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    dedup_wf_001--06c9a05397c706e01ff708417f6fe885

    Toward an attempt to limit the global warming to 2 °C, there has been an increasing emphasis on devising suitable policies and practices for entrapment and storage of...
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    E-waste legislation in the US: An analysis of the disparate design and result...

    Electronic waste management in the US has been characterized as ‘inconsistent’, ‘disparate’, and a ‘patchwork’. While there is currently no federal leadership on the regulation...
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    Effects of rearing system (organic and conventional) and breed (Churra and Ca...

    The sensory characteristics of suckling lamb meat from 40 animals of the Castellana and Churra breeds from both conventional and organic maternal rearing systems were evaluated...
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    An evaluation of materials and methods for vapour measurement of the isotopic...

    The development of in situ vapour sampling methods to measure δ2H and δ18O in pore water of deep, unsaturated soil profiles, including mine tailings and waste rock, is required...
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    Advanced oxidation processes for waste water treatment: from laboratory-scale...

    A process combining three steps has been developed as a tertiary treatment for waste water in order to remove micropollutants not eliminated by a conventional waste water...
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    Ochratoxin a in breast milk in Morocco: the affecting dietary habits of the l...

    The aim of the present study is to evaluate the level of contamination of breast milk (BM) by ochratoxin A, among Moroccan lactating mothers in the city of Rabat, and to...
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    Vehicle safety characteristics in vulnerable driver populations

    National data suggest drivers who are younger, older, and have lower socioeconomic status (SES) have heightened crash-related injury rates. Ensuring vulnerable drivers are in...
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    Initial predictors of skin thickness progression in patients with diffuse cut...

    To identify initial parameters that predict worsening of skin thickening in patients with diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (dcSSc) using a multicentre, prospective,...
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    Unravelling the influence of human behaviour on reducing casualties during fl...

    Floods are the natural hazards that are causing the most deaths worldwide. Flood early warning systems are one of the most cost-efficient methods to reduce death rates,...
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    Mental transportation mediates nostalgia’s psychological benefits

    Nostalgizing confers social, existential, and self-oriented psychological benefits or functions. But how does the experience of nostalgia conduce to these functions? We propose...
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    A minimalistic approach for evapotranspiration estimation using the Prophet m...

    This study aimed to evaluate the potential of the recently introduced Prophet model for estimating reference evapotranspiration (ETo). A comparative study was conducted for...
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    A property rights framework for analyzing management options for wildlife: a ...

    Although property rights have been used to understand numerous wildlife issues, such as extinctions, they have rarely been used to provide insights into specific management...
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    An extractant forced-circulation three-phase extraction (EC-TPE) device based on extraction-stripping coupling was developed for the preconcentration of Cd2+ in environmental...
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    Ceric ammonium nitrate/acetic anhydride: A tunable system for the O-acetylati...

    Esterification of a wide range of partially protected carbohydrate derivatives was achieved using acetic anhydride and a catalytic amount of ceric ammonium nitrate (CAN)....
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    Efficiency and Status in Polygynous Pastoralist Households

    Decision-making structures may be different across polygynous and monogamous households, leading to different economic outcomes and requiring different targeting of anti-poverty...
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    The influence of driving anger on truck drivers’ speeding behavior in Serbia:...

    OBJECTIVE Speeding behavior is recognized as one of the three main causes of risk on the roads and the most frequent ordinary violation among truck drivers. The study reported...
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    Are South African linefishes recovering and what makes them prone to overexpl...

    Managing coastal fisheries is challenging as the status of many fish stocks caught in these fisheries remains unknown. In the South African linefishery, regular comprehensive...
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    Application of hydrogeochemistry and isotopic characterization for the assess...

    In the eastern region of central Costa Rica, land use in the sub-basins of the Maravilla-Chiz and Quebrada Honda rivers (47 km2) is dominated by agricultural and livestock...
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    dedup_wf_001--b2757f2d18c7ed53193b11f94024e7c7

    In 2015 and 2016, groundwater samples were collected in Hanoi to analyse the isotopic composition (δ2H, δ18O and 3H) and elucidate the relationship between groundwater and...
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    The evolution of transformational change in multilateral funds dedicated to f...

    Transformational adaptation is increasingly viewed as necessary to prevent the worst offsets in development gains due to severe climate impacts. However, clarity regarding how...