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Toshiharu Kojima, Ryoma Shimono, Takahiro Ota, Hiroshi Hashimoto and Yasuhiro Hasegawa
The ecosystem services of forests, such as the water conservation function, are the combined results of diverse processes, and the modification of one part of a forest affects each ecosystem service separately via complex processes. It is necessary to de...
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Farhan Ahmad, Sanket Rawat and Yixia Zhang
Magnesium oxychloride cement (MOC), an alternative to ordinary Portland cement (OPC), has attracted increasing research interest for its excellent mechanical properties and its green and sustainable attributes. The poor water resistance of MOC limited it...
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Arman Hatami Shirkouh, Farshad Meftahi, Ahmed Soliman, Stéphane Godbout and Joahnn Palacios
The increasing scarcity of virgin natural resources and the need for sustainable waste management in densely populated urban areas have heightened the importance of developing new recycling technologies. One promising approach involves recycling agricult...
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Niclene Ponce Rodrigues de Oliveira, Edna Maria Bonfim-Silva, Tonny José Araújo da Silva, Patrícia Ferreira da Silva, Rosana Andréia da Silva Rocha, Luana Aparecida Menegaz Meneghetti, Alisson Silva Costa Custódio, Salomão Lima Guimarães, Thiago Franco Duarte and Marcio Koetz
Fertilization management is essential for forage production. However, excessive use of synthetic fertilizers causes environmental imbalances. An alternative to reduce these effects is to seek alternative fertilizers, such as wood ash produced from agro-i...
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Marta M. Moreno, Sara González-Mora, Jaime Villena and Carmen Moreno
Organic hydromulches (liquid spray-on mulches) have been used traditionally in land rehabilitation, mainly to mitigate post-fire runoff and erosion. However, in recent years, a new application of these materials as an eco-friendly alternative to the wide...
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Cosmin Spîrchez, Aurel Lunguleasa, Carmen-Mihaela Popescu, Anamaria Avram and Constantin Stefan Ionescu
In a context where there is an increasing need for thermal treatments of wooden products, the current research contributes a description of the torrefaction treatment of two of the composite wood materials available on the international market. The prese...
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Carolina Quimbaya-Ñañez, Efraím A. Serna-Galvis, Javier Silva-Agredo, Inés García-Rubio, Ricardo A. Torres-Palma and Yenny P. Ávila-Torres
A carbonaceous material obtained from wood wastes (SW-Mn) was initially used for the removal of pharmaceuticals in water by a carbocatalytic system. The SW-Mn material adsorbed only 41% of the diclofenac (DCF) and 3% of the valsartan (VAL). Interestingly...
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Jin Woo Kim, Saerom Park, Young Whan Sung, Hak Jin Song, Sung Woo Yang, Jiwoo Han, Jeong Wook Jo, Im-Soon Lee, Sang Hyun Lee, Yong-Keun Choi and Hyung Joo Kim
Commiphora myrrha (T.Nees) Engl. resin extracts were prepared via immersion in extraction solvents (hot water, DMSO, hexane, ethanol, and methanol) which have various physical properties, such as different polarity and dielectric constant values. Methano...
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Michal Kloiber, Dita Frankeová, Zuzana Slí?ková and Jirí Kunecký
The paper describes a method of structural repair to damaged elements of protected timber houses. Emphasis is laid on minimum intervention in the valuable material that needs to be preserved to the maximum possible extent, especially without larger inter...
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Tatjana Paulauskiene, Jochen Uebe, Zilvinas Kryzevicius, Valeriia Kaskova, Marija Katarzyte and Donata Overlinge
Crude oil and petroleum products made from it are increasingly being extracted and consumed worldwide as an important energy source. During necessary transportation, e.g., by tanker, an oil spill might occur, which leads to water pollution by oil. One of...
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