Construction Risk Assessment of Tunnel Crossing Goaf Based on Analytic Hierarchy Process‐Extension Theory Model by Chao Yuan, Lian‐xin Li, Xiao‐wei Su, Rong‐jie Du

“…These factors undoubtedly increase the occurrence of geological disaster risk accidents such as gas combustion and explosion, resulting in tunnel excavation shutdown, plan delay and even a large number of casualties. …”
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Source Impact Analysis Using Char-EC/Soot-EC Ratios in the Central Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP) of India by Manisha Mishra, U.C. Kulshrestha

“…Cross plots of these ratios identified biomass burning and fossil-fuel combustion as the largest sources during winter and the post-monsoon season, and summer and the monsoon season, respectively. …”
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Un scriitor puţin cunoscut: I. Igiroșianu by Gabriela Danțiș

“…La perspective d’observation du monde est assez saint-simonienne, celle d’un esprit en incessante combustion, encliné vers la connaissance intérieure de l’homme, avec un grand charme de narrer les grands événements ou les petits faits, dans un style riche, parfois somptueux, de surprendre les pulsations les plus infimes de l’être humaine. …”
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Impact of Nano-Fuel Additives and Nano-Lubricant Oil Additives on Diesel Engine Performance and Emission Characteristics by Dipakkumar Chimangiri Gosai, Ashishkumar Jashvantlal Modi, Anil Kumar Gillawat

“…Generally, in an internal combustion Engine, around 66 % of the total heat is lost and, around 33% is used for Brake Power. …”
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Decarbonizing gas emissions from petrochemical production using microalgae by F. Shevlyakov, A.B. Laptev, O.R. Latypov, D.R. Latypova

“…This technology can eliminate the combustion stage of hydrocarbon gases in isoprene production and significantly reduce carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere.…”
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Source apportionment, ecological and health risks of potentially toxic elements in street dusts across different land uses in city of Kermanshah, Iran by Ali Asgari, Soheil Sobhanardakani, Mehrdad Cheraghi, Bahareh Lorestani, Maryam Kiani Sadr

“…The positive matrix factorization (PMF) model identified traffic emissions and sources, fossil fuel combustion and natural sources, and industrial emissions as the major sources of tested elements. …”
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Impact of Wave COVID-19 Responses on Black Carbon Air Pollution in Moscow Megacity Background by Olga B. Popovicheva, Marina A. Chichaeva, Roman G. Kovach, Ekaterina Yu. Zhdanova, Victor M. Stepanenko, Alexander Varentsov, Nikolay S. Kasimov

“…BCff component associated with emissions from fossil fuel (FF) combustion showed 100% increase. BB% dropped down to 13%, typical summer level. …”
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Research on Fire Detection of Cotton Picker Based on Improved Algorithm by Zhai Shi, Fangwei Wu, Changjie Han, Dongdong Song

“…According to the physical characteristics of cotton and the work characteristics of cotton pickers in the field, during the picking process, there is a risk of cotton combustion. The cotton picker working environment is complex, cotton ignition can be hidden, and fire is difficult to detect. …”
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Carbon Monoxide Poisoning with Neurological, Ocular, and Myocardial Damage: A Case Report by Duc Nguyen, Sinh Nguyen, Anh Lam

“…Introduction: Carbon monoxide (CO) gas is produced by incomplete combustion of carbon-containing substances. CO has a high affinity with hemoglobin because it reduces oxygen transport causing tissue hypoxia, lactic acidosis, and cell death.Case report: A 32-year-old female patient entered Poison Control Center of Bach Mai Hospital, Ha Noi, Vietnam, because of decreased consciousness, loss of vision in the right eye. …”
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Applications of Organic and Inorganic Amendments Induce Changes in the Mobility of Mercury and Macro- and Micronutrients of Soils by Mercedes García-Sánchez, Adéla Šípková, Jiřina Száková, Lukáš Kaplan, Pavla Ochecová, Pavel Tlustoš

“…The individual treatments were (i) digestate from the anaerobic fermentation of biowaste; (ii) fly ash from wood chip combustion; and (iii) ammonium sulfate, and every treatment was added with the same amount of S. …”
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Determination and Removal of Potentially Toxic Elements by <i>Phragmites australis</i> (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. (Poaceae) in the Valles River, San Luis Potosí (Central Mexico) by José Angel Montes-Rocha, Rocío del Carmen Diaz-Torres, Angel Josabad Alonso-Castro, César Arturo Ilizaliturri-Hernández, Leticia Carrizales-Yáñez, Candy Carranza-Álvarez

“…Water samples from all sites recorded PTEs (As, Pb, Cd, and Hg), with primary sources identified as the sugar industry, urban and industrial wastewater, and the combustion of fossil fuels. Sediment samples showed concentrations of Hg, Mn, Ni, Zn, Pb, V, Cu, Cr, and Cd, attributed to agricultural practices, industrial activity, and urbanization. …”
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Fine Particulate Matter Deposition in 3D Out-of-Plane Bifurcation Lung Airway by Chun-Chih Chuang, Justus Kavita Mutuku, Chih-Che Chueh, Anurita Selvarajoo, Wei-Hsin Chen

“…Abstract Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) produced from traffic-loaded urban areas, combustion processes during industrial processes, and dust resuspension during mechanical disturbances may cause considerable health hazards when it is inhaled, owing to an enhanced accumulation of this particulate material in the lung. …”
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The Optimization Model for Reducing RON Loss in Gasoline Refining Process by Xuefei Lu, Xiaoyan Wang, Yifang Yang, Jianan Xue

“…As gasoline is the main fuel of small vehicles, the exhaust emissions from its combustion will affect air quality. The focus of gasoline cleaning is to reduce the sulfur and olefin content in gasoline while maintaining its RON as much as possible. …”
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Waste-based consumable for hardfacing by welding: a look from the Circular Economy by Azucena Elizabeth Bernal-Gutiérrez, Carmen Isabel Ulloa-Méndez, Rodolfo Najarro-Quintero, Amado Cruz-Crespo, Lorenzo Perdomo-González, Alejandro Duffus-Scott

“… In the present work, the obtaining of a consumable for the restore parts by welding from the perspective of the circular economy is addressed, using industrial solid residuals (slag from steel production, graphite from fragments of electrodes of arc furnaces) and agroindustrial residuals (ash from the combustion of biomass (rice husk)) and conceiving the non-generation of new solid residuals in the hardfacing process. …”
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Experimental investigation of the parameters of additively manufactured coaxial swirl injectors by Samir Vekilov, Volodymyr Lipovskyi, Roman Marchan, Artem Lohvynenko

“…One of the most significant components of a LPRE is a Combustion Chamber (CC) which is at the forefront of development, especially in the case of newly designed engines. …”
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Features of Plasma Electrolytic Formation of Manganese- and Cobalt-Containing Composites on Aluminum Alloys by Ann V. Karakurkchi, Nykolay D. Sakhnenko, Maryna V. Ved’, Ihor S. Luhovskyi, Hryhoriy A. Drobakha, Maryna V. Mayba

“…This allows us to view them as promising materials for air- and water-cleaning technologies and internal combustion engine waste gas purification systems.…”
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Contributions of Biomass Burning and Other Sources to Fine Particle Level and Oxidative Potential in Suburban Tokyo, Japan by Akihiro Fushimi, Ana M. Villalobos, Akinori Takami, Kiyoshi Tanabe, James J. Schauer

“…Correlation and meteorological analyses suggest that emissions from ships (or other residual oil combustion) and anthropogenic SOA originating from the Tokyo Metropolitan Area, and biogenic SOA contribute to an increase in PM2.5 oxidative potential during the warm season in the suburbs of Tokyo. …”
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Propuesta de plan de acciones para alcanzar la carbono-neutralidad en la Cruz Roja Costarricense del Comité Auxiliar en San Vito by Jairo Gómez-Céspedes, Manfred Murrell-Blanco, Karla Vetrani-Chavarría, Ligia Bermúdez-Hidalgo

“…Como resultado del inventario se identificaron las fuentes de GEI y se cuantificó su emisión, según los factores nacionales e internacionales; el total de emisiones se cuantificó en 77,4 toneladas de carbono equivalente (tCO2e), provenientes principalmente de fuentes de combustión de hidrocarburos (flotilla vehicular). También se elaboró un plantilla con las ecuaciones estequiométricas para futuras mediciones de GEI y una matriz de cumplimiento de requisitos y recomendaciones para la eventual certificación del sistema de C-Neutro, de manera que funcione para cualquiera de los comités de Cruz Roja en Costa Rica. …”
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Investigating the Effect of Wood Ash–Lime Blend in the Stabilization of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement for Road Construction. by Byamugisha, Mark

“…Extremely large volumes of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) aggregates are generated during pavement rehabilitation and reconstruction and disposed of along road alignments while large quantities of wood ash are generated from burning eucalyptus (eucalyptus grandis specie) logs under controlled combustion at 10000C. This paper presents the results of the laboratory evaluation of the characteristics of wood ash-lime stabilized RAP with a view to determining its suitability for use as highway pavement material in flexible pavement construction. …”
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Comparison of PM2.5 Chemical Compositions during Haze and Non-haze Days in a Heavy Industrial City in North China by Menghui Li, Liping Wu, Xiangyan Zhang, Xinwu Wang, Wenyu Bai, Jing Ming, Chunmei Geng, Wen Yang

“…The NO3/SO42- and OC/EC ratios indicated that coal combustion and motor vehicle emission were the primary sources of pollution, and back-trajectory analysis revealed that the air masses over Zibo on haze days mainly originated in adjacent areas in Shandong Province and the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region (BTH). …”
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