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Evaluation of Cr(VI) Removal from Tanning Effluents Using Magnetic Nanoparticles of Fe₃O₄ Synthesized with Olea europaea Bone Extract

Molecules
The tanning industry generates effluents with high chromium content, which require treatment prior to discharge into the sewage system. This article explores the use of magnetic magnetite nanoparticles (MNPs) to remove Cr(VI) from aqueous solutions, such
Maria Bejarano-Meza, Fabricio Eduardo Deza-Carrasco, Sofia Salinas-Herrera, Susan Flores-Calla, Hugo Guillermo Jimenez-Pacheco   +4 more
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Long‐Term Ambient Benzene Exposure and Brain Disorders Among Urban Adults: Effect Modification by Genetic Susceptibility and Potential Mediation by Plasma Proteins

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Low‐level ambient benzene exposure is associated with increased risks of multiple brain disorders in urban adults. Genetic susceptibility modifies these associations, while plasma proteomics points to potential biological pathways linking benzene exposure to adverse brain health.
Jianhui Guo, Xia Zhong, Petros Koutrakis, Carolina L. Zilli Vieira, Feifei Si, Yaqi Wang, Xinyao Lian, Yi Fan, Zhaokun Wang, Shaodan Huang, Jing Li   +10 more
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Drought and Extreme Heat Reduce Wheat and Maize Production in the United States by Lowering Both Crop Yields and Harvestable Fraction

Earth's Future
Ensuring food security is crucial in the context of climate change and increased extreme weather events. Crop production depends not only on yield but also on the harvestable fraction (HF), the ratio of harvested areas to planted areas. While the impacts
Kun Xiao, Xuewen Zhou, Hanliang Gui, Yuhang Tian, Xiaoyou Chen, Yujie Li, Nametso Matomela, Qinchuan Xin   +7 more
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Urban Sustainability and the SDGs: A Nordic Perspective and Opportunity for Integration

Urban Science, 2019
Urban sustainability has been used to cover multiple aspects of urban development. Terms related to sustainability have been generously used to advance ubiquitous and hard-to-measure targets not least in response to global and national sustainable ...
Emma Terama, Juha Peltomaa, Maija Mattinen-Yuryev, Ari Nissinen   +3 more
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Sustainable Productivity Growth in Agriculture: The Role of Shifts in R&D Investments and Technology

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The objective of the paper is to evaluate the long‐term prospects of sustainable productivity growth linked to plausible assumptions on public agricultural R&D investments as the key productivity driver. Second, it investigates the role of changing R&D focus from yield maximization to input saving technologies (fertilizers and pesticides). The
Zuzana Smeets Křístková, Michiel van Dijk, Robert M'Barek, Hans van Meijl, Tomas Ratinger   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quantifying the contribution of triple compound extreme events to global yield loss of major staple crops from 1982 to 2016

Journal of Integrative Agriculture
The increasing frequency of compound extreme events under ongoing climate change threatens global food security. Compared to individual extreme events, the simultaneous occurrence of multiple extreme events can exacerbate crop yield reductions, yet ...
Kun Xiao, Ying Sun, Wei Wu, Xuewen Zhou, Zhicheng Zhang, Qiuyao Lai, Chen Huang, Zhenhua Xiong, Qinchuan Xin   +8 more
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A daily high-resolution (1 km) human thermal index collection over the North China Plain from 2003 to 2020

Scientific Data, 2023
Human-perceived temperature (HPT) describes the joint effects of multiple climatic factors such as temperature and humidity. Extreme HPT events may reduce labor capacity and cause thermal discomfort and even mortality.
Xiang Li, Ming Luo, Yongquan Zhao, Hui Zhang, Erjia Ge, Ziwei Huang, Sijia Wu, Peng Wang, Xiaoyu Wang, Yu Tang   +9 more
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Assessing Household Welfare in Response to Rising Food Prices in The Gambia

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how rising food prices affected household welfare in The Gambia using nationally representative data from the 2015/16 Integrated Household Survey (IHS‐3). The analysis reflects household consumption behavior and market conditions prevailing during that period and provides a structural benchmark for understanding ...
Roger Vorsah, Obed Quaicoe, Fafanyo Asiseh, John N. Ng'ombe   +3 more
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Urban China : Toward Efficient, Inclusive, and Sustainable Urbanization

, 2014
In the last 30 years, China’s record economic growth lifted half a billion people out of poverty, with rapid urbanization providing abundant labor, cheap land, and good infrastructure.
Development Research Center of the State Council, the People’s Republic of China, World Bank   +1 more
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Social bots shape public issue networks in China’s dual-carbon agenda: a network analysis using MRQAP

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Despite growing recognition of social bots’ role in swaying public opinion, evidence of their specific impact on public cognition remains limited. Applying the network agenda-setting theory and multiple regression quadratic assignment procedure (MRQAP ...
Han Lin, Menghan Zhang, Xue Qi, Wenqian Shen   +3 more
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