Abstract: In microwave remote sensing of vegetated land surfaces, there is volume scattering from the vegetation and rough-surface scattering of the interface between the vegetation and the ground.

To confront the growing challenges to democracy around the world, it’s time for new ideas. Democracy requires deep and structural changes to survive and grow. The Ash Center’s Reimagining Democracy ...

Abstract: Solving the scattering field of power transmission lines and analyzing its scattering characteristics are essential for suppressing the reradiation interference from power transmission lines ...

Ash Wednesday signals the start of the Lenten season, the 40-day season of prayer, fasting, and repentance leading to Easter. Each year, millions of Christians approach the altar to receive a small ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Catholics going to Mass on Ash Wednesday will leave church marked, but whether the ashes appear as a bold cross on the forehead or sprinkled atop the head depends largely on where ...

Rev. Fr. Ian Kenneth Mamauag, administrator of the Our Lady of Atocha Parish, leads the community in burning old and blessed ‘palaspas’ to ashes. PHOTO BY KURT DELA PEÑA/ INQUIRER.net ISABELA, ...

“When you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites…. anoint your head and wash your face, so that you may not appear to be fasting, except to your Father who is hidden.” Find today’s readings here ...

Ash Wednesday is Wednesday, March 5. It is the first day of Lent, a 40-day season of prayer, fasting and giving. On Ash Wednesday, priests place ash crosses on worshipers' foreheads to indicate they ...

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For many Christians, important religious holidays are right around the corner. Lent will soon start with Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of the 40-day period in which Christians worldwide ...