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Michela Montesi, María Teresa Fernández Bajón
Pág. 401 - 422
La necesidad de medir el impacto social de la investigación ha planteado diferentes formas de evaluación, y en agricultura se habla de impact pathways, como herramientas que permiten reflejar el proceso sistémico de la innovación, así como los factores s...
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Stefano Alderighi, Paolo Landa, Elena Tànfani and Angela Testi
Molecular genetic techniques allow for the diagnosing of hereditary diseases and congenital abnormalities prenatally. A high variability of treatments exists, engendering an inappropriate clinical response, an inefficient use of resources, and the violat...
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Yunxia Lu, Hao An, Chao Li and Changmin Liu
The potential environmental impact and increased operational costs associated with the upgrading and renovation of sewage treatment plants are acknowledged. This study employs the upgrading and expansion project of a municipal sewage plant in Dongguan Ci...
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Philip Tafarte, Marcus Eichhorn and Daniela Thrän
Wind and solar PV have become the lowest-cost renewable alternatives and are expected to dominate the power supply matrix in many countries worldwide. However, wind and solar are inherently variable renewable energy sources (vRES) and their characteristi...
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Andi Mehmeti, Athanasios Angelis-Dimakis, George Arampatzis, Stephen J. McPhail and Sergio Ulgiati
A common sustainability issue, arising in production systems, is the efficient use of resources for providing goods or services. With the increased interest in a hydrogen (H2) economy, the life-cycle environmental performance of H2 ...
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Defeng Zhang and Zhilu Sun
Under the condition of opening up, participation in international specialization and global value chains (GVCs) has become the main source for more and more countries to obtain foreign resources and advanced technologies, thereby promoting productivity i...
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Shauna Creane, Michael O?Shea, Mark Coughlan and Jimmy Murphy
Offshore anthropogenic activities such as the installation of Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) developments and sediment extraction for marine aggregates have been shown to disrupt current flow, wave propagation, and sediment transport pathways, leading t...
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Maya Erna Natnan, Chen-Fei Low, Chou-Min Chong, Wanilada Rungrassamee and Syarul Nataqain Baharum
The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of oleic acid supplements on the liver metabolome of hybrid grouper fingerlings (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus × Epinephelus lanceolatus) challenged with Vibrio vulnificus. Oleic acid was used as a fish feed s...
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Martina Bertolini, Sarah Zecchin and Lucia Cavalca
Chlorinated ethene contamination is a worldwide relevant health issue. In anaerobic aquifers, highly chlorinated ethenes are transformed by microbially-mediated organohalide respiration metabolism. For this reason, in the last few years, bioremediation i...
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Jad Saade, Maya Atieh, Sophia Ghanimeh and Golmar Golmohammadi
Assessing the impact of climate change on streamflow is crucial for depicting the vulnerability of water resources and for identifying proper adaptation measures. This study used the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) to simulate the impact of climate...
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Kinati Chimdessa, Shoeb Quraishi, Asfaw Kebede and Tena Alamirew
In the Didessa river basin, which is found in Ethiopia, the human population number is increasing at an alarming rate. The conversion of forests, shrub and grasslands into cropland has increased in parallel with the population increase. The land use/land...
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Mercy Magdalene Brown-Luthango
Pág. 16 pages
South Africa is experiencing a youth bulge, with much public debate about whether this spells success or disaster for the country?s future. Some of the critical debates highlighted in the literature on youth centre on youth transitions to adulthood, soci...
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Kristina M. Chomiak, Wendy A. Owens-Rios, Carmella M. Bangkong, Steven W. Day, Nathan C. Eddingsaas, Matthew J. Hoffman, André O. Hudson and Anna Christina Tyler
Plastic debris is a growing threat in freshwater ecosystems and transport models predict that many plastics will sink to the benthos. Among the most common plastics found in the Laurentian Great Lakes sediments are polyethylene terephthalate (especially ...
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Suna Ekin Kali, Achira Amur, Lena K. Champlin, Mira S. Olson and Patrick L. Gurian
The Schuylkill River Watershed in southeastern PA provides essential ecosystem services, including drinking water, power generation, recreation, transportation, irrigation, and habitats for aquatic life. The impact of changing climate and land use on the...
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Rodrigo Rojas, Juan Castilla-Rho, Gabriella Bennison, Robert Bridgart, Camilo Prats and Edmundo Claro
Addressing modern water management challenges requires the integration of physical, environmental and socio-economic aspects, including diverse stakeholders? values, interests and goals. Early stakeholder involvement increases the likelihood of acceptanc...
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Imiya M. Chathuranika, Miyuru B. Gunathilake, Hazi Md. Azamathulla and Upaka Rathnayake
Climate change is a serious and complex crisis that impacts humankind in different ways. It affects the availability of water resources, especially in the tropical regions of South Asia to a greater extent. However, the impact of climate change on water ...
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Hamizah Rhymee, Shahriar Shams, Uditha Ratnayake and Ena Kartina Abdul Rahman
The climate is changing and its impacts on agriculture are a major concern worldwide. The impact of precipitation will influence crop yield and water management. Estimation of such impacts using inputs from the General Circulation Models (GCMs) for futur...
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Paran Pourteimouri, Geert H. P. Campmans, Kathelijne M. Wijnberg and Suzanne J. M. H. Hulscher
The attractiveness of beaches to people has led, in many places, to the construction of buildings at the beach?dune interface. Buildings change the local airflow patterns which, in turn, alter the sediment transport pathways and magnitudes. This induces ...
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Yogendra Mishra, Mukand Singh Babel, Tai Nakamura and Bhogendra Mishra
The diminishing spring discharge in the Middle Mountain Zone (MMZ) in Nepal is a matter of concern because it directly affects the livelihoods of low-income farmers in the region. Therefore, understanding the impacts of changes in climate and land-use pa...
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Juan Carlos Martínez-Munuera, Javier A. Giménez-Mañogil, Roberto Matarrese, Lidia Castoldi and Avelina García-García
Ceria-based catalysts, with Cu in substitution of noble metals, were studied in a vertical microreactor system under isothermal conditions, where NOx was previously stored, followed by the reduction step conducted under H2. The possible remaining ad-NOx ...
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