Improvement of Color Quality and Luminous Flux of WLEDs with Dual-Layer Remote Phosphor Configurations by Tran Thanh Trang, Nguyen Doan Quoc Anh

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Numerical Modeling of the Ash Cloud Movement from the Catastrophic Eruption of the Sheveluch Volcano in November 1964 by Olga Girina, Sergey Malkovsky, Aleksei Sorokin, Evgeny Loupian, Sergey Korolev

“…Under the turbulent diffusion, the forefront of the main eruptive cloud rose slowly in the atmosphere and reached 16,500 m a.s.l. by 04:07 UTC on November 12. Three days after the eruption began, the eruptive cloud stretched for 3000 km over the territories of the countries of Russia, Canada, the USA, Mexico, and over both the Bering Sea and the Pacific Ocean. …”
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Diffraction Properties and Application of 3D Polymer Woodpile Photonic Crystal Structure by Petra Urbancova, Dusan Pudis, Matej Goraus, Lubos Suslik, Beata Sciana, Wojciech Dawidowski, Jaroslav Kovac jr., Jaroslava Skriniarova

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High Frequency Multipurpose SiC MOSFET Driver by Jan Strossa, Vladislav Damec, Martin Sobek, Daniel Kouril, Jakub Baca

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Achilles tendon structure is negatively correlated with body mass index, but not influenced by statin use: A cross-sectional study using ultrasound tissue characterization. by Agnetha de Sá, David A Hart, Karim Khan, Alexander Scott

“…METHODS:We conducted ultrasound tissue characterization (UTC) of the Achilles tendon in statin users and a comparison group of similar age and gender. …”
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Time-stamp correction of magnetic observatory data acquired during unavailability of time-synchronization services by P. Coïsson, K. Telali, B. Heumez, V. Lesur, X. Lalanne, C. J. Xin

“…The analysis of slices of 1 h of 1 s data at arbitrary UTC allowed estimating time lags with an uncertainty of ∼ 11 s, revealing the correct trends of LZH time drift. …”
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Exploring the thumbprints of Ag-hydroxyapatite composite as a surface coating bone material for the implants by J. Anita Lett, Suresh Sagadevan, Suriati Paiman, Faruq Mohammad, Romana Schirhagl, Estelle Léonard, Solhe F. Alshahateet, Won-Chun Oh

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Germania and Alumina Dopant Diffusion and Viscous Flow Effects at Preparation of Doped Optical Fibers by Jens Kobelke, Kay Schuster, Jorg Bierlich, Sonja Unger, Anka Schwuchow, Tino Elsmann, Jan Dellith, Claudia Aichele, Ron Fatobene Ando, Hartmut Bartelt

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Tourist tax administration in the fiscal target system for hospitality businesses by Liudmyla Bovsh, Alla Okhrimenko, Margarita Boiko, Sandeep Kumar Gupta

“…Most united territorial communities (UTC) have problems with formalizing the management process, lack of strategic vision, partial or complete lack of information on budgeting and administration of taxes and fees, including tourist tax. …”
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Precipitable water characteristics during the 2013 Colorado flood using ground-based GPS measurements by H. K. Huelsing, H. K. Huelsing, J. Wang, C. Mears, J. J. Braun

“…Prior to the flood, around 18:00 UTC on 8 September, PW rapidly increased from 22 to 32 mm and remained around 30 mm for the entire event as a result of the nearly saturated atmosphere. …”
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Application of Ground-Based Microwave Radiometer in Retrieving Meteorological Characteristics of Tibet Plateau by Jiahua Wei, Yang Shi, Yan Ren, Qiong Li, Zhen Qiao, Jiongwei Cao, Olusola O. Ayantobo, Jianguo Yin, Guangqian Wang

“…Results showed that <i>CAPE</i> values in the Darlag region reached extremes around 18:00–20:00 (UTC+8) for cloudy-sky and rainy-sky conditions with corresponding peaks of about 1046.56 J/kg and 703.02 J/kg, respectively. …”
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Promotion of Healthy Lifestyles to Teenagers with Mobile Devices: A Case Study in Portugal by María Vanessa Villasana, Ivan Miguel Pires, Juliana Sá, Nuno M. Garcia, Maria Canavarro Teixeira, Eftim Zdravevski, Ivan Chorbev, Petre Lameski

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Characterization of Impulse Oscillometric Measures of Respiratory Small Airway Function in Children by Nancy Avila, Homer Nazeran, Erika Meraz, Nelly Gordillo, Christopher Aguilar

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Assessing the Performance of Multi-Resolution Satellite SAR Images for Post-Earthquake Damage Detection and Mapping Aimed at Emergency Response Management by Paolo Mazzanti, Stefano Scancella, Maria Virelli, Stefano Frittelli, Valentina Nocente, Federico Lombardo

“…By applying the amplitude and the coherent change detection processing tools, we compared pairs of images with equivalent features collected before and after the main shock on 30 October 2016 (at 06:40, UTC). Results were compared against each other and then measured against the findings of post-earthquake field surveys for damage assessment, performed by the Italian National Fire and Rescue Service (Corpo Nazionale dei Vigili del Fuoco—CNVVF). …”
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Particle size distribution factor as an indicator for the impact of the Eyjafjallajökull ash plume at ground level in Augsburg, Germany by M. Pitz, J. Gu, J. Soentgen, A. Peters, J. Cyrys

“…On 19 April 2010 at 20:00 UTC+1 the maximum percentage of the long range transported dust factor accounted for around 65 % (35 μg m&lt;sup&gt;−3&lt;/sup&gt;) to PM&lt;sub&gt;10&lt;/sub&gt; and three hours later the maximum absolute value with around 48 μg m&lt;sup&gt;−3&lt;/sup&gt; (61 %) was observed. …”
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An introduction to the FY3 GNOS instrument and mountain-top tests by W. H. Bai, Y. Q. Sun, Q. F. Du, G. L. Yang, Z. D. Yang, P. Zhang, Y. M. Bi, X. Y. Wang, C. Cheng, Y. Han

“…The first FY3-C was launched at 03:07 UTC on 23 September 2013. GNOS was developed by the Center for Space Science and Applied Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CSSAR). …”
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The Iinfluence of the Time Equation on Remote Sensing Data Interpretation by B. Fichtelmann, E. Borg, E. Schwarz

“…For land surface temperature (LST) studies mean solar conditions are commonly used in the relation between ECT given in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and LECT given in hours, thus neglecting the difference between mean and real Sun time (MST, RST). …”
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Pronostico numérico a corto plazo de la rapidez del viento para los parques eólicos de Gibara I y II by Alfredo Roque Rodríguez, Adrián Ferrer Hernández, Maibys Sierra Lorenzo, Israel Borrajero Montejo

“…Para inicializar el modelo WRF, se emplearon los datos de análisis cada 6 horas como condiciones de frontera (horarios sinópticos de las 0000, 0600, 1200 y 1800 UTC) del modelo GFS para los meses de enero a julio de 2014. …”
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Earth orientation parameters from VLBI determined with a Kalman filter by Maria Karbon, Benedikt Soja, Tobias Nilsson, Zhiguo Deng, Robert Heinkelmann, Harald Schuh

“…To gain higher resolved EOP from LSM we run solutions which yield hourly estimates for polar motion and dUT1 = Universal Time (UT1) – Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). As an external validation data set we use a GPS (Global Positioning System) solution providing hourly polar motion results. …”
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Evaluation of Photocatalytic Activity and Electrochemical Properties of Hematite Nanoparticles by Suresh Sagadevan, Ramesh Poonchi Sivasankaran, J. Anita Lett, Is Fatimah, Getu Kassegn Weldegebrieal, Estelle Léonard, Minh-Vien Le, Tetsuo Soga

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