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Plastic mulch film application in agricultural production creates conflicts between environmentalists, farmers and society. Besides being a disturbing element in the landscape and fauna habitats, mulch films also cause plastic emissions to the environment. Farmers apply the mulch film to produce...
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Mineralization of phthalic acid, a highly refractory organic pollutant was studied by an anodic oxidation process with BDD anode in a highly acidic chromium medium. Synthetic solutions were composed of Cr(III)/Cr(VI), sulfate, sulfuric acid, and phthalic acid (initial form potassium hydrogen...
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Diamonds were discovered in the Canadian arctic less than two decades ago. Today, there are half-a-dozen large diamond … diamonds with purity and wild nature. These forms of carbon politics - diamond and climate - cannot be explained simply as a … politics of the Canadian diamond industry, studying the discourses that surround it is just as important as understanding the …
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We have described a very simple and low cost deposition method to grow polyaniline thin films. A conventional chemical bath deposition (CBD) method is used. Aniline monomer, oxidizing agent and dopant acid is used for the deposition of polyaniline thin films. The impact of dopant acid...
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Alternative index products often achieve improved performance at the cost of increased exposure to risk. In this study, we propose a portfolio tilting strategy that alleviates the risks inherent to alternative indices by projecting fundamental factors on risk factors to purge the influence of...
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Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) have attracted extensive attentions because of their unique luminescent properties and promising prospects in intelligent sensing and detection. However, the increasing environmental pollution caused by chemical substances for synthesizing illuminants limits their...
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Lithium metal is considered to be an ideal anode material due to its ultra-high theoretical capacity and extremely low electric potential. However, the unlimited volume expansion and uncontrollable growth of lithium dendrites during the plating/stripping process hinder its practical application....
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Creativity is often highly concentrated in time and space, and across different domains. What explains the formation and decay of clusters of creativity? We match data on notable individuals born in Europe between the XIth and the XIXth century with historical city data. The production and...
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Environmental Problems A Market Failure -- Choice of Policy Instruments Tax Regulation or Subsidy -- Another Solution to Environmental Problems Prepoety Right Approach -- Uncertainty and Policy Choice Price Control or Quantity Control -- Waste Reduction and the Effectiveness of Imposing Disposal...
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