Disproportionate impacts of building materials production facilities on neighboring communities by Alyson Kim, Gavin Chaboya, Helena Kwon, Sabbie A Miller

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Organic geochemical characteristics of Jurassic Yan ’an Formation source rock in Pengyang area of southwestern Ordos basin by Yaling Zhu, Yaling Zhu, Wenmei Tan, Lianfu Hai, Lianfu Hai, Caixia Mu, Caixia Mu, Kun Wang, Mengyuan Li

“…The low Ga/C30 hopane ratio of all the samples indicate the low salinity of the paleo-water column. The oil shale samples show much higher thermal maturity than the coals and mudstones as indicated by the higher C31 homohopane isomerization indexes, C32 homohopane isomerization indexes and the C29 sterane ααα20S/(S + R) ratios. …”
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Columnar Mesophases and Organogels Formed by H-Bound Dimers Based on 3,6-Terminally Difunctionalized Triphenylenes by Nahir Vadra, Lisandro J. Giovanetti, Pablo H. Di Chenna, Fabio D. Cukiernik

“…The three studied compounds yielded supramolecular gels in methanol; their ability to gelify higher alcohols was found to be enhanced by the presence of water. The intermediate homolog also gelled <i>n</i>-hexane. …”
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Triple-Parameter Optimization of Linezolid 600mg Tablets: Dissolution, HPLC, and UV Spectrophotometric Evaluation by Syed Akif uddin, Lubna Bashir, Shazia Naz, Humera Naz, Hira Akther, Saima Yasin Baig, Faiza Akhtar

“…The mobile phases used were Methanol: Buffer (55:45) for HPLC and Acetonitrile: Water (50:50) for UV. Results: The dissolution profiles showed that Brand C-1 had the fastest dissolution rate, achieving 100% dissolution within 20 minutes. …”
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Prevalence and Antimicrobial Resistance Pattern of Salmonella, Shigella, and Intestinal Parasites and Associated Factor among Food Handlers in Dilla University Student Cafeteria, D... by Kuma Diriba, Ephrem Awulachew, Zemach Ashuro

“…Therefore, measures including health education, improvement of safe water supply, sanitation facilities, and continuous monitoring of microbiological and antimicrobial surveillance are crucial.…”
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Influence of Hydrothermal and Pyrolysis Processes on the Transformation of Organic Matter of Dense Low-Permeability Rocks from Domanic Formations of the Romashkino Oil Field by Galina P. Kayukova, Anastasiya N. Mikhailova, Nailia M. Khasanova, Vladimir P. Morozov, Alexey V. Vakhin, Nafis A. Nazimov, Oleg S. Sotnikov, Rais S. Khisamov

“…Two types of experiments were carried out: (1) the hydrothermal treatment of rocks at a temperature of 350°C in the presence of carbonic acid and a water content of 30%; (2) pyrolysis at temperatures of 350 and 600°C in the presence of hydrogen. …”
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Purification, characterization and hypoglycemic activity of glycoproteins obtained from pea (Pisum sativum L.) by Gaoyixin Qin, Wu Xu, Junping Liu, Liyan Zhao, Guitang Chen

“…The crude pea glycoproteins (PGP) were extracted by hot water and purified by diethylaminoethyl (DEAE)-Sepharose chromatography and Sephadex G-100 size-exclusion chromatography in sequence. …”
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Adsorption of phenol on activated carbon obtained from date palm branches by Sameh Ahmed, E. S. Gogina, N. A. Makisha

“…Activated carbon (AC) adsorption, which is one of the advanced purification processes, is widely used to purify water pollutants and the production of activated carbon from several carbon by-products of agriculture was also reported. …”
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Innovative circular economy approaches in e-waste management: a case study of telkomcel Timor Leste by Graciano Andre Damiao Maia, Ratna Lindawati Lubis, Irni Yunita

“…Inadequate management of e-waste poses significant environmental and health risks, including pollution and the leaching of harmful substances into the soil and water. The study uses a mixed-methods approach, including secondary data analysis and in-depth interviews with key stakeholders at Telkomcel, involving 4 respondents from various stackholder related to waste management and sustainability. …”
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Delayed onset of ocean acidification in the Gulf of Maine by Joseph A. Stewart, Branwen Williams, Michèle LaVigne, Alan D. Wanamaker, Aaron L. Strong, Brittany Jellison, Nina M. Whitney, Diana L. Thatcher, Laura F. Robinson, Jochen Halfar, Walter Adey

“…To address this, we present coastal water pH proxy records using boron isotope (δ11B) measurements in long-lived, annually banded, crustose coralline algae (1920–2018 CE). …”
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Influence of Organic Matter Content on Engineering Properties of Clays by Yue Gui, Qiumin Zhang, Xiaqiang Qin, Jianfei Wang

“…The experimental results found that, with the change of organic matter content, the specific gravity and void ratio of clay changed linearly, while the water content, Atterberg limit, shear strength, cohesion, and friction angle changed nonlinearly with the increase of organic matter content. …”
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Study of the Effect of TiO2 Layer on the Adsorption and Photocatalytic Activity of TiO2-MoS2 Heterostructures under Visible-Infrared Light by N. Cruz-González, O. Calzadilla, J. Roque, F. Chalé-Lara, J. K. Olarte, M. Meléndez-Lira, M. Zapta-Torres

“…In the last decade, the urgent need to environmental protection has promoted the development of new materials with potential applications to remediate air and polluted water. In this work, the effect of the TiO2 thin layer over MoS2 material in photocatalytic activity is reported. …”
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Simulation Study of Carbon Extraction from Coal Gasification Fine Slag by Airflow Classification Based on CFD-DEM by LI Xiangyang, ZHANG Qian, LI Le, BAI Hui, HUANG Wei

“…The airflow classification method has unique advantages because of its ability to efficiently process fine-graded particles without waste water and exhaust gas emmission. [Methods] According to CFD-DEM simulation, the gas-solid flow characteristics of horizontal turbine air classifier were investigated, and the matching relationship between the air inlet direction and turbine steering was explored. …”
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Geospatial monitoring and analysis of agricultural drought to identify hotspots and risk assessment for Senegal by Gurjeet Singh, Narendra N. Das, P.V. Vara Prasad

“…Agricultural drought, characterized by insufficient soil moisture crucial for crop growth, poses significant challenges to food security and economic sustainability, particularly in water-scarce regions like Senegal. This study addresses this issue by developing a comprehensive geospatial monitoring system for agricultural drought using the Regional Hydrologic Extremes Assessment System (RHEAS). …”
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A Two-Phase Numerical Model of Well Test Analysis to Characterize Formation Damage in Near-Well Regions of Injection Wells by Jia Zhang, Shiqing Cheng, Shiying Di, Zhanwu Gao, Rui Yang, Pengliang Cao

“…In this paper, we developed a two-phase model to simulate the pressure transient behavior of a water injection well in a multiwell system. To solve the model more efficiently, we used the finite volume method to discretize partially differential flow equations in a hybrid grid system, including both Cartesian and radial meshes. …”
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Evaluating the Hepatoprotective Potential of Ginger Ethanolic Extract Against Lambda-Cyhalothrin-Induced Toxicity in Male Rats by Mustafa Q Mustafa, Zainab JM Jawad

“…The experiment involved thirty adult male rats (‎Rattus norvegicus)‎, randomly ‎allocated to ‎one of three groups (n=10/group: control group, administered distilled water orally for 12 weeks‎; ‎LCT-treated group, received 5.43 mg/kg BW ‎(1/15 LD50‎ dose calculated in this study as 81.5 mg/kg BW) orally, for 12 weeks;‎ LCT-‎GEE-treated group, received the same dose of ‎LCT along with GEE at 100 mg/kg BW orally. …”
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Spatio-temporal risk prediction of leptospirosis: A machine-learning-based approach. by Rodrigue Govan, Romane Scherrer, Baptiste Fougeron, Christine Laporte-Magoni, Roman Thibeaux, Pierre Genthon, Philippe Fournier-Viger, Cyrille Goarant, Nazha Selmaoui-Folcher

“…This bacterial zoonosis, caused by the Leptospira genus, can be transmitted through contaminated water and soil. The Pacific islands bear a high burden of leptospirosis, making it crucial to identify key factors influencing its distribution. …”
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Systematic Study of Steroid Drugs’ Ability to Cross Biomembranes—The Possible Environmental Impact and Health Risks Associated with Exposure During Pregnancy by Anna W. Sobańska, Aleksandra Orlikowska, Karolina Famulska, Lovro Bošnjak, Domagoj Bosiljevac, Aleksandra Rasztawicka, Andrzej M. Sobański

“…It was established that the majority of studied drugs are mobile in soil, so they may reach surface waters far from point of discharge, e.g., from farming; however, only a few of them are likely to bioaccumulate. …”
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Lyophilized powder of calf bone marrow hydrolysate liposomes improved renal anemia: In vitro and in vivo evaluation. by Li Li, Shasha Zhao, Xiaodun Liu, Zhe Xu, Dong Li, Xiaoyu Dai

“…From the appearance, redispersability, water content, liposome indexes and stability of Lyophilized powder of CBMHL, it could be concluded that the quality of freeze-dried CBMHL powder under this freeze-drying process was good. …”
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Ecological Upgrade of Normal-Strength Mortars by Using High Volume of GGBS by Peiyuan Chen, Shicheng He, Pengju Wang, Ying Xu, Xiuping Hu, Qian Chen

“…Comprehensive experiments were conducted to investigate the influences of experimental variables such as content of cement, curing temperature, and mass ratio of water to binder (w/b) on the fresh properties, compressive strength, hydration products, microstructure, and pore structure of NSM. …”
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