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Laurel J. Lacher, Dale S. Turner, Bruce Gungle, Brooke M. Bushman and Holly E. Richter
The San Pedro River originates in Sonora, Mexico, and flows north through Arizona, USA, to its confluence with the Gila River. The 92-km Upper San Pedro River is characterized by interrupted perennial flow, and serves as a vital wildlife corridor through...
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Nitin Kaushal, Suresh Babu, Arjit Mishra, Rajesh Bajpai, Phanish Kumar Sinha, Rama Kant Arya, David Tickner and Conor Linstead
The pressure on freshwater resources is leading to diminishing flows in some of the critical river systems across the globe. India is no exception, and this is mainly because of water withdrawal for irrigation, which is often to the tune of 70% to 80% of...
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Alberto Camarero Orive, José Ignacio Parra Santiago, David Díaz Gutiérrez and Francisco De Manuel López
This paper introduces the concept of R4 (road-rail-ro-ro), a concept increasingly used in transport and logistics research circles that defines the modern concept of the transport chain as it passes through the intermodal use of rail, road, and ship via ...
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Camilo San Martin, Cristian Rifo, Maricarmen Guerra, Bernd Ettmer and Oscar Link
Bridges crossing rivers wider than 50 m are typically supported by piers. In a mobile riverbed, scour occurs around bridge piers, and it is the main cause of bridge collapses worldwide, especially during floods. While bridge pier scour has been extensive...
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George Z. Ndhlovu and Yali E. Woyessa
In developing countries with data scarcity challenges, an integrated approach is required to enhance the estimation of streamflow variability for the design of water supply systems, hydropower generation, environmental flows, water allocation and polluti...
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Joana Costa and António Carrizo Moreira
Open innovation (OI) has been implemented to develop competitive advantages based on the management of innovation with external players. As such, it is expected that the generalized adoption of OI practices needs to be nurtured by governmental public pol...
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Ching Ying Tan, Mohd Izzudin Izzat Zainal Abidin, Mohd Usman Mohd Junaidi
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The work presents the computational study of the flow field in multiple impellers stirred vessel with various impeller types and configurations at 300rpm, 450rpm and 600rpm. Three types of impellers are investigated, namely the pitched blade impeller (PB...
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Benito M. Zaragozí, Sergio Trilles and José T. Navarro-Carrión
Scientific reproducibility is essential for the advancement of science. It allows the results of previous studies to be reproduced, validates their conclusions and develops new contributions based on previous research. Nowadays, more and more authors con...
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Richard Styles and Michael A. Hartman
Vessel generated waves can impact shoreline stability and habitat structure in many waterways. Sheltered regions, such as coastal plain saltmarshes, support fragile ecosystems and can be particularly vulnerable to the effects of unregulated vessel operat...
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Palanisamy Mohan Kumar, Krishnamoorthi Sivalingam, Teik-Cheng Lim, Seeram Ramakrishna and He Wei
Small wind turbines are key devices for micro generation in particular, with a notable contribution to the global wind energy sector. Darrieus turbines, despite being highly efficient among various types of vertical axis turbines, received much less atte...
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Abderahman Rejeb, John G. Keogh and Horst Treiblmaier
Modern supply chains have evolved into highly complex value networks and turned into a vital source of competitive advantage. However, it has become increasingly challenging to verify the source of raw materials and maintain visibility of products and me...
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Mayra Codo and Miguel A. Rico-Ramirez
Radar rainfall forecasting is of major importance to predict flows in the sewer system to enhance early flood warning systems in urban areas. In this context, reducing radar rainfall estimation uncertainties can improve rainfall forecasts. This study uti...
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Jiafu Su, Chi Li, Sang-Bing Tsai, Hui Lu, Aijun Liu and Quan Chen
In a closed-loop supply chain for electronic products, the manufacturer’s priority is to enhance the residual value of the collected end-of-use product and decide whether to outsource this business to a retailer, a third-party service, or retain it...
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An Ping Shu, Le Wang, Xin Zhang, Guo Qiang Ou and Shu Wang
Non-homogeneous debris flows generally occur during the rainy seasons in Southwest China, and have received considerable attention in the literature. Regarding the complexity in debris flow dynamics, experimental approaches have proven to be effective in...
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Esteve Codina, Francisca Rosell, Luís Cadarso, Ángel Marín
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This paper focuses on a mathematical programming based model for setting the schedule of a given number of services on a public transportation network. The structure of the model is that of a time-expanded or diachronic network, where origin to destinati...
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Martin Rohleder
In the mutual fund literature, it is an established fact that investors ?chase past performance?. However, the opposite impact of flows on performance is widely discussed. Mainly, liquidity costs are held responsible for short-term erosion of performance...
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M. Anaam Hashmi, Fahad Al-Eatani, Fareed Shaikh
The need for a free trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is analyzed in this research project. Trade flows between these two economic blocs are studied to understand the importance of trade for these respecti...
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Wesley J. Meier, Gregory W. Ulferts, Terry L. Howard
City governments have implemented the use of technology in an attempt to enhance their service and operational capabilities. The efforts of the past were well intended, however, the disjuncture of these combined efforts have created islands of informatio...
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Andrea Momblanch, Ian P. Holman and Sanjay K. Jain
Global change is expected to have a strong impact in the Himalayan region. The climatic and orographic conditions result in unique modelling challenges and requirements. This paper critically appraises recent hydrological modelling applications in Himala...
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Mo Fan, Massoomeh Hedayati Marzbali, Aldrin Abdullah and Mohammad Javad Maghsoodi Tilaki
Contemporary urban development places a critical emphasis on pedestrian environments, especially in historic cities like George Town, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Malaysia. Although survey questionnaires effectively captured public perception...
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