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Applying societal metabolism to characterize water availability, requirement, and scarcity in agriculture. A case study of Mexico

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023
Given the environmental challenges of soil depletion, water scarcity, and resource competition, the agricultural products market demands a continuous increase in annual crop productivity.
Enrique Zunzunegui Escamilla, Gonzalo Ángeles Ordoñez, Quetzalcóatl Orozco-Ramírez, Maribel A. Caballero Castrillo, Miguel A. Morales Mora, Miguel A. Morales Mora   +5 more
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Economic and environmental implications of the development of UASB reactors in Mexico for sustainable industrial wastewater treatment

The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
Abstract The objective of this work is to demonstrate that the inclusion of an up‐flow anaerobic sludge bed (UASB reactor) within an industrial wastewater treatment plant reduces the plant's investment and operating costs compared to a system based solely on conventional complete‐mix activated sludge (CMAS), operating under the same design principles ...
Juan Manuel Morgan‐Sagastume, Adalberto Noyola   +1 more
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ISSUES OF FORMING THE SCIENCE OF ANTHROPOCENE

Russian Journal of Economics and Law, 2016
Objective: to study the issues of anthropocene formation as a scientific concept. Methods: dialectical method of cognition, detailization, logical generalization.
N. N. Drozdov, L. P. Kurakov, S. M. Pyastolov, A. L. Kurakov   +3 more
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Family's socioeconomic and demographic factors on elements of children's dental and oral health: A scoping review

Clinical and Experimental Dental Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Family plays a significant role in children's dental and oral health (DOH) elements, such as children's DOH knowledge and practice, the development of children's dental fear and anxiety (DFA), children's dental visits, and children's DOH status.
Wisnu Fadila, Mugia B. Rahardja, Puguh Prasetyoputra, Anne A. Suwargiani, Yanu E. Prasetyo, Eriska Riyanti   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Metabolic concept of modern city

Социологическая наука и социальная практика, 2013
The author offers the interdisciplinary concept of modern large city based on the paradigm of socio-ecological metabolism. The essence of the offered concept is that a modern city may be presented as the network metabolic organism constantly implemented ...
Oleg N. Yanitski
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Climate‐driven resource availability drives medium‐ and broad‐scale temporal changes in owl–prey interactions over 24 years in a semi‐arid ecosystem

Ecography, EarlyView.
Predator–prey interactions are vital to ecosystem functioning but may be disrupted by climate change. We investigated a food‐web network involving three owl species over 24 years in a semi‐arid ecosystem at Bosque Fray Jorge National Park, Chile.
Jazmin M. Quiroz‐Calizaya, Adriana Lozada, Douglas A. Kelt, Alejandra J. Troncoso, Peter L. Meserve, M. Andrea Previtali, W. Bryan Milstead, Julio R. Gutiérrez, Craig Weideman, Nicolas Gouin, Tyler R. Kartzinel, Karin Maldonado, Angéline Bertin   +12 more
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A High‐Efficiency Yet Sustainable Fresh‐Keeping Strategy Inspired by Calyx of Physalis peruviana

Exploration, EarlyView.
This study presents a sprayable, calyx‐inspired food wrap engineered for safety and sustainability using handheld electrospraying. The wrap forms a health‐critical protective barrier with high antiviral and antibacterial efficacy, excellent breathability, and long‐term fresh‐keeping performance.
Yue Zhao, Chengbang Lu, Xiaopeng Bai, Shangyi Wu, Zeyu Wang, Yuqin Hu, Binxin Liang, Danlei Sun, Yunxiang Zhang, Yingning He, Yi Yang, Shengwen Duan, Taolin Sun, Xinjie Wang, Weijie Lan, Hong Zhang, Yang Luo, Xiangyu Liang   +17 more
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Diverging Carbon Balance and Driving Mechanisms of Expanding and Shrinking Cities in Transitional China

Atmosphere
The synergy between carbon neutrality and urbanization is essential for effective climate governance and socio-ecological intelligent transition. From the perspective of coupled urban dynamic evolution and carbon metabolism systems, this study integrates
Jiawei Lei, Keyu Luo, Le Xia, Zhenyu Wang   +3 more
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Multi-Scale Integrated Analysis of Charcoal Production in Complex Social-Ecological Systems

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2017
We propose and illustrate a multi-scale integrated analysis of societal and ecosystem metabolism (MuSIASEM) as a tool to bring nexus thinking into practice. MuSIASEM studies the relations over the structural and functional components of social-ecological
Rafael González-López, Mario Giampietro, Mario Giampietro   +2 more
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Circular transition: scenarios for the future of design

Techne, 2021
The 22nd issue of TECHNE, which deals with the theme of circular transition and design, stems from the planning and scientific-cultural orientations developed with the Direction and Editorial Board for the period 2017-2021.
Mario Losasso
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