Evaluating the environmental impact of cleaning the North Pacific Garbage Patch by Matthias Egger, Andy M. Booth, Thijs Bosker, Gert Everaert, Samantha L. Garrard, Vilma Havas, Helga S. Huntley, Albert A. Koelmans, Karin Kvale, Laurent Lebreton, Helge Niemann, Qiaotong Pang, Maira Proietti, Peter Puskic, Camille Richon, Sarah-Jeanne Royer, Matthew S. Savoca, Arjen Tjallema, Marjolein van Vulpen, Yanxu Zhang, Ziman Zhang, Denise M. Mitrano

“…Abstract Cleanup of existing plastic pollution is crucial to mitigate its impact on marine ecosystems, but such efforts must ensure benefits outweigh potential environmental damage caused by the cleanup. Here, we present an impact assessment framework and apply it to evaluate whether cleaning the North Pacific Garbage Patch (NPGP) benefits marine life and carbon cycling, using The Ocean Cleanup as a case study. …”
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Working conditions in foundry shops with batch production by A. M. Lazarenkov, I. A. Ivanov

“…The article presents the results of an assessment of working conditions at various workstations within foundry shops engaged in batch production. The authors identify the occupational hazard classes associated with different sections of these foundries, based on workplace environmental factors and production characteristics…”
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Environmentally Friendly Production of D(−) Lactic Acid by Sporolactobacillus nakayamae: Investigation of Fermentation Parameters and Fed-Batch Strategies by Susan Michelz Beitel, Luciana Fontes Coelho, Daiane Cristina Sass, Jonas Contiero

“…High production (122.41 g/L) and productivity (3.65 g/L·h) were efficiently achieved by Sporolactobacillus nakayamae in 54 h using a multipulse fed-batch technique with an initial medium containing 35 g/L of yeast extract (byproduct of alcohol production), 60 g/L of crystallized sugar, and 7.5 mL/L of salts. …”
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Absorption and Desorption Remediation of Environmental Pollution to Remove Heavy Metal Ions From Waste Water Using Batch experimental System by Ban Abdulelah Mohammed

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Bioaerosols in Agriculture: A Comprehensive Approach for Sustainable Crop Health and Environmental Balance by Njomza Gashi, Zsombor Szőke, Péter Fauszt, Péter Dávid, Maja Mikolás, Ferenc Gál, László Stündl, Judit Remenyik, Melinda Paholcsek

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Stabilizing Environmental Conditions for Improved Biogas Generation: A Comparative Analysis of Above-ground and Underground Plastic Digester in Fed-batch Systems by H. Usman Muhammad, M. Sulaiman, M. Sulaiman Yahaya, S. Saminu

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A Fast Multi-Scale of Distributed Batch-Learning Growing Neural Gas for Multi-Camera 3D Environmental Map Building by Chyan Zheng Siow, Azhar Aulia Saputra, Takenori Obo, Naoyuki Kubota

“…Therefore, this study propose a 3D environmental map-building method integrating point cloud data measured via multiple RGB-D cameras. …”
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Improved Patch-Mix Transformer and Contrastive Learning Method for Sound Classification in Noisy Environments by Xu Chen, Mei Wang, Ruixiang Kan, Hongbing Qiu

“…Firstly, a combination of data augmentation techniques is introduced to enrich environmental sounds. Then, the Patch-Mix feature fusion scheme randomly mixes patches of the enhanced and noisy spectrograms during the Transformer’s patch embedding. …”
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Development of cost functions for wastewater treatment by sequential batch reactor by Bhaskar Sengupta, Abhisek Roy, Somnath Mukherjee

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Effects of Urbanization on Ventral Patch Size and Phenotypic Correlates of Patch Expression in Male Western Fence Lizards (Sceloporus occidentalis) by Breanna J. Putman, Bayley Stevens, Nina A. Fresco, Emily R. Urquidi

“…We compared three aspects of male ventral color patches between urban and natural populations: area of the throat patch, total area of the paired belly patches, and total area of the black borders of the belly patches. …”
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Degradation kinetics of organic matter in domestic sewage by sequencing batch reactor by Kai Ma, Haodong Zhao, Guozhen Zhang, Tianhong Zhou

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Research on the treatment efficiency of improved sequential batch integrated wastewater equipment by MA Haibo, MIAO Liyong, XIAO Bo, LIU Zhijie, JIANG Xiaoyu, RONG Yi, REN Wuang

“…A modified sequencing batch integrated plant(MSBR) with A2O and SBR tandem process was constructed to treat actual domestic wastewater, the operational characteristics and treatment efficacy of the plant were investigated under the conditions of water volume fluctuation, intermittent interruptions, and water temperature changes, and its operational economics were comparatively analyzed. …”
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Silicon nanocolumn-based disposable and flexible ultrasound patches by Dong-Hyun Kang, Seonghun Cho, Hae Youn Kim, Shinyong Shim, Dong Hun Kim, Baren Jeong, Yoon Seong Lee, Eun-Ah Park, Whal Lee, Hyungmin Kim, Butrus T. Khuri-Yakub, Maesoon Im, Jae-Woong Jeong, Byung Chul Lee

“…Abstract Traditional wearable ultrasound devices pose challenges concerning the rigidity and environmental impact of lead-based piezoelectric materials. …”
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Emerging trends in sequencing batch reactor operation and enhancement for improved phenol removal by Haitham Elnakar, Muhammad Faizan Khan, Usman M. Ismail

“…Phenol and its derivatives, commonly found in industrial processes as raw materials, intermediates, or final products, pose a considerable environmental risk due to their toxic nature and widespread presence in industrial effluents. …”
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Microbial decolorization of anthraquinone dyes: batch and continuous treatment systems - a mini-review by Swati Sambita Mohanty, Arvind Kumar

“…Furthermore, continuous systems like packed bed bioreactors are explored, with a focus on the impact of flow rate and influent dye concentration on treatment efficiency.ResultsThe review synthesizes information on the effectiveness of various microbial strategies for anthraquinone dye decolorization in both batch and continuous systems. It highlights the potential of adapted microorganisms for efficient dye removal and discusses the influence of key operational parameters on decolorization performance in different reactor configurations.DiscussionThis mini-review emphasizes the growing importance of biological approaches for anthraquinone dye removal due to their cost-effectiveness and environmental sustainability compared to physico-chemical methods. …”
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Decay Experiments of Effective N-Removing Microbial Communities in Sequencing Batch Reactors by Chen Lv, Ming Li, Shuang Zhong, Jianlong Wang, Lei Wu

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Influences of Movement Behavior on Animal Distributions at Edges of Homogeneous Patches by Hilary C. Young, Tyler G. Reid, Lea A. Randall, Leanna E. Lachowsky, Danusha J. Foster, Chris J. Pengelly, Tanya Latty, Mary L. Reid

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Corrigendum to “Decay Experiments of Effective N-Removing Microbial Communities in Sequencing Batch Reactors” by Chen Lv, Li Ming, Shuang Zhong, Jianlong Wang, Wu Lei, A. Gizem Mutlu, Barth F. Smets

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From Batch to Pilot: Scaling Up Arsenic Removal with an Fe-Mn-Based Nanocomposite by Jasmina Nikić, Jovana Jokić Govedarica, Malcolm Watson, Đorđe Pejin, Aleksandra Tubić, Jasmina Agbaba

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Performance Analysis of Flat Plate Solar Collector Networks in Batch Operation Considering Scaling by Hebert G. Lugo-Granados, Lázaro Canizalez-Dávalos, Martín Picón-Núñez

“…In this study, the batch operation of a solar system equipped with flat plate collectors, considering the effects of scaling fouling is investigated. …”
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