Plant Adaptability to Improved Dredged Sediment by Shoulong Zhang, Rixiong Mo, Haorong Shi, Yuanzhen Li, Yaoyao Zhou, Chenhao Wang, Guanlong Yu

“…Traditional dredged sludge disposal methods are characterized by low resource utilization and high carbon emissions, leading to serious environmental pollution. …”
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Optimization of phenol biodegradation by efficient bacteria isolated from petrochemical effluents by M. Shahriari Moghadam, N. Safaei, G.H. Ebrahimipour

“…In a nutshell, the results revealed thatphenol efficiently consumed by NS1 as the sole carbon source. Obviously, the isolate strain may be seen as an important tool in the bioremediation of wastewater effluent, petrochemical complex.…”
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Olericulture No-Till System at Mountain Region: Physical and Biological Attributes of the Soil by Laura Vaillant Ribeiro Mauri, Eduardo de Sá Mendonça, Lenita Julia Bolzan, Maria da Penha Angeletti

“…Physical and organic matter attributes and carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) stock were evaluated. …”
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Investigation of the Performance of Aucore-Pdshell/C as the Anode Catalyst of Direct Borohydride-Hydrogen Peroxide Fuel Cell by Hong Wang, Ying Wang, Xianyou Wang, Peiying He, Lanhua Yi, Wei Yi, Xue Liu

“…The carbon-supported bimetallic Au-Pd catalyst with core-shell structure is prepared by successive reduction method. …”
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The Ventilatory and Diffusion Dysfunctions in Obese Patients with and without Obstructive Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome by Sonia Rouatbi, Ines Ghannouchi, Rim Kammoun, Helmi Ben Saad

“…The following lung function data were collected: pulmonary flows and volumes, lung transfer factor for carbon monoxide (DLCO), and fraction of exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO). …”
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Biosynthesis of Xanthan Gum from Fermenting Shrimp Shell: Yield and Apparent Viscosity by Larissa Alves de Sousa Costa, Márcio Inomata Campos, Janice Izabel Druzian, Ana Maria de Oliveira, Enio Nazaré de Oliveira Junior

“…With the aim of producing xanthan gum, the effects of an aqueous shrimp shell extract (SSAE) as the source of carbon and nitrogen on the yield and apparent viscosity of the gums produced by fermentation using three native strains of Xanthomonas campestris were studied. …”
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Natural resources heterogeneity and environmental sustainability in G20 nations: post-COP28 analysis by Abdulrahman Alomair, Ridwan Lanre Ibrahim, Ridwan Lanre Ibrahim, Abdulaziz S. Al Naim

“…For easy trackability of the empirical evidence, environmental sustainability is captured by carbon emissions and ecological footprint in selected G20 economies with ta running from 1995 to 2019. …”
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Petroleum Hydrocarbon Fingerprints of Water and Sediment Samples of Buffalo River Estuary in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa by A. O. Adeniji, O. O. Okoh, A. I. Okoh

“…Concentrations of TPH in the sediments correlated significantly with organic carbon (OC) in both seasons. TPH and OC levels were slightly lower in summer than in autumn in the two environmental matrices, and the average amount of TPH in the water samples collected from all the sampling stations was generally lower than the EU standard limit of 300 μg/L. …”
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Seismic Behavior and Finite Element Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Short Columns Impacted by Oblique Earthquakes by Chunyang Liu, Guixin Yu, Xisen Fan, Changqun Guo, Fei Li

“…The studied parameters include the loading angle, axial compression ratio, the high-strength stirrups with small spacing, and the carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) wrapped column end or outer steel plate mesh at the end of the column. …”
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Triplet-ground-state nonalternant nanographene with high stability and long spin lifetimes by Weixiang Zhou, Yiyang Fei, Yu-Shuang Zhang, Xiaohe Miao, Shang-Da Jiang, Junzhi Liu

“…Abstract High-spin carbon-based polyradicals exhibit significant potential for applications in quantum information storage and sensing; however, their practical application is hampered by limited structural diversity and chemical instability. …”
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Stable isotope ecology of Quaternary cervid and bovid species in Southeast Asia with implications for wildlife conservation by Sanah Shaikh, Hervé Bocherens, Kantapon Suraprasit

“…Here we measure stable carbon isotopic ratios (δ 13C) of tooth enamel samples of eight extant Southeast Asian cervid and bovid taxa, mostly listed as either endangered or vulnerable species by the IUCN and compare the results with their Pleistocene counterparts, in order to investigate their dietary and preferred habitat changes through time. …”
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Study of V-notch fatigue strength based on affected depth approach by Youssef, Marwa, Nasr, Anouar

“…(ii) The impact of the notch tip radius on the affected depth parameter of notched low carbon steel.…”
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Refined Source Apportionment of Atmospheric PM2.5 in a Typical City in Northwest China by Yiting Wang, Yong Zhang, Xia Li, Junji Cao

“…The average annual PM2.5 mass was 67 µg m−3; loadings were high in winter and low in summer. Organic carbon (18.2%), nitrate (17.0%), and sulfate (13.1%) were the main chemical components of PM2.5. …”
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Study on the Effect of Polysulfide Content on the Micromorphology and Spontaneous Combustion Characteristics of Coal by Hai-Fei Yao

“…Under the same temperature condition of coal, carbon monoxide (CO) production basically occurred first as the sulfur content increased. …”
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Coexistence and Competition between Tomicus yunnanensis and T. minor (Coleoptera: Scolytinae) in Yunnan Pine by Rong Chun Lu, Hong Bin Wang, Zhen Zhang, John A. Byers, You Ju Jin, Hai Feng Wen, Wen Jian Shi

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Geogenic perspectives on potassium dynamics and plant uptake: insights from natural and submerged conditions across different soil types with machine learning predictions by Saibal Ghosh, Gourav Mondal, Shreya Chakraborty, Sonali Banerjee, Sumit Kumar, Riddhi Basu, Pradip Bhattacharyya

“…Black soil (S8) had the highest cation exchange capacity (CEC: 31.25 cmol (p+)/kg) and clay content (41.2%), while alluvial soil had the most organic carbon (S5: 1.74%). Submerged conditions enhanced potassium availability, with red soil showing the highest levels of water-soluble K (WsK), exchangeable K (ExK), and non-exchangeable K (NEK), particularly Step-K and constant rate K (CR-K) forms. …”
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Optimization Conditions of Extracellular Proteases Production from a Newly Isolated Streptomyces Pseudogrisiolus NRC-15 by El-Sayed E. Mostafa, Moataza M. Saad, Hassan M. Awad, Mohsen H. Selim, Helmy M. Hassan

“…The culture conditions for higher protease production by NRC-15 were optimized with respect to carbon and nitrogen sources, metal ions, pH and temperature. …”
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Catalytic Ozonation of Phenolic Wastewater: Identification and Toxicity of Intermediates by Mahdi Farzadkia, Yousef Dadban Shahamat, Simin Nasseri, Amir Hossein Mahvi, Mitra Gholami, Ali Shahryari

“…A new strategy in catalytic ozonation removal method for degradation and detoxification of phenol from industrial wastewater was investigated. Magnetic carbon nanocomposite, as a novel catalyst, was synthesized and then used in the catalytic ozonation process (COP) and the effects of operational conditions such as initial pH, reaction time, and initial concentration of phenol on the degradation efficiency and the toxicity assay have been investigated. …”
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Effect of Multiple Injection Strategy Under High Ammonia Ratio on Combustion and Emissions of Liquid Ammonia/Diesel Dual DI Engine by Zhenbin Chen, Yudong Wan, Omar I. Awad, Zhiqiang Pan

“…Ammonia diesel dual fuel (ADDF) engine is one of the effective ways to reduce carbon emissions. This study investigated the effect of multiple injection strategy on the combustion and emission characteristics of liquid ammonia/diesel dual direct injection (DI) engines through numerical simulation. …”
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Influence of Solvents on the Electroactivity of PtAl/rGO Catalyst Inks and Anode in Direct Ethanol Fuel Cell by Thu Ha Thi Vu, Minh Dang Nguyen, Anh Tuan Ngoc Mai

“…The inks prepared by mixing PtAl/rGO catalyst, Nafion solution (5 wt%), and solvent were coated on carbon cloth by the spin coating method. The results obtained showed that ethanol was the most suitable solvent for the preparation of catalyst ink with a volume ratio between catalyst slurry and solvent of 1 : 1 (CI-EtOH (1/1) ink). …”
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