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Open AccessGaps and opportunities in modelling human influence on species distributions in the Anthropocene
Understanding species distributions is a global priority for mitigating environmental pressures from human activities. Ample studies have identified key environmental (climate and habitat) predictors and the s...
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A contagious disease caused serious damage to Gracilariopsis lemaneiformis cultivation in China
The yield of Gracilariopsis lemaneiformis in China was reduced by at least 40% in 2023 compared with 2022. Based on the investigation of this study, the decrease in production was caused by a disease locally name...
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Open AccessMammal recovery inside and outside terrestrial protected areas
Protected areas are a key component of global conservation, and the world is aiming to increase protected areas to cover 30% of land and water through the 30 × 30 Initiative under the Post-2020 Global Biodiver...
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Characteristics of rural domestic sewage discharge and their driving mechanisms: evidence from the Northern Region, China
The traits of rural domestic sewage emission are unclear, negatively affecting rural domestic sewage treatment and sewage management. This study used data from the Second National Pollution Source Census Bulle...
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Telecoupled impacts of the Russia–Ukraine war on global cropland expansion and biodiversity
The Russia–Ukraine War is impacting global food systems, which may trigger global cropland expansion and consequently lead to biodiversity loss far from war zones. To quantify such impacts on biodiversity, we ...
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Role of LINC00240 on T-helper 9 differentiation in allergic rhinitis through influencing DNMT1-dependent methylation of PU.1
Allergic rhinitis (AR) is a common allergic disease with increasing prevalence globally. However, the molecular mechanism underlying AR pathogenesis remains largely undefined.
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In Situ Prepared RuW/Biochar for Conversion of Carbohydrates to Ethylene Glycol
Converting cellulose to ethylene glycol has been widely reported, while glucose is seldomly used to produce ethylene glycol. This is challenging due to side reactions such as glucose hydrogenation and isomeriz...
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Open AccessIntranational synergies and trade-offs reveal common and differentiated priorities of sustainable development goals in China
Accelerating efforts for the Sustainable Development Goals requires understanding their synergies and trade-offs at the national and sub-national levels, which will help identify the key hurdles and opportunit...
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Comparative Analysis of the Drivers of Soil Organic Carbon, Total Nitrogen, and Phosphorus Stocks in Different Coniferous Plantations on the Eastern Tibetan Plateau
The eastern Tibetan Plateau has experienced an enormous increase in afforestation over the past few decades to restore the biological environment, but the subsequent effects of different tree species on soil n...
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Translating Earth system boundaries for cities and businesses
Operating within safe and just Earth system boundaries requires mobilizing key actors across scale to set targets and take actions accordingly. Robust, transparent and fair cross-scale translation methods are ...
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Impacts of irrigation with treated livestock wastewater on the accumulation characteristic of ARGs in the farmland soil: a case study in Hohhot, China
Irrigation with treated livestock wastewater (TWW) is a promising strategy for reusing resources. However, TWW irrigation might introduce antibiotic resistant genes (ARGs) into the soil, posing environmental r...
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Open AccessGlobal transboundary synergies and trade-offs among Sustainable Development Goals from an integrated sustainability perspective
Domestic attempts to advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a country can have synergistic and/or trade-off effects on the advancement of SDGs in other countries. Transboundary SDG interactions ca...
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Dynamic disparities in clean energy use across rural–urban, regional, and ethnic boundaries in China
The consequences of relying on solid fuels are disproportionately borne by minorities, the marginalized, and rural communities. However, the social disparities in transitioning from polluting energy to clean e...
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Construction waste ditch: a novel rural household sewage collection and treatment facility
New low-cost rural sewage collection and treatment technologies should be developed to solve the problem of conventional rural sewage technology caused by rural sewage characteristics. In this study, a novel f...
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Highly dispersed NiMo@rGO nanocomposite catalysts fabricated by a two-step hydrothermal method for hydrogen evolution
Exploring and designing a high-performance non-noble metal catalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) are crucial for the large-scale application of H2 by water electrolysis. Here, novel catalysts with NiMo n...
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Graphene Encapsulated Low-Load Nitrogen-Doped Bimetallic Magnetic Pd/Fe@N/C Catalyst for the Reductive Amination of Nitroarene Under Mild Conditions
Aniline is a group of important platform molecules that has been widely used in the synthesis of other high-value chemicals and pharmaceutical products. How to produce high-value anilines as the high-value che...
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Open AccessDesign and fabrication of a stable Ni-PTFE-SiC superhydrophobic anticorrosive coating by electrodeposition
Superhydrophobic coatings show great application potential in many fields, but they have not been widely used due to poor stability. A Ni-PTFE-SiC composite coating was proposed in this paper. Firstly, the Ni-...
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Open AccessEffect of chewing gum on orthodontic pain in patients receiving fixed orthodontic treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis
The objective of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to evaluate the effect of chewing gum on orthodontic pain and to determine the rate of bracket breakage associated with fixed orthodontic appliances.
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Anticorrosion healing properties of epoxy coating with poly(urea–formaldehyde) microcapsules encapsulated linseed oil and benzotriazole
In this study, two-component microcapsules were prepared with benzotriazole (BTA) and linseed oil as the core material and poly(urea–formaldehyde) as the shell material. The effects of stirring speed, temperat...
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Open AccessOsSTS, a Novel Allele of Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinase 4 (OsMKK4), Controls Grain Size and Salt Tolerance in Rice
Soil salinization is one of the most common abiotic stresses of rice, which seriously affects the normal growth of rice. Breeding salt-tolerant varieties have become one of the important ways to ensure food se...
