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This research utilized various methods for extracting soil characteristics from Landsat 8 OLI/TIRS imagery in the Thua Thien Hue province, Vietnam. In this study, the Object-Based Oriented Classification (OBOC) method was used to extract information about land cover (focusing on rock outcrops) on the basis of the TGSI, NDVI, and NDBI indicators. The soil moisture information was determined by examining the correlation between the Land Surface Temperature (LST) and the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI). The findings indicated that 40 locations in the study area were covered with rock outcrops, with a Kappa index of 85.10%. In addition, soil moisture varied markedly from the sandy coastal regions, urban areas, and hilly and mountainous areas on the study area's surface. The extracted soil information can serve as a foundation for local socio-economic development planning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The effect of phase difference between transport current and perpendicular applied magnetic field, Δφ, on total ac loss in multifilamentary, silver-sheathed (Bi,Pb)2Sr2Ca2Cu3Ox (Bi-2223) superconducting tapes was calculated numerically using Brandt’s equation [Phys. Rev. B 54, 4246 (1996)] and the results were compared with experimental results obtained by the calorimetric method. In the numerical calculations, the superconducting transition was modeled by E-J characteristics represented by a power law. The dependence of critical current density on the n value was taken into account. The dependence of critical current density and n value on applied magnetic field was obtained from experimental data. It was observed that Δφ has a significant effect on the loss behavior of Bi-2223 tapes and depends strongly on the relative values of transport current and applied magnetic field. The effects of Δφ on the individual components of transport loss and magnetization loss were also calculated. Good agreement between the calculated and experimental results is demonstrated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]