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The Gender of Fossil Fuels: Oil and Domestic Perils in Mandate Palestine

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explores the gender dynamics behind the rise of kerosene – an oil derivative – as the main domestic fuel in Mandate Palestine. It argues that these dynamics were constitutive in determining who began to use oil, where and for what purposes, in turn demonstrating that women in Palestine were the promoters and targets of a campaign ...
Shira Pinhas
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Carbon emission of urban vehicles based on carbon emission factor correlation analysis. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Wang J, Dai H, Feng H, Guo M, Zylianov V, Feng Z, Cui J.   +6 more
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SUBSTITUTING FOR THE STATE: The Sovereignty Impacts of Diverse Citizens’ Off‐grid Infrastructure Strategies in South Africa

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In South Africa, citizens in both low‐ and high‐income areas are increasingly providing their own services to mitigate the unreliability, unaffordability and inaccessibility of state services. This article examines diverse case studies across socio‐economic and residential typologies to explore shifts in service provision responsibilities from
Fiona Anciano, Charlotte Lemanski, Christina Culwick Fatti, Margot Rubin   +3 more
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Synergetic effects of nano-boehmite and Y nano-zeolite on catalytic cracking of residue oil. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Amini E, Ahmadi K, Rashidi A, Youzbashi AA, Rezaei M, Mesgar S.   +5 more
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Simple and nondestructive method to access and process material on coverslipped slides

Journal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract The highly limiting nature of forensic evidence can, many times, force investigators and scientists to access nonoptimal sources of evidence such as slides from sexual assault evidence collection kits or archival slides from autopsies or hospital visits.
Natalia Pedraza, Michael A. Marciano
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The combustion of lemon peel oil/gasoline blends in spark ignition engine with high-insulation piston crown coating. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Saravanan CG, Varuvel EG, Vikneswaran M, Femilda Josephin JS, Chinnathambi A, Pugazhendhi A, Allasi HL.   +6 more
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An Evolutionary Perspective on the Implementation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were formulated in 2015 by the United Nations to improve human health and achieve sustainable existence at a global level. Failure to reach the SDGs will cause not only increased morbidity and mortality worldwide but also a depletion of natural resources, loss of biodiversity, and irreversible climate ...
Matthieu Pitteloud, Lafi Aldakak, Frank Rühli, Nicole Bender   +3 more
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Sensitive, selective, and pretreatment-free detection of ferric ions in different solvents based on organic-soluble carbon dots. [PDF]

Nanoscale Adv
Shangguan J, Qiao C, Zhang Y, Liu N, Wei T, Chen Z, Yuan Y, Li Q, Li L, Liu W.   +9 more
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Navigating uncertainty in life cycle assessment‐based approaches to biodiversity footprinting

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.
Abstract The use of life cycle assessment (LCA) methods is rapidly expanding as a means of estimating the biodiversity impacts of organisations across complex value chains. However, these methods have limitations and substantial uncertainties, which are rarely communicated in the results of LCAs.
Talitha Bromwich, Thomas B. White, Alice Bouchez, Isobel Hawkins, Sophus zu Ermgassen, Joseph Bull, Harriet Bartlett, Leon Bennun, Elizabeth Biggs, Hollie Booth, Michael Clark, Sami El Geneidy, Graham W. Prescott, Laura J. Sonter, Malcolm Starkey, E. J. Milner‐Gulland   +15 more
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Robust estimation methods for addressing multicollinearity and outliers in beta regression models. [PDF]

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Olaluwoye OT, Lukman AF, Alrasheedi MA, Nzomo WN, Farghali RA.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source