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Kipkurui Ronoh, Jan Novotný, Libor Mrna, Alexandr Knápek and Dinara Sobola
Surface structuring by ultrafast lasers is a promising technique to modify surface-related properties of materials to tailor them for specific applications. In the present study, we experimentally investigated the laser structuring of commercially pure t...
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Morag Hunter, D. H. Nimalika Perera, Eustace P. G. Barnes, Hugo V. Lepage, Elias Escobedo-Pacheco, Noorhayati Idros, David Arvidsson-Shukur, Peter J. Newton, Luis de los Santos Valladares, Patrick A. Byrne and Crispin H. W. Barnes
The expansion of copper mining on the hyper-arid pacific slope of Southern Peru has precipitated growing concern for scarce water resources in the region. Located in the headwaters of the Torata river, in the department of Moquegua, the Cuajone mine, own...
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Haijiao Yang, Jiahua Wei and Kaifang Shi
In the context of climate change, precipitation and runoff in the arid inland basins of northwest China have undergone significant changes. The Qaidam Basin (QB) is a typical highland arid inland area. Understanding the spatial and temporal variations in...
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Tanawit Sirijaree and Pornsawai Praipipat
Lead is a highly toxic heavy metal that creates a water pollutant. It can be released from industrial processes, agricultural chemistry, and community wastes, affecting creatures and human health even at a low concentration. As a result, it is advised th...
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Hengcong Huang, Luyao Wang, Xiaoyu Zhang, Hongshuo Zhao and Yifan Gu
CO2 represents a typical impurity in light hydrocarbon feedstocks, which affects the quality of subsequent chemical products. Owing to their highly similar nature, industrial separation requires large amounts of energy. Adsorptive gas separation based on...
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Marie Sorella Bella Atangana, Jules Rémy Ndam Ngoupayou and Jean-François Deliege
Artisanal and small-scale gold mining activities have an impact on natural resources and human health. This study addresses the assessment of surface water quality in the Lom gold basin. A combined approach of water quality index calculation, multivariat...
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Patricia Jovicevic-Klug, Matic Jovicevic-Klug and Bojan Podgornik
The role of nitrogen, introduced by deep cryogenic treatment (DCT), has been investigated and unraveled in relation to induced surface chemistry changes and improved corrosion resistance of high-alloyed ferrous alloy AISI M35. The assumptions and observa...
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Edoardo Severini, Marco Bartoli, Monica Pinardi and Fulvio Celico
The Po Plain (northern Italy) is one of the largest aquifers in Europe, and 67% of the utilized agricultural land in this area is classified as a nitrate vulnerable zone (NVZ). However, it hosts intensive agriculture and livestock farming. In a stretch o...
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Rachana Agrawal, Weston P. Buchanan, Archit Arora, Athul P. Girija, Maxim De Jong, Sara Seager, Janusz J. Petkowski, Sarag J. Saikia, Christopher E. Carr, David H. Grinspoon, James M. Longuski and on behalf of Venus Life Finder Mission Team
Venus is known for its extreme surface temperature and its sulfuric acid clouds. But the cloud layers on Venus have similar temperature and pressure conditions to those on the surface of Earth and are conjectured to be a possible habitat for microscopic ...
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Laurissa C. Heidkamp and Alan D. Christian
Land use land cover within a watershed influences stream water quality, habitat quality, and biological community structure. As development and associated impervious surface increases in a watershed, changes in storm water and nutrient inputs generally c...
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