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The importance of Enrichment Factor (EF) and Geoaccumulation Index (Igeo) to evaluate the soil contamination [PDF]

, 2016
Heavy metals are natural constituents of soils and their concentration varies depending on parental materials. In the last years, the content of heavy metal in soils has increased due to human activities as: distribution of fertilizers, pesticides ...
BARBIERI, Maurizio
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Harnessing Fungal Biowelding for Constructing Mycelium‐Engineered Materials

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
Mycelium‐bound composites (MBCs) offer low‐carbon alternatives for construction, yet interfacial bonding remains a critical challenge. This review examines fungal biowelding as a biocompatible adhesive, elucidating mycelium‐mediated interfacial mechanisms and their role in material assembly. Strategies to optimize biowelding are discussed, highlighting
Xue Brenda Bai, Xinrui Sarah Niu, Zhao Qin   +2 more
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Combining tree-ring metal concentrations and lead, carbon and oxygen isotopes to reconstruct peri-urban atmospheric pollution [PDF]

Tellus: Series B, Chemical and Physical Meteorology, 2012
In this study, we analysed the tree-ring metal concentrations and isotope ratios of five stands located in three contrasted settings to infer the diffuse air pollution history of the northern part of the Windsor–Québec City Corridor in ...
Annick Doucet, Martine M. Savard, Christian Bégin, Joëlle Marion, Anna Smirnoff, Taha B. M. J. Ouarda   +5 more
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Novel Tailoring of Ternary ZnS‐MXene‐TiO2 Nanocomposite Heterojunction and Its Tunable Electrochemical Properties With Enhanced Photocatalytic Degradation

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
ZnS‐MXene‐TiO2 nanocomposite heterojunction for photocatalytic decomposition of this methylene blue dye (MB) greatly improves light absorption, charge separation, and active site area. Two‐dimensional MXene forms nanocomposites by easily combining them with 0D (quantum dots), 1D (tube and wire), 2D (plane and sheet), and 3D (particle and lamellar ...
Latiful Kabir, Dohyun Kim, Minho Song, Jae Doc Na, Young Jun Joo, Kwang Youn Cho, Karna Wijaya, Won‐Chun Oh   +7 more
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Seasonal differences, source, and fate of antibiotics in a plain river network-informed watershed

Emerging Contaminants
The source apportionment and ecological risk assessment of antibiotics in plain river network areas have become a research hotspot. In this study, the Changxing Plain River Network in the Taihu Lake Basin was chosen as the research area, where the ...
Shuting Pang, Tao Li, Ye Li, Yadong Shi, Donghao Wu, Ce Wang   +5 more
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Integrated climate-chemical indicators of diffuse pollution from land to water

Scientific Reports, 2018
Management of agricultural diffuse pollution to water remains a challenge and is influenced by the complex interactions of rainfall-runoff pathways, soil and nutrient management, agricultural landscape heterogeneity and biogeochemical cycling in ...
Per-Erik Mellander, Phil Jordan, Marianne Bechmann, Ophélie Fovet, Mairead M. Shore, Noeleen T. McDonald, Chantal Gascuel-Odoux   +6 more
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Dual‐Mode Film Based on Highly Scattering Nanofibers and Upcycled Chips‐Bags for Year‐Round Thermal Management

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Intelligent radiative cooling devices, adaptable to various weather conditions, have the potential for year‐round energy savings. This study introduces a sustainable dual‐mode film made from polycaprolactone nanofibers and upcycled chip bags for effective thermal management.
Qimeng Song, Stefan Rettinger, Chengzhang Xu, Ulrich Mansfeld, Markus Retsch   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

ESTIMATION OF PHOSPHORUS EMISSIONS IN THE UPPER IGUAZU BASIN (BRAZIL) USING GIS AND THE MORE MODEL [PDF]

The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2016
Pollution emissions into the drainage basin have direct impact on surface water quality. These emissions result from human activities that turn into pollution loads when they reach the water bodies, as point or diffuse sources. Their pollution potential
E. A. Acosta Porras, R. T. Kishi, S. Fuchs, S. Hilgert   +3 more
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Soiling and other optical losses in solar-tracking PV plants in Navarra [PDF]

, 2011
Field data of soiling energy losses on PV plants are scarce. Furthermore, since dirt type and accumulation vary with the location characteristics (climate, surroundings, etc.), the available data on optical losses are, necessarily, site dependent.
Duffie, Hay, Martin, Martin, Martin, Michalsky, Sjerps-Koomen   +6 more
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Diffuse pollution in Japan: issues and perspectives

Water Science and Technology, 2007
Many parts of Japan have experienced rapid urbanization and industrialization over the past 50 years. This trend resulted in severe water pollution in many urban areas. To address the pollution problems, several measures such as construction of sewerage systems and enactment of laws and regulations have been undertaken.
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