Blending ratio of recycled aggregate on the performance of pervious concrete by Yao Yanya

“…Recycled pervious concrete as an environment-friendly and material-saving construction material can satisfy the current development demands of circular economy and environmental protection in China. But studies concerning the performance of recycled pervious concrete are not enough, which limits its application and promotion. …”
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Polar Experiment Station of VIR: the northernmost outpost of potato research by S. N. Travina

“…Today, the extensive material from the potato collection makes it possible to study the impact of environmental factors, identify sources of earliness and productivity, and conduct breeding activities aimed at the release of early cultivars.…”
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Shaking Table Test of a RC Frame with EPSC Latticed Concrete Infill Wall by Baizan Tang, Xiaojun Li, Su Chen, Lihong Xiong

“…The expansive polystyrene granule cement (EPSC) latticed concrete wall is a new type of energy-saving wall material with load-bearing, insulation, fireproof, and environmental protection characteristics. A series of shaking table tests were performed to investigate the seismic behavior of a full-scale reinforced concrete (RC) frame with EPSC latticed concrete infill wall, and data obtained from the shaking table test were analyzed. …”
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Prospects and opportunities for mussel Mytilus trossulus farming in the southern Baltic Sea (the Gulf of Gdańsk) by Sokołowski Adam, Lasota Rafał, Alias Izabela Sami, Piłczyńska Joanna, Wołowicz Maciej

“…Mussel farming in the gulf can therefore only be justified to improve the environmental quality if additional funding mechanisms are put in place to support farming activity.…”
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Waveform Characteristics of Tunnel Blast Waves and a Wave-Blocking Method by Xianshun Zhou, Xuemin Zhang, Tianhe Ren, Xuefeng Ou, Wenchao Xiong, Liming Zhang, Lei Zhang

“…The waveform characteristics obtained in the study contribute to the design of tunnel surrounding structures; the application of the NWBT is a successful wave-blocking method for tunnels adjacent to environmentally sensitive areas.…”
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Suitability of Water Harvesting in the Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia: A First Step towards a Mesoscale Hydrological Modeling Framework by Yihun T. Dile, Johan Rockström, Louise Karlberg

“…Extreme rainfall variability has been one of the major factors to famine and environmental degradation in Ethiopia. The potential for water harvesting in the Upper Blue Nile Basin was assessed using two GIS-based Multicriteria Evaluation methods: (1) a Boolean approach to locate suitable areas for in situ and ex situ systems and (2) a weighted overlay analysis to classify suitable areas into different water harvesting suitability levels. …”
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Analysis of collaborative innovation behaviour and its influencing factors in scientific research crowdsourcing platforms: based on the fsQCA method by Jiajun Cao, Yuefen Wang, Xin Xie, Yuanzhi Lv, Peng Chen

“…Five core configurations were constructed, which are shown as internal and external linkage based on environmental dynamics, individual and environment interlocking based on team maintenance, individual initiative to supplement weaknesses, external drive driven, and individual led based on team and platform support. …”
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MONITORING OF Aegilops L. LOCAL SPECIES GENETIC DIVERSITY OF KAZAKHSTAN’S FLORA by R. Urazaliev, M. Yessimbekova, K. Mukin, A. Chirkin, G. Ismagulova

“…New genes for resistance to diseases and pests are urgently needed to avoid using pesticides and to raise adaptivity to the environmental stresses caused by global climate change. …”
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TerraSAR-X SAR data for classification of ice-free areas and glacier facies on Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, Antarctica by ANDRÉ M. DE ANDRADE, ROBERTO F.M. MICHEL, KÁTIA K. DA ROSA, ULISSES F. BREMER, CARLOS ERNESTO G.R. SCHAEFER, JEFFERSON C. SIMÕES

“…We used TerraSAR-X satellite images from 2014 to 2016 and analyzed the influence of meteorological and environmental conditions on these surface zones. We used five images from the TerraSAR-X satellite, three of these data were obtained during the same period of fieldwork. …”
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Characteristics and paleoclimate significance of authigenic ferrimagnetic minerals in the Xuancheng red earth, southern China by Daqian Zhang, Zhenggang Duan, Jiangjun Chen, Jingrong Wang, Gubu Muga, Yunqi Yang, Yiming Wang, Zhendong Liu, Thomas J. Algeo, Hanlie Hong, Lian Zhou, Ke Yin

“…Here, analysis of the environmental magnetism and mineralogy of the Xuancheng QRE (Anhui Province, South China) shows that magnetic variation was strongly linked to production of authigenic ferrimagnetic minerals such as maghemite. …”
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Colonization of a Central Venous Catheter by the Hyaline Fungus Fusarium solani Species Complex: A Case Report and SEM Imaging by Alberto Colombo, Giuseppe Maccari, Terenzio Congiu, Petra Basso, Andreina Baj, Antonio Toniolo

“…Thus, indwelling catheters are prone to contamination by environmental fungi.…”
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Parametric Estimation of Directional Wave Spectra from Moored FPSO Motion Data Using Optimized Artificial Neural Networks by Do-Soo Kwon, Sung-Jae Kim, Chungkuk Jin, MooHyun Kim

“…In addition, comparisons against other machine learning (ML) methods—such as Support Vector Machines, Random Forest, Gradient Boosting, and Ridge Regression—demonstrate the present ANN model’s superior ability to capture intricate nonlinear interdependencies between vessel motions and environmental conditions.…”
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Article Review on Vectran-Super Fiber from Thermotropic Crystals of Rigid-Rod Polymer by Derseh Yilie limeneh, Kelem Tiessasie Yilma

“…According to the economic and environmental perspective, multifilament Vectran, yarn spun from liquid crystal polymer, is important because of its quite simple processing during spinning in a wide range of injection moulding, extrusion moulding, and melt spinning. …”
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Influence of dual stratification on the magnetohydrodynamic flow of Jeffrey nanofluid over an exponentially stretching permeable sheet with viscous dissipation and Joule heating by M. Siva Sankari, M. Eswara Rao, Fuad A. Awwad, Emad A. A. Ismail, O. D. Makinde, Waris Khan

“…Additionally, this research is applicable in environmental engineering, particularly in managing thermal pollution in water bodies, by aiding in predicting temperature distribution and the mixing behavior of effluents.…”
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Experimental study on the solar heating and night sky radiative cooling properties of biochar by Haiwei Xie, Jianyun Luo, Yan Zhang, Jiajuan Yan, Yuhao Qing

“…Daytime solar heating and nighttime radiative cooling are of great significance to global energy conservation and carbon neutrality because of their low cost, zero energy consumption and environmentally friendly characteristics. In this study, a new radiation material, walnut shell biochar (WBS), was proposed and its performance in daytime solar heating and nighttime radiative cooling was studied. …”
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Dynamics of deforestation in the northwest of the Chaco between 1995 and 2018 by Fernando Bonfanti, Matías Sánchez

“…For this reason, this work could be a valuable contribution for those organisms that are dedicated to the management of our forests and contribute to stop the advance of deforestation, leaving aside the economic interests and admitting the serious consequences that this entails in environmental material.…”
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Use of vermicomposting biotechnology for recycling organic wastes in agriculture by Gunindra Nath Chattopadhyay

“…Apart from abatement of environmental pollution, such reuse of organic wastes in agriculture helps in the improvement of various physical, chemical and biological properties of the soils and, thus, helps in sustaining the soil health. …”
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Study on Spatial Temporal Distribution Characteristics of Air Quality Index in Beijing and Its Correlation with Local Meteorological Conditions by Jiaqi Guo, Zhongke Feng

“…The results provide a reference for regional environmental management and pollution prevention and control.…”
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Oxidative Stress in Lead and Cadmium Toxicity and Its Amelioration by R. C. Patra, Amiya K. Rautray, D. Swarup

“…Lead and cadmium are the common environmental heavy metal pollutants and have widespread distribution. …”
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Cigarette and Waterpipe Smoking Decrease Respiratory Quality of Life in Adults: Results from a National Cross-Sectional Study by Salamé Joseph, Salameh Pascale, Khayat Georges, Waked Mirna

“…This finding was confirmed in COPD individuals, where several environmental factors, lower education, and cumulative smoking of cigarette and of waterpipe were found to be independent predictors of a lower quality of life, after adjusting for COPD severity. …”
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