6 months of radioxenon detection in western Europe with the SPALAX-New generation system - Part 1: Metrological capabilities [J. Environ. Radioact. 225, 2020, 106442]

The peacock butterfly is abundant and widespread in Europe. It is generally believed to be univoltine (one generation per year): adults born in summer overwinter and reappear again in spring to reproduce. However, recent flight patterns in western Europe mostly show three peaks during the year: a first one in spring (overwintering butterflies), a second one in early summer (offspring of the spring generation), and a third one in autumn. It was thus far unclear whether this autumn flight peak was a second new generation or consisted of butterflies flying again in autumn after a summer rest (aestivation). The life cycle of one of Europe’s most common butterflies is therefore still surprisingly inadequately understood. We used hundreds of thousands of observations and thousands of pictures submitted by naturalists from the public to the online portal observation.orgin Belgium and analyzed relations between flight patterns, condition (wear), reproductive cycles, peak abundances, and phenology to clarify the current life history. We demonstrate that peacocks have shifted towards two new generations per year in recent decades. Mass citizen science data in online portals has become increasingly important in tracking the response of biodiversity to rapid environmental changes such as climate change.

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Design and Evaluation of a New Solar Tower-Based Multi-generation System: Part II, Exergy and Exergoeconomic Modeling

Integration of Clean and Sustainable Energy Resources and Storage in Multi-Generation Systems ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-42420-6_6 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 103-120

Author(s):

Hamed Ghiasirad ◽

Hadi Rostamzadeh ◽

Sajjad Nasri

Keyword(s):

Generation System ◽

System Part

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ATTRIBUTION ANALYSIS OF RELIABILITY AND PROPOSAL OF SYSTEMS : Reliability evaluation method for air-conditioning systems with co-generation system Part 2

Journal of Environmental Engineering (Transactions of AIJ) ◽

10.3130/aije.69.53_6 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 69 (584) ◽

pp. 53-59 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Hirofumi HAYAMA ◽

Yosuke ANAMI ◽

Hitoshi WATANABE ◽

Masahiro HAYASHI ◽

Masamichi ENAI ◽

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Keyword(s):

Air Conditioning ◽

Evaluation Method ◽

Reliability Evaluation ◽

Generation System ◽

Attribution Analysis ◽

System Part ◽

Air Conditioning Systems

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Development and Application of Online Courseware for English Teaching

International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET) ◽

10.3991/ijet.v11i03.5197 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 11 (03) ◽

pp. 10

Author(s):

Shansong Huang

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Western Europe ◽

Rapid Development ◽

Developed Countries ◽

The United States ◽

Automatic Generation ◽

The Internet ◽

Student Needs ◽

Generation System ◽

Teaching Activities

Since the second decade of the 21st century, the rapid development of computer information technology promoted the internet use throughout society. We are now in an era in which life and learning are closely intertwined with the internet. In Western Europe, the United States, and other developed countries, teaching activities by online multimedia and offline technology have been long implemented. However, local online automatic generation software is inflicted with many issues, particularly, with the inability to meet the most student needs. Hence, we developed a new online courseware generation system to address this problem. After testing, the system functioned effectively, and the educational effect enhanced significantly.

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