Browsing by Subject "Fire"
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(2015-07-17)An MINLP optimization model has been created that optimizes the layout of a set of sections with fixed footprint areas bound to an offshore platform of a given size based on safety considerations due to fire, explosion, ...
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(2022-03-28)Climate change induces environmental concerns such as rising temperatures, increasing droughts, and more fires. The risk of large fires has increased over the past decades, causing threats to forest growth and biosphere ...
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(2017-07-20)Fires are responsible for the historical shape, structure, and composition of ecosystems in the South-Central United States. The biophysical settings in which fires readily occur are affected by global processes like climate ...
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"The humane feature of the argument can be disposed of by saying that all susceptible live stock are food-producing animals, and their ultimate distination is the slaughterhouse. ...The animals slaughtered in abattoirs for ...
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(2021-05-11)The frequency and severity of both drought events and unintentional wildfires are expected to increase within the next century. In addition to having profound effects on vegetation structure and composition, this is expected ...
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(2021-09-01)Understanding how factors such as precipitation, nutrients, disturbances, and herbivory alter herbaceous cover in a savanna is imperative for conserving biological diversity and critical savanna ecosystem functions. This ...
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(2014-05-21)Fire suppression policies implemented in the early 20th century led to a decrease in fire-associated species and ecosystems in the southern Appalachian Mountains. As managers work towards restoration, a greater understanding ...
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(2017-12-12)A new software system architecture was designed to integrate smoke propagation simulation, evacuation simulation, and Building Information Modeling (BIM). The integrated software prototype automates the majority of the ...