Impact of sand and dust storms on mortality in Jinan City, China by Chaofan Shen, Mingjun Li, Qingchang Wang, Jinjiao Luan, Jiliang Si, Liangliang Cui

“…The insufficient evidence on SDS hampers effective measures to mitigate its harm.ObjectiveTo reveal the mortality risks associated with SDSs in Jinan City and identify sensitive populations vulnerable to these events.MethodsFor this time-stratified case-crossover study, we collected daily data on all-cause, circulatory, and respiratory deaths, as well as air pollution and meteorological information from Jinan City in China between January 1, 2013, and November 30, 2022. …”
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Two-stage efficiency evaluation of industrial water resources and the role of digital inclusive finance: insight from Yangtze River Delta by Linjie Feng, Tingting Liu, Zhenjie Yang, Yi Shi, Hongxi Chen, Ka Leong Chan, Bin Chen

“…Boosting efficiency of industrial water resources in YRD will drastically decrease water pollution and resource constraints. The current paper employed Network Super-SBM and the Global Malmquist-Luenberger index to evaluate industrial water use efficiency and wastewater treatment efficiency of YRD’ cities. …”
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Study on the Atomization and Dust-Reduction Performance of a New Type of External Pneumatic Vortex Fog Curtain Dust Removal Device in Fully Mechanized Excavation Face by Deji Jing, Rina An, Jingxu Chen, Shaocheng Ge, Liying Sun

“…To solve the problem of dust pollution in the heading face, a new type of external pneumatic vortex fog curtain dust removal device suitable for a fully mechanized excavation face is designed in this paper. …”
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Simultaneous implementation for landfill leachate treatment and desulfurization and decarbonization of landfill gas purification by NIE Wenbo, CHEN Yi*

“…To investigate the efficiency and mechanism of treating landfill leachate by two-stage membrane biofilm reactor (MBfR) in cooperation with desulfurization and decarbonization of landfill gas, we sequentially examined the removal efficiency of organic matter and nitrogen pollutants, as well as the conversion characteristics of H2S, CO2, and CH4 in landfill gas during the operation of pre-short-range nitrification MBfR and post - MBfR. …”
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Assessment of Nitrogen Ceilings for Dutch Agricultural Soils to Avoid Adverse Environmental Impacts by Wim de Vries, Hans Kros, Oene Oenema, Jan Willem Erisman

“…A decrease of nearly 60% is needed to reach the ceilings that are necessary to protect the environment against all adverse impacts of N pollution from agriculture.…”
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The Unignorable Near-ground PM2.5, UFP, PAHs, and BC Levels around a Traffic Prohibited Night Market by Sheng-Lun Lin, Hongjie Zhang, Ming-Yeng Lin, Shih-Wei Huang

“…Through traffic restriction, it was found that all kinds of pollutants increased significantly before restriction, and even after restriction, the concentrations of PM2.5 and BC increased 131% and 151% in low concentration season. …”
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Determinants of Tuberculosis Treatment Outcome among Patients Belonging to the Tea Tribe Community in Dibrugarh District of Assam by Bhupendra Narayan Mahanta, Tulika Goswami Mahanta, Nabanita Nirmolia, Swarnali Devi Baruah

“…Introduction: Certain social determinants like poverty, malnutrition, indoor air pollution, male gender, diabetes, and cancer are some identified risk factors of TB. …”
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The Effect of Organic and Inorganic Modifiers on the Physical Properties of Granite Residual Soil by Bingxiang Yuan, Weijie Chen, Jin Zhao, Fei Yang, Qingzi Luo, Tianying Chen

“…Geopolymer and alkali-activated materials are pollution-free, inorganic polymers featuring viscosity and high compressive strength. …”
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Identifying the Roadway Infrastructure Factors Affecting Road Accidents Using Interpretable Machine Learning and Data Augmentation by Jonghak Lee, Sangyoup Kim, Tae-Young Heo, Dongwoo Lee

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Design of a Solar Powered Precision Irrigation System. by Othieno John Wangara

“…These increase farming cost since the current irrigation systems use fuel energy and also have negative impacts on the environment through air, water and land pollution and its effects. Hence need to use environmentally friendly solar powered precision irrigation machine. [2] This study seeks to design an irrigation system that supplies just enough amount of water needed to meet the irrigation water requirement of the plants and using renewable energy in form of solar energy.…”
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Investigation of Suit Ability of Red Onion Juice as PH Indicator in Acid-Base Experiments. by Tumuheirwe, Promise

“…Today synthetic dyes are the choice of acid-base titrimetric analysis, but due to environmental pollution as well as the global crunch, there became a growing need to utilize indigenous natural resources as acid-base indicators in the laboratory due to their environmental friendliness, easy availability, and cheap compared to synthetic standard indicators. …”
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Digitisation and Preservation of Cultural Heritage Artefacts in Cultural Centres in Uganda: A Case Study of Igongo Museum and Cultural Centre, Mbarara. by Twesigye, Christopher

“…The Centre’s lack of thermometer, hygrometer and Air Quality Index (AQI) exposed artifacts to dangers from temperature and relative humidity and air pollution (dust and smoke from nearby roads). Only 43% of the artefacts at the Cultural Centre were digitized. …”
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An Overview: PM2.5 Concentration Levels in Urban Residential Buildings during the Past Two Decades by Yu Liu, Jiankai Dong, Hongqiang Ma, Yiqiang Jiang, Wenke Zheng, Xinmei Luo

“…Moreover, severe outdoor particle pollution increased indoor PM2.5 concentrations by up to 142% in low-energy residential buildings.…”
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Boosting singlet oxygen generation for salinity wastewater treatment through co-activation of oxygen and peroxymonosulfate in photoelectrochemical process by Qianqian Yang, Zhiyuan Feng, Yanbo Zhou, Hongying Zhao, Guohua Zhao

“…Fast kinetics are achieved for removing various phenolic pollutants in a nonradical oxidation pathway, which is less susceptible to the coexistence of natural organic matter and inorganic ions. …”
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Thermodynamic and kinetics analysis of the sulfur-fixed roasting of antimony sulfide using ZnO as sulfur-fixing agent by Ouyang Z., Chen Y.F., Tian S.Y., Xiao L., Tang C.B., Hu Y.J., Xia Z.M., Chen Y.M., Ye L.G.

“…This step includes the problems of high energy consumption and low concentration of SO2 pollution. Aiming at these problems, we present a new method of sulfur-fixing roasting of antimony sulfide. …”
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Advancing the solar cooking revolution: Insights into the evolving landscape of solar PV-based electric cooking by Flavio Odoi-Yorke, Richard Opoku, Francis Davis, George Yaw Obeng

“…The findings revealed a growing research interest in solar PV-based e-cooking, driven by concerns about climate change, energy security, and environmental sustainability, such as deforestation, indoor air pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions. The thematic analysis identified core research areas, including solar PV systems, renewable energy integration, developing clean and efficient cooking solutions, and addressing socio-economic factors for widespread adoption. …”
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Design and Development of a Pine Needle Briquetting Machine for the Uttarakhand Region of India by Tejas Pramod Naik, Soumyajeet Jaiswal, Inderdeep Singh, Apurbba Kumar Sharma, Ayush Joshi

“…This dual benefit protects forests and helps battle climate change and local air pollution, making it a long-term option for environmental protection. …”
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Seasonal Variability of PM10 Chemical Composition Including 1,3,5-triphenylbenzene, Marker of Plastic Combustion and Toxicity in Wadowice, South Poland by Przemysław Furman, Katarzyna Styszko, Alicja Skiba, Damian Zięba, Mirosław Zimnoch, Magdalena Kistler, Anne Kasper-Giebl, Stefania Gilardoni

“…The modeling tool Hybrid Single-Particle Lagrangian Integrated Trajectory model (HYSPLIT), developed by NOAA’s Air Resources Laboratory, was used to define the possible areas outside Wadowice contributing to urban air pollution.…”
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Emission Characteristics of Volatile Organic Compounds from Typical Coal Utilization Sources: A Case Study in Shanxi of Northern China by Yang Xu, Hualong Yu, Yulong Yan, Lin Peng, Rumei Li, Cheng Wang, Zhiyong Li

“…As a major source of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), coal utilization also led to high national emissions of these pollutants. In this study, we investigated the profiles; benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene (BTEX) ratios; ozone formation potential (OFP); and secondary organic aerosol (SOA) formation potential of VOCs generated by coal-utilizing steel plants, power plants, coking plants, and residential stoves in northern China. …”
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Physical and Chemical Properties of Biodiesel Obtained from Amazon Sailfin Catfish (Pterygoplichthys pardalis) Biomass Oil by F. Anguebes-Franseschi, A. Bassam, M. Abatal, O. May Tzuc, C. Aguilar-Ucán, A. T. Wakida-Kusunoki, S. E. Diaz-Mendez, L. C. San Pedro

“…It represents an environmental option to mitigate a global problem of atmospheric pollution, and at the same time, it shows a commercial alternative to reduce the ecological impact caused by this fish in the diverse ecosystems to which it has spread. …”
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