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Don't Increase Federal Gasoline Taxes - Abolish Them [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Many experts believe that gasoline taxes should be increased for a variety of reasons. Their arguments are unpersuasive. Oil is not disappearing, and when it becomes more expensive, market agents will substitute away from gasoline to save money. The link
Jerry Taylor, Peter Van Doren
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Impact Analysis of Oil Pollution using Change Detection Techniques in Kuwait [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The present study reveals impact of oil pollution in the environment of Kuwait. The change detection techniques were applied to analyze the changes. The present study has been analyzed using digital satellite data such as 1990, 1993, 1999 and 2006. Based
G, S. (Shafiullah)
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Seabirds in Conditions of Local Chronic Oil Pollution, Davis Sea, Antarctica

open access: yesBirds, 2021
Oil spills are rare in Antarctica. They threaten flying birds and penguins. This is the first report on the interactions of seabirds with oil in the area of the Mirny Station (East Antarctica). The purpose of the study is to determine the total number of
Sergey Golubev
doaj   +1 more source

Oil spill detection using optical sensors: a multi-temporal approach [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Oil pollution is one of the most destructive consequences due to human activities in the marine environment. Oil wastes come from many sources and take decades to be disposed of.
Laneve, Giovanni, Luciani, Roberto
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Improvised design of grease trap for the usage at the food premises [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
In Malaysia, there are many pollutions that emitted from the industry. Water pollution can be caused by various sectors, one of it is the industrial sector of the food service.
Hamidon, Nuramidah   +5 more
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Modifiable risk factors associated with bronchiolitis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Background: We sought to clarify possibly modifiable risk factors related to pollution responsible for acute bronchiolitis in hospitalized infants. Methods: For this observational study, we recruited 213 consecutive infants with bronchiolitis (cases ...
Alessandroni, Claudia   +13 more
core   +1 more source

Near‐Infrared Emitting Lanthanide Catecholate Giant Single Crystals – Morphology Control and Photon Down‐Conversion

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Controlled syntheses of lanthanide coordination polymers based on the dihydroxybenzoquinone (DHBQ) organic linker afforded large single crystals of Ln‐DHBQ CPs (Ln = Yb, Nd). A novel structural variant of Yb‐DHBQ is identified by means of single crystal diffraction analysis.
Marina I. Schönherr   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Legal advice on the Chinese compensatory fund system for oil pollution damage caused by ships from the perspective of marine environmental governance

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science, 2023
As one of the primary obstructive factors for marine environmental governance, the frequent occurrence of oil pollution damage caused by ships has resulted in the establishment of compensation funds, such as the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund of the ...
Ben-Chao Fu, He-Ran Li
doaj   +1 more source

Sustainable use and production of energy in the 21st century [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
It is foreseen that oil and gas will continue to be the key energy sources in the 21st century. Therefore, it is important that oil and gas be produced in a sustainable way during the next decades.
Gudmestad, O. T., Traa, K.
core   +2 more sources

Highly Sensitive Electrochemical Biosensor Based on Hairy Particles with Controllable High Enzyme Loading and Activity

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
For the first time, a highly sensitive electrochemical biosensor based on SiO2‐based hairy particles with a grafted PDMAEMA polymer brush containing a quantifiable and large amount of immobilized Laccase is reported. The fabricated biosensor exhibits a sensitivity of 0.14 A·m⁻¹, a limit of detection (LOD) of 0.1 µm, and a detection range of 0.3–750 µm,
Pavel Milkin   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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