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A Framework for Establishing Restoration Goals for Contaminated Ecosystems [PDF]

, 2015
This article represents 1 of 6 articles in the special series “Restoration of Impaired Ecosystems: An Ounce of Prevention or a Pound of Cure?” The articles result from a Technical Workshop organized by SETAC and the Society for Ecological Restoration ...
DalSoglio, Julie A., Harris, Jim A., Labus, Paul, Larson, Diane L., Rosi-Marshall, Emma J., Skrabis, Kristin E., Wagner, Anne M.   +6 more
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Design Strategies and Emerging Applications of High‐Performance Flexible Piezoresistive Pressure Sensors

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Flexible piezoresistive pressure sensors underpin wearable and soft electronics. This review links sensing physics, including contact resistance modulation, quantum tunneling and percolation, to unified materials/structure design. We highlight composite and graded architectures, interfacial/porous engineering, and microstructured 3D conductive networks
Feng Luo, Artur Ciesielski, Paolo Samorì   +2 more
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Thermo‐Fluorescent Bactericidal Quantum Dots Based Smart Multifunctional Textiles via Molecular Surface Engineering and 3D‐Printed Interlocked Architectures

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
A versatile approach is presented for fabricating smart multifunctional textiles by integrating thermo‐fluorescent carbon dot/polymer nanocomposite coatings with 3D‐printed interlocked architectures. The fabrics exhibit temperature‐responsive fluorescence, durable hydrophobicity, strong antibacterial and antioxidant activity, and enhanced UV protection.
Poushali Das, Sayan Ganguly, Parham Khoshbakht Marvi, Misha Muthalali, Fatemeh Parniani, Shiza Hassan, Xiaowu (Shirley) Tang, Seshasai Srinivasan, Amin Reza Rajabzadeh   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ecological restoration of rich fens in Europe and North America: from trial and error to an evidence-based approach [PDF]

, 2014
Fens represent a large array of ecosystem services, including the highest biodiversity found among wetlands, hydrological services, water purification and carbon sequestration. Land use change and strong drainage has severely damaged or annihilated these
Acreman, Mike C., Evans, Martin G., Grootjans, Ab P., Kooijman, Annemieke M., Lamers, Leon P.M., Richardson, Curtis J., Rochefort, Line, Roelofs, Jan G.M., Smolders, Alfons J.P., van Diggelen, Rudy, Vile, Melanie A.   +10 more
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Respiratory Organ‐on‐a‐Chip for Disease Modeling: From Architecture to Functional Integration

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Respiratory organ‐on‐a‐chip (ROC) models capture key mechanical and cellular cues of the human respiratory system, enabling quantitative dissection of disease mechanisms. This review links ROC architectures to disease modeling, functional integration, and commercialization, and proposes a decision framework that aligns model complexity with mechanistic
Jinzhuo Hu, Yongjie Tang, Sidi Liu, Tao Xu, Qian Liu   +4 more
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An Overview of Justicia adhatoda: A Medicinal Plant but Native Invader in India

Conservation
Justicia adhatoda, also known as Adulsa or Vasaka, is a notable member of the family Acanthaceae, with a broad geographic distribution across varied climatic conditions, and is known for its extensive medicinal properties for treating respiratory ...
Isha, Pardeep Kumar, Anand Narain Singh
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Analysis on the transpiration response of Japanese cedar (Crytomeria fortunei) and influencing factors after expansion of moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis)

Ecological Indicators, 2023
Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis) expansion into adjacent forests has been reported to alter the local water cycle. Transpiration is the most important component of the water budget.
Qi Chen, Qin Zou, Yuanqiu Liu, Longyan Lan, Xingyue Mo, Yaoyao Gao, Xi Yuan, Jiahui Huang, Xiaobin Fu, Lehuan Li, Wenping Deng   +10 more
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Great Bay Estuary Restoration Compendium [PDF]

, 2006
Single species approaches to natural resource conservation and management are now viewed as antiquated and oversimplified for dealing with complex systems.
Burdick, David M., Eberhardt, Alyson L., Ingraham, Pete, Odell, Jay   +3 more
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Recent Advances in Electrospun Nanofibers for Triboelectric Nanogenerators: Performance Enhancement Strategies and Emerging Applications

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review highlights recent advances in electrospun nanofiber‐based triboelectric nanogenerators, emphasizing how material design, fiber architecture, and interface engineering collectively enhance output performance and mechanical durability. Key developments in porous, aligned, core‐shell, and hierarchical nanofibers are discussed alongside ...
MD Fajla Rabbi, Jee Hwan Ahn, Duy Linh Vu, Kyoung Kwan Ahn   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrated assessment of ecosystem recovery using a multifunctionality approach

Ecosphere, 2019
Ecological restoration has great potential for reversing anthropogenic degradation, as it aims at the simultaneous recovery of several ecosystem functions and services.
Katharina Strobl, Johannes Kollmann, Leonardo H. Teixeira   +2 more
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