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Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles in Biomedicine: Advances and Prospects

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Mesoporous silica nanoparticles offer unique properties like high surface area, tunable pores, and functionalization. They excel in drug delivery, tissue engineering, and stimuli‐responsive therapies, enabling targeted and controlled treatments. With roles in cancer therapy and diagnostics, their clinical translation requires addressing challenges in ...
Miguel Manzano, María Vallet‐Regí
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North Campus Open Space Restoration Project As-Built Grading and Hydrology Report [PDF]

, 2018
This report describes the as-built geomorphology and hydrology of the North Campus Open Space (NCOS) restoration project at the completion of the grading phase of the project.
Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration, Clark, Ryan D, Stratton, Lisa   +2 more
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Rational Tuning of Hygroscopic Oscillation of Stacked Nanoflake Assemblies for Continuous Ambient Energy Harvesting

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Stacked nanoflake assembly (SNA) membranes can oscillate autonomously, offering opportunities for soft actuation and energy harvesting. This work uncovers the physical mechanism behind the sustained oscillation of SNA membranes in gradient humidity and identifies three governing dimensionless parameters, enabling rational design for optimizing SNA ...
Zijing Zhang, Jimin Fu, Gesa Zhang, Zhihua Liang, Boxun Zhang, Haimin Yao   +5 more
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Ecological Restoration

, 2017
This chapter looks at ecological restoration efforts that include an educational purpose, otherwise known as “restoration-based education.” Restoration-based education occurs over time and consists of social and ecological components. It has the potential to create learning landscapes that enhance biodiversity and ecosystem services while offering ...
McCann, Elizabeth P., Schusler, Tania
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Decoupling Distribution of n-Alkanes in Aeolian Sand and Vegetation of the Northern Ulan Buh Desert, China: Insight into Organic Matter Preservation in Arid Regions

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Fallen leaves and their decomposition directly deposit leaf wax n-alkanes into sediments, which can be used to identify local flora. These n-alkanes are important for studying past vegetation and climate, but their distribution in sediments must be known.
Shangzhe Zhou, Lei Xi, Mengchun Cui, Guipeng Cui, Pan Gao, Jinlei Zhu, Weiyuan Kong, Yufu Jia, Qi Lu   +8 more
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Construction and application of a new index for root architecture quantification in arid and semi-arid regions

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2023
During the restoration of degraded vegetation, the mutual matching of underground root systems is crucial for the formation and effective function of the future plant community.
Qiang Li, Feng Ai, Furen Kang, Zheng Zhang, Dengfeng Tuo   +4 more
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Pattern Formation in Non‐Equilibrium Architected Materials

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This article demonstrates an artificial mechanical system ‐ a robotic metamaterial ‐ as an accessible and versatile platform within which to explore and prescribe the reaction‐diffusion driven pattern formation hitherto associated with comparatively less accessible and versatile non‐equilibrium biological and chemical systems.
Vinod Ramakrishnan, Michael J. Frazier
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Valuing New Hampshire Salt Marshes: An Approach to Measuring Ecosystem Services [PDF]

, 2013
David Burdick presented work a method for estimating the ecosystem services benefits of salt marsh restoration. The approach combines ecological valuation, which uses structural and functional indicators to measure the marshes response to restoration ...
Burdick, David M.
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Particular aspects of geo-ecologic assessment in geo-eco-socio-economic approach to the development of northern territories [PDF]

, 2015
In today’s context, the preservation of territory’s ecosystem, when it becomes involved in the economic turnover, requires preemptive geo-ecological assessment aimed at identifying the extent of its sustainability to expected anthropogenic impact.
Semyachkov, A. I., Slavikovskaya, Yu. O.
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Landscape Dynamics of the Mu Us Sandy Land Based on Multi-Source Remote Sensing Images

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This study meticulously investigates landscape alterations within the Mu Us Sandy Land, a critical region for desertification control in China. The research dissects the dynamic characteristics and inter-conversion of landscape elements across eleven ...
Bingqiang Fei, Huirong Ma, Jie Yin, Lingguang Zhang, Jia Li, Xiaomin Xiu, Dezheng Zhou, Yingjun Pang, Yandong Zhang, Xiaohong Jia, Bo Wu   +10 more
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