A thermodynamic bottleneck in the TCA cycle contributes to acetate overflow in Staphylococcus aureus by Nabia Shahreen, Jongsam Ahn, Adil Alsiyabi, Niaz Bahar Chowdhury, Dhananjay Shinde, Sujata S. Chaudhari, Kenneth W. Bayles, Vinai C. Thomas, Rajib Saha

“…Acetate is not immediately captured as a carbon source and is excreted as waste by cells. The underlying factors governing acetate overflow in S. aureus have not been identified. …”
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From Topological Optimization to Spline Layouts: An Approach for Industrial Real-Wise Parts by Carolina Vittoria Beccari, Alessandro Ceruti, Filip Chudy

“…However, this operation is tedious and a lot of time is wasted. This paper proposes a methodology to automate the conversion from topology optimization output to a CAD-compatible design for industrial components. …”
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PREVALENCE AND CONSEQUENCES OF KIDNAPPING IN SOUTHERN TARABA STATE, NIGERIA by YIKWABS PETER YIKWAB, WAJIM JOHN, ALEGBEJO NOAH KOLAWOLE, AROKOYO JACOB

“…The study found kidnapping to be very high in Southern Taraba giving it a ‘Hobbesian state’- of life been ‘brutish, nasty and short’. It results to waste of human and material resources, increased social disharmony and fear, decline of agricultural trading and commercial activities -which has consequences on youth employment, poverty eradication and food security. …”
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Deciphering antioxidant interactions via data mining and RDKit by Lucas B. Ayres, Justin T. Furgala, Carlos D. Garcia

“…Abstract Minimizing the oxidation of lipids remains one of the most important challenges to extend the shelf-life of food products and reduce food waste. While most consumer products contain antioxidants, the most efficient strategy is to incorporate combinations of two or more compounds, boosting the total antioxidant capacity. …”
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Pick-Up and Delivery Problem for Sequentially Consolidated Urban Transportation with Mixed and Multi-Pupropse Vehicle Fleet by Haoye Chen, Jonas Hatzenbühler, Erik Jenelius

“…., passenger journeys, freight distribution, and waste management) are conventionally separately handled by corresponding single-purpose vehicles (SVs). …”
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Adoption intensity of soil and water conservation techniques in Burkina Faso is influenced by farmers’ preferences for their attributes by Hadji Adama Ouédraogo, Youmanli Ouoba

“…These results suggest that incentives for the adoption and intensification policies should be oriented toward farmers’ capacities to produce quantity and quality organic fertilizers reinforcement, build an industrial unit to transform household waste into organic manure for agricultural use.…”
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Lean Approach of Pharmaceutical Installations At Hospital ABC Purbalingga to Increase Pharmacy Service Efficiency by Rani Aulia Imran

“…This study begins with process flow analysis and waste identification by interviewing with stakeholders of the hospital. …”
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ECO-INNOVATIONS IN JAPAN: THE MAIN DIRECTIONS by A. I. Bancheva

“…The second vector is eco-innovations for pollution control and waste utilization – the traditional sector for Japan from 1970s. …”
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Study of information needs of students in the field of environmental policy by I. D. Porfirieva

“…Solving the environmental problems, that have arisen, depends not so much on the level of development of production, science and technology, but on the ecological culture of the population, on understanding the sources, nature and ways out of the current crisis situation, on everyone’s participation in preserving natural resources, minimizing waste products.In the article, based on the study of the state of environmental consciousness of students, the role of environmental education as a factor in the formation of culture, moral standards in relations with nature, and overcoming the environmental crisis has considered. …”
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Bioenergy agroecosystems as a basis for food sustainability by Tarariko Yurii, Knysh Vladyslav, Sapaev Ibrokhim

“…Energy needs are met through biogas production from all agricultural waste, which is fully sanitized. The application of biological crop protection systems and energy self-sufficiency reduces production costs by 30%, while the quality and market value of high-end food products increase accordingly. …”
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Study on Plastic Coated Overburnt Brick Aggregate as an Alternative Material for Bituminous Road Construction by Dipankar Sarkar, Manish Pal, Ashoke K. Sarkar

“…The present investigation is carried out to evaluate the plastic coated OBBA as an alternative material for bituminous road construction. Shredded waste plastics are mixed with OBBA in different percentages as 0.38, 0.42, 0.46, 0.50, 0.54, and 0.60 of the weight of brick aggregates. …”
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Characterization and Utilization of Tannin Extract for the Selective Adsorption of Ni (II) Ions from Water by Priya Meethale Kunnambath, Santhi Thirumalaisamy

“…The current paper studies the preparation of a new tannin gel from Acacia nilotica for water purification and waste water remediation. Design of experiments is used for optimizing the tannin gel using tannin extract (Taguchi method) with formaldehyde in the assistance of microwave (TGAN) by the help of iodine number. …”
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Calcium reduction of stingray (Himantura gerrardi) bones with EDTA disodium salt assisted ultrasound by Priyosetyoko Priyosetyoko, Meiny Suzery, Widayat Widayat

“…This study has shown the potential for stingray bone waste to be used for the purification of bone collagen and to produce hydroxyapatite.…”
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Station Location Optimization for the One-Way Carsharing System: Modeling and a Case Study by Yongjun Chen, Lulin Wang, Jingjing Tian

“…The results show that the existing planning of carsharing could result in a serious waste of resources. In contrast, the proposed method can obtain effective results in a reasonable time. …”
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The impact of a new coronavirus infection spread on the environment and on the public policy for environmental development by O. A. Filchenkova

“…The problematic issues of waste management in the pandemic have been touched upon. …”
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Adsorption of Lead Ions from Aqueous Solution onto Activated Carbon and Chemically-Modified Activated Carbon Prepared from Date Pits by Mohamed Abdulkarim, Fahmi Abu Al-Rub

“…Date pits, i.e. agricultural wastes, were converted into activated carbon by air and phosphoric acid activation. …”
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Separation of Crystal Violet Dye from Wastewaters by Using Supported Liquid Membrane Technology by M. Waqar Ashraf, Michael P. Collins, M. Amin Mir, Abdus Salam, Anwar Ul-Hamid

“…The management of textile industry waste effluents is one of the main concerns of environmental health experts due to having excessive concentrations of dyes and resistance to biodegradation. …”
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Aerodynamic Optimization Design of a Multistage Centrifugal Steam Turbine and Its Off-Design Performance Analysis by Hui Li, Dian-Gui Huang

“…Centrifugal turbine which has less land occupation, simple structure, and high aerodynamic efficiency is suitable to be used as small to medium size steam turbines or waste heat recovery plant. In this paper, one-dimensional design of a multistage centrifugal steam turbine was performed by using in-house one-dimensional aerodynamic design program. …”
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Gestion des sols et des substrats pour la nature et l’agriculture urbaines à Strasbourg : vers un renouvellement des représentations et des pratiques des circulations de matière ?... by Adrien Baysse-Lainé, Laure Cormier, Kevin Gaulier

“…Soil inputs from outside the sites in development are part of a linear economy, while the production of soil amendments (primarily compost) from urban waste illustrates the trend towards a circular economy. …”
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Ground Zero(3): Inside the New American Home by Louise LACHAPELLE

“…In order to produce the site of catastrophe as a space where construction is possible it was necessary to rapidly exclude the reality of remains, wastes and other ruins. Ground Zero: Inside the New American Home will focus on the organization of collections related to the events of September 11 2001 by various museums (including collections involving museological conservation/conversion of remnants) and on a body of exhibitions. …”
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