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Open AccessDifferent effects of polyethylene microplastics on bioaccumulation of three fungicides in maize (Zea mays L.)
Despite the ubiquity of microplastics (MPs) and pesticides in agricultural soils, the effects of MPs on the behavior and bioavailability of pesticides in soil–plant systems remain largely unknown. This study c...
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Uniaxial Compressive Behaviors of Sandstone-concrete Binary with Rough Interface after High Temperatures
In this study, to explore the deterioration mechanism of the surrounding rock-ining by the thermal effect of conflagrations, sandstone-concrete bi-materials with various rough interfaces were produced employin...
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Modeling Interactions between Hydraulic and Closed Natural Fractures in Brittle Crystalline Rocks: A Fluid–Solid Coupling Grain-Based Approach for Characterizing Microcracking Behaviors
Activating closed natural fractures (NFs) in hot dry rock (HDR) reservoirs is a critical way to improve fluid conductivity and stimulate production. However, the current hydraulic fracturing simulation technol...
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Modeling Injection-Induced Fracture Propagation in Crystalline Rocks by a Fluid–Solid Coupling Grain-Based Model
Hydraulic fracturing, which determines geothermal resource productivity, is one of the critical technical components in the construction of hot dry rock (HDR) reservoirs. Although the mechanical coupling betwe...
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Open AccessA proteogenomic view of Parkinson’s disease causality and heterogeneity
The pathogenesis and clinical heterogeneity of Parkinson’s disease (PD) have been evaluated from molecular, pathophysiological, and clinical perspectives. High-throughput proteomic analysis of cerebrospinal fl...
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Uptake, Accumulation, and translocation of azoxystrobin by Vegetable plants in soils: influence of soil characteristics and plant species
Although azoxystrobin has been widely applied on various crops, little is known about the bioavailability of azoxystrobin in the soil-vegetable system. In this study, the uptake, accumulation and translocation...
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Open AccessCarbendazim shapes microbiome and enhances resistome in the earthworm gut
It is worrisome that several pollutants can enhance the abundance of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in the environment, including agricultural fungicides. As an important bioindicator for environmental ris...
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A modeling study of the micro-cracking behavior of brittle crystalline rocks under uniaxial loading considering different scenarios of grain-based models
The grain-based model (GBM) in two-dimensional Particle Flow Code (PFC2D) is widely used to simulate the deformation and brittle failure of crystalline rocks. However, the original GBM consisting of the parall...
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Effect of low VEGF on lung development and function
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is important for lung development and function but ideal mouse models are limited to decipher the quantitative relationship between VEGF expression levels and its prop...
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10Be dating and seismic origin of Luanshibao rock avalanche in SE Tibetan Plateau and implications on Litang active fault
Moderate-large earthquakes usually trigger a large number of landslides. The prehistoric large landslides can be analyzed to determine the probability of its seismic origin, and further recognized as an indica...
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The Steady-state Analysis of DC Distribution Network Embedded Droop Control and Power Flow Controller
Aiming at the DC distribution network based on the droop control, this paper proposes that the intersection of the internal characteristics of the node converter droop control and the external characteristics ...
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Free radical copolymerization of trifluoroethyl methacrylate with perfluoroalkyl ethyl acrylates for superhydrophobic coating application
The chemical constitution is a critical factor to the surface properties and the applications of polymers. In this paper, the random copolymers of trifluoroethyl methacrylate (FMA) and perfluoroalkyl ethyl acr...
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Hydro-mechanically coupled finite-element analysis of the stability of a fractured-rock slope using the equivalent continuum approach: a case study of planned reservoir banks in Blaubeuren, Germany
Construction works associated with the building of reservoirs in mountain areas can damage the stability of adjacent valley slopes. Seepage processes caused by the filling and drawdown operations of reservoirs...
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Numerical SPH analysis of debris flow run-out and related river damming scenarios for a local case study in SW China
A smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) numerical modeling method implemented for the forward simulation of propagation and deposition of flow-type landslides was combined with different empirical geomorpholog...
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The effect of oxidation on physicochemical properties and aqueous stabilization of multiwalled carbon nanotubes: comparison of multiple analysis methods
Surface oxidation can alter physicochemical properties of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and influence their aqueous stabilization. Many techniques have been used to characterize the physicochemical pro...
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Open AccessThe role of exopolymeric substances in the bioaccumulation and toxicity of Ag nanoparticles to algae
Exopolymeric substances (EPS) have an important role in bioaccumulation and toxicity of nanoparticles (NPs) to algae, which warrants specific studies. The interaction of EPS with citrate and polyvinyl pyrrolid...
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Synthesis and Surface Activities of Novel Succinic Acid Double-Tailed Sulfonate Fluorinated Surfactants
In this study, four environmentally friendly succinic acid double-tailed sulfonate fluorinated surfactants were synthesized from maleic anhydride, fluoroalkyl alcohols, namely 1-(1H,1H,7H-Dodecafluoroheptyloxy) e...
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Comparison of rockfall susceptibility assessment at local and regional scale: a case study in the north of Bei**g (China)
This study shows a rockfall susceptibility assessment at local scale in north Bei**g of China, including the identification of rockfall sources onsite by terrain and rock discontinuities analysis and run-out ...
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Uncertainty assessment in quantitative rockfall risk assessment
This study shows a quantitative rockfall risk assessment (QRA) for a slope of the Feifeng Mountain (China), including an explicit assessment of the uncertainties. For rockfall risk analysis, the annual probabi...
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Regional landslide susceptibility zoning with considering the aggregation of landslide points and the weights of factors
In this paper, we propose a methodology for landslide susceptibility assessment at a regional scale in Yunnan, southwestern province of China. A landslide inventory map including 3,242 landslide points was pre...
