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Removal of Uranium from Uranium Plant Wastewater Using Zero-Valent Iron in an Ultrasonic Field

Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 2016
Uranium removal from uranium plant wastewater using zero-valent iron in an ultrasonic field was investigated. Batch experiments designed by the response surface methodology (RSM) were conducted to study the effects of pH, ultrasonic reaction time, and ...
Jing Li, Libo Zhang, Jinhui Peng, Jinming Hu, Lifeng Yang, Aiyuan Ma, Hongying Xia, Wenqian Guo, Xia Yu   +8 more
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Northwestern Pacific typhoon intensity controlled by changes in ocean temperatures. [PDF]

, 2015
Dominant climatic factors controlling the lifetime peak intensity of typhoons are determined from six decades of Pacific typhoon data. We find that upper ocean temperatures in the low-latitude northwestern Pacific (LLNWP) and sea surface temperatures in ...
McWilliams, James C, Mei, Wei, Pasquero, Claudia, Primeau, François, Xie, Shang-Ping   +4 more
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Soil and the intensification of agriculture for global food security.

Environment International, 2019
Soils are the most complex and diverse ecosystem in the world. In addition to providing humanity with 98.8% of its food, soils provide a broad range of other services, from carbon storage and greenhouse gas regulation, to flood mitigation and providing ...
P. Kopittke, N. Menzies, Peng Wang, B. McKenna, E. Lombi   +4 more
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Patterns of investment in agricultural research and innovation for the Global South, with a focus on sustainable agricultural intensification

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023
This study is the first attempt to determine global investment patterns for research and innovation in agriculture systems for the Global South, and specifically for innovation funding targeted at sustainable agricultural intensification. We analyzed and
P. V. Vara Prasad, Nirat Bhatnagar, Vineet Bhandari, George Jacob, Kaushal Narayan, Ruben Echeverría, Nienke Beintema, Paul Farah Cox, Julia Compton   +8 more
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52-week efficacy and safety of telbivudine with conditional tenofovir intensification at week 24 in HBeAg-positive chronic Hepatitis B [PDF]

, 2013
Background and Aims: The Roadmap concept is a therapeutic framework in chronic hepatitis B for the intensification of nucleoside analogue monotherapy based on early virologic response.
Aldo Trylesinski, AS Levey, AS Lok, BJ McMahon, CJ Chen, CL Lai, DJ Tenney, DJ Tenney, DW Cockcroft, EB Keeffe, Eduardo Fassio, Fernando Bessone, H Izzedine, H Mommeja-Marin, H Yang, Henry L. Y. Chan, HL Chan, Hugo Cheinquer, Javier R. Lama, JD Jia, Jorge Daruich, KL Andersson, Liver European Association For The Study Of The, MF Yuen, MF Yuen, Mário G. Pessôa, N Leung, P Marcellin, Piyawat Komolmit, Rashidkhan Pathan, RD Cooper, RG Gish, S Mauss, S Zeuzem, Stefan Zeuzem, Suzane K. Ono, Tawesak Tanwandee, Teerha Piratvisuth, Wattana Sukeepaisarnjaroen, YF Liaw, YF Liaw, Yuhong Dong   +41 more
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Ecological Intensification: Bridging the Gap between Science and Practice.

Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2019
There is worldwide concern about the environmental costs of conventional intensification of agriculture. Growing evidence suggests that ecological intensification of mainstream farming can safeguard food production, with accompanying environmental ...
D. Kleijn, R. Bommarco, T. Fijen, L. Garibaldi, S. Potts, Wim H. van der Putten   +5 more
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Gender and inorganic nitrogen: what are the implications of moving towards a more balanced use of nitrogen fertilizer in the tropics?

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 2017
For agriculture to play a role in climate change mitigation strategies to reduce emissions from inorganic nitrogen (N) fertilizer through a more balanced and efficient use are necessary.
Cathy Rozel Farnworth, Clare Stirling, Tek B. Sapkota, M. L. Jat, Michael Misiko, Simon Attwood   +5 more
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Agricultural intensification reduces microbial network complexity and the abundance of keystone taxa in roots

The ISME Journal, 2018
Root-associated microbes play a key role in plant performance and productivity, making them important players in agroecosystems. So far, very few studies have assessed the impact of different farming systems on the root microbiota and it is still unclear
Samir K. Banerjee, Florian Walder, L. Büchi, M. Meyer, Alain Held, A. Gattinger, T. Keller, R. Charles, M. V. D. van der Heijden   +8 more
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Crude Oil Foulant Deposition Studies on a Heated Surface Using a Novel Batch Stirred Coupon Test Rig

International Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2022
The petroleum refining industry employs a wide variety of heat transfer-based equipment which tend to foul due to the complex nature of associated fluid streams and process conditions.
Pragya Singh, Srinivas Krishnaswamy, Krishnaswamy Ponnani, Ankur Verma, Jaya Rawat   +4 more
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Auto-Thermal Reforming Using Mixed Ion-Electronic Conducting Ceramic Membranes for a Small-Scale H2 Production Plant

Molecules, 2015
The integration of mixed ionic electronic conducting (MIEC) membranes for air separation in a small-to-medium scale unit for H2 production (in the range of 650–850 Nm3/h) via auto-thermal reforming of methane has been investigated in the present study ...
Vincenzo Spallina, Tommaso Melchiori, Fausto Gallucci, Martin van Sint Annaland   +3 more
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