Nitrate and Nitrite Promote Formation of Tobacco-Specific Nitrosamines via Nitrogen Oxides Intermediates during Postcured Storage under Warm Temperature by Jun Wang, Huijuan Yang, Hongzhi Shi, Jun Zhou, Ruoshi Bai, Mengyue Zhang, Tong Jin

“…Presence of activated carbon effectively inhibited the TSNAs formation because of the adsorption of NOx on the activated carbon. …”
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Assessment of Air Quality and Noise around Okrika Communities, Rivers State, Nigeria by AE Gobo, TJK Ideriah, TE Francis, HO Stanley

“…The parameters measured were suspended particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide, hydrogen sulphide, ammonia, carbon monoxide, methane and volatile organic carbon, temperature, wind speed, wind direction and relative humidity. …”
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Characterization of Metakaolin from Wassa Kaolin and Its Potential as Adsorbent for the Regeneration of Used Engine Lubrication Oil by Ralph Kwakye, Albert Aniagyei, Bright Yaw Vigbedor, Jonathan Osei-Owusu, Bonface Yeboah Antwi, Anthony Selorm Kwesi Amable, George Edusei, Bright Kwakye-Awuah

“…The regenerated oil had 79% saturates, 6% carbon residues, and 18% aromatics compared to the commercial virgin oil, which contained 84% saturates, 5% carbon residue, and 11% aromatics. …”
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Enhanced Removal of Lead by Chemically and Biologically Treated Carbonaceous Materials by Mohamed E. Mahmoud, Maher M. Osman, Somia B. Ahmed, Tarek M. Abdel-Fattah

“…Hybrid sorbents and biosorbents were synthesized via chemical and biological treatment of active carbon by simple and direct redox reaction followed by surface loading of baker’s yeast. …”
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Reservoir Characteristics of the Lower Silurian Longmaxi Shale in Zhaotong Region, Southern China by Chao Luo, Nanxin Yin, Hun Lin, Xuanbo Gao, Junlei Wang, Hanqing Zhu

“…As a result, the brittleness index, total organic carbon (TOC), porosity, and gas content were used to define high-quality reservoirs in the Longmaxi shale. …”
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A New Global Mangrove Height Map with a 12 meter spatial resolution by Marc Simard, Lola Fatoyinbo, Nathan M. Thomas, Atticus E. Stovall, Adriana Parra, Abigail Barenblitt, Pete Bunting, Irena Hajnsek

“…They are also known for their high carbon sequestration rates and soil carbon stocks. …”
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An approach of steel plate hybrid bonding technique to externally bonded fibre-reinforced polymer strengthening system by Xue Zhang, Zhimin Wu, Ye Cheng

“…To verify the effect of this new method, 21 carbon fibre–reinforced polymer–strengthened beams were studied on the flexural behaviours. …”
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Application of Combustion Module Coupled with Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy for Simultaneous Measurement of SOC and δ13C-SOC by Dan Liu, Zhiguo Yu, Junjie Lin

“…Quantifying the decomposition of soil organic carbon (SOC) fractions under climate change is essential to predict carbon-climate feedbacks. …”
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Characterization and classification of saline/sodic soils of Coba area of non-irrigated farmlands in Golina Watershed in Raya Valley, Amhara Region, Ethiopia by merse mengesha, Lemma W, T Solomon

“…The analysis revealed that the non-irrigated soil profile had a pH of 7.4 to 8.5, electrical conductivity of 3.1 to 9.7 dsm-1, organic carbon of 0.4 to 1.5%, total nitrogen of 0.09 to 0.27%, available phosphorus of 25 to 46.5 mg kg-1, and a cation exchange capacity of 48.7 to 57.2 cmol (+) kg-1. …”
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Three-Dimensional Measurement of TRISO Coated Particle Using Micro Computed Tomography by Libing Zhu, Xincheng Xiang, Yahui Peng, Xiangang Wang

“…Micro X-ray computed tomography (CT) was used for nondestructive testing and three-dimensional measurement of the particle components which are composed of kernel, buffer layer, inner pyrolytic carbon layer (IPyC), silicon carbide (SiC) layer, and outer pyrolytic carbon (OPyC) layer. …”
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Constructing Neuron-like Structured NiS₂/MOF Composites with Enhanced Regulation of Electron Transport and Active Sites for Oxygen Evolution by Yanli Guo, Di Zhou, Yanyan Huang, Xiaolong Song, Wei He

“…It was found that the pseudo-neuronal structure, constructed with a carbon nanohorn (CNH) and carbon nanotube (CNT), provided fast electron transfer pathways and abundant exposed active sites. …”
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Mitigation of Carbonaceous Indoor Aerosols Through Behavioural Change Soft Approach in Cooking at Selected Rural Sites (India) by Kopal Verma, Umesh Chandra Kulshrestha

“…The combustion of biomass emits substantial amounts of carbonaceous aerosols (CA), including organic carbon (OC) and elemental carbon (EC), which severely impact health and contribute to climate change. …”
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Green finance, environmental taxation, and green innovation: unraveling their influence on the growth- quality nexus in China—a provincial perspective by Md Qamruzzaman

“…The results reflect a strong negative correlation with green investments made with CO2 emissions, proving that high investments in green technologies and practices effectively reduce carbon outputs. The study also underlined regional disparities and technological innovations in green. …”
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Preparation and recovery of iron carbide from pyrite cinder using carburization-magnetic separation technology by Chen D., Gou H., Lv Y., Li P., Yan B., Xu J.

“…The iron content, total carbon content, total iron and carbon content of magnetic concentrate were 82.62%, 5.60%, and 88.22%, respectively. …”
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Influence the status of soil chemical and biological properties by intercropping by Rajesh Kumar Verma, Ajai Yadav, Laiq-Ur Rahman, Alok Kalra, Dharani Dhar Patra

“…Our objective was to evaluate the effects of intercropping systems on soil organic carbon (SOC), total Kjeldahl nitrogen (TKN), available N, P and K, soil microbial biomass carbon (MBC) and microbial biomass nitrogen (MBN) under geranium (Pelargonium graveolens L.)…”
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A Low-Resistance Hybrid Nanomaterial Composed of Double-Charged Ionic Liquid and a Layered Double Hydroxide (Type Al/Mg-Dodecyl Sulfate) for Electrochemical Determination of Methyl... by Mir Mahdi Abolghasemi, Marzieh Piryaei, Elnaz Tartibi

“…The quantification and electrochemical behavior of methyldopa in tablet and urine samples were carried out using a glassy carbon electrode modified with double-charged ionic liquid and a layered double hydroxide. …”
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Influence of Sulfur and Additives on Wear of Exhaust Valve Seat of Cylinder Head by Jianping Zhao, Shunli Zhang, Zhenhuan Dou, YuBo Sun, Jiangkun Wan, Lei Du

“…Tests show that a uniform carbon deposition layer is formed on the contact surface after the diesel is burned, and the carbon deposition layer is more densely and uniformly adsorbed on the contact surface under the action of diesel additives to form an antiwear layer. …”
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A Review of Non-Uniform Load Distribution and Solutions in Data Centers: Micro-Scale Liquid Cooling and Large-Scale Air Cooling by Yifan Li, Congzhe Zhu, Xiuming Li, Bin Yang

“…It paves the way for applying innovative cooling technologies and artificial intelligence methods to promote the efficient operation and low-carbon retrofit of DCs.…”
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Design and Fabrication of a Plastic Biogas Digester for the Production of Biogas from Cow Dung by KeChrist Obileke, Sampson Mamphweli, Edson L. Meyer, Golden Makaka, Nwabunwanne Nwokolo

“…In addition, the percentage concentration of methane and carbon dioxide were found to be 60% and 30%, respectively. …”
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Aging Mechanisms of Electrode Materials in Lithium-Ion Batteries for Electric Vehicles by Cheng Lin, Aihua Tang, Hao Mu, Wenwei Wang, Chun Wang

“…In this review, we give an interpretation of capacity/power fading of electrode-oriented aging mechanisms under cycling and various storage conditions for metallic oxide-based cathodes and carbon-based anodes. For the cathode of lithium-ion batteries, the mechanical stress and strain resulting from the lithium ions insertion and extraction predominantly lead to structural disordering. …”
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