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Study on the Degradation of Brominated Flame Retardants in Waste Circuit Boards Using a Supercritical Fluid Method: Methodology, Influencing Factors, and Optimal Fluid Type

by Qin Y. Zhang J. Tian X. Tu Y. Chen C.

Innovative environmental solutions

The supercritical fluid (SCF) method is recognized as an environmentally friendly and efficient technology for the degradation of brominated flame retardants (BFRs) in waste circuit boards (WCBs). This study provides a detailed exploration of the SCF definition, the principles of debromination, and...

Debromination factors Supercritical fluid method +2 more
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Optimizing Object Detection in Bio-Waste Management with Improved Hyperbolic Tangent YOLOv5 and Binarization-Adapted K-Means Algorithm

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Murugesan Shanmugavelu et al. View all

Issue 10

Biowaste

With the increasing importance of green development, bio-waste classification has become an important element of green development. However, in garbage stacking scenarios, the task of segmenting highly overlapping objects is difficult because the bottom garbage is in an occluded state and it is...

Garbage Object Detection Machine Learning +4 more
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Efficient Biomedical Waste Management: Optimizing Segmentation and Classification with EnU-Net-DNN-BMWC

by R.S. G. Konel K. Madeshwaren V.

Issue 10

Solid Waste Management

In India, biomedical waste (BMW) management is governed by strict regulations to mitigate health and environmental risks. It includes materials such as sharps, infectious wastes, pharmaceuticals, and non-hazardous items contaminated with potentially infectious substances. Proper management and...

Biomedical waste Deep learning +2 more
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Impact of dual pilot policies for low-carbon and innovative cities on the high-quality development of urban economies

by Wu Q. Jin Y. Ma S.

Issue 9

Ecology, environmental change and management

A comprehensive and systematic assessment of the impact of the dual-pilot policy on the high-quality development of urban economies plays an important role in formulating scientific and effective urban development strategies and promoting green transformation and high-quality development of the...

Synergy effects high-quality economic development +2 more
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Distribution characteristics and development layout of rural tourism resources based on LSTM in-depth learning in the context of common prosperity

by Shuangshuang C. Jinhu X.

Issue 10

Environmental Management and Policies

The development and layout of rural tourism resources is the core issue supporting the development and planning of tourism destinations. Currently, it mainly relies on the experience and judgment of planners, with strong subjectivity and lack of objective information technology support. Therefore...

The context of common prosperity; LSTM deep learning; Rural tourism resources; Distribution characteristics; Development layout; Kernel density
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Neural‑network‑driven approach in optimization of municipal solid waste collection integrated with geo-spatial techniques

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Vishnuvardhan K, Rajkumar R , Navin Ganesh V, Sakthiprasanth K

Issue 9

Solid Waste Management

Municipal solid waste (MSW) management is the most important as well as difficult tasking the present context of rapid urbanization. In this study, a comparison has been done using Geographical information system(GIS) and artificial neural network(ANN) to determine optimum route and time for the...

Erode City Remote sensing & GIS +4 more
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Enhancing Energy Harvesting Efficiency from Ambient Sources through Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology

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Kuwar Mausam et al. View all

Sustainable Energy

The utilization of ambient energy sources for powering small-scale electronic devices and sensors has garnered significant attention due to its potential for sustainable and autonomous operation. This research focuses on enhancing the efficiency of energy harvesting from ambient sources, such as...

Energy harvesting Ambient sources +4 more
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Current Status and Trends of Municipal Sludge Treatment and Disposal in China

by Yue W. Yu W. Cao Z. Wang K. Chen F. Si X.

Issue 9

Water and Wastewater Treatment

As urbanization accelerates, an increasingly significant problem of municipal sludge treatment and disposal has emerged in China. Sludge is both a waste and a resource, therefore, its reasonable and effective treatment and disposal are crucial for protecting the environment and promoting the...

Municipal Sludge Treatment and Disposal Technology +3 more
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Electrochemically deposited zinc oxide films on stainless steel for photo degradation of Basic Red 18 dye

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Doğan Cirmi et al. View all

Issue 9

Water and Wastewater Treatment

In this study, zinc oxide (ZnO) films have been electrochemically deposited on stainless steel and its photocatalytic activity on the degradation of BR 18 dyes was tested. The effects of different electrodeposition conditions such as deposition potential and deposition time on the nanostructures of...

Electrodeposition ZnO +2 more
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Optimizing lightweight concrete with coconut shell aggregates for high strength and sustainability

by Joseph Dominic J.R. Amala Sornam I. Rassalam Lilly Sundara Bai S.

Issue 8

Solid Waste Management

In this investigation, coconut shell, a lightweight agricultural waste, is used to completely replace coarse material. Based on previous findings, it is suggested that coconut shell be used as coarse aggregate in structural lightweight concrete. Therefore, the purpose of the study was to develop...

sustainability Coconut shells +4 more
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Strength and Durability Studies on Concrete using Cashew Nut Shell Ash (CNSA) waste as Supplementary Materials

by Sakthivel T. Suthaviji S.

Issue 7

Solid Waste Management

As the world population is expected to increase significantly, there is a greater need for housing and, as a result, building materials. Conventional manufacturing methods for materials such as concrete involve substantial energy usage and substantial release of carbon emissions, which contribute to...

Agricultural waste Solid waste management +3 more
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Research on the impact of digital inclusive finance development on carbon emissions—Based on the double fixed effects model

by Wang Z. Ma S.

Issue 7

Environmental Management and Policies

With the accelerated global warming and the continuous rise of sea level, drastically reducing carbon emissions has gradually become a necessary action for major industrialized countries. Based on the panel data of Chinese cities from 2011 to 2022, this paper empirically examines the heterogeneous...

carbon emission digital finance +2 more
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Urban flood detection with the augmentation of gradient boosting and machine learning for prior warning sign over vulnerable zones

by Saravanabhavan C. Sherubha P. Swathika R. Ravi C.

Issue 6

Urban environment and health

Urban flooding has severely threatened the ecosystem and human life in recent years. The key to managing stormwater is to understand what causes it. The forceful effects of building shape on urban floods should be addressed, which results in a significant underestimation of flood danger. Algorithms...

Flood Prediction concatenation +4 more
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Exploring the Role of Microbial Fuel Cells in Sustainable Wastewater Treatment and Energy Generation

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Prashant Sharma et al. View all

Issue 7

Water and wastewater reuse

Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) offers a promising solution for addressing both waste water treatment and challenges in renewable energy production. This study aims to explore the integration of MFCs with adsorption/bio-oxidation (AB) process to tackle wastewater management difficulties while generating...

wastewater treatment Renewable Energy +5 more
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Water Quality Index Prediction and Classification using Hyperparameter Tuned Deep Learning Approach

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Sathya Preiya V. M et al. View all

Issue 5

Water Quality

Water quality (WQ) is hugely important for animals, humans, plants, industries, and the environment. In the past few years, the WQ has been compressed by pollution and contamination. Usually, WQ is assessed utilizing costly laboratory and arithmetical processes, making real observation ineffective...

water quality Index Deep learning +3 more
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Environmental regulation, hog scale production and the synergy of pollution control and carbon reduction

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Shiyan Qiao et al. View all

Issue 4

Environmental Management and Policies

The synergy of pollution control and carbon reduction is conducive to promoting the green transformation of the economy. Based on China’s 30 provincial administrative panel data from 2002 to 2020, using the elastic concept to measure the synergy index and the panel fixed effect model to carry out...

environmental regulation carbon emission +3 more
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Pine cone ash stabilization of expansive soils

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Abiola Ayopo Abiodun et al. View all

Issue 3

Solid Waste Management

The use of appropriate waste materials to stabilize problematic soils, such as expansive soils that are responsible for geotechnical damage, is a common practice in geotechnical engineering. This study presents the use of pulverized ash from the combustion of pine cone (PC) waste as a stabilizing...

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Optimizing Drought Resilience in Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) Through Synergistic Actions of Drought-Tolerant Rhizobacterial Strains and Brassinosteroids Hormone Application: A Jar Trial Study

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Azhar Hussain (azharhaseen@gmail.com); Rashid Iqbal (rashid.iqbal@iub.edu.pk) et al. View all

Issue 4

Ecology, environmental change and management

The study addresses the critical issue of water scarcity in agriculture, which causes significant losses by disrupting plant-water connections and increasing oxidative damage to biological components. In this study, we evaluated the synergistic potential of pre-isolated and identified...

Drought stress Rhizobacterial strains +3 more
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Development of sustainable masonry solid blocks by the incorporation of industrial and agro waste.

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E.KAVITHA et al. View all

Issue 3

Solid Waste Management

Bricks have been extensively adopted for centuries and continue to play a vital role in the construction industry. Nevertheless of its dependable workability and accessibility, fired clay brick production has been recognized for its comparatively high energy and resource requirements. Traditional...

Carbon footprint Eco-friendly building blocks +2 more
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Characterization and optimization studies of cellulose based bioplastics extracted from Musa paradisiaca L.

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R DEVIKA et al. View all

Issue 2

Ecosystems and Natural Resources Management

In recent past, attentions are towards preserving and restoring the resources of environment in terms of development of new products of environmental safety, Therefore utilization of vegetable fibres, extracts from stem, leaves, fruits and roots for the production of biopolymers / improving...

Cellulose pseudostem +10 more
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Sustainable Treatment Approach to Dumped Construction Waste with Acids and CO2 for its Effective Re-utilization in Concrete

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Jagan S et al. View all

Issue 2

Solid Waste Management

Dumping of construction wastes has become one of the serious concerns in the construction industries subsequent to the scarcity of construction materials, specifically aggregates. Extensive research works have been performed to utilize the dumped waste as aggregates, yet its substandard properties...

Recycled concrete aggregates acid treatment +4 more
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A Deep Learning-Based Buffalo Optimizer based Squeeze and Excitation Network for Garbage Classification for a Sustainable Environment

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Subhashini R et al. View all

Issue 3

Solid Waste Management

A Squeeze and Excitation Network is a deep-learning architectural component designed to enhance networks. The "squeeze" step reduces the spatial dimensions of the input feature maps, and the "excitation" step adaptively recalibrates channel-wise feature responses. This allows the network to focus on...

Smart garbage management Deep learning +2 more
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