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Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary
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A buried Neolithic paddy soil reveals loss of microbial functional diversity after modern rice cultivation
It has been documented that human activities are causing the rapid loss of taxonomic, phylogenetic, genetic and functional diversity in soils. However, it remains unclear how modern intensive rice cultivation ...
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Metamorphism and zircon U–Pb dating of garnet amphibolite in the Baoyintu Group, Inner Mongolia
Garnet amphibolite in the Baoyintu Group, Inner Mongolia, is mainly composed of garnet, hornblende, plagioclase, quartz and minor rutile/ilmenite. Garnet occurs as porphyroblasts surrounded by plagioclase, for...
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The role of volatiles and coal structural variation in coal methane adsorption
We investigated the role of volatiles in the porous structure of coal samples and the corresponding structural deformations that affect the coals’ methane adsorption capacity. For this study, the volatiles in ...
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Pressure gradient evolution in the near-Earth magnetotail at the arrival of BBFs
Using in situ observations from THEMIS A, D and E during the 2008–2011 tail season, we present a statistical study of the evolution of pressure gradients in the near-Earth tail during bursty bulk flow (BBF) co...
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Mineralization of flue gas CO2 with coproduction of valuable magnesium carbonate by means of magnesium chloride
CO2 mineralization and utilization is a new area for reducing the CO2 emissions. By reacting with natural mineral or industrial waste, CO2 can be transformed into valuable solid carbonate (such as calcium carbona...
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Insight into the covalent grafting of organic films onto carbon steel surfaces for protection
The novel use of p-nitrophenyldiazonium tetrafluoroborate salt (GG salt) as a protectant that is electrochemically grafted onto carbon steel has been investigated in 0.05 mol L−1 H2SO4 and 5 wt% NaCl solutions us...
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Theoretical framework of dualistic nature–social water cycle
The global climate change and intensification of human activities in recent decades have made profound changes in hydrological cycle processes and water resources, and produced serious water problems and water...
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Characteristics of dynamic membrane filtration: structure, operation mechanisms, and cost analysis
Dynamic membrane technology represents a promising substitution for conventional membrane bioreactor system, which owns the merits of flexible and comparably cheap materials, easy for backwash, good antifoulin...
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Open AccessOrganisational Change to Health Promoting Hospitals: A Review of the Literature
The Health Promoting Hospitals (HPH) initiative, as a setting approach, was launched by the World Health Organisation in 1988, and widespread expansion and development throughout the world ensued. This paper e...
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Open AccessA new interpretation of the tectonic setting and age of meta-basic volcanics in the Ondor Sum Group, Inner Mongolia
The Ondor Sum Group in the central Inner Mongolia is mainly composed of meta-basic volcanics intercalated with ferruginous quartzite and quartz schist, and has been interpreted as slices of oceanic crust or an...
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Open AccessReply to: Parker A. Comment on “Low-frequency sea level variation and its correlation with climate events in the Pacific”
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Open AccessCharacterization of dissolved organic matter in a dynamic membrane bioreactor for wastewater treatment
This paper systematically examined the characteristics of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in a dynamic membrane bioreactor (DMBR) for municipal wastewater with a laboratory-scale continuous-flow device. Experim...
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Open AccessAmidourea-based homoduplex as a super organogelator
The amidourea-based homoduplex was developed as a super organogelator, which could form stable gels in wide-tested solvents. And the reversible gel to solution transition was responsive to heat/cool and acid/b...
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Open AccessLow-frequency sea level variation and its correlation with climate events in the Pacific
Global mean sea level (GMSL) has not only significant secular trend and seasonal variations, but also inter-annual and decadal variations. This paper reconstructs the time series of GMSL variations between 194...
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Open AccessInterface dipole engineering in metal gate/high-k stacks
Although metal gate/high-k stacks are commonly used in metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect-transistors (MOSFETs) in the 45 nm technology node and beyond, there are still many challenges to be solved. Among the...
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Open AccessEvaluation of humic acid removal by a flat submerged membrane photoreactor
A flat submerged membrane combined with a TiO2/UV photocatalytic reactor (FSMPR) was employed in batch mode to remove humic acid (HA). HA removal efficiency was characterized by UV254 absorbance, UV-vis spectra, ...
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Open AccessImproved hydrogen desorption properties of Co-doped Li2BNH6
The hydrogen desorption properties of Li2BNH6 were improved by do** with cobalt. With the addition of CoCl2 (7 wt%), more than 8 wt% of hydrogen was released from Li2BNH6 at temperatures below 210°C, which is a...
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Open AccessComparative proteomics analysis of OsNAS1 transgenic Brassica napus under salt stress
Salt stress is one of the major abiotic stresses in agricultural plants worldwide. We used proteomics to analyze the differential expression of proteins in transgenic OsNAS1 and non-transformant Brassica napus tr...
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Open AccessHabitat-induced reciprocal transformation in the root phenotype of Oriental ginseng is associated with alteration in DNA methylation
Oriental ginseng is an important medicinal plant that grows in 2 major forms or ecotypes, wild and domesticated. Each form differs conspicuously in root phenotype, but can be converted from one type to another...
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Open AccessProgress in quantitative analysis of plant hormones
Plant hormones are small molecular natural products that regulate all plant developmental processes at low concentrations. Quantitative analysis of plant hormones is increasingly important for in-depth study o...
