Changes To Barrier Island Systems During The Holocene
Barrier islands systems, briefly described as long and relatively narrow sandy islands parallel to the shore and separated from it by a backbarrier lagoon, represent…
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Hosting Capacity In Modern Power Systems: Outlooks And Challenges
Renewable energy resources (RES) play a vital role in modern power systems, motivated by their social, environmental, and techno-economic advantages. Nowadays, the energy generation mix…
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Investigating How Atlantic Sea Scallop Larvae Move Through A Fishery
A recent collaborative study from researchers at Rutgers University, Old Dominion University, University of Southern Mississippi, and NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center shows that scallop…
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Can We Defeat Neglected Tropical Diseases?
I recently heard it said that mankind’s extermination of the smallpox virus, lauded as it is, was a feat of under-appreciated endeavor. The evolutionary necessity…
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Waste-To-Treasure: Porous Carbon Sorbents From Sustainable Rice Husk Synthesized By A Direct Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Activation
CO2-looping in Biomass Thermochemical Process Thermochemical processes such as pyrolysis and gasification have been recognized as the most promising fuel processing technique that can utilize…
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DNA Barcoding Against Misleading Identifications Of Endangered Species In Developing Countries
The ability to correctly identify specimens to their corresponding species is of the utmost of importance to biodiversity conservation efforts. For traded species, morphological identification…
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The Role Of Aeration In Floating Treatment Wetlands
Water availability and supply dynamics are issues of great concern to society. Water quality also influences water availability dynamics because we want to ensure the…
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If Neural Networks Are Allowed To Sleep And Dream, Their Performance Sensibly Increases
The harmonic oscillator for associative memory and pattern recognition in Artificial Intelligence is certainly the Hopfield model [1] (or, equivalently [2], its dual representation, i.e….
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The Dubious Increase In ADHD Diagnoses
Diagnostic figures for ADHD are rising almost everywhere. Are there really more children with “Fidgety Philipp syndrome” today? A Swedish study suggests otherwise. Like an…
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How Soil Management Can Help In The Battle Against Panama Disease And Other Fusarium Wilts
Fusarium wilt, a plant disease caused by pathogenic strains of the soil fungus Fusarium oxysporum, affects over 100 crops including banana, tomato, ginger, cucumber, oil…
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Assessing Aged Care Workers’ Understanding Of Person-Centered Care
With the aged care sector under the spotlight and currently undergoing a Royal Commission in Australia, it is a timely reminder of the value that aged…
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