Determining The Physical Parameters Of Rigid Porous Materials Using Ultrasonic Reflected Waves
A porous material is a medium containing pores filled with a fluid (liquid or gas). The skeletal part is usually solid. Many natural and made…
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Was Endothermy In Birds And Mammals Induced By An Early Stop In Growth?
Any organism dies if its body temperature leaves the vital range. Thus, controlling the body temperature (or having a wide vital temperature range) is essential…
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May Climate Change Help Nitrogen Management In River Basin – Coastal Sea Systems?
Most marine and coastal water ecosystems worldwide suffer from eutrophication. It is the result of an enrichment of nutrients in the water body, like phosphorus…
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How Sound Spreads Is Reflected In Large Open Spaces
In a room, we typically hear that a voice is louder than in an open area. This is the effect of reflected sounds which comes…
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Why Do South Asians Have A Higher Risk Of Developing Type 2 Diabetes And Heart Disease Than White Europids?
More and more people are suffering from type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. These metabolic diseases are typically associated with being overweight or obese, but…
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Can Rotating Hot Plasma Jets In The Solar Corona Become Unstable?
Solar jets are small-scale eruptions of hot plasma flowing along vertical or slightly oblique magnetic field lines. They are ubiquitous in the solar atmosphere from…
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Oxygen Ion Mobility And Ionic Conductivity Prediction In Cubic Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia Single Crystals
Cubic yttria-stabilized zirconia (c-YSZ) is a ceramic material which is applied in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs). There are a considerable number of vacancies in…
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Predicting The Crash Site For The Tiangong-1
Astronomers have been able to calculate accurately the movement of certain space objects (planets, stars), to tell when and where they will be with high…
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Recent Progress On The Synthesis Of 2-Deoxyglycosides
2-Deoxysugars refer to those sugars with two hydrogen atoms at the C-2 position. Although the occurrence of these sugars in nature is not as abundant…
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Vibro-Acoustic Characteristics Of A Sandwich Panel Used In Aircrafts And Other Thermal Environments
A sandwich panel is a multi-layered structure which results from the assembly of two face sheets and a softcore, where the face sheet is relatively…
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The Effect Of Outdoor Noise On Italian Schools
Schools are usually placed in very noisy environments, where traffic noise is an important issue. This study has investigated the influence of noise coming from…
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