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Facile synthesis of molybdenum carbide interspersed in biomass-derived N-doped carbon matrix for efficient hydrogen evolution reaction
It is essential to develop highly active and robust electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) to address the issue of sustainable...
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Combined theoretical and experimental approaches for bacterial aggregation studies towards the improvement of bioremediation processes
Bacterial aggregation process is usually considered as a step prior to adhesion to a surface for the biofilm establishment. However, the formation of...
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Evaluation of phenanthrene degradation in seawater by an isolated bacterial consortium from the Gulf of Mexico
Phenanthrene is one of the components of the crude oil and the Gulf of Mexico's coastline region pose a high risk of oil spills. Since bacteria can...
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Calibration of Accelerated Corrosion Regime for Short Square RC Columns Reinforced with Polypropylene and/or Steel Fibers
The impressed current technique, commonly used in laboratory studies on corroded reinforced concrete, predicts mass loss via Faraday’s law. Although...
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Study on Seismic Damage Performance of Aeolian Sand Concrete Shear Walls with Hidden Bracings
To evaluate the seismic performance of aeolian sand concrete shear walls with hidden bracings, a total of 6 specimens were designed and constructed....
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Co-seismic and rainfall-triggered landslide hazard susceptibility assessment for Uganda derived using fuzzy logic and geospatial modelling techniques
Uganda has suffered from many damaging landslides like the 1966 Rwenzori, 1994 Kisomoro and 2010 Bududa events. Despite escalating landslide risks...
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Storm-induced marine flooding on Morocco’s Atlantic Coast — case of El Jadida Bay
Coastal regions are often exposed to marine floods, usually generated by storm surge events. Each year, they are responsible for major losses in...
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Sonophotocatalysis for Enhanced Extraction of Corn Cob Xylan and Simultaneous Production of Xylose and Xylooligosaccharides
Corncob biomass (CCB), an agricultural residue having highest xylan content forms a potential source of platform chemicals such as...
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Modeling wave-surge effects on barrier-island breaching in St. Joseph Peninsula during Hurricane Michael
Better understanding the effects of hurricane waves and storm surges on barrier-island breaching is important for both scientific research and...
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Landslide susceptibility, ensemble machine learning, and accuracy methods in the southern Sinai Peninsula, Egypt: Assessment and Map**
Each year, thousands of tourists visit Egypt’s Wadi Feiran region, which is one of the most popular tourist sites in the Sinai Peninsula. The...
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Economic impacts of an urban gully are driven by land degradation
This study carries out the first evaluation of the impacts of ravines and gullies in urban areas in Brazil considering environmental damage, such as...
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Improved Multi-objective Butterfly Optimization Algorithm and its Application in Cascade Reservoirs Optimal Operation Considering Ecological Flow
Traditional reservoir operations often take power production as the main purpose. However, blindly maximizing power production will prompt the...
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Statistical modeling for long-term meteorological forecasting: a case study in Van Lake Basin
Predicting environmental variables for a sustainable environment is vital for effective resource management and regional development, especially in...
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Challenges of transdisciplinary approach in disaster recovery management
Disaster risk reduction is critical in building a sustainable, resilient and inclusive society. Achieving such a society necessitates a...
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Wave propagation of a functionally graded plate via integral variables with a hyperbolic arcsine function
Several studies on functionally graded materials (FGMs) have been done by researchers, but few studies have dealt with the impact of the modification...
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Single-station microtremor surveys for site characterization: A case study in Erzurum city, eastern Turkey
The single-station microtremor method is one of the fastest, most reliable, and cheapest methods used to identify dynamic soil properties. This study...
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Evaluation of the seismic behavior of reinforced concrete structures with flat slab-column gravity frame and shear walls through nonlinear analysis methods
This paper presents an investigation of the seismic behavior of reinforced concrete (RC) structures in which shear walls are the main lateral...
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Physics-based seismic analysis of ancient wood structure: fault-to-structure simulation
Based on the domain reduction method, this study employs an SEM-FEM hybrid workflow which integrates the advantages of the spectral element method...
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An integrated approach to the spatial distribution of the coastal infrastructure vulnerability by using coastal vulnerability index and hot spot analysis: a case study of Kusadasi-Selcuk
In this study, a new methodology integrating spatial coastal vulnerability index (CVI) and hot spot analysis was proposed for a comprehensive and...
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Nonlinear vibration of Timoshenko FG porous sandwich beams subjected to a harmonic axial load
In this study, the instability and bifurcation diagrams of a functionally graded (FG) porous sandwich beam on an elastic, viscous foundation which is...