Spain is the leading citrus producer in the European Union, with the Segura River Basin in southeastern Spain playing a crucial role in this industry.However, the impact of local agricultural production on water appropriation has been overlooked.This study assesses the water footprint (WF) of both conventional and organic citrus production using th
The complex frequency domain assurance criterion is here applied for the comparison of a pristine to an altered state of a vibrating system.The criterion was originally proposed for the detection of defects in vibrating structures, while in later research studies it has been successfully used in musical acoustics.In this paper, we evaluate the diff
BACKGROUND: Most traditional Chinese herbal formulas consist of at least four herbs.Four-Agents-Decoction (Si Wu Tang) is a documented eight hundred year old formula containing four herbs and has been widely used to relieve menstrual discomfort in Taiwan.However, no specific effect had been systematically evaluated.We applied Western methodology to
During the solidification process, microstructures are affected by the experimental conditions, the thermophysical characteristics of the alloy, and the type of grain-refining particles.Unidirectional solidification experiments were performed in a vertical Bridgman-type furnace to investigate the effect of the solidification front velocity on Scale