Measuring Methane Slip from LNG Engines with Different Devices by Kati Lehtoranta, Hannu Vesala, Niklas Flygare, Niina Kuittinen, Anni-Rosa Apilainen

“…Measurements performed downstream of the methane abatement catalyst show that all instruments could detect the methane conversion efficiency to be above 95%. Comparing results from onboard studies to earlier published onboard studies with similar engines indicate that the engine (46 DF) behaved rather similarly, and the measurements carried out at different occasions on board by different devices and parties gave similar results. …”
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Insecticide spray drift reduction with different adjuvants and spray nozzles by Rodrigo Y. P. Marubayashi, Rone B. de Oliveira, Marcelo da C. Ferreira, Samuel Roggia, Eder D. de Moraes, Otavio J. G. A. Saab

“…ABSTRACT Insecticide spray drift can lead to reduced control efficiency and loss of product to the environment. Thus, we conducted a study to evaluate the effect of different spray nozzles and the addition of adjuvants in insecticide spray on the resulting droplet spectrum and wind tunnel drift. …”
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Ecotypic differences in drought‐coping ability in an endemic California oak by Sushmita Poudel, Erika S. Zavaleta, Blair C. McLaughlin

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Adsorption of various compounds onto nanooxides unmodified and differently pretreated by V. M. Gun'ko, O. K. Matkovsky

“… Features of interfacial adsorbate/adsorbent phenomena depend on several factors: particulate morphology, texture, and structure of adsorbents, molecular weight, shape, and polarity of adsorbates; as well as prehistory of adsorbents pretreated under different conditions. All these factors could affect the efficiency of practical applications of not only adsorbents but also polymer fillers, carriers, catalysts, etc. …”
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Modelling the infiltration rates of different soil under field conditions by Shubham Kindo, Narendra Agrawal, Aryak Shori, M.P Tripathi

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The influence of different stress factors on the production and quality of sheep milk by Boro Mioč, Zvonko Antunović, Ivan Širić, Josip Novoselec, Ante Kasap, Željka Klir Šalavardić, Jelena Ramljak, Valentino Držaić

“…Milk production and quality are very complex and are influenced by numerous factors, the most important of which are breed, feeding and body condition, parity and stage of lactation, milking and udder health, and environmental factors. In addition, different types of stress such as heat stress, nutritional stress, weaning stress, shearing stress, stress of regrouping, etc. have a significant impact on the welfare and health of the sheep as well as on the quantity of milk produced, its chemical composition, processing characteristics and the economic efficiency of the flock. …”
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Ultrasound differential diagnosis of different forms of stomatogenic maxillary sinusitis by S. D. Varzhapetyan

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Levels of angiogenesis markers in patients with different heart failure phenotypes by R. N. Shepel, O. M. Drapkina

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Effects of different climatic conditions on soil water storage patterns by A. Ehrhardt, A. Ehrhardt, J. Groh, J. Groh, J. Groh, H. H. Gerke

“…<p>The soil water storage (SWS) defines the crop productivity of a soil and varies under different climatic conditions.</p> <p>Pattern identification and quantification of these variations in SWS remain difficult due to the non-linear behaviour of SWS changes over time. …”
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Weak solutions of unconditionally stable second-order difference schemes for nonlinear sine-Gordon systems by Ozgur Yildirim

“…The weak solvability is studied in the space of distributions using variational methods. A very efficient numerical method that combines the finite difference method and the fixed point theory is used to perform numerical experiments to verify theoretical statements.…”
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Respective Advantages of Growing Different Green Manure With Nitrogen Fertilization in Cotton‐Based Cropping Systems: Insights From a Three‐Year Field Study by Zhenggui Zhang, Jian Wang, Weibin Huang, Yingchun Han, Guoping Wang, Lu Feng, Xiaofei Li, Shiwu Xiong, Minghua Xin, Yabing Li, Zhanbiao Wang

“…However, it is unclear whether the effects of different types of green manure on subsequent cash crops are uniform. …”
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Parameter Adaptive LCD Screen Defect Detection Framework by LIU Wang, SHAO Huili, HE Yongjun, XIE Yining, CHEN Deyun

“…It is necessary to detect defects in the production process of LCD screens for quality improvements Manual detection brings a heavy workload and low accuracy Therefore, an efficient and accurate automatic detection method is urgently needed To this end, this paper proposes a new defect detection framework, which mainly includes screen area extraction, preprocessing, threshold segmentation and defect selection By adaptive adjustment of parameters, the detection method can adapt to various complex situations In order to eliminate the influence of illumination changes, the defect region is segmented by automatic parameter adjustment in the threshold segmentation First, the maximum grayscale value of the image is calculated, and then the fixed parameters and the coefficient of the defect image are determined according to the nodefect image, and finally the maximum value which was selected as the minimum threshold of the threshold segmentation from the fixed parameters and the product of the maximum grayscale value and the coefficient In addition, in order to solve the problem that the brightness difference of the images captured by lowresolution cameras is too small to detect defects in the saturation condition, selfadaptive adjustment of exposure parameters was used to collect images to process different parts of images with large difference in light and shade Experiments show that the method can achieve high performance and efficiency in detecting defects such as points, lines, Mura, saturation…”
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The Time Difference of Arrival Estimation Method Utilizing an Inexact Reconstruction Within the Framework of Compressed Sensing by Shanhe Wang, Yu Xiang, Yuanyuan Gao, Yu Hua, Changjiang Huang, Xian Zhao

“…The time difference of arrival (TDOA) estimation plays a crucial role in emitter localization and time synchronization applications. …”
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Improving the Efficiency of Essential Oil Distillation via Recurrent Water and Steam Distillation: Application of a 500-L Prototype Distillation Machine and Different Raw Material Packing Grids by Namphon Pipatpaiboon, Thanya Parametthanuwat, Nipon Bhuwakietkumjohn, Yulong Ding, Yongliang Li, Surachet Sichamnan

“…At each distillation time point, the test result was compared with that obtained via water and steam distillation (WASD), and different raw material grid configurations were taken into consideration. …”
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Economic efficiency of different systems of cultivation of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) and cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) under rainfed conditions in Right-Bank of Forest- Steppe zone in Ukraine by О. С. Виродов

“…It is determined that crop cultivation systems (continuous culture and its interruption by crop rotation links with different fertilizer backgrounds) influence the productivity and economic efficiency    of tomato and cucumber cultivation under rainfed   conditions in Right-Bank of Forest-Steppe zone in  Ukraine. …”
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WATER EFFICIENCY POTENTIAL OF UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES TOWARDS LEED CRITERIA:: A CASE STUDY IN TURKEY by Alpay Akgüç

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Optimizing wheat yield and water productivity under water scarcity: A modeling approach for irrigation and cultivar selection across different agro-climatic zones of Egypt by Maha L. Elsayed, Ahmed F. Elkot, Tahany Noreldin, Benjamin Richard, Aiming Qi, Yasser M. Shabana, Samir M. Saleh, Bruce D.L. Fitt, Ahmed M.S. Kheir

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A 2.5D Generalized Finite Difference Method for Elastic Wave Propagation Problems by Hao Chang, Fajie Wang, Xingxing Yue, Lin Qiu, Linlin Sun

“…This paper presents a novel two-and-a-half-dimensional generalized finite difference method (2.5D GFDM) for efficient simulation of elastic wave propagation in longitudinally invariant structures. …”
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Does belonging to an appellation make a difference? New evidence from Ontario Viticultural Areas by Omer Gokcekus

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Blockchain data sharing scheme based on localized difference privacy and attribute-based searchable encryption by Tao FENG, Liqiu CHEN, Junli FANG, Jianming SHI

“…Aiming at the problem that traditional cloud-based data sharing schemes rely on trusted third parties and only focus on data privacy protection or access control, a blockchain data sharing scheme based on localized difference privacy and attribute-based searchable encryption was proposed.The blockchain and cloud server were combined to store data chain by chain and provide efficient, reliable and tamper-proof data sharing.Firstly, the localization difference privacy was introduced to preprocess the shared data to protect the privacy of the data owner and resist the attack of the untrusted third party.Secondly, the searchable encryption technology and attribute-based encryption were combined to realize data privacy protection, support ciphertext retrieval, and provide fine-grained access control for shared data.Finally, the safety, the correctness proof, and the experimental analysis proves that the proposed scheme meets the safety objectives.…”
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