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Flight experimental analysis of largemulti-propeller airtanker dropping capability
In the absence of a dropping capability experiment of domestic airtankers, it is necessary to know the actual dropping capability of fixed-wing airtankers for data support to wildfire-fighting, improving fire-fighting efficiency, and reducing the loss of forest and grassland resources. According to the design characteristics of large multi-launch propeller airtankers in China, this experiment shall collect retardant samplesof the filled flame retardant with collection equipment on the flat ground after being dropped by the airtanker in the air. Then, the sample coverage was counted and contour maps of the ground patterns were plotted to compare the dropping coefficients, dropping heights, and dropping speeds of the different dropping modes. At the last, according to the comparison result, the best dropping strategy shall be shown in different requirements. The result shows that when the coverage level is required to be GPC-6, the maximum coverage shall be obtained by all compartments released simultaneously, with a maximum coverage coefficient of 0.16. When the coverage level is required to be GPC-1, it is better to release the retardant from the tank independently with a suitable interval for larger coverage, and the maximum coverage coefficient is 4.49.
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Fact-finding surveys on role of flood fighting in present-day Japan and future prospects: case studies of Yodo River and Yamato River
Flood mitigation efforts (flood fighting), including raising awareness among local residents, have been crucial in Japan to reduce damage during flood events. In this study, interviews were conducted with three flood fighting management bodies on the Yodo and Yamato Rivers, which still have strong flood fighting corps, and field investigations were performed focusing on the actual operation of flood fighting warehouses, which serve as infrastructure bases for flood fighting. Targets included the flood fighting affairs associations on the left and right banks for the Yodo River and that on the right bank for the Yamato River. The survey results showed that with the progress of flood control measures and river improvement, opportunities to conduct actual flood fighting work during floods decreased in all cases in recent years, but flood fighting techniques and knowledge were passed on through exercises and drills. In addition, the flood fighting warehouses were well managed and maintained their functions as material and equipment storage places and as waiting and meeting places for flood fighting corps members. Considering the intensification of external flood forces due to future extreme weather changes, it was deemed that the role of the flood fighting corps is expected to increase in importance, and it was judged that preparations were being made to respond to this trend. On the other hand, there were some challenges in terms of securing a sufficient number of members due to the shortage resulting from the aging of the corps members and maintaining warehouses from a budgetary standpoint.
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Flying Camelot
Flying Camelot brings us back
to the post-Vietnam era, when the US Air Force launched two new,
state-of-the art fighter aircraft: the F-15 Eagle and the F-16
Fighting Falcon. It was an era when debates about aircraft
superiority went public-and these were not uncontested discussions.
Michael W. Hankins delves deep into the fighter pilot culture that
gave rise to both designs, showing how a small but vocal group of
pilots, engineers, and analysts in the Department of Defense
weaponized their own culture to affect technological development
and larger political change.
The design and advancement of the F-15 and F-16 reflected this
group's nostalgic desire to recapture the best of World War I air
combat. Known as the \"Fighter Mafia,\" and later growing into the
media savvy political powerhouse \"Reform Movement,\" it believed
that American weapons systems were too complicated and expensive,
and thus vulnerable. The group's leader was Colonel John Boyd, a
contentious former fighter pilot heralded as a messianic figure by
many in its ranks. He and his group advocated for a shift in focus
from the multi-role interceptors the Air Force had designed in the
early Cold War towards specialized air-to-air combat dogfighters.
Their influence stretched beyond design and into larger politicized
debates about US national security, debates that still resonate
today.
A biography of fighter pilot culture and the nostalgia that
drove decision-making, Flying Camelot deftly engages both
popular culture and archives to animate the movement that shook the
foundations of the Pentagon and Congress.
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Grappling and submission grappling
In this book, contact sports fans learn about the discipline, physical health, and mental health aspects of MMA.
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Behavioral and brain- transcriptomic synchronization between the two opponents of a fighting pair of the fish Betta splendens
Conspecific male animals fight for resources such as food and mating opportunities but typically stop fighting after assessing their relative fighting abilities to avoid serious injuries. Physiologically, how the fighting behavior is controlled remains unknown. Using the fighting fish Betta splendens, we studied behavioral and brain-transcriptomic changes during the fight between the two opponents. At the behavioral level, surface-breathing, and biting/striking occurred only during intervals between mouth-locking. Eventually, the behaviors of the two opponents became synchronized, with each pair showing a unique behavioral pattern. At the physiological level, we examined the expression patterns of 23,306 brain transcripts using RNA-sequencing data from brains of fighting pairs after a 20-min (D20) and a 60-min (D60) fight. The two opponents in each D60 fighting pair showed a strong gene expression correlation, whereas those in D20 fighting pairs showed a weak correlation. Moreover, each fighting pair in the D60 group showed pair-specific gene expression patterns in a grade of membership analysis (GoM) and were grouped as a pair in the heatmap clustering. The observed pair-specific individualization in brain-transcriptomic synchronization (PIBS) suggested that this synchronization provides a physiological basis for the behavioral synchronization. An analysis using the synchronized genes in fighting pairs of the D60 group found genes enriched for ion transport, synaptic function, and learning and memory. Brain-transcriptomic synchronization could be a general phenomenon and may provide a new cornerstone with which to investigate coordinating and sustaining social interactions between two interacting partners of vertebrates.
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Affective communication in rodents: ultrasonic vocalizations as a tool for research on emotion and motivation
Mice and rats emit and perceive calls in the ultrasonic range, i.e., above the human hearing threshold of about 20 kHz: so-called ultrasonic vocalizations (USV). Juvenile and adult rats emit 22-kHz USV in aversive situations, such as predator exposure and fighting or during drug withdrawal, whereas 50-kHz USV occur in appetitive situations, such as rough-and-tumble play and mating or in response to drugs of abuse, e.g., amphetamine. Aversive 22-kHz USV and appetitive 50-kHz USV serve distinct communicative functions. Whereas 22-kHz USV induce freezing behavior in the receiver, 50-kHz USV lead to social approach behavior. These opposite behavioral responses are paralleled by distinct patterns of brain activation. Freezing behavior in response to 22-kHz USV is paralleled by increased neuronal activity in brain areas regulating fear and anxiety, such as the amygdala and periaqueductal gray, whereas social approach behavior elicited by 50-kHz USV is accompanied by reduced activity levels in the amygdala but enhanced activity in the nucleus accumbens, a brain area implicated in reward processing. These opposing behavioral responses, together with distinct patterns of brain activation, particularly the bidirectional tonic activation or deactivation of the amygdala elicited by 22-kHz and 50-kHz USV, respectively, concur with a wealth of behavioral and neuroimaging studies in humans involving emotionally salient stimuli, such as fearful and happy facial expressions. Affective ultrasonic communication therefore offers a translational tool for studying the neurobiology underlying socio-affective communication. This is particularly relevant for rodent models of neurodevelopmental disorders characterized by social and communication deficits, such as autism and schizophrenia.
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