Performance and emissions of diesel engine combustion lubricated with Jatropha bio-lubricant and MWCNT additive by Rajendra Uppar, P. Dinesha, Shiva Kumar

“…This study evaluates epoxidized jatropha oil (EJA) enhanced with multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) as a bio-lubricant for compression ignition engines. …”
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THE INFLUENCE OF INTAKE VALVE CLOSE TIMING ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE OF A SPARK IGNITION ENGINE USING GASOLINE AND NATURAL GAS by Tadas VIPARTAS, Alfredas RIMKUS, Jonas MATIJOŠIUS

“…The changes in oxygen (O2), carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrous oxide (NOx), methane (CH4), and propane (C3H8) gas emissions were observed in the aforementioned intake valve timing range.…”
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Synthesis and Characterization of TiO2-Water Nanofluids by Raviteja Surakasi, Srujana Sripathi, Sarada Purnima Nadimpalli, Sibtain Afzal, Bharat Singh, Manoj Tripathi, Rahel Alemu Hafa

“…Nanofluids made of TiO2 and multiwalled carbon nanotubes are the focus of our study. Using TiO2 and water as the basic fluids, nanofluids were created in 100 : 0, 75 : 25, and 50 : 50 proportions. …”
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A Total Economic Valuation of Wetland Ecosystem Services: An Evidence from Jagadishpur Ramsar Site, Nepal by Sony Baral, Bijendra Basnyat, Rajendra Khanal, Kalyan Gauli

“…The study prioritized six major values of the reservoir which include wetland goods consumption, tourism, irrigation, carbon sequestration, biodiversity conservation, and conservation for future use (existence and option value). …”
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Structural Properties of Liquid SiC during Rapid Solidification by WanJun Yan, TingHong Gao, XiaoTian Guo, YunXiang Qin, Quan Xie

“…The bond angles of silicon and carbon atoms are distributed at around 109° and 120°, respectively, and the average coordination number is <4. …”
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Possibilities of the Additional Damping of Unidirectional Fiber Composites by Implementation of Viscoelastic Neoprene and Rubber Layers by Petr Kulhavy, Michal Petru, Martina Syrovatkova

“…Preimpregnated carbon fibers known as prepreg were used for creation of the samples composed of four (2 constant and 2 variable) layers. …”
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Stress Distribution on Sandwich Structure with Triangular Grid Cores Suffered from Bending Load by Cui Xu, Huang Yanjiao, Wang Shou, Lu Chun, Fang Luping

“…Triangular grid reinforced by carbon fiber/epoxy (CF/EP) was designed and manufactured. …”
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Soil organic matter composition affects ecosystem multifunctionality by mediating the composition of microbial communities in long-term restored meadows by Wenyin Wang, Sisi Bi, Fei Li, A. Allan Degen, Shanshan Li, Mei Huang, Binyu Luo, Tao Zhang, Shuai Qi, Tianyun Qi, Yanfu Bai, Peipei Liu, Zhanhuan Shang

“…Root total phosphorus and soil organic matter components were the key predictors of EMF, while organic acids and phenolic acids increased the stability of the microbial network in long-term restored meadows. Carbon metabolism did not increase in restored meadows, but the niche breadth of soil microorganisms and the utilization efficiency of small molecular carbon sources such as amino acids did increase. …”
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Composite Materials Based on Henequen Fiber as a Thermal Barrier in the Automotive Sector by J. M. Olivares-Ramírez, A. Dector, A. Duarte-Moller, D. Ortega Díaz, Diana Dector, J. A. Cano-López, R. Rangel-Martínez, J. J. Pérez-Bueno, A. Castañeda-Miranda, Felipe Samuel Tovar-Pacheco

“…In this research, 35 different laminates of 5 layers were prepared, combining carbon fiber, henequen natural fiber, fiberglass, and additives such as resin + Al2O3 or resin + Al. …”
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Characterizing Tidal Marsh Inundation with Synthetic Aperture Radar, Radiometric Modeling, and In Situ Water Level Observations by Brian T. Lamb, Kyle C. McDonald, Maria A. Tzortziou, Derek S. Tesser

“…Tidal marshes play a globally critical role in carbon and hydrologic cycles by sequestering carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and exporting dissolved organic carbon to connected estuaries. …”
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Fuel starvation in automotive PEMFC stacks: stack current and bipolar plate resistance by Jens Nissen, Jan-Peter Boye, Max Schrievers, Jan Nicolas Schwämmlein, Markus Hölzle

“…These reactions are known to cause oxidation of the carbon in the anode catalyst layer, leading to performance degradation. …”
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Climate-change impacts on distribution, habitats, sustainability and cultivation planning of two economically and ecologically important forest trees (China fir and Masson pine) in... by Yanghui Zhao, Liang Xu, Ying Zhang, Yafeng Wen, Donglin Zhang

“…Strengthening intergovernmental cooperation and increasing forest coverage to achieve carbon neutrality, as well as controlling and mitigating the rise in climate warming, will help address the challenges posed by climate change to forestry production and development.…”
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Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of Subcritical CO2 Extract of Lepidium latifolium L. (Brassicaceae) by Balzhan B. Azimkhanova, Gulbaram O. Ustenova, Kamalidin O. Sharipov, Kayrolla D. Rakhimov, Galiya M. Sayakova, Ardak B. Jumagaziyeva, Elena V. Flisyuk, Nadezhda G. Gemejiyeva

“…Lepidium latifolium L. herb’s carbon dioxide extract (CO2 extract) was obtained by subcritical carbon dioxide extraction. …”
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Study on the Calibration Transfer of Soil Nutrient Concentration from the Hyperspectral Camera to the Normal Spectrometer by Xue-Ying Li, Guo-xing Ren, Ping-Ping Fan, Yan Liu, Zhong-Liang Sun, Guang-Li Hou, Mei-Rong Lv

“…The spectral data of normal spectrometer and hyperspectral camera and the concentration of total carbon and nitrogen were obtained. And then, the models of soil total carbon and nitrogen content were established by using the spectral data of a normal spectrometer. …”
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Optimized Gross Primary Productivity Over the Croplands Within the BEPS Particle Filtering Data Assimilation System (BEPS_PF v1.0) by Xiuli Xing, Mousong Wu, Huajie Zhu, Wenzhuo Duan, Weimin Ju, Xiaorong Wang, Youhua Ran, Yongguang Zhang, Fei Jiang

“…Abstract Agricultural ecosystems play an important role in modulating the global carbon balance by taking up atmospheric carbon dioxide, while large differences and uncertainties exist in the estimated crop gross primary productivity (GPP) by terrestrial ecosystem models (TEMs). …”
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Thyroid Hormone-Induced Cytosol-to-Nuclear Translocation of Rat Liver Nrf2 Is Dependent on Kupffer Cell Functioning by Luis A. Videla, Pamela Cornejo, Pamela Romanque, Catherine Santibáñez, Iván Castillo, Romina Vargas

“…Similar to GdCl3, apocynin given before T3 significantly reduced liver Nrf2 activation and HO-1 expression, a NADPH oxidase inhibitor eliciting abolishment of colloidal carbon-induced respiratory burst activity without altering carbon phagocytosis. …”
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The Influence of Digital Talent Development and Green Innovation and The Use of Green Innovation As Mediation To Measure Data Centre Performance by Rifa Herdian, Mohammad Syamsul Maarif, Anggraini Sukmawati, Irman Hermandi

“…Data Centre Managers need to encourage talent who are capable of developing innovations to reduce carbon emissions, as well as the need for very high electrical power. …”
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Non-stationarity analysis of flood extremes under climate change and human activities in the Yuan River Basin, China by Ting Wang, Dehua Mao, Meirong Deng, Chang Feng, Guangwei Hu, Jingya Zhang, Yang Zou

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Soil microbial community and influencing factors of different vegetation restoration types in a typical agricultural pastoral ecotone by Pei Huang, Pei Huang, Pei Huang, Hanyu Shi, Hanyu Shi, Lina Jiang, Duoping Zhu, Duoping Zhu, Zefeng Zhou, Zhenhong Hou, Xingyu Ma, Xingyu Ma

“…Microbial network complexity increased with soil carbon and nitrogen. P. tomentosa is suitable for planting in the agricultural pastoral ecotone of Zhangjiakou, because of its high soil carbon, nitrogen and microbial network complexity. …”
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Effects of Soil and Water Conservation Practices and Slope Gradient on Selected Soil Physicochemical Properties in Ejersa Watershed, Toke Kutaye District, Ethiopia by Negesu Kebede, Alemayehu Negassa

“…Values of soil organic carbon and organic matter showed significant differences (p<0.05) between land types but not among the slope classes. …”
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