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Bright Kwakye-Awuah, Baah Sefa-Ntiri, Elizabeth Von-Kiti, Isaac Nkrumah and Craig Williams
Ground water samples from residential homes in three Regions of Ghana: Central, Greater Accra and Ashanti, were analyzed for iron and manganese contamination. The samples were exposed to characterized zeolite Y by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron mic...
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Elisabeth Fassbender, Josef Rott and Claudia Hemmerle
Cities face the consequences of climate change, specifically the urban heat island (UHI) effect, which detrimentally affects human health. In this regard, deploying PV modules in urban locales prompts inquiry into the impact of energy-active building com...
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Yangqing Xu, Yuxiang Zhao, Qiangqiang Jiang, Jie Sun, Chengxin Tian and Wei Jiang
During the construction of deep foundation pits in subways, it is crucial to closely monitor the horizontal displacement of the pit enclosure to ensure stability and safety, and to reduce the risk of structural damage caused by pit deformations. With adv...
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Simran Bharti, Adyan Ul Haq, L. T. Sasang Guite, Shruti Kanga, Fayma Mushtaq, Majid Farooq, Suraj Kumar Singh, Pankaj Kumar and Gowhar Meraj
Evaluating inherent vulnerability, an intrinsic characteristic becomes imperative for the formulation of adaptation strategies, particularly in highly complex and vulnerable regions of Himalayas. Jammu City, situated in the north-western Himalayas within...
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Souleymane Fall, Kapo Coulibaly, Joseph Quansah and Gamal El Afandi
Urban heat vulnerability varies within and across cities, necessitating detailed studies to understand diverse populations? specific vulnerabilities. This research assessed urban heat vulnerability at block group level in three Alabama cities: Birmingham...
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Lingjie Wu, Chenchi Jiang, Weiqiang Wang, Xiang Gao and Yufeng Xia
In contrast to the marine environment, coastal regions encompass substantial saline soils characterized by complex corrosive chemical compositions. This poses notable challenges to the durability of concrete structures erected in coastal dredger fill sil...
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Liang Xiao, Jinghua Wu, Wenhan Li, Guodong Yuan, Qing Xu, Jing Wei and Fengxiang Han
Biochar holds great promise for carbon sequestration but is restricted by high costs. Here, we introduced the water?fire coupled method and developed a mineral coating technique for biochar production from paulownia waste (Paulownia fortune). Exposure ti...
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Jie Pei, Pengyu Liu, Huajun Fang, Xinyu Gao, Baihong Pan, Haolin Li, Han Guo and Feng Zhang
Surface ozone (O3) pollution is an emerging environmental abiotic stress that poses substantial risks to crop yield losses and food security worldwide, and especially in China. However, the O3-induced detrimental effects on double-season rice have rarely...
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Dylan Shun Izuma, Norihiro Suzuki, Tomonori Suzuki, Haruka Motomura, Shiro Ando, Akira Fujishima, Katsuya Teshima and Chiaki Terashima
A TiO2-coated net with photocatalytic antibacterial properties that purifies water for practical use in developing countries was fabricated. The TiO2 particles were modified with a silane coupling agent, aminopropyltriethoxysilane or hexadecyltrimethoxys...
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Yisha Wang, Yanjun Zhao, Xu Han, Jiashuo Wang, Chuandong Wu, Yuan Zhuang, Jiemin Liu and Wenhui Li
Organophosphate esters (OPEs) are increasingly used as flame retardants and plasticizers in various products. Most of them are physically mixed rather than chemical bonded to the polymeric products, leading to OPEs being readily released into the surroun...
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