The Impacts of Hybrid Fuels on Fuel Efficiency: Reasons and Implications by Zhao Qisen

“…This paper explores the impact of hybrid fuels on fuel efficiency, environmental sustainability, and economic dynamics. …”
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La RSE : nouvelle forme de dé-marchandisation du monde ? by Nicolas Postel, Richard Sobel

“…The movement says about “CSR” tries to reconcile the current financial mode of accumulation with certain social and environmental requirements. This movement joins well enough in the historic and institutionnalist analysis which Karl Polanyi made of the limits of marchandisation of the world. …”
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Responsibility as a Key Competence of the 21st Century Engineer by V. G. Martynov, V. S. Sheinbaum

“…The growing anthropogenic impact on the environment, the consequences of which are often written and spoken of as frightening, even apocalyptic, has actualized the discourse on responsibility – of humanity as a whole, states, their governments, parliaments and other institutions, individual corporations, each person. The environmental agenda, responsible nature management, ecosystem thinking are at the center of their conflicting interests.It seems that engineering education should also focus on this issue. …”
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FRAGSTATS: A Free Tool for Quantifying and Evaluating Spatial Patterns by Benxin Chen, Basil V. Iannone III

“…Land managers managers seeking to plan effectively for future land use that preserves biodiversity and the valuable services provided by natural ecosystems must understand land cover change and its environmental impacts. Quantifying patterns of land cover change objectively in order to understand them can be difficult without the proper resources, however. …”
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Numerical Fractional-Calculus Model for Two-Phase Flow in Fractured Media by Wenwen Zhong, Changpin Li, Jisheng Kou

“…Numerical simulation of two-phase flow in fractured porous media is an important topic in the subsurface flow, environmental problems, and petroleum reservoir engineering. …”
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Florida 4-H Horticulture Identification and Judging: Contest Rules and Glossary by Jeffrey G. Williamson, Sydney Park Brown, Tom Wichman

“…Published by the UF Department of Environmental Horticulture, August 2009. 4HPSJ20/4H004: Florida 4-H Horticulture Identification and Judging: Contest Rules and Glossary (ufl.edu) …”
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The Role of Beta HPV Types and HPV-Associated Inflammatory Processes in Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Mircea Tampa, Cristina Iulia Mitran, Madalina Irina Mitran, Ilinca Nicolae, Adrian Dumitru, Clara Matei, Loredana Manolescu, Gabriela Loredana Popa, Constantin Caruntu, Simona Roxana Georgescu

“…Dysregulation of the immune system (chronic inflammation and immunosuppression), environmental factors (ultraviolet radiation), and genetic factors are the most important cofactors involved in beta HPV-related carcinogenesis. …”
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Societal changes in Ancient Greece impacted terrestrial and marine environments by Andreas Koutsodendris, Joseph Maran, Ulrich Kotthoff, Jörg Lippold, Maria Knipping, Oliver Friedrich, Axel Gerdes, Stefanie Kaboth-Bahr, André Bahr, Hartmut Schulz, Dimitris Sakellariou, Jörg Pross

“…To reconstruct the evolution of early anthropogenic impact in this region, we have examined lead (Pb) contents and vegetation dynamics on well-dated environmental archives extending to the early Holocene. …”
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Is the Gut Microbiota a New Factor Contributing to Obesity and Its Metabolic Disorders? by Kristina Harris, Amira Kassis, Geneviève Major, Chieh J. Chou

“…Gut microbiota has evolved with humans as a mutualistic partner, but dysbiosis in a form of altered gut metagenome and collected microbial activities, in combination with classic genetic and environmental factors, may promote the development of metabolic disorders. …”
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Biological Applications of Nanoparticles Synthesized via Olea europaea Plant: A Comprehensive Review by Alireza Khanahmad, Zohre Ebrahimi, Azadeh Abreshteh, Hamid Pajavand, Naghmeh Satarzadeh, Amin Sadeghi Dousari

“…In recent years, the green nanoparticle synthesis method has been considered a substitute for chemical and physical methods; the green synthesis of nanoparticles using plants has attracted the attention of many researchers worldwide because these methods are environmentally friendly, easy to perform, safe, energy-efficient, and affordable. …”
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Technological management of oil companies in face of global challenges by A. E. Miller, L. M. Davidenko

“…Factors of increasing competitiveness include technological superiority, the availability of sources of investment resources, as well as the improvement of technological management of industrial companies, based on a motivational approach to increasing the adaptability of human capital to environmental challenges…”
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ENHANCED PROPERTIES AND MULTIFACETED APPLICATIONS OF POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE (PMMA) IN MODERN MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY by Alexandru Burcea, Andreea-Mariana Bănățeanu, Cristian-Viorel Poalelungi, Alexandru Burcea, Norina Forna, Cristian Niky Cumpătă

“…Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) is a versatile polymer widely used in medical, dental, and cosmetic applications due to its impressive transparency, biocompatibility, and stability against environmental factors. This review examines recent advancements in PMMA composites aimed at enhancing biocompatibility and reducing toxicity, particularly in medical applications. …”
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Landscape Design: Drawing a Planting Plan by Gail Hansen

“…This 10-page fact sheet was written by Gail Hansen and published by the UF Department of Environmental Horticulture, January 2012. ENH1195/EP456: Landscape Design: Drawing a Planting Plan (ufl.edu) …”
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Peer-to-Peer Jini for Truly Service-Oriented WSNs by António Pereira, Nuno Costa, Carlos Serôdio

“…Most of those applications followed the centralized model and were mainly focused on environmental data gathering, where sensor nodes sensed data from the environment to be sent to an external data server for later processing. …”
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MagNet: Automated Magnetic Mineral Grain Morphometry Using Convolutional Neural Network by Zhaowen Pei, Liao Chang, Pengfei Xue, Richard J. Harrison

“…., the quantitative determination of grain size and shape information) is an essential component of all rock and environmental magnetic studies. Electron microscopy is often used to image magnetic mineral grains, but the current lack of systematic image processing tools makes it challenging to quantify key morphological features of magnetic minerals in natural samples. …”
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Characterization of Semolina Protein Film with Incorporated Zinc Oxide Nano Rod Intended for Food Packaging by Jafarzadeh Shima, Alias AbdKarim, Ariffin Fazilah, Mahmud Shahrom

“…This study intended to provide biopolymer films used as food packaging, which will result in reducing environmental pollution produced by the activities of synthetic food packaging. …”
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Eggs of the Blind Snake, Liotyphlops albirostris, Are Incubated in a Nest of the Lower Fungus-Growing Ant,  Apterostigma cf. goniodes by Gaspar Bruner, Hermógenes Fernández-Marín, Justin C. Touchon, William T. Wcislo

“…We review other associations between nesting fungus-growing ants and egg-laying vertebrates, which together suggest that attine nests may provide a safe, environmentally buffered location for oviposition, even in basal attine taxa with relatively small colony sizes.…”
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Digital twin-based applications in crop monitoring by Tsega Y. Melesse

“…These models provide up-to-date information on environmental conditions, soil moisture, and other variables affecting crop development and yield. …”
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Isolation of Cellulose from Wheat Straw Using Alkaline Hydrogen Peroxide and Acidified Sodium Chlorite Treatments: Comparison of Yield and Properties by Umair Qasim, Zulfiqar Ali, Muhammad Shahid Nazir, Sadaf Ul Hassan, Sikander Rafiq, Farrukh Jamil, Ala’a H. Al-Muhtaseb, Muzaffar Ali, Muhammad Bilal Khan Niazi, Nasir M. Ahmad, Sami Ullah, Ahmad Mukhtar, Sidra Saqib

“…Environmental concerns due to excessive use of synthetic or petroleum-based materials have encouraged scientists to develop novel, sustainable, and multifunctional material using abundant lignocellulosic biomass. …”
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Aquatic and Marine Ecosystems—Lesson 4: Coastal Ecosystems—Beach, Estuary, Marsh & Swamp by Karen Blyler, Joy Jordan

“… The new Florida 4-H Aquatic and Marine Ecosystems: Leader’s Activity Guide helps leaders address the 4-H Science Initiative and is part of the Environmental Sciences Framework, OUR NATURAL WORLD. …”
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