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Optimization of Land Use Pattern Reduces Surface Runoff and Sediment Loss in a Hilly-Gully Watershed at the Loess Plateau, China

Forest Systems, 2016
Aim of study: The aim is to find a way increasing gain yield and lessen area of farmland, and then increasing vegetation cover, improving environment and alleviating soil erosion.Area of study: The Hilly-Gully region at the loess plateau of China ...
Han Yini, Niu Jianzhi, Xin Zhongbao, Zhang Wei, Zhang Tielin, Wang Xilin, Zhang Yousong   +6 more
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Relationships Between Key Dryland Ecosystem Services: A Case Study in Ordos, China

Frontiers in Earth Science, 2022
Dryland ecosystem services (ESs) have been severely harmed by global environmental changes and increased human activities. To improve ESs, it is necessary to understand how they interact in drylands.
Ning Su, Yuanyuan Zhao, Yuanyuan Zhao, Guodong Ding, Guodong Ding, Weili Duan   +5 more
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Advances in Sustainable and Wearable Textile Based Soft Robotics

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This Review examines advances in wearable textile‐based soft robotics, focusing on sustainable materials, integrated sensing, and scalable actuation. It discusses manufacturing and system integration across healthcare, assistive robotics, prosthetics, and human–machine interfaces, and highlights key challenges in circular design, including life‐cycle ...
Zahir Abbas, Marzia Dulal, Sophia K. Novoselov, Victoria K. Novoselov, Kostya S. Novoselov, Shaila Afroj, Nazmul Karim   +6 more
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The trade-off between soil water recovery and nitrate leaching following the orchard-to-cropland conversion in the Chinese Loess Plateau

Scientific Reports
A large-scale conversion of apple orchards into farmland has occurred in the tableland region of the Chinese Loess Plateau due to the aging of apple trees and the increase in pests and diseases.
Hanyang Tian, Mingjuan Jin, Sidra Sohail, Chenchen Ma, Chenyun Bai, Jiangbo Qiao, Xiaoyang Han, Ming’an Shao   +7 more
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Carbon pool trends and dynamics within a subtropical peatland during long-term restoration

Ecological Processes, 2017
Introduction The Florida Everglades has undergone significant ecological change spanning the continuum of disturbance to restoration. While the restoration effort is not complete and the ecosystem continues to experience short duration perturbations, a ...
Paul Julian, Stefan Gerber, Alan L. Wright, Binhe Gu, Todd Z. Osborne   +4 more
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Quantifying the Contribution of Sediment Load to Soil Detachment Rate by Sediment-Laden Rill Flow

, 2017
Sediment load changes with downslope distance during rill erosion process, and thus quantifying the potential contribution of sediment load on soil detachment rate is essential to accurately model the rill erosion process.
Wang, ZL (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, State Key Lab Soil Eros & Dryland Farming Loess P, Inst Soil & Water Conservat, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, Peoples R China., Wang, Dongdong, Wu, Bing, Shen, Nan, Liu, Jun'e, Wang, Zhanli, Zhang, Qingwei, Zhang, Qilin, Wang, ZL (reprint author), Northwest A&F Univ, State Key Lab Soil Eros & Dryland Farming Loess P, Inst Soil & Water Conservat, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, Peoples R China., Wang, ZL (reprint author), Minist Water Resources, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, Peoples R China.   +9 more
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Surprising Water Slipping Performance on Highly Hydrophilic PEG‐Derived Monolayer‐Covered Surfaces: Preparation, Mechanism, and Application

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Highly hydrophilic surfaces (water contact angle, ≈17.7°) exhibiting surprising water slipping performance (sliding angle, ≈7.3°) are successfully prepared via simple chemisorption of polyethylene glycol (PEG) organosilane and subsequent alkali‐treatment.
Hyeonjin Kim, Kouki Akaike, Jerred Wassgren, Hiroshi Kakiuchida, Masahisa Okada, Atsushi Hozumi   +5 more
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Water and sediment runoff and soil moisture response to grass cover in sloping citrus land, Southern China

Soil and Water Research, 2019
Soil erosion is recognized as one of the major environmental problems in the hilly red soil region of Jiangxi province, southern China. An eight-year field experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of grass cover in the sloping citrus land on ...
Minghao Mo, Zhao Liu, Jie Yang, Yuejun Song, Anguo Tu, Kaitao Liao, Jie Zhang   +6 more
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Inventories of irrigation in Texas, 1958, 1964, 1969, and 1974

, 1975
Inventories of irrigation in Texas, 1958, 1964, 1969, and 1974 : based on inventories made cooperatively by the Soil Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board, and the Texas Water Development ...
Texas Water Development Board
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Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles in Biomedicine: Advances and Prospects

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Mesoporous silica nanoparticles offer unique properties like high surface area, tunable pores, and functionalization. They excel in drug delivery, tissue engineering, and stimuli‐responsive therapies, enabling targeted and controlled treatments. With roles in cancer therapy and diagnostics, their clinical translation requires addressing challenges in ...
Miguel Manzano, María Vallet‐Regí
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