of Korean Society of Hazard Mitigation, 2011 Abstract Rainfall duration of design storm is one of most important factors of hydrologic design. However the study is rare to investigatethe characteristics of rainfall duration, this make it difficult the efficient design procedure. In Korea, the critical storm duration hasbeen used for calculating peak discharge for design.
Min-Kyu Park +2 more
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Recent Advances on Thermochromic Inks for Security Applications
Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.Thermochromic security inks have garnered interest in recent years as security elements for authentication, information encryption, and anti‐counterfeiting. This review outlines different types of thermochromic materials, how they have been developed as functional inks, and how advancements in property enhancement, sustainability, and printing ...
Duarte B. Oliveira +5 more
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Evidence of a continent-wide shift of episodic rainfall in Australia
Weather and Climate Extremes, 2020 Extreme daily rainfall has intensified and become more frequent globally. However, in Australia, long-term changes in the characteristics of extreme rainfall are not well understood.
Raktima Dey +2 more
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Anti‐Slip Material‐Based Strategies and Approaches
Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.This review highlights the principle mechanisms of slipping at the microscale, linking contact mechanics with a friction behavior model for surface interfaces. Main strategies to develop anti‐slip properties to the surfaces are discussed alongside standardized testing approaches.
Sogand Abbaspoor‐Zanjani +3 more
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Meteorological ApplicationsHigh spatio‐temporal variability is a characteristic of extreme rainfall. In mountainous regions like the Tropical Andes, where intricate orography and mesoscale atmospheric dynamics greatly impact rainfall systems, this particularly holds for mountain ...
Gabriela Urgilés +3 more
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Atmosphere, 2019 Previous examination of rain gauge observations over a five-year period at high elevations within a river basin of the southern Appalachian Mountains showed that half of the extreme (upper 2.5%) rainfall events were associated with an atmospheric river ...
Douglas K. Miller +3 more
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Monthly extreme rainfall risk envelope graph method development and application in Algeria
Journal of Water and Climate Change, 2021 Rainfall patterns are bound to change as a result of global warming and climate change impacts. Rainfall events are dependent on geographic location, geomorphology, coastal area closeness and general circulation air movements.
Sara Zeroual +3 more
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Hydrogel‐Based Functional Materials: Classifications, Properties, and Applications
Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.Conductive hydrogels have emerged as promising materials for smart wearable devices due to their outstanding flexibility, multifunctionality, and biocompatibility. This review systematically summarizes recent progress in their design strategies, focusing on monomer systems and conductive components, and highlights key multifunctional properties such as
Zeyu Zhang, Zao Cheng, Patrizio Raffa
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Understanding past record-shattering rainfall events in New Zealand
Environmental Research: ClimateRecord-shattering rainfall events are intensifying and projected to occur more frequently in a warming climate, primarily via changes in extreme rainfall variability.
Muhammad Fikri Sigid +2 more
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