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The capacity of Spagnolo plants to modify leaf structural and physiological traits under heavy metal contamination to maintain high photosynthetic efficiency should be considered an elective trait for its use in contaminated environments.In this paper, a concept of balance is used to improve the important parameters of the thermal systems. In fact, using this concept give the designer to propose some new configuration which is more efficient. To show the benefit of this concept, firstly, the proposed balancing method is introduced for a simple case study after that its application is used in optimization of thermal systems. In this regard, to achieve the better optimal results in each problem, the unbalanced factors are detected and some solutions are presented to reduce the system unbalancing. Three case studies including Rankine cycle, plate fin heat exchanger, and double pipe heat exchanger are discussed and optimized to show the benefits of this method.More and more scholars have paid attention to the importance of coordinated development between ecological environmental protection and economy. Eco-city construction has been implemented in many countries in recent years; however, quantitative research on its economic impact has only started. This study establishes a theoretical model of the impact of eco-city construction on a firm's research and development (R&D) investment. The numerical simulation results show that eco-city construction promotes a firm's R&D investment and long-term earnings from two aspects (1) macro policies increase a firm's exogenous uncertainty and (2) ecological capital enhances a firm's business conditions. The empirical study matches the microscopic data of 115 cities and 2612 listed firms in China from 2008 to 2017, and results show that eco-city construction has a significant positive impact on firm innovation input and output. Further research shows that this positive impact mainly comes from ecological environment and ecological economy, and there is regional heterogeneity. For the first time, this study affirms the positive role of eco-city construction from the perspective of firm innovation activities at the micro level. It provides strong evidence for the government to realise the sustainable development of firms by accelerating eco-city construction.Co3O4 nanorods with diameters of ~0.15 μm and lengths of ~1 μm were prepared using a hydrothermal method via the assembly of microcrystals and tested in the catalytic oxidation of toluene. The catalytic performance of Co3O4 nanorods was improved by the addition of Ag at various concentrations, and the 7% Ag/Co3O4 catalyst achieves a toluene conversion of 90% at 256 °C with a space velocity of 78,000 mL g-1 h-1, which is much lower than that of the pristine Co3O4 (269 °C). The addition of Ag promoted the activation of the surface oxygen species and the formation of more oxygen vacancies, improving the relative low-temperature reducibility of Co3O4, which is favorable for toluene oxidation. Moreover, the 7% Ag/Co3O4 catalyst showed an excellent stability for toluene oxidation at 250 and 260 °C for 50 h under the same conditions.A novel adsorbent (PN-Fe3O4-IDA-Zr) was developed from the chemical modification of peanut husk (a low cost material) with Fe3O4, iminodiacetic acid (IDA) and zirconium (Zr) and its efficacy for the sequestration of wastewater assessed using Alizarin red (AR) and Acid chrome blue K (AK) as model pollutants. To elucidate the characteristics of the formed adsorbent, analytical techniques such as the Bruauner-Emmet-Teller (BET) method, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, X-ray diffractive spectroscopy (XRD) and vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) were applied. Results from these studies confirmed the formation of a crystalline mesoporous adsorbent with surface properties which enhanced its usefulness. From the adsorption studies, it was observed that factors such as pH, salts, temperature and contact time influenced the uptake of the anionic dyes. The maximum monolayer capacity of PN-Fe3O4-IDA-Zr for AR was 49.4 mg g-1 (at 313 K) and was well fitted by the Langmuir model with the chemisorption process being the dominant reaction mechanism. In binary systems, PN-Fe3O4-IDA-Zr exhibited higher affinity for AR as compared with AK. The significant removal efficiency exhibited by this novel adsorbent as well as other unique features such as easy retrieval and high regeneration promotes its prospects as an adsorbent for practical wastewater remediation processes.There are relatively few studies that focus on the health effects of exposure to size-specific particles on respiratory mortality in China. We aimed to examine the association between different particle sizes and mortality from cause-specific respiratory diseases. We used a time series model with a quasi-Poisson link to investigate the relationship between different particle sizes and mortality from respiratory diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD), pneumonia, and asthma in Shenzhen during 2014-2017. A total of 3716 mortalities due to respiratory diseases were collected. Both PM1 and PM2.5 were associated with mortality of overall respiratory diseases, COPD, and pneumonia. An interquartile range (IQR) increase in PM1 at lag03 was associated with a 12.21% (95% CI 2.59%, 22.75%) increase in respiratory mortality, and each IQR increase in PM2.5 at lag03 corresponded to a 12.09% (95% CI 2.52%, 22.56%) increase in respiratory mortality. PM1-2.5 was not associated with mortality from all-cause or cause-specific respiratory diseases. This study suggests that both PM1 and PM2.5 may increase the risk of mortality due to respiratory diseases in Shenzhen, China.In the process of water treatment, excessive nitrogen and phosphorus pollutants are of great concern. Therefore, we prepared nanoscale zerovalent iron loaded on sediment-based biochar (nZVI-SBC) to conduct nitrate and phosphate removal at the same time. The characterization demonstrated that nZVI-SBC was successfully synthesized, which had obvious advantages for larger specific surface area and better dispersion compared with pure nZVI. The batch experiments indicated that the best loading ratio of nZVI to SBC and optimum dosage for nitrate and phosphate were 11and 2 g L-1, respectively. selleck chemical Their removal by nZVI-SBC was an acid-driven process. Anoxic environment was more conducive to the reduction of nitrate while the phosphate removal was fond of oxygen environment. A total of 77.78% of nitrate and 99.21% of phosphate have been successfully removed, mainly depending on reduction and complexation mechanism, respectively. Moreover, nZVI-SBC had higher N2 selectivity and produced less ammonium than nZVI. The interaction between nitrate and phosphate was studied to manifest that they had different degrees of inhibition during the removal of the other. Our research indicated that nZVI-SBC has great potential for remediation of nitrogen and phosphorus polluted water.This study aims to augment the performance of a solar desalination unit. To experimental examine this idea, a modified solar still with three different microparticles doped in black paint-coated absorber were designed, fabricated, and tested in Jaipur, India. Three different microparticles such as copper, aluminum, and tin with particle size of 50-80 μm with weight concentration of 10% were doped in black paint and then coated on the absorber of solar still. The coated absorber of solar still were compared with the conventional solar still without any microparticle coating to obtain the effect of different coating materials on the water productivity, thermal performance, economic, and environment-economics analysis of solar still. The result showed that under the water depth of 1 cm, coating of copper, aluminum, and tin on absorber augmented the full-day water yield by 33.13, 22.18, and 11.53%, compared to conventional solar still without any coating. In addition, full-day energy and exergy efficiency of solar still with copper-coated absorber exhibited maximum values compared to all other solar stills, owing to the higher thermal conductivity and excellent solar-thermal conversion behaviors of copper. The cost of water per liter estimated through economic analysis was found to be US $ 0.0074 for conventional solar still, which was significantly reduced to US $ 0.0066 in the case of solar still with copper-coated absorber along with the payback time of 2.7 months. The environment-economic assessment estimated that solar still with copper-coated absorber plate has reduced the 13.19 tons of CO2 emission. It is concluded that augmented heat transfer rate from water basin to inner glass surface through utilization of microparticle coating would pave a pathway to develop energy-efficient low-cost solar-based desalination system.The impact of high concentrations of air pollution on COVID-19 has been a major air quality and life safety issue in recent studies. This study aimed to assess the contribution of different air pollution indicators in different spaces on the newly confirmed cases of coronavirus. According to causality's results between air pollution (AP) and COVID-19 infection in 9 countries, first, we examined the non-linear relationship from AP to COVID-19 with PM2.5 as the rating variable (the cut point is 35 μg/m3) at the national level. It is concluded that the effects of PM2.5 and PM10 on COVID-19 are more sensitive in Russia, England, Germany, and France, while O3 and PM2.5 are more sensitive in America and Canada from 21 Jan to 20 May. Second, we examined the threshold effects from AP to COVID-19 with PM2.5, PM10, SO2, CO, NO2, and O3 as the threshold variables, respectively, at the municipal level in China during the period 28 Jan to 31 May. It is concluded that except CO, the remaining 5 indicators are very sensitive to the increase of newly confirmed cases, and the spread of COVID-19 can be prevented and controlled by the determination of thresholds. In addition, the 9 countries and 27 provinces show that PM2.5 in high concentrations is the more sensitive pollutant on the spread of COVID-19 infection.The solidification/stabilization (S/S) method is a common technique for the remediation of soils polluted by heavy metal. This study, thus, evaluated the long-term effectiveness, in term of the stabilization of lead in the solidified/stabilized soils, under freeze-thaw cycles, which are important physical processes that lead to material weathering. Three types of compound binders were obtained by mixing the three most commonly used binders (cement, quicklime, and fly ash) in varying proportions for the remediation of lead-contaminated soils. The leachability, chemical forms, and microstructure characteristics of the solidified/stabilized samples after various numbers freeze-thaw cycles (i.e., 0, 30, 90, and 180 times) were examined by utilizing the toxicity characteristic leaching procedure (TCLP) test, chemical speciation analysis, and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The results showed that the long-term freeze-thaw cycles lead to decreased leachate pH and increased lead concentration in the leachate. The larger the total mix quantities of cement and quicklime, the lower the concentration of lead was presented in the leachate, however, indicating that cement and quicklime are more effective in immobilizing lead ions than fly ash.
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