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19 March 2019

We show that oceanic cycle lengths persist across oceanic cyclic time-series by comparing cycles in series that come from “sister” measurements in the North Atlantic Ocean. These are the North Atlantic oscillation (NAO), the Atlantic mult...

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  • Open Access
35 Citations
9,681 Views
15 Pages

Drought variability is associated with global oceanic and atmospheric teleconnections driven by, among others, the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO), the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO), and El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO). C...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Weather and Climate Variability and Extremes in the Southeastern United States)
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  • Open Access
80 Citations
8,912 Views
19 Pages

The Impact of Green Entrepreneurship on Social Change and Factors Influencing AMO Theory

  • Mohammed Mamun Mia,
  • Shahid Rizwan,
  • Nurul Mohammad Zayed,
  • Vitalii Nitsenko,
  • Oleksandr Miroshnyk,
  • Halyna Kryshtal and
  • Roman Ostapenko

26 August 2022

This study analyses the importance of the entrepreneurial intention of university students to promote social change by green entrepreneurship in regard to the three most vibrant components of AMO (Ability, Motivation, and Opportunity) theory, develop...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,290 Views
19 Pages

5 May 2022

Several studies examine cycle periods and the interactions between the three major climate modes over the North Atlantic, namely the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC), the Atlantic multidecadal oscillation (AMO), and the North Atlant...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The North Atlantic Ocean Dynamics and Climate Change)
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  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,037 Views
17 Pages

Obesity is common in rural areas, and reduced specialist healthcare access impedes its management. A pilot nurse-practitioner-led Assessment and Management of Obesity and Self-Maintenance (AMOS) Clinic focused on individualised obesity care in people...

(This article belongs to the Section Global Health)
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  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,542 Views
19 Pages

28 September 2023

Farmland soil is an important source of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N2O), and soil nitrification and denitrification are key processes affecting N2O production. In this study, the acidic soil of a pomelo orchard was used to investigate the effe...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,937 Views
19 Pages

8 November 2024

The agricultural machinery operation services (AMOS) market and the farmland transfer market are regarded by policymakers as complementary goals for promoting agricultural development in China. Nonetheless, the farmland transfer market in China is co...

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  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,838 Views
15 Pages

Influence of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation on South American Atmosphere Dynamics and Precipitation

  • Jelena Maksic,
  • Marília H. Shimizu,
  • Mary T. Kayano,
  • Cristiano M. Chiessi,
  • Matthias Prange and
  • Gilvan Sampaio

28 October 2022

The Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) is coherently linked to climate variations over many parts of the globe. Despite recent achievements, the mechanism by which the AMO influences regional precipitation over South America is not well understo...

(This article belongs to the Section Climatology)
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2 Citations
2,960 Views
11 Pages

26 June 2024

In recent years, there has been intense debate in the literature as to whether the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) is a genuine representation of natural climate variability or is substantially driven by external factors. Here, we perform an...

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335 Views
37 Pages

23 September 2026

Background: Sustainable tourism development has emerged as a strategic priority for economic diversification in Libya; however, structural barriers continue to restrict tourism growth across the country. Limited empirical evidence exists regarding ho...

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5 Citations
12,870 Views
14 Pages

17 November 2021

Comenius is considered by many scholars to be the father of modern education, a title that he has thoroughly earned. His ideas about universal education for all children foreshadowed modern pedagogical developments, and he dedicated more than forty y...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Premodern Mind: Scientific and Religious Thought from the Middle Ages to the Reformation)
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  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,529 Views
10 Pages

Purple Sulfur Bacteria Dominate Microbial Community in Brazilian Limestone Cave

  • Eric L. S. Marques,
  • João C. T. Dias,
  • Eduardo Gross,
  • Adriana B. de Cerqueira e Silva,
  • Suzana R. de Moura and
  • Rachel P. Rezende

The mineralogical composition of caves makes the environment ideal for inhabitation by microbes. However, the bacterial diversity in the cave ecosystem remains largely unexplored. In this paper, we described the bacterial community in an oxic chamber...

(This article belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)
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  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,871 Views
16 Pages

28 August 2020

Advanced onsite wastewater treatment systems (OWTS) use biological nitrogen removal (BNR) to mitigate the threat that N-rich wastewater poses to coastal waterbodies and groundwater. These systems lower the N concentration of effluent via sequential m...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Microbial Ecology of Wastewater Treatment)
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  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,432 Views
17 Pages

5 June 2023

Green electronic word-of-mouth (GeWOM) is a type of online communication that focuses on eco-friendly products and services. Understanding the determinants of GeWOM can help businesses develop effective strategies for promoting their environmentally...

(This article belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)
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  • Open Access
46 Citations
6,235 Views
20 Pages

21 February 2019

This research analyzed the spatiotemporal patterns of drought in Xinjiang (northwestern China) between 1961 and 2015 using the standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index (SPEI). Furthermore, the correlations between Atlantic Multidecadal Osc...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Meteorological and Hydrological Droughts)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,401 Views
15 Pages

21 February 2023

A study of the climatic characteristics and annual runoff of the Volga and Severnaya Dvina rivers demonstrates that, on the East European Plain (EEP), Early Twentieth Century Warming (ETCW) manifested in a multiyear drought between 1934 and 1940; thi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Atmospheric Sciences ‖)
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1,164 Views
17 Pages

Contribution of Leading Natural Climate Variability Modes to Winter SAT Changes in the Arctic in the Early 20th Century

  • Daria D. Bokuchava,
  • Vladimir A. Semenov,
  • Tatiana A. Aldonina,
  • Mirseid Akperov and
  • Ekaterina Y. Shtol

9 December 2025

The causes of Arctic surface air temperature rise and the corresponding sea ice decline in the early 20th century are still a matter of debate. One hypothesis, considering the major contribution of the internal variability to the early warming event,...

(This article belongs to the Section Climatology)
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  • Open Access
2,159 Views
19 Pages

Long-Term Sea Level Periodicities over the European Seas from Altimetry and Tide Gauge Data

  • Ferdous Zid,
  • Maria Isabel Vigo,
  • Juan A. Vargas-Alemañy and
  • David García-García

9 August 2024

This study investigates the long-term temporal patterns of sea level changes by analyzing monthly tide gauge data from 1950 to 2022 (42 to 72 years) along the European coastline and monthly altimetry data from 1992 to 2024 in the surrounding European...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Applications of Satellite Geodesy for Sea-Level Change Observation)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,723 Views
15 Pages

Aqueous Miscible Organic LDH Derived Ni-Based Catalysts for Efficient CO2 Methanation

  • Ziling Wang,
  • Liang Huang,
  • Tomas Ramirez Reina,
  • Angelos M. Efstathiou and
  • Qiang Wang

12 October 2020

Converting CO2 to methane via catalytic routes is an effective way to control the CO2 content released in the atmosphere while producing value-added fuels and chemicals. In this study, the CO2 methanation performance of highly dispersed Ni-based cata...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advancements in Environmental Catalysis - The 19th National Congress on Catalysis of China)
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  • Open Access
71 Citations
8,826 Views
15 Pages

9 August 2021

Sustainable organizational achievement of firms is the dominant approach in today’s world, with an inclination on improving profitability, social condition, and a healthy environment. Based on ability, motivation, opportunity (AMO), and stakeholder t...

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  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,844 Views
9 Pages

Rasch and Confirmatory Factor Analyses of the Arabic Version of the Diabetes Self-Management Scale (DSMS): An Intercultural Approach

  • Yahia Ali Kaabi,
  • Nahla A. Alshaikh,
  • Ahmed A. Jerah,
  • Mustafa A. Halawi,
  • Mahmoud M. Habibullah and
  • Siddig Ibrahim Abdelwahab

22 December 2022

The current study was designed to validate the Arabic version of the Diabetes Self-Management Scale (DSMS) using Rasch and confirmatory factor analyses. This included person and item fit, separation, and reliability; rating scale functionality to evi...

(This article belongs to the Section Health Assessments)
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  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,743 Views
14 Pages

Coastal upwelling causes variations in temperature, salinity and inorganic nutrients in the water column, consequently leading to the shift of microbial populations and their metabolic activities. Impacts of the eastern Hainan upwelling (EHU) on the...

(This article belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)
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  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,439 Views
17 Pages

Polyphasic Characterization of Brucella spp. in Livestock Slaughtered from Abattoirs in Eastern Cape, South Africa

  • Koketso Desiree Mazwi,
  • Francis Babaman Kolo,
  • Ishmael Festus Jaja,
  • Charles Byaruhanga,
  • Ayesha Hassim and
  • Henriette van Heerden

In livestock, brucellosis is mainly an asymptomatic disease except when abortion occurs; therefore, two serological tests are used for diagnosis as no single test is suitable. Abattoir samples enable a combination of culture, molecular, and serologic...

(This article belongs to the Section Medical Microbiology)
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  • Open Access
13 Citations
16,396 Views
24 Pages

Factors Affecting Remote Workers’ Job Satisfaction in Utah: An Exploratory Study

  • Amanda D. Ali,
  • Lendel K. Narine,
  • Paul A. Hill and
  • Dominic C. Bria

With structural changes in work arrangements, employee retention becomes more important for organizational success. Guided by the Ability, Motivation, Opportunity (AMO) framework, this study investigated the factors affecting remote workers’ jo...

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43 Citations
9,638 Views
27 Pages

Interdecadal Variability in Myanmar Rainfall in the Monsoon Season (May–October) Using Eigen Methods

  • Zin Mie Mie Sein,
  • Irfan Ullah,
  • Farhan Saleem,
  • Xiefei Zhi,
  • Sidra Syed and
  • Kamran Azam

7 March 2021

In this study, we investigated the interdecadal variability in monsoon rainfall in the Myanmar region. The gauge-based gridded rainfall dataset of the Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC) and Climatic Research Unit version TS4.0 (CRU TS4.0)...

(This article belongs to the Section Water Use and Scarcity)
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  • Open Access
16 Citations
6,243 Views
12 Pages

16 February 2019

In this paper, we applied the Empirical Orthogonal Function (EOF) analysis on a drought index expressed as consecutive dry days (CDD) to identify the drought variability in western United States. Based on the EOF analysis, correlation maps were gener...

(This article belongs to the Section Biosphere/Hydrosphere/Land–Atmosphere Interactions)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,741 Views
16 Pages

5 December 2019

The dipole structure of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) is examined in this study by defining the tilt of the NAO dipole centers on synoptic time scales. All the positive NAO phase (NAO+) and negative NAO phase (NAO−) events are divided into thr...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue 10th Anniversary of Atmosphere: Climatology and Meteorology)
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  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,184 Views
12 Pages

11 January 2025

The nonstationarity of extreme precipitation is now well established in the presence of climate change and low-frequency variability. Consequently, the implications for urban flooding, for which there are not long flooding records, need to be underst...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Weather and Climate Extremes: Observations, Modeling, and Impacts (2nd Edition))
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  • Open Access
6 Citations
8,726 Views
21 Pages

More Roads Lead to Rome. HR Configurations and Employee Sustainability Outcomes in Public Sector Organizations

  • Roel Schouteten,
  • Beatrice van der Heijden,
  • Pascale Peters,
  • Sascha Kraus-Hoogeveen and
  • Leonie Heres

22 October 2021

In linking human resource management (HRM) to organizational sustainability, linear variance-based methods are not suited for addressing the complexity of how various HRM practices interact and have an impact on sustainability outcomes for multiple s...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)
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  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,679 Views
14 Pages

26 June 2024

In this study, the heterotrophic nitrification–aerobic denitrification strain JQ1004 was investigated in terms of its nitrogen removal mechanism and kinetic properties, laying the foundation for its application in the field of wastewater treatm...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Application of Electrochemical Methods in Water Treatment)
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  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,896 Views
12 Pages

The performance of a mixture between L. sphaericus and E. fetida was evaluated for ammonium cycling and nitrifying bacteria stimulation during oil sludge remediation. The addition of E. fetida significantly increased ammonium concentration (p = 0.021...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,208 Views
11 Pages

Rasch and Confirmatory Factor Analyses of the Arabic Version of the Psychological Empowerment Scale (PsyES): A Multicultural Approach for Measurable Sustainability

  • Hadi Dhafer Hassan Kariri,
  • Hassan Edrees Somaili,
  • Mohammed EL-Sayed Ibrahim Mansour,
  • Ali Hadi Omair and
  • Omaymah Abdulwahab Radwan

29 March 2023

This research is focused on the well-known notion of workplace motivation known as psychological empowerment and how this may be used regarding sustainability. This research aimed to use Rasch and confirmatory factor analyses to examine the multidime...

(This article belongs to the Section Health, Well-Being and Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
2,877 Views
12 Pages

Black Plastic Film Mulching Increases Soil Nitrous Oxide Emissions in Arid Potato Fields

  • Chaobiao Meng,
  • Jianyu Zhao,
  • Ning Wang,
  • Kaijing Yang and
  • Fengxin Wang

Black plastic film mulching is a common practice for potato production in the arid area of Northwest China. Many studies have reported the significant positive effect of black plastic film mulch on potato harvest, while the effect of black plastic fi...

(This article belongs to the Section Climate Change)
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  • Open Access
35 Citations
5,315 Views
17 Pages

A Cross-Layer, Anomaly-Based IDS for WSN and MANET

  • Amar Amouri,
  • Salvatore D. Morgera,
  • Mohamed A. Bencherif and
  • Raju Manthena

22 February 2018

Intrusion detection system (IDS) design for mobile adhoc networks (MANET) is a crucial component for maintaining the integrity of the network. The need for rapid deployment of IDS capability with minimal data availability for training and testing is...

(This article belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)
  • Article
  • Open Access

A Biomimetic In Vitro Model of the Pro-Inflammatory Microenvironment Recapitulates Type I/II Interferon Signaling and Refractory Acute Monocytic Leukemia

  • Kirill Krasnov,
  • Margarita Kobyakova,
  • Elena Meshcheriakova,
  • Yana Lomovskaya,
  • Yuliya Baburina,
  • Olga Krestinina,
  • Anatoly Senotov,
  • Irina Fadeeva,
  • Raif Vasilov and
  • Roman Fadeev

17 October 2026

Preclinical drug development suffers from a persistent translational gap, as conventional animal models fail to reproduce the human immune response, contributing to high attrition rates of drug candidates in clinical trials. To address this, we previ...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Young Investigators in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
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  • Open Access
2,319 Views
11 Pages

7 November 2024

We present a first-principles density functional theory with the Coulomb interaction U (DFT + U) investigation of the bulk properties, including structural, energetic, electronic, and mechanical properties for uranium–americium mixed oxides (U,...

(This article belongs to the Section Applied Physics)
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  • Open Access
5,236 Views
17 Pages

17 September 2019

Allusions to Henrik Ibsen’s plays in the works of two prominent Israeli modernist writers, Amos Oz’s autobiographical A Tale of Love and Darkness (2004) and David Grossman’s The Zigzag Kid (1994) examined in the context of the Israe...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Nordic and European Modernisms)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
866 Views
22 Pages

Contemporary enterprise IT operations are largely implemented on Shannon–Turing computing models in which programs execute read–compute–write cycles over data structures, while governance—fault handling, configuration control,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Cloud Computing and Big Data Mining)
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  • Open Access
17 Citations
6,278 Views
23 Pages

Streamflow Intensification Driven by the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) in the Atrato River Basin, Northwestern Colombia

  • Wilmar Loaiza Cerón,
  • Mary Toshie Kayano,
  • Rita Valeria Andreoli,
  • Alvaro Avila,
  • Teresita Canchala,
  • Félix Francés,
  • Irma Ayes Rivera,
  • Wilfredo Alfonso-Morales,
  • Rodrigo Augusto Ferreira de Souza and
  • Yesid Carvajal-Escobar

13 January 2020

The impact of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) on the variations in the streamflow in the Atrato River Basin (ARB) during the 1965–2016 period was analyzed here by considering the cold (1965–1994) and warm (1995–2015) pha...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Effects of Oceanic-Atmospheric Oscillations on Rivers)
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  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,048 Views
9 Pages

A Novel Membrane-like 2D A’-MoS2 as Anode for Lithium- and Sodium-Ion Batteries

  • Ekaterina V. Sukhanova,
  • Liudmila A. Bereznikova,
  • Anton M. Manakhov,
  • Hassan S. Al Qahtani and
  • Zakhar I. Popov

16 November 2022

Currently, new nanomaterials for high-capacity lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) and sodium- ion batteries (SIBs) are urgently needed. Materials combining porous structure (such as representatives of metal–organic frameworks) and the ability to oper...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Modeling and Simulation of Polymeric Membrane)
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  • Open Access
17 Citations
6,406 Views
20 Pages

Structural Equation Modeling of the Marine Ecological System in Nanwan Bay Using SPSS Amos

  • Jung-Fu Huang,
  • Chen-Tung Arthur Chen,
  • Meng-Hsien Chen,
  • Shih-Lun Huang and
  • Pi-Yu Hsu

24 July 2023

To ensure the sustainability of the marine environment, it is crucial to understand the intricate relationship between environmental factors and marine biota. Human activities have been recognized as significant contributors to profound changes in ma...

(This article belongs to the Topic Aquatic Environment Research for Sustainable Development)
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  • Open Access
8 Citations
6,850 Views
14 Pages

21 July 2018

The main features of the instrumental global mean surface temperature (GMST) are reasonably well described by a simple linear response model driven by anthropogenic, volcanic and solar forcing. This model acts as a linear long-memory filter of the fo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Postmortem of the Global Warming Hiatus)
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  • Open Access
3 Citations
6,959 Views
10 Pages

13 November 2019

We approach this paper with a shared investment in historical and contemporary representations of trans and gender non-conforming people, and our individual research in the archives of early US Gender Clinics. Together, we consider what is at stake&m...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Psychology and Mental Health in Contemporary Art)
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  • Open Access
16 Citations
10,009 Views
21 Pages

6 March 2017

The views that food companies hold about their responsibilities for animal welfare can strongly influence the lives and welfare of farm animals. If a company’s commitment is translated into action, it can be a major driver of animal welfare. The Busi...

(This article belongs to the Section Animal Welfare)
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  • Open Access
36 Citations
10,811 Views
19 Pages

Modeling Positive Electronic Word of Mouth and Purchase Intention Using Theory of Consumption Value

  • Kalisri Logeswaran Aravindan,
  • Thurasamy Ramayah,
  • Munusamy Thavanethen,
  • Murali Raman,
  • Narinasamy Ilhavenil,
  • Sanmugam Annamalah and
  • Yap Voon Choong

7 February 2023

Green is a timely and crucial concept in sustainability; therefore, encouraging both public and private businesses in Malaysia to persistently promote and make attempts to put green practices into effect is similarly crucial. The green industry and i...

(This article belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,536 Views
11 Pages

Purification of Lithium Carbonate from Radioactive Contaminants Using a MnO2-Based Inorganic Sorbent

  • Olga Gileva,
  • Pabitra Aryal,
  • JunSeok Choe,
  • Yena Kim,
  • Yeongduk Kim,
  • Eunkyung Lee,
  • Moo Hyun Lee,
  • Vitaly Milyutin,
  • KeonAh Shin and
  • Hyojin Yeon

16 October 2023

The possibility of deep radiochemical purification of Li2CO3 has been examined in the context of the purification program of the AMoRE collaboration. In this experiment, commercial Li2CO3 was converted into LiNO3. Co-precipitation with inorganic salt...

(This article belongs to the Section Inorganic Materials)
  • Review
  • Open Access
181 Citations
26,116 Views
25 Pages

24 July 2020

The United Nations’ report “Our Common Future” contributed to underline the crucial role of human resource management in strategically greening the organization and, in turn, economics and society at large. This awareness gave birth...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Intellectual Capital and Sustainability)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
794 Views
24 Pages

Mobility Behavior Segmentation for Personalized AMoD Service Design: Evidence from Israel

  • Gabriel Dadashev,
  • Alina Zukin,
  • Francisco Camara Pereira and
  • Bat-Hen Nahmias-Biran

For decades, transportation planning has relied on utilitarian principles, which aim to maximize cumulative benefit by meeting the needs of the “average user.” This approach ignores fundamental differences between population groups and pr...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Implications of Smart Urban Mobility and Logistics)
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  • Open Access
1,335 Views
17 Pages

The Changes in Annual Precipitation in the Forest–Steppe Ecotone of North China Since 1540

  • Xiaodong Wang,
  • Jinfeng Ma,
  • Long Fei,
  • Xiaohui Liu and
  • Xiaoqiang Li

19 May 2025

Understanding precipitation changes over a long period of time can provide valuable insights into global climate change. Taking the forest–steppe ecotone of North China as the research area, based on the tree ring width index of Carya cathayens...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Changes of Climate and Ecology Recorded by Density and Stable Isotopes of Tree Rings)
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  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,477 Views
18 Pages

Digital transformation is of significant importance to the sustainable development of manufacturing companies and the construction of the digital economy. However, this major change is often hindered by numerous complex antecedents. What are the key...

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