This article proposes an autonomous greenhouse system which has a sunlight Reflector Board (RB). In general, a greenhouse, which grows leafy vegetables, utilizes artificial light, such as LED light, as a supplementary source of light. However, artifi...
One important aspect to consider when buying a house or apartment is adequate solar exposure. The same applies to the evaluation of the shadowing effects of existing buildings on prospective construction sites and vice versa. In different climates an...
With technological advancement, energy consumption and lack of energy supply are inevitable. Approximately 20% of total energy consumption is used for artificial light in standard office buildings. To reduce energy consumption for illumination purpos...
(−)-Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), is the main catechin found in green tea, and has several beneficial effects. This study investigated the stability of EGCG aqueous solution under different stored and ultrasonic conditions to determine wheth...
Aminophosphonate diethylenetriamine penta(methylenephosphonic acid) (DTPMP) is a scale inhibitor commonly used in several industries. DTPMP is suspected to cause anthropogenic pollution through discharge into the aquatic environment. DTPMP is assumed...
The impact of urbanization on cataract incidence is still inconclusive. This study aimed to examine the association of urbanization and sunlight exposure with cataract incidence using a nationwide population-based database in Taiwan. The researchers...
This study analyzed the survey data of the ophthalmic examination of the 5th National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey to investigate the relationship between the prevalence of cataracts in Koreans and exposure to sunlight in daily life. From...
Circulating vitamin D has previously been found to be lower in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD), while the effects of sunlight exposure have not yet been fully investigated. Therefore, we evaluated the associations between serum vitamin D, vita...
To investigate the relationship between sunlight and artificial light sources on the weathering of wood, three woods, namely, Tectona grandis L.F. (teak), Stereospermum colais (mabberley), and Dicorynia guianensis (basralocus), were tested under natu...
Sunlight radiation is a main environmental factor which affects anthocyanin synthesis. To clarify the regulatory mechanism of sunlight on the synthesis of anthocyanin in apple peel, bagged apples were exposed to diverse intensities of sunlight throug...
18 October 2021
Most humans depend on sunlight exposure to satisfy their requirements for vitamin D3. However, the destruction of the ozone layer in the past few decades has increased the risk of skin aging and wrinkling caused by excessive exposure to ultraviolet (...
The sunlight readability of display devices, such as notebook computers, transparent displays, vehicle displays, and augmented reality, is a significant technical challenge due to degraded image quality. To mitigate this problem, by fitting the human...
In South Korea, sunlight rights and daylight rights are legally distinguished, yet no standardized methodology exists for their quantitative assessment. Current evaluations of sunlight rights are narrowly defined, relying on the duration of direct so...
Liver inflammation contributes towards the pathology of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Here we discuss how skin exposure to sunlight may suppress liver inflammation and the severity of NAFLD. Following exposure to sunlight-derived ultravi...
Observing the O2(a1Δg) dayglow with the limb-viewing DASH instrument enables remote sensing of neutral wind in near space. Many advantages are gained by using this new approach, but the influence factors on measurement accuracy have not been th...
This experiment was conducted to assess the effects of a geothermal plus sunlight-based incubator on the growth performance, electricity uses and housing environment of piglets. A total of 20 piglets, average 7.7 ± 0.015 kg (mean ± std....
Cloud detection for ground-based sky images has attracted much attention in cloud-related fields. In this paper, we proposed a cloud detection algorithm that reduced the sunlight interference in the image. The solar location method was introduced to...
Direct sunlight in complex environmental conditions severely interferes with the light intensity response for imaging Polarization Sensor (PS), leading to a reduction in polarization orientation accuracy. Addressing this issue, this article analyzes...
Objective: To examine the associations between gradients of average daily temperature and sunlight hours with daily steps over a 35-week period in school-aged children and to evaluate whether there were differences by sex. Methods: We conducted a fol...
23 October 2021
With the growth in China’s economic GDP, energy consumption has increased year by year. The energy demand of rural residential buildings is 223 million tons of standard coal equivalent, accounting for 24% of the national energy demand. Therefore, an...
Using a semiconductor catalyst with sunlight can make the photodegradation of pollutants an economically viable process since solar energy is an abundant natural energy source. Solar photocatalysis can provide clean and green eco-friendly technology...
Undoped and N-doped ZnO nanocomposites are produced by a simple and low-cost mechanochemical method. The characterizations of all nanocomposites are examined by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform-infrared (FT-IR), scanning electron microscopy...
Water pollution and deficient energy are the main challenges for the scientific society across the world. In this trend, new approaches include designing zinc oxide nanohybrids to be very active in sunlight. In this line, organic and magnetic species...
Formulas for computing the line shape of a thin-walled hollow pier body based on structural characteristics and measured sunlight temperature difference are derived using an analytical algorithm. In a case study of the No. 5 pier of a newly construct...
Healthy pediatric immune responses depend on adequate vitamin A and D levels. Relationships between solar ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation and vitamin D are well understood, while relationships between sunlight, vitamin A, and its serum escort, retinol...
The presence of emerging organic contaminants in water and effluents, including antibiotics, poses significant environmental and health risks. Moreover, while photocatalysis is a promising approach for their removal, the inefficient utilization of na...
TiO2 thin film coatings significantly improve catalyst separation in photocatalytic processes. They can be applied in heterogeneous photocatalysis under sunlight by mixing TiO2 with other oxides, such as CeO2, for the removal of pollutants in water....
The development of highly efficient sunlight-driven photocatalysts has triggered increased attention due to their merit in effluent treatment through a chemically green approach. To this end, we present herein the synthesis and characterization of th...
In this study, a TiO2/(MA)2SnCl4 nanocomposite film was synthesized using a sustainable, sunlight-driven approach, demonstrating enhanced photocatalytic performance for environmental remediation. TiO2 nanoparticles (TiO2-NPs) were dispersed in ethano...
To develop a low-energy nitrogen removal system, a coupled system consisting of a sunlight-enhanced bacteria-algae biological rotor (SBABR) and an anaerobic ammonia oxidation (Anammox) reactor was constructed. This study investigated partial nitrific...
In order to explore the validity of the single and dual crop coefficient approaches in sunlight greenhouses, eggplant with drip irrigation was taken as the study object, and the crop water requirement was calculated via field experiments in a sunligh...
Block layout is the main urban pattern in many city centers in the East and West, and this layout has a long history and will continue to develop in the future. However, there are relatively few studies on the quantitative analysis of this layout, es...
24 December 2022
Sunlight exposure has been reported to have various beneficial effects on human health. This study investigated the relationship between self-rated health status, psychosocial stress, eating behaviors, and food intake according to sunlight exposure i...
In recent years, carbon-derived nanomaterials have been efficiently utilized for wastewater treatment. Herein, we report a facile route to synthesize g-C3N4/ZnO nanocomposites (NCs) by utilizing thermal condensation methods and demonstrateits photoca...
19 May 2021
The dramatic rise in allergic disease has occurred in tandem with recent environmental changes and increasing indoor lifestyle culture. While multifactorial, one consistent allergy risk factor has been reduced sunlight exposure. However, vitamin D su...
22 September 2020
In recent years, UK public health messages about the risks of sunlight exposure (skin cancer) have been increasingly balanced by messages about its benefits (vitamin D production). Currently, data about the effects of this shift on public knowledge,...
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of sunlight on the degradation of DNA samples taken from blood stains from different types of surfaces. A blood sample obtained from a single male donor was placed on seven different surfaces (galva...
Eggshell membrane (ESM), which consists of unique interwoven shell membrane fibers, provides a unique supporting platform for functional nanoparticles in catalysis and sensing. This work reports a novel strategy for fabricating sunlight-driven photot...
Solar radiation is becoming increasingly appreciated because of its influence on living matter and the feasibility of its application for a variety of purposes. It is an available and everlasting natural source of energy, rapidly gaining ground as a...
The present study demonstrates the synthesis and application of Ag/ZnO powder films (thickness of 4 μm) as photocatalysts for natural sunlight and ultraviolet (UV, 315–400 nm) irradiation. The synthesis procedure is simple and eco-friendly,...
Stain resistance is one of the important characteristics of exterior wall latex coatings in cities. Adding silica sol to the coating can increase its stain resistance. However, there is currently limited research on the long-term natural exposure tes...
In order to control the cyanobacterial blooms in eutrophic water, an Ag/AgCl@ZIF-8 floating coating was prepared by a dip-coating method with a sponge, innovatively employed as a carrier for the removal of algae in natural water samples. The as-prepa...
With the aim of identifying key factors that determine oviposition decisions by Anastrepha obliqua for management purposes, we conducted a behavioral study under natural/semi-natural field conditions to identify where exactly in the fruit (upper, mid...
The degradation of organic pollutants in wastewaters assisted by oxide semiconductor nanostructures has been the focus of many research groups over the last decades, along with the synthesis of these nanomaterials by simple, eco-friendly, fast, and c...
Perovskites of the (La,Ba)(Fe,Ti)O3 family were prepared, characterized, and utilized as heterogeneous photocatalysts, activated by natural sunlight, for environmental remediation of Acid Orange 7 (AO7) aqueous solutions. Catalysts were prepared by t...
Due to its broad-spectrum antibacterial activity, norfloxacin (NOR) has been widely used over the past few decades. However, the residual NOR in aquatic ecosystems could pose risks to human health from bacteria with resistance genes that potentially...
We report a fully biogenic route to ZnO, Fe3O4, and their hydrothermally coupled ZnO/Fe3O4 heterostructure and establish a synthesis–structure–function link. Phase-pure, quasi-spherical wurtzite ZnO and finer inverse-spinel Fe3O4 nanopart...
The ongoing research and development of sunlight-driven water splitting in the “Japan Technological Research Association of Artificial Photosynthetic Chemical Process (ARPChem)” is overviewed. Water splitting photocatalysts, photoelectroc...
With rapid urbanization, the urban heat island (UHI) effect has intensified, posing challenges to human health and ecosystems. This study explores the impact of sunlight exposure areas of artificial structures and human activities on land surface tem...
Energy and water related problems have attracted strong attention from scientists across the world because of deficient energy and water pollution. Following this line, new strategy depended on preparing nanolayers of Al/Zn and magnetic nanoparticles...
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