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Sara M. Marcelino, Pedro Dinis Gaspar, Arminda do Paço, Tânia M. Lima, Ana Monteiro, José Carlos Franco, Erika S. Santos, Rebeca Campos and Carlos M. Lopes
Agriculture intensification has driven the loss of biodiversity at a global level. The implementation of strategies to conserve and promote biodiversity in agricultural areas can be favoured by adequate assessment methods that foster the awareness of dec...
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Min Hu, Zhangduo Huang, Jiejin Chen, Yipeng Guo, Yichao Zhou, Dashun Liu and Rong Guo
Black shale, as a type of soft rock, exhibits high strength when freshly exposed. However, it easily disintegrates upon contact with water, making it unsuitable for direct use in roadbed construction. Using it as discarded material not only increases con...
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Eda Ustaoglu and Brendan Williams
High-density urban development is promoted by both global and local policies in response to socio-economic and environmental challenges since it increases mobility of different land uses, decreases the need for traveling, encourages the use of more energ...
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Jinwu Wang, Zhe Liu, Mao Yang, Wenqi Zhou, Han Tang, Long Qi, Qi Wang and Yi-Jia Wang
Weeds compete with rice for sunlight and nutrients and are prone to harboring pathogens, leading to reduced rice yields. Addressing the issues of low weeding efficiency and weed mortality rates in existing inter-row weeding devices, the study proposes th...
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Deli Jiang, Xuegeng Chen, Limin Yan, Jinhao Zhang, Tao Wu and Xuanhe Fu
Compared with the conventional horizontal conveyor-chain-type plastic-film-picking device, the longitudinal nail-tooth-chain-plate-type plastic-film-picking device developed by our team in the early stage has little tearing effect on the mulching film, a...
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Junhua Wang, Junfei Xu, Yan Lu, Tancheng Xie, Jianjun Peng, Junliang Chen and Yanwei Xu
Laser?arc composite additive manufacturing holds significant potential for a wide range of industrial applications, and the control of morphological dimensions in the deposited layer is a critical aspect of this technology. The width and height dimension...
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Xiaoguo Mu, Hu Gao, Haijun Li, Fucheng Gao, Ying Zhang and Lin Ye
This study aimed to address the crop growth and development issues caused by environmental factors in the area of the Liupan Mountains in Ningxia. In this area, there is a large temperature difference between day and night due to drought and low rainfall...
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M. S. M. Al-kahtani, Han Zhu, Yasser E. Ibrahim, S. I. Haruna and S. S. M. Al-qahtani
Polymer-modified cement mortar has been increasingly used as a runway/road pavement repair material due to its improved bending strength, bonding strength, and wear resistance. The flexural strength of polyurethane?cement mortar (PUCM) is critical in ach...
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Souleymane Fall, Ehsan Abdalla, Joseph Quansah, Meghan J. Franklin and Timmera Whaley-Omidire
The COVID-19 pandemic has posed an unprecedented challenge to public health across the world and has further exposed health disparities and the vulnerability of marginal groups. Since the pandemic has exhibited marked regional differences, it is necessar...
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Md. Mostafizur Rahman and György Szabó
In urban land use optimization problems, different conflicting objectives are applied. One of the most significant goals in urban land use optimization problems is to maximize environmental benefits. To quantify environmental benefits in land use optimiz...
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