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Driving Forces behind the Reduction in Cropland Area on Hainan Island, China: Implications for Sustainable Agricultural Development

Land
Food security is a major challenge for China at present and will be in the future. Revealing the spatiotemporal changes in cropland and identifying their driving forces would be helpful for decision-making to maintain grain supply and sustainable ...
Jianchao Guo, Shi Qi, Jiadong Chen, Jinlin Lai   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of Surface Modification of Nanotube Arrays on the Performance of CdS Quantum-Dot-Sensitized Solar Cells

International Journal of Photoenergy, 2013
CdS-sensitized TiO2 nanotube arrays have been fabricated using the method of successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction and used as a photoanode for quantum-dot-sensitized solar cells. Before being coated with CdS, the surface of TiO2 nanotube arrays
Danhong Li, Nengqian Pan, Jianjun Liao, Xiankun Cao, Shiwei Lin   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Distribution patterns, weed incursions and origins of terrestrial flora at the Capricorn-Bunker Islands, Great Barrier Reef, Australia [PDF]

, 2013
A checklist of vascular plants of the 15 Capricorn-Bunker Islands (CBI) (lat 23° 11’ to 24° 07’S; long 151° 43’ to 152° 43’E) compiled from 2007/08 surveys, recorded 131 vascular plant species including 44 (34%) native and 87 (66%) naturalized species ...
Batianoff, George N., Naylor, Gillian C., Neldner, V. John, Olds, John   +3 more
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Noni (Morinda citrifolia) Seed Oil: Phytochemical Composition, Bioactivity, and Emerging Applications in Food and Health

Food Chemistry International, EarlyView.
Noni seed oil from Morinda citrifolia, highlighting its bioactive composition, conventional and green extraction methods, and major stability challenges. Encapsulation strategies improve oxidative stability and bioavailability, along with potential applications in functional foods and cosmetics, and key barriers to large‐scale commercialization ...
Sumidha Palanisamy, Kanimozhi Viswanathan, Pavithra Radhakrishnan, Sonali Lini, Sukumar Muthusamy   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Marine Macroalgae as a Safe Healthy Food While Meeting Food Security Challenges Arising From Climate Changes

Food Safety and Health, EarlyView.
Planned harvesting and processing of marine macroalgae could meet future global food needs and mitigate fuel‐originated carbon dioxide responsible for climate change. Microalgal foods are nutritious and safe. The utilization of macroalgae would avoid environmental problems arising from the release of overgrowing macroalgae caused by heatwaves, which ...
Upali Samarajeewa
wiley   +1 more source

Tropical Islands as New Hubs for Emerging Arboviruses [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2016
To the Editor: The outbreaks of dengue virus (DENV), chikungunya virus (CHIKV), and Zika virus infection that occurred on islands in the Indian Ocean, the Pacific, and the Caribbean over the past decade have demonstrated the potential of these arboviruses to pose a global public health threat.
openaire   +3 more sources

CFD Analysis of Dual‐Layer PCM Roofs for Thermal Mitigation in Residential Buildings

Heat Transfer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents a computational fluid dynamics analysis of dual‐layer phase change material (PCM) roofs for passive cooling in residential buildings under the hot and humid climate of Bangladesh. A three‐dimensional transient model was developed in ANSYS Fluent using the enthalpy–porosity approach to simulate coupled heat conduction ...
Mohammad Junaid, Sakhawat Hossan Robel, Mahmud Or‐Rashid, Pabel Shahrear, Md Shajedul Karim, Suvash C. Saha, Goutam Saha   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Safety Risk Analysis of a Construction Project on a Tropical Island

Applied Sciences
Construction projects on tropical islands face a high incidence of safety accidents due to complex environmental conditions, construction technologies, and varying levels of worker safety awareness.
Bo Huang, Junwu Wang, Jun Huang, Chunbao Yuan, Sijun Lv   +4 more
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Generalist Predators Shape Biotic Resistance along a Tropical Island Chain. [PDF]

Plants (Basel), 2023
Wyckhuys KAG, Leatemia JA, Fanani MZ, Furlong MJ, Gu B, Hadi BAR, Hasinu JV, Melo MC, Noya SH, Rauf A, Taribuka J, Gc YD.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Survey of El Nino 1957-58 in its relation to tropical pacific meteorology [PDF]

, 1966
ENGLISH: The survey aims at demonstrating the close relationship between anomalies of sea temperature observed along the tropical Pacific coast of the Americas and those observed in the oceanwide tropical belt. The survey also covers the variations, from
Bjerknes, Jacob
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