Sustainable development of cities by Gogić Nemanja, Milenković Dragana

“…As a result, there is a large concentration of harmful particles in the water and air, the amount of waste that has nowhere to be stored, the appearance of the greenhouse effect, soil degradation, etc. …”
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Prediction of Compressive Strength Behavior of Ground Bottom Ash Concrete by an Artificial Neural Network by Kraiwut Tuntisukrarom, Raungrut Cheerarot

“…Four input parameters, specifically, the water-to-binder ratio (WB), percentage replacement of GBA (PR), median particle size of GBA (PS), and age of concrete (AC), were considered for this prediction. …”
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Organic Solvent Tolerant Lipases and Applications by Shivika Sharma, Shamsher S. Kanwar

“…The esterification reactions using lipase(s) could be performed in water-restricted organic media as organic solvent(s) not only improve(s) the solubility of substrate and reactant in reaction mixture but also permit(s) the reaction in the reverse direction, and often it is easy to recover the product in organic phase in two-phase equilibrium systems. …”
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Improved Tomlinson–Harashima Precoding for Ultra Reliable Communication in Intelligent Transportation Systems by Shibiao He, Xinyi Yang, Yong Liao

“…Further, the iterative water filling power allocation algorithm and the multiuser scheduling algorithm based on the greedy algorithm are jointly optimized and applied to the THP, which could improve the system performance. …”
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High-Performance Thin-Layer Chromatographic Quantification of Rosmarinic Acid and Rutin in Abnormal Savda Munziq by S. G. Tian, L. D. Xin, Halmuart Upur

“…The compounds were separated on silica gel H thin layer plate with ethyl acetate-formic acid-acetic acid-water 15 : 1 : 1 : 1.5 (v/v) as a developer, trichloroethanol as the color reagent. …”
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Failure evidences of reduced span bridges in case of extreme rainfalls - The case of Livorno by Mario Lucio Puppio, Sara Novelli, Mauro Sassu

“…A large part of them can be submerged by water flows during rainfalls and pushed by unexpected actions. …”
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Nutrient Availability and Changes on Chemical Attributes of a Paleudult Soil Amended with Liquid Sewage Sludge and Cropped with Surinam Grass by Luiz Carlos Ceolato, Ronaldo Severiano Berton, Aline Renée Coscione

“…However, it increased soil pH, base saturation, labile P, and available Zn and did not change the concentrations of available B (hot water) and Cu, Fe, and Mn (DTPA) at 0–20 cm and 20–40 cm depths and LSS was a source of N, K, P, Ca, Mg, and Zn for the grass, but decreased leaf Mn concentration.…”
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Why is Mexico a country of overweight or obese children? by Alicia de la Macorra, Castulina Niño Martínez

“…<br /><strong>Objective:</strong> To identify the relationship between fruits, vegetables and water consumption; the amount of physical activity and body mass index. …”
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Selection of geophysical methods for defining the current state of the dam on the example of the Drenova reservoir near Prnjavor, Bosnia and Herzegovina by Petrović Dejan A., Nikolić Nikola Ž., Čomić Jasenko A.

“…Geophysical surveys do not damage the existing condition of such objects, they are quick and cheap, and they provide important information about zones of instability, places of increased water saturation, the presence of cracks and, in general, about unfavorable conditions that threaten the safety and functionality of dams and embankments. …”
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Deformation and Stability of Soft Foundation Improved by Prefabricated Vertical Drains Adjacent to River Bank by Changqing Qi, Liuyang Li, Jiabing Qi

“…The predictions of settlement, pore water pressure, and lateral displacement were compared with the available field measurement data, and a general fair agreement was observed. …”
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Bacterial Performance in Crack Healing and its Role in Creating Sustainable Construction by Digafe Alemu, Wubetie Demiss, Gamachis Korsa

“…As compared to conventional concrete, bacterial concrete was greater by 35.15% in compressive strength, 24.32% in average tensile strength, and 17.24% in average flexural strength, and it was 4 times lower in water absorption and 8 times lower in acid resistivity than conventional concrete. …”
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Performance of Prestressed Anchor Cables Supporting Deep Foundation Pit of a Subway Station during Spring Thaw by Chuntao Feng, Zhihe Cheng, Lei Zhu

“…Based on the deep foundation pit for a subway station in Changchun (China), a 3D numerical model of water–heat coupling in a prestressed pile anchor system was established to determine its performance in freezing and thawing seasons in alpine areas. …”
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Public Awareness of Low-Carbon Economy in Nigeria: A Case Study of Akwa Ibom State by EE Etim, JE Asuquo, FA Gabriel

“…Respondents generally showed positive attitudes toward pro-environmental actions, such as refusing to use plastic bags, waste recycling, water and energy conservation. Apart from regulation and policies, they considered education and economic incentives as effective mechanisms to promote LCE implementation. …”
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Aggregation modes of anionic oxacarbocyanines with polycations in solution and in ESAMs by Andrea Lodi, Glauco Ponterini

“…On the other hand, films with D and E, which are known to have a stronger tendency to give dimers in water, exhibit higher J-band intensities and stability upon drying relative to those with F and G. …”
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Linking Waterbody Acidification and Aquatic Plant Metabolism: A Lesson Plan for Middle School Students by Alexandra L. Bijak, Laura K. Reynolds, Ashley R. Smyth

“…The goal of the lesson plan is to encourage students to link water chemistry and biological processes while learning about the challenges and potential solutions to acidification within a local context. …”
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Spreading of Excellence in SARNET Network on Severe Accidents: The Education and Training Programme by Sandro Paci, Jean-Pierre Van Dorsselaere

“…Forty-seven organisations from 24 countries network their capacities of research in the severe accident (SA) field inside SARNET to resolve the most important remaining uncertainties and safety issues on SA in water-cooled nuclear power plants (NPPs). The network includes a large majority of the European actors involved in SA research plus a few non-European relevant ones. …”
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NEW PYRIDINE-3-SULFONATO TIN (IV), ANTIMONY (III) AND (V) HALO ADDUCTS AND COMPLEXES: SYNTHESIS AND INFRARED STUDY by AÏSSATOU GUEYE, MOUHAMADOU BIRAME DIOP, LIBASSE DIOP

“…Considering preamble of extra hydrogen bonds in compounds containing water molecules and/or OH groups, supramolecular architectures may be given rise. …”
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Numerical Simulation of Density Current Evolution in a Diverging Channel by Mitra Javan, Afshin Eghbalzadeh, Masoud Montazeri Namin

“…When a buoyant inflow of higher density enters a reservoir, it sinks below the ambient water and forms an underflow. Downstream of the plunge point, the flow becomes progressively diluted due to the fluid entrainment. …”
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Bioinorganic Nanoparticles for the Remediation of Environmental Pollution: Critical Appraisal and Potential Avenues by Md. Mominur Rahman, Limon Ahmed, Fazilatunnesa Anika, Anha Akter Riya, Sumaiya Khatun Kali, Abdur Rauf, Rohit Sharma

“…Because of excessive industrialization, burning of fossil fuels, mining and exploration, extensive agricultural activities, and plastics, the environment is being contaminated rapidly through soil, air, and water. There are a variety of approaches for treating environmental toxins, but each has its own set of restrictions. …”
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RELAP5/MOD3.3 Analysis of the Loss of External Power Event with Safety Injection Actuation by Andrej Prošek, Marko Matkovič

“…On the other hand, the thermal hydraulic system codes like RELAP5/MOD3.3 are primarily intended for simulation of transients and accidents in light water reactors. The plant measured data come mostly from startup tests and operational events. …”
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