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Dorota Papciak, Barbara Tchórzewska-Cieslak, Andzelika Domon, Anna Wojtus, Jakub Zywiec and Janusz Konkol
The article presents changes in the quality of tap water depending on time spent in installation and its impact on the creation of biofilms on various materials (polyethylene (PE), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), chrome-nickel steel and galvanized steel). For ...
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Zaibin Wang, Xufeng Wang, Can Hu, Tida Ge, Long Wang, Jianfei Xing, Xiaowei He and Yachuan Zhao
The presence of microplastics in soil has become a significant global concern, posing a threat to environmental, agricultural, and human health. However, the use of various detection methods has led to significant discrepancies in the statistics reported...
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Ai-Sheng Wang, Zhang-Cai Yin and Shen Ying
The possibility of moving objects accessing different types of points of interest (POIs) at specific times is not always the same, so quantitative time geography research needs to consider the actual POI semantic information, including POI attributes and...
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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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Ioannis Karampinis, Lazaros Iliadis and Athanasios Karabinis
Structures inevitably suffer damage after an earthquake, with severity ranging from minimal damage of nonstructural elements to partial or even total collapse, possibly with loss of human lives. Thus, it is essential for engineers to understand the cruci...
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Dongye Lv, Hanbing Liu, Qiang Miao, Wensheng Wang, Guojin Tan, Chengwei Shi and Hanjun Li
The passivation behavior of steel reinforcements in concrete is significantly influenced by the environment, concrete pore solution, and the passive film formed on the steel surface. The present study used electrochemical methods to successfully characte...
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Aikaterini Kasimati, George Papadopoulos, Valentina Manstretta, Marianthi Giannakopoulou, George Adamides, Damianos Neocleous, Vassilis Vassiliou, Savvas Savvides and Andreas Stylianou
Addressing the urgent sustainability challenges in the wine industry, this study explores the efficacy of sustainability-oriented innovations (SOIs) and smart farming technologies (SFTs) across wine value chains in Cyprus and Italy. Utilising a mixed-met...
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Hideki Nakata and Seiichi Ogata
Decarbonization and idle cropland reclaiming pose critical policy challenges. Agrivoltaic systems (AVSs), which merge agriculture and photovoltaics, offer a promising solution by reducing land use conflicts between agriculture and energy production. This...
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Kadir Kuru and Deniz Artan
A successful public-private partnership (PPP) relies heavily on effective risk assessment, given the intricate risk factors and contractual arrangements involved. While quantitative risk assessment methods have received significant attention in the PPP l...
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Irina Kaygorodova
The traditional taxonomy of freshwater invertebrates is a labor-intensive process requiring extensive knowledge and experience. In addition, this science is largely subjective, which makes its digitalization difficult. However, accurate species attributi...
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