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Plastic entanglement - a visual narrative with single-use plastics
, 2023 This exploration is a self-ethnographic plastic waste engagement that visually critiques plastic pollution in nature through reuse with single-use plastic waste.
Katarina Dimitrijevic (13768624)
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Effects of Multicropping Plastic Mulch on Soil Dynamics and Yield in Vegetable Production
HortTechnologyThe use of plastic mulching for vegetable production systems is a common practice in the southeastern United States. Plastic mulching is known to benefit crop growth and yield.
Melanie C. Hill +4 more
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Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.We show that emergence of castration‐resistant prostate (CRPC) is associated with significant upregulation of cyclins that positively regulate cyclin‐dependent kinase 2 (CDK2) and concomitant downregulation of CDK4 cyclins. This renders CRPC cells dependent on the high activity of CDK2, and CDK2 inhibitors synergistically sensitize CRPC cells to both ...
Joyeeta Chatterjee +3 more
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Behavioral Response to Plastic Bag Legislation in Botswana [PDF]
This paper investigates the use of charges and standards in dealing with a common externality, plastic litter from shopping bags in Botswana. The country passed a plastic bag tax (effective 2007) to curb the plastic bag demand.
Visser, Martine, Dikgang, Johane
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Challenges and opportunities: plastic waste management in India [PDF]
, 2018 "The plastic industry, owing to its use in a wide variety of sectors, such as the automotive, construction, electronics, healthcare, and textiles, is amongst the fastest growing markets...Although the burgeoning rates of plastic production project ...
Roy, Prateek +3 more
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, 2023 The Philippine province of Tarlac adopted a provincial plastic ban in 2020. However, the ban has not been uniformly enforced throughout its 17 municipalities and one city.
Crowley, Julia
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Why the “New Plastics Economy” must be a circular economy
Field Actions Science Reports, 2019 Every year Europe produces about 58 million tonnes of plastic, and we generate 25 million tonnes of plastic waste. Only 30% of this is collected for recycling, with 39% incinerated and 31% ending up in landfills.
Daniel Calleja
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RecyclingThe alarming increase in single-use plastic (SUP) consumption, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and its detrimental effects on environmental and public health, underscores the urgent need for the public to adopt more environmentally responsible ...
Aleksandra Krawczyk +2 more
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Mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities of the ribotoxic stress response in cancer
Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.Cancer cells' high translational demand creates opportunities to therapeutically target ribosome function. Ribosome stalling and collisions activate ZAKα and the ribotoxic stress response (RSR), which can trigger rapid, p53‐independent apoptosis in cancer.
Anastassiya Kim +7 more
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University Students’ Behaviours on Single-Use Plastic [PDF]
Plastic waste is an ongoing global crisis because it is polluting the environment and harming the aquatic environment. As a higher education institution, universities are expected to produce citizens who are aware of sustainability practices.
Haslina, Hashim
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