Extraction of Flavonoids from Corn Silk and Biological Activities In Vitro by Shuangqi Tian, Yue Sun, Zhicheng Chen

“…When harvesting corn, corn silk was discarded as waste, including the compounds isolated and identified from corn silk such as flavonoids, sterols, alkaloids, polysaccharides, organic acids, volatile oils, trace elements, and multivitamins. It not only pollutes the environment but also wastes resources. …”
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Multiscale Distance Coherence Vector Algorithm for Content-Based Image Retrieval by Zeng Jiexian, Liu Xiupeng, Fei Yu

“…The experiment results show us that the algorithm has a higher recall rate and precision rate for the retrieval of images polluted by noise.…”
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Household Water Usage and Irrigation Practices by Hayk Khachatryan, Alicia Rihn, Michael Dukes

“… Water pollution and drought in the United States have made water scarcity a widespread concern. …”
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The Impact of Agricultural Digitization on Land Productivity: An Empirical Test Based on Micro Panel Data by Hongming Zhang, Haihua Zhu

“…Mechanism analysis indicates that agricultural digitization improves land productivity by optimizing resource allocation, reducing pollution, enhancing risk resilience, and facilitating the adoption of new technologies. …”
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Green Roofs in Urban Landscapes by Eva Worden, Diana Guidry, Annabel Alonso Ng, Alex Schore

“…Cities increasingly struggle to cope with the urban heat island effect, stormwater runoff, altered weather patterns, air pollution, loss of tree canopy and greenspace, noise, and loss of wildlife habitat. …”
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Household Water Usage and Irrigation Practices by Hayk Khachatryan, Alicia Rihn, Michael Dukes

“… Water pollution and drought in the United States have made water scarcity a widespread concern. …”
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Design and Synthesis of Metal Complexes of (2E)-2-[(2E)-3-Phenylprop-2-en-1-ylidene]hydrazinecarbothioamide and Their Photocatalytic Degradation of Methylene Blue by P. Murali Krishna, N. B. Gopal Reddy, Nagaraju Kottam, B. C. Yallur, Hussain Reddy Katreddi

“…The photocatalytic degradation has been considered to be an efficient process for the degradation of organic pollutants, which are present in the effluents released by industries. …”
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Thermal stability changing caused by chromium (iii) in the carbonated magnesium-aluminum hydrotalcite by Nayara Bach Franco de Aquino, Daniel Branco de Morais, Andriélli Corrêa de Aquino, Graciele Vieira Barbosa, Alberto Adriano Cavalheiro

“… There are several purposes for investigating hydrotalcite clays and one of them is due to its importance as an anionic adsorbent and ion exchanger, which make them capable of removing various pollutants from water. The most common hydrotalcite structure is based on double lamellar hydroxide of magnesium and aluminum, containing carbonate anions in the interlayer space. …”
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The Impact of Renewable Energy Sources on Global Climate Change by Esra Deniz Güner, Emine Su Turan

“…With global warming, climate change, and scarcity of limited natural resources, the forms of energy and production that do not pollute nature have become one of the priority demands of the states especially since the signing of the Kyoto Protocol. …”
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A sustainable outer Space for a future on Earth. Outer Space, space debris and technologies by Lucilla Spini

“…A complex system that is articulated in outer Space which appears clean and uncontaminated in the collective imagination, but which is crowded and polluted with space debris that can compromise much of the activities that we depend on. …”
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Status Monitoring of Parking Space by Using Sensor Technology by Zhang Hao

“…Parking a vehicle in a busy parking lot  lead to excess time of driving in search of free space which lead to waste of time and environmental pollution. Lack of proper information to vacant parking spaces is one of the main reasons for insufficient parking. …”
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Green Roofs in Urban Landscapes by Eva Worden, Diana Guidry, Annabel Alonso Ng, Alex Schore

“…Cities increasingly struggle to cope with the urban heat island effect, stormwater runoff, altered weather patterns, air pollution, loss of tree canopy and greenspace, noise, and loss of wildlife habitat. …”
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THE ECO-MAGNETIC TRAIN by Ana-Maria PĂTRĂȘCOIU

“…The energy used by the toy train is electrical, which is transformed, based on the phenomenon of electromagnetic interaction, into mechanical energy (the electric motor) The idea is to use this kind of energy in the future to reduce pollution, thus creating a dynamic, stable balance between nature and means of transport, electric motors To illustrate the ecosystem, polystyrene, sand, lichens, cardboard were used, and for the magnetic toy train a copper wire, batteries, magnets were used, …”
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Reconquérir la qualité de l’eau potable par le développement de l’agriculture biologique et de systèmes alimentaires dédiés by Audrey Vincent, Philippe Fleury

“…Organic farming (OF) is seen as a relevant solution to tackle non-point water pollutions. In this paper, we analyse the initiative carried out by the city of Paris to lead to a place-based development of OF in one of its water catchment area (vallée de la Vanne, Yonne). …”
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Measurement of polystyrene photodegradation rate using a quartz crystal microbalance by Abdullah N. Alodhayb

“…This polymer is very cheap; however, after its usage, the slowness of its photodegradation leads to environmental pollution. In this report, the author presents a technique to systematically measure the rate of photodegradation of a thin polystyrene film. …”
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Designing and explaining the policy framework for the development of electric vehicles in Iran by Sayed Abbas Karavand, Yazdan Shirmohamadi, Mohammad Taghi Amini

“…Although the amount and share of gasoline consumption in the pollution of big cities is still subject to expert investigations, there is no doubt that most of the pollution in big cities is caused by the use of fossil fuels. …”
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Health risk assessment through probabilistic sensitivity analysis of carbon monoxide and fine particulate transportation exposure by E. Ernyasih, A. Mallongi, A. Daud, S. Palutturi, S. Stang, R. Thaha, E. Ibrahim, W. Al Madhoun

“…BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The rising number of vehicles used for transportation, which is attributed to the steady increase in population, is known to be a major contributor of air pollution, which, in turn, can have adverse effects on the environment and human health. …”
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Bone cell differentiation and mineralization in wild-type and osteogenesis imperfecta zebrafish are compromised by per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) by Francesca Tonelli, Cecilia Masiero, Carla Aresi, Camilla Torriani, Simona Villani, Guido Premoli, Antonio Rossi, Antonella Forlino

“…Abstract Perfluorinated compounds (PFAS) are well recognized toxic pollutants for humans, but if their effect is equally harmful for healthy and fragile people is unknown. …”
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Implications of the Improvement in Atmospheric Fine Particles: A Case Study of COVID-19 Pandemic in Northern Taiwan by Chuan-Hsiu Huang, Yi-Ru Ko, Tzu-Chi Lin, Yu-Hsiang Cheng, Yu-Cheng Chen, Yu-Chieh Ting

“…This study serves as a metric to underpin the mitigation strategies of air pollution in the future and highlights the importance of carbonaceous matter for the reduction in PM2.5.…”
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A systematic review of the environmental and health effects of waste tires recycling by Masoumeh Hashamfirooz, Mohammad Hadi Dehghani, Mohammad Khanizadeh, Mina Aghaei, Parnia Bashardoost, Mohammad Sadegh Hassanvand, Mohammad Hassanabadi, Fatemeh Momeniha

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