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Investigation of Temporal and Spatial Trends of Air Pollutants in the City of Karaj [PDF]

محیط زیست و توسعه فرابخشی, 2022
Introduction: One of the significant challenges metropolises faces is air pollution, which has many adverse effects on human health and the environment.
Azam Shahbeik, Rahele Pourmazaheri, Ahmad Taheri   +2 more
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Characterization of Black Carbon and Its Correlations with VOCs in the Northern Region of Hangzhou Bay in Shanghai, China

Atmosphere, 2021
Ozone and PM2.5 (all particulate matter with diameter of 2.5 µm or smaller) are currently two disturbing environmental issues in most cities of China. Black carbon (BC), mainly from incomplete combustion, is one of the most important components of PM2.5 ...
Fangfang Wang, Jialuo Xu, Yinzhi Huang, Guangli Xiu   +3 more
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Multiple output production with undesirable outputs : an application to nitrogen surplus in agriculture [PDF]

, 2002
Many production processes yield both good outputs and undesirable ones (e.g., pollutants). In this article we develop a generalization of a stochastic frontier model that is appropriate for such technologies.
Fernandez, C., Koop, G.M., Steel, M.
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Study on denitration performance of multi element modified MIL-101 (Fe) at low temperature [PDF]

MATEC Web of Conferences, 2022
MIL-101 (Fe) was modified by amino group and doped by Cu and Co elements by microwave hydrothermal method. The effect of SCR denitrification at low temperature was investigated with high concentration of NOx as adsorption object.
Wang Shuqin, Li Xiaoxue, Wu Jinjin
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Greywater irrigation as a source of organic micro-pollutants to shallow groundwater and nearby surface water [PDF]

, 2019
Increased water demands due to population growth and increased urbanisation have driven adoption of various water reuse practices. The irrigation of greywater (water from all household uses, except toilets) has been proposed as one potential sustainable ...
Albalawneh, Aronson, Barceló, Biolytix, Bruton, ChemSpider, Cordy, Costanzo, Dann, Donner, EHP (Queensland Department of Environment, Eriksson, Eriksson, Gao, Gulyas, Hernández-Leal, Langdon, Maimon, McCance, Mohamed, Montaseri, Murillo-Torres, Orvos, O’Brien, Revitt, Santos, Sargaonkar, Standards Australia, Tamura, Travis, Turner, Turner, US EPA Method 1694, van Wezel, Weeks, Winward, Wu, Xu, Ying, Zhu   +39 more
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Environmental Pollution

, 2013
There exist various definitions to the word pollution depending on one’s jurisdiction and the laws of a particular country. Springer (1977, see references therein) looks at the meaningful concept of defining pollution in international law by posing the questions: “What are you talking about when you are talking about pollution? What is pollution?
Kyalo, Kiema J B, Awange, J L
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Seagrass Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile as a marine biomarker: A metabolomic and toxicological analysis [PDF]

, 2018
A human-made environmental disaster due to the shipwrecked of Costa Concordia cruise vessel on the Tuscan Island of Giglio (Italy) coast and the possible pollutants release has been feared, so requiring the activation of removal operations and the ...
Agostini, Ardizzone, Beck, Bitam, Boudouresque, Cannac, Dalla Via, Del Moral, Del Serrone, Di Sotto, Di Sotto, Di Sotto, Di Sotto, Dumay, Díaz, Farah, Fitzpatrick, Fonseca, Francour, Gacia, Gacia, Grace, Greco, Heglmeier, Jones, Kuo, Lassauque, Maestrini, Maggi, Moglia, Mollica, Montefalcone, Nicoletti, Nicoletti, Pérez, Reich, Richir, Ruiz, Sager, Toniolo   +39 more
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Oleaginous yeast Yarrowia lipolytica culture with synthetic and food waste-derived volatile fatty acids for lipid production

Biotechnology for Biofuels, 2017
Background The sustainability of microbial lipids production from traditional carbon sources, such as glucose or glycerol, is problematic given the high price of raw materials.
Ruiling Gao, Zifu Li, Xiaoqin Zhou, Shikun Cheng, Lei Zheng   +4 more
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Z-Scheme Heterojunction of SnS₂/Bi₂WO₆ for Photoreduction of CO₂ to 100% Alcohol Products by Promoting the Separation of Photogenerated Charges

Nanomaterials, 2022
Using sunlight to convert CO2 into solar fuel is an ideal solution to both global warming and the energy crisis. The construction of direct Z-scheme heterojunctions is an effective method to overcome the shortcomings of single-component or conventional ...
Yong Xu, Juanjuan Yu, Jianfei Long, Lingxiao Tu, Weili Dai, Lixia Yang   +5 more
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The Failure of Agency-Forcing: The Regulation of Airborne Carcinogens Under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act [PDF]

, 1985
Professor Graham analyzes section 112 of the Clean Air Act, a provision intended by Congress to achieve ambitious regulatory ends by constraining agency discretion.
Graham, John D.
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