Vision, Vol. 4, Pages 23: Tracking the Migraine Cycle Using Visual Tasks Vision doi: 10.3390/vision4020023 Authors: A.J. Shepherd There are a number of reports that perceptual, electrophysiological and imaging measures can track migraine periodicity. As the electrophysiological and imaging research requires specialist equipment, it has few practical applications. This study sought to track changes in performance on four visual tasks over the migraine cycle. Coherence thresholds were...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1296: Complex Networks Theory for Evaluating Scaling Laws and WDS Vulnerability for Potential Contamination Events Water doi: 10.3390/w12051296 Authors: Matteo Nicolini In the last few years, water utilities have recognized the importance of evaluating the safety of water distribution networks from the potential risks of contamination, arising from failures or from intentional (targeted) or random attacks. Research literature has been recently focused on the optimal...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1295: Condition for the Incipient Motion of Non-Cohesive Particles Due to Laminar Flows of Power-Law Fluids in Closed Conduits Water doi: 10.3390/w12051295 Authors: Aldo Tamburrino Cristóbal Traslaviña The results of an experimental study on the condition of incipient transport of non-cohesive particles due to the flow of a power-law fluid in a rectangular pipe are presented in this article. The pipe can change its inclination, and experiments were carried out...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1294: Effects of Distinct Revegetation Methods on Growth and Microbial Properties of Vallisneria natans Water doi: 10.3390/w12051294 Authors: Ning Wang Qi Li Mengqi Jiang Weizhen Zhang Hao Zhang Qixuan Song Zhongda Hu Jibiao Zhang Zheng Zheng This study investigated the effects of the mud-sinking (MS) method, agar gel-sinking (AS) method and agar gel-sinking with artificial aquatic mat (ASA) method on the growth, physiological characteristics,...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1293: Dynamic Changes of Soil Erosion in the Taohe River Basin Using the RUSLE Model and Google Earth Engine Water doi: 10.3390/w12051293 Authors: Hao Wang Hu Zhao The Taohe River Basin is the largest tributary and an important water conservation area in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. In order to investigate the status of soil erosion in this region, we conducted a research of soil erosion. In our study, several parameters of the revised universal soil...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1292: Evaluation of Satellite-Derived Soil Moisture in Qinghai Province Based on Triple Collocation Water doi: 10.3390/w12051292 Authors: Hongchun Zhu Zhilin Zhang Aifeng Lv Evaluating the reliability of satellite-based and reanalysis soil moisture products is very important in soil moisture research. The traditional methods of evaluating soil moisture products rely on the verification of satellite inversion data and ground observation; however, the ground...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1288: A Coupled Hydrologic–Hydraulic Model (XAJ–HiPIMS) for Flood Simulation Water doi: 10.3390/w12051288 Authors: Yueling Wang Xiaoliu Yang To protect ecologies and the environment by preventing floods, analysis of the impact of climate change on water requires a tool capable of considering the rainfall-runoff processes on a small scale, for example, 10 m. As has been shown previously, hydrologic models are good at simulating rainfall-runoff processes on a large...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1291: Sources of Salinization of Groundwater in the Lower Yarmouk Gorge, East of the River Jordan Water doi: 10.3390/w12051291 Authors: Peter Möller Marco De Lucia Eliahu Rosenthal Nimrod Inbar Elias Salameh Fabien Magri Christian Siebert In the Lower Yarmouk Gorge the chemical composition of regional, fresh to brackish, mostly thermal groundwater reveals a zonation in respect to salinization and geochemical evolution, which is seemingly controlled...
Fri May 01, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1290: Evaluation of Snowmelt Estimation Techniques for Enhanced Spring Peak Flow Prediction Water doi: 10.3390/w12051290 Authors: Jetal Agnihotri Paulin Coulibaly Water resources management and planning requires accurate and reliable spring flood forecasts. In cold and snowy countries, particularly in snow-dominated watersheds, enhanced flood prediction requires adequate snowmelt estimation techniques. Whereas the majority of the studies on snow modeling have...
Fri May 01, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1289: Evaluation of an Inexpensive Handwashing and Water Treatment Program in Rural Health Care Facilities in Three Districts in Tanzania, 2017 Water doi: 10.3390/w12051289 Authors: William Davis Khalid Massa Stephen Kiberiti Hosea Mnzava Linda Venczel Robert Quick Unsafe water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) conditions in healthcare facilities (HCFs) can increase the risk of disease transmission, yet WASH coverage is inadequate in HCFs in most low-...
Fri May 01, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1285: Irrigation of World Agricultural Lands: Evolution through the Millennia Water doi: 10.3390/w12051285 Authors: Andreas N. Angelakιs Daniele Zaccaria Jens Krasilnikoff Miquel Salgot Mohamed Bazza Paolo Roccaro Βlanca Jimenez Arun Kumar Wang Yinghua Alper Baba Jessica Anne Harrison Andrea Garduno-Jimenez Elias Fereres Many agricultural production areas worldwide are characterized by high variability of water supply conditions,...
Fri May 01, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1287: The Impact of Permafrost Degradation on Lake Changes in the Endorheic Basin on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau Water doi: 10.3390/w12051287 Authors: Wenhui Liu Changwei Xie Wu Wang Guiqian Yang Yuxin Zhang Tonghua Wu Guangyue Liu Qiangqiang Pang Defu Zou Hairui Liu Lakes on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau (QTP) have experienced significant changes, especially the prevailing lake expansion since 2000 in the endorheic basin. The influence...
Fri May 01, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1286: Runoff Changes from Urumqi Glacier No. 1 over the Past 60 Years, Eastern Tianshan, Central Asia Water doi: 10.3390/w12051286 Authors: Yufeng Jia Zhongqin Li Shuang Jin Chunhai Xu Haijun Deng Mingjun Zhang Glaciers are vital to water resources in the arid land of central Asia. Long-term runoff records in the glacierized area are particularly valuable in terms of evaluating glacier recession and water resource change on both a regional and global...
Fri May 01, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1284: An Experimental Setup to Investigate Non-Newtonian Fluid Flow in Variable Aperture Channels Water doi: 10.3390/w12051284 Authors: Alessandro Lenci Luca Chiapponi Non-Newtonian fluid flow in porous and fractured media is of considerable technical and environmental interest. Here, the flow of a non-Newtonian fluid in a variable aperture fracture is studied theoretically, experimentally and numerically. We consider a shear-thinning power-law fluid with flow...
Fri May 01, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1283: Impact of Nanoscale Magnetite and Zero Valent Iron on the Batch-Wise Anaerobic Co-Digestion of Food Waste and Waste-Activated Sludge Water doi: 10.3390/w12051283 Authors: Ghada Kassab Dima Khater Fadwa Odeh Khaldoun Shatanawi Maha Halalsheh Mazen Arafah Jules B. van Lier As a potential approach for enhanced energy generation from anaerobic digestion, iron-based conductive nanoparticles have been proposed to enhance the methane production...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1281: Comparing Activation Functions in Modeling Shoreline Variation Using Multilayer Perceptron Neural Network Water doi: 10.3390/w12051281 Authors: Je-Chian Chen Yu-Min Wang The study has modeled shoreline changes by using a multilayer perceptron (MLP) neural network with the data collected from five beaches in southern Taiwan. The data included aerial survey maps of the Forestry Bureau for years 1982, 2002, and 2006, which served as predictors, while the unmanned...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1282: Greenhouse Crop Residue and Its Derived Biochar: Potential as Adsorbent of Cobalt from Aqueous Solutions Water doi: 10.3390/w12051282 Authors: Irene Iáñez-Rodríguez Mónica Calero Gabriel Blázquez María Ángeles Martín-Lara This work is focused on the removal of cobalt from aqueous solutions using the greenhouse crop residue and biochars resulting from its pyrolysis at different temperatures, which have not been previously used for this purpose. This...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1279: Evaluation of a Distributed Streamflow Forecast Model at Multiple Watershed Scales Water doi: 10.3390/w12051279 Authors: Tyler Madsen Kristie Franz Terri Hogue Demand for reliable estimates of streamflow has increased as society becomes more susceptible to climatic extremes such as droughts and flooding, especially at small scales where local population centers and infrastructure can be affected by rapidly occurring events. In the current study, the...
Thu Apr 30, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1280: The Effect of Climate Change and Urbanization on the Demand for Low Impact Development for Three Canadian Cities Water doi: 10.3390/w12051280 Authors: Sarah Kaykhosravi Usman T. Khan Mojgan A. Jadidi Climate change and urbanization are increasing the intensity and frequency of floods in urban areas. Low Impact Development (LID) is a technique which attenuates runoff and manages urban flooding. However, the impact of climate change and urbanization on...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1278: Modelling Flood-Induced Wetland Connectivity and Impacts of Climate Change and Dam Water doi: 10.3390/w12051278 Authors: Fazlul Karim Steve Marvanek Linda E. Merrin Daryl Nielsen Justin Hughes Danial Stratford Carmel Pollino Hydrological connectivity between rivers and wetlands is considered one of the key critical factors for the integrity of floodplain landscapes. This study is a comprehensive modelling exercise on quantifying flood-induced...
Thu Apr 30, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1277: Spatial Differentiation and Multiannual Dynamics of Water Conductivity in Lakes of the Suwałki Landscape Park Water doi: 10.3390/w12051277 Authors: Magdalena Borowiak Dariusz Borowiak Kamil Nowiński Water conductivity in 23 lakes of the Suwałki Landscape Park (SLP) was tested in the years 2012–2014. Conductivity profiles were made at the deepest place every two months between spring and autumn water mixing. The collected measurement data, supplemented...
Thu Apr 30, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1271: Improvement of Non-Hydrostatic Hydrodynamic Solution Using a Novel Free-Surface Boundary Condition Water doi: 10.3390/w12051271 Authors: Augusto Hugo Farias Cunha Carlos Ruberto Fragoso Cayo Lopes Bezerra Chalegre David Motta-Marques Hydrodynamic models based on the RANS equation are well-established tools to simulate three-dimensional free surface flows in large aquatic ecosystems. However, when the ratio of vertical to horizontal motion scales is...
Thu Apr 30, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1275: Using Ecological Modelling to Assess the Long-Term Survival of the West-Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus) in the Panama Canal Water doi: 10.3390/w12051275 Authors: Giselle Muschett Narkis S. Morales There is evidence of a thriving population of West-Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus) in the Panama Canal, although it is not clear if they are descendants of a small group of introduced manatees or if manatees have entered the Canal from the Caribbean through...
Thu Apr 30, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1274: Consistent Boundary Conditions for Age Calculations Water doi: 10.3390/w12051274 Authors: Eric Deleersnijder Insaf Draoui Jonathan Lambrechts Vincent Legat Mouchet Age can be evaluated at any time and position to understand transport processes taking place in the aquatic environment, including for reactive tracers. In the framework of the Constituent-oriented Age and Residence time Theory (CART), the age of a constituent or an aggregate of constituents,...
Thu Apr 30, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1276: Wastewater Reclamation in Major Jordanian Industries: A Viable Component of a Circular Economy Water doi: 10.3390/w12051276 Authors: Motasem N. Saidan Mohammad Al-Addous Radwan A. Al-Weshah Ibrahim Obada Malek Alkasrawi Nesrine Barbana Water scarcity remains the major looming challenge that is facing Jordan. Wastewater reclamation is considered as an alternative source of fresh water in semi-arid areas with water shortage or increased consumption....
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1272: Capacity of Two Ornamental Species (Iris sibirica and Zantedeschia aethiopica) to Take up, Translocate, and Accumulate Carbamazepine under Hydroponic Conditions Water doi: 10.3390/w12051272 Authors: Allan Tejeda Florentina Zurita Iris sibirica and Zantedeschia aethiopica are ornamental species that have previously been used in pilot-scale treatment wetlands (TWs) focused on the removal of carbamazepine (CBZ), in which good results were obtained; however,...
Thu Apr 30, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1273: Rethinking Stormwater: Analysis Using the Hydrosocial Cycle Water doi: 10.3390/w12051273 Authors: Matthew Wilfong Mitchell Pavao-Zuckerman Water management and governance continues to rely on the scientific and engineering principles of the hydrologic cycle for decision-making on policies and infrastructure choices. This over-reliance on hydrologic-based, technocratic, command-and-control management and governance tends to discount and overlook the political,...
Thu Apr 30, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1270: Questions and Concerns Re: Blue Water Footprints Reported in “Water Footprint of Meat Analogs: Selected Indicators According to Life Cycle Assessment” Water doi: 10.3390/w12051270 Authors: Raychel E. Santo Brent F. Kim Keeve E. Nachman The article “Water Footprint of Meat Analogs: Selected Indicators According to Life Cycle Assessment,” Water 2019 11: 728 by Fresán et al. analyzes the water footprints (WFs) of 39 meat analogs...
Thu Apr 30, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1269: Micellar-Enhanced Ultrafiltration to Remove Nickel Ions: A Response Surface Method and Artificial Neural Network Optimization Water doi: 10.3390/w12051269 Authors: Weiyun Lin Liang Jing Baiyu Zhang Nickel ions from aqueous solutions were removed by micellar-enhanced ultrafiltration (MEUF), using the surfactant sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) as a chelating agent. Process variables and indicators were modeled and optimized by a response surface methodology...
Thu Apr 30, 2020 03:00
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