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Copper‐based Materials for Photo and Electrocatalytic Process: Advancing Renewable Energy and Environmental Applications

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Cu‐based catalysts as a cornerstone in advancing sustainable energy technologies are fully reviewed in this manuscript, highlighting their potential in photo‐ and electrocatalysis. It includes metallic copper, copper oxides, copper sulfides, copper halide perovskites, copper‐based metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), and covalent organic frameworks (COFs),
Jéssica C. de Almeida   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Structure, function and diversity of the healthy human microbiome [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Studies of the human microbiome have revealed that even healthy individuals differ remarkably in the microbes that occupy habitats such as the gut, skin and vagina. Much of this diversity remains unexplained, although diet, environment, host genetics and
Huttenhower, Curtis, Izard, Jacques
core   +1 more source

Advances in Micro/Nanofiber‐Based Porous Materials for High‐Performance Thermal Insulation

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Micro/nanofiber porous materials have engendered great interest in the thermal insulation field. Herein, the structural designs, fabrication techniques, and applications of the micro/nanofiber thermal insulation materials are systematically summarized.
Xiaobao Gong   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

What matters in free listing? A probabilistic interpretation of the salience index

open access: yesActa Botânica Brasílica, 2019
Free listing is a data collection technique used in different subject areas to characterize a given cultural domain. Analysis of a set of lists from a human population allows inferences to be made about the cultural salience of the items in that domain ...
Leonardo da Silva Chaves   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The complex territory of well-being: contestable evidence, contentious theories and speculative conclusions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This paper brings together evidence and theories from a number of disciplines and thinkers that highlight multiple, sometimes conflicting understandings about well-being.We identify three broad strands or themes within the literature(s) that frame both ...
Carlisle, S., Hanlon, P.
core   +1 more source

Cool Kitchen: Processing Starch and Eggshell Powder into Sustainable Coatings for Passive Daytime Cooling

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A food‐grade cooling composite made from starch and recycled eggshell powder offers a scalable, ultra‐low‐cost solution for passive daytime radiative cooling. Easily prepared using basic kitchen tools, this material empowers communities, even in areas with limited infrastructure, to stay cooler during worsening summer heat waves.
Qimeng Song   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Medical ethnobotany of herbal practitioners in the Turkestan Range, southwestern Kyrgyzstan

open access: yesActa Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae, 2016
This study recorded and analyzed traditional knowledge of medicinal plants in the Turkestan Range in southwestern Kyrgyzstan, where ethnobotanical knowledge has been largely under-documented to date. Data was collected through participant observation and
Lukas Pawera   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Disentangling the effects of geographic and ecological isolation on genetic differentiation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Populations can be genetically isolated both by geographic distance and by differences in their ecology or environment that decrease the rate of successful migration.
Bradburd, Gideon   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Functional Materials for Environmental Energy Harvesting in Smart Agriculture via Triboelectric Nanogenerators

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This review explores functional and responsive materials for triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) in sustainable smart agriculture. It examines how particulate contamination and dirt affect charge transfer and efficiency. Environmental challenges and strategies to enhance durability and responsiveness are outlined, including active functional layers ...
Rafael R. A. Silva   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

The role of kinship in knowledge about medicinal plants: evidence for context-dependent model-based biases in cultural transmission?

open access: yesActa Botânica Brasílica, 2019
The similarity in traditional knowledge of medicinal plants was evaluated to draw inferences about the most important models for local knowledge transmission.
Camilla de Carvalho de Brito   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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