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Lignocellulosic plant cell wall variation influences the structure and properties of hard carbon derived from sorghum biomass
Afzal, Rana Arslan, Pennells, Jordan, Yamauchi, Yusuke, Annamalai, Pratheep K., Nanjundan, Ashok Kumar and Martin, Darren J.. 2022. "Lignocellulosic plant cell wall variation influences the structure and properties of hard carbon derived from sorghum biomass." Carbon Trends. 7, pp. 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cartre.2022.100168

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Non-thermal plasma enhances performances of biochar in wastewater treatment and energy storage applications
Zhou, Rusen, Wang, Xiaoxiang, Zhou, Renwu, Weerasinghe, Janith, Zhang, Tianqi, Xin, Yanbin, Wang, Hao, Cullen, Patrick, Wang, Hongxia and Ostrikov, Kostya Ken. 2022. "Non-thermal plasma enhances performances of biochar in wastewater treatment and energy storage applications." Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering. 16 (4), pp. 475-483. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11705-021-2070-x

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Achieving ultrahigh power factor in n-type Ag2Se thin films by carrier engineering
Zheng, Zhuang-Hao, Zhang, Dong-Liang, Niu, Jun-Yu, Shi, Xiao-Lei, Chen, Tian-Bao, Chen, Yun-Fei, Li, Fu, Liang, Guang-Xing, Chen, Yue-Xing, Fan, Ping and Chen, Zhi-Gang. 2022. "Achieving ultrahigh power factor in n-type Ag2Se thin films by carrier engineering." Materials Today Energy. 24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtener.2021.100933

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Degradation process of Ag/AgCl chloride-sensing electrode in cement extract with low chloride concentration
Zhang, Zhangmin, Hu, Jie, Xu, Zhipeng, Huang, Haoliang, Yin, Suhong, Ma, Yuwei, Wei, Jiangxiong and Yu, Qijun. 2022. "Degradation process of Ag/AgCl chloride-sensing electrode in cement extract with low chloride concentration." Corrosion Science. 198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.corsci.2022.110107

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Design of Hierarchically Tailored Hybrids Based on Nickle Nanocrystal-Decorated Manganese Dioxides for Enhanced Fire Safety of Epoxy Resin
Yuan, Yao, Liang, Chen, Yuen, Anthony Chun Yin, Xu, Lulu, Yu, Bin, Cao, Chengfei and Wang, Wei. 2022. "Design of Hierarchically Tailored Hybrids Based on Nickle Nanocrystal-Decorated Manganese Dioxides for Enhanced Fire Safety of Epoxy Resin." International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23 (22). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms232213711

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Superstructures with Atomic-Level Arranged Perovskite and Oxide Layers for Advanced Oxidation with an Enhanced Non-Free Radical Pathway
Yang, Li, Jiao, Yong, Xu, Xiaomin, Pan, Yangli, Su, Chao, Duan, Xiaoguang, Sun, Hongqi, Liu, Shaomin, Wang, Shaobin and Shao, Zongping. 2022. "Superstructures with Atomic-Level Arranged Perovskite and Oxide Layers for Advanced Oxidation with an Enhanced Non-Free Radical Pathway." ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering. 10 (5), pp. 1899-1909. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c07605

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Monotonic loading performance of GFRP beam-column joints connected with slotted–hole bolts
Xiao, Xiao, Xie, Lei, Wang, Yan, Dai, Naxin and Yin, Xiangdong. 2022. "Monotonic loading performance of GFRP beam-column joints connected with slotted–hole bolts." PLoS One. 17 (7). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0272136

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Surface decoration of Halloysite nanotubes with POSS for fire-safe thermoplastic polyurethane nanocomposites
Wu, Wei, Zhao, Wanjing, Gong, Xianjing, Sun, Qijun, Cao, Xianwu, Su, Yujun, Yu, Bin, Li, Robert K.Y. and Vellaisamy, Roy A.L.. 2022. "Surface decoration of Halloysite nanotubes with POSS for fire-safe thermoplastic polyurethane nanocomposites." Journal of Materials Science and Technology. 101, pp. 107-117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmst.2021.05.060

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Dual Post-Treatments Boost Thermoelectric Performance of PEDOT:PSS Films and Their Devices
Wu, Ting, Shi, Xiao-Lei, Liu, Wei-Di, Sun, Shuai, Liu, Qingfeng and Chen, Zhi-Gang. 2022. "Dual Post-Treatments Boost Thermoelectric Performance of PEDOT:PSS Films and Their Devices." Macromolecular Materials and Engineering. 307 (12). https://doi.org/10.1002/mame.202200411

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Cu vacancy engineering of cage-compound BaCu2Se2: Realization of temperature-dependent hole concentration for high average thermoelectric figure-of-merit
Weng, Tianyao, Li, Z., Li, Yang, Hu, Yao, Guo, Kai, Liu, Tao, Zhang, Jianxin, Lyu, Wanyu, Xi, Lili, Yang, Xinxin, Jiang, Ying, Yang, Jiong, Zhang, Jiye and Luo, Jun Luo. 2022. "Cu vacancy engineering of cage-compound BaCu2Se2: Realization of temperature-dependent hole concentration for high average thermoelectric figure-of-merit." Chemical Engineering Journal. 437 (Part 1). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.135302

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Fabrication of anti-dripping and flame-retardant polylactide modified with chitosan derivative/aluminum hypophosphite
Wang, Yadong, Yuan, Jun, Ma, Li, Yin, Xianze, Zhu, Zongmin and Song, Pingan. 2022. "Fabrication of anti-dripping and flame-retardant polylactide modified with chitosan derivative/aluminum hypophosphite." Carbohydrate Polymers. 298. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2022.120141

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Sulfate radical-based advanced oxidation processes for water decontamination using biomass-derived carbon as catalysts
Tian, Wenjie, Chen, Si, Zhang, Huayang, Wang, Hao and Wang, Shaobin. 2022. "Sulfate radical-based advanced oxidation processes for water decontamination using biomass-derived carbon as catalysts." Current Opinion In Chemical Engineering. 37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coche.2022.100838

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Low lattice thermal conductivity and enhanced thermoelectric performance of SnTe via chemical electroless plating of Ag
Tian, Bang-Zhou, Jiang, Xu-Ping, Chen, Jie, Gao, Han, Wang, Ze-Gao, Tang, Jun, Zhou, Da-Li, Yang, Lei and Chen, Zhi-Gang. 2022. "Low lattice thermal conductivity and enhanced thermoelectric performance of SnTe via chemical electroless plating of Ag." Rare Metals. 41 (1), pp. 86-95. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12598-021-01805-1

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PEDOT:PSS and Its Composites for Flexible Supercapacitors
Su, Zhen, Jin, Yingzhi, Wang, Hongmei, Li, Zaifang, Huang, Liang and Wang, Hao. 2022. "PEDOT:PSS and Its Composites for Flexible Supercapacitors." ACS Applied Energy Materials. 5 (10), pp. 11915-11932. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.2c01524

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Fire safety performance of 3D GFRP nanocomposite as a cladding material
Soufeiani, Leila, Nguyen, Kate.T.Q., White, Nathan, Foliente, Greg, Wang, Hao and Aye, Lu. 2022. "Fire safety performance of 3D GFRP nanocomposite as a cladding material." Fire Safety Journal. 133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.firesaf.2022.103670

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Correction: Siddika et al. Waste Glass in Cement and Geopolymer Concretes: A Review on Durability and Challenges. Polymers 2021, 13, 2071
Siddika, Ayesha, Hajimohammadi, Ailar, Al Mamun, Md. Abdullah, Alyousef, Rayed and Ferdous, Wahid. 2022. "Correction: Siddika et al. Waste Glass in Cement and Geopolymer Concretes: A Review on Durability and Challenges. Polymers 2021, 13, 2071 ." Polymers. 14 (6). https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14061068

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Prediction of Fly-rock using Gene Expression Programming and Teaching– learning-based Optimization Algorithm
Shamsi, R., Amin, Mohammad Saeed, Dehghani, Hesam, Bascompta, Marc, Jodeiri Shokri, Behshad and Entezam, Shima. 2022. "Prediction of Fly-rock using Gene Expression Programming and Teaching– learning-based Optimization Algorithm." Journal of Mining and Environment. 13 (2), pp. 391-406. https://doi.org/10.22044/jme.2022.11825.2171

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Reversible Adsorption and Detachment of Saccharomyces cerevisiae on Thermoresponsive Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-Grafted Fibers for Continuous Immobilized Fermentation
Sha, Yu, Zhao, Chenchen, Zhuang, Wei, Chen, Jiale, Liu, Dong, Chen, Yong Chen, Ge, Lei, Wu, Jinglan, Zhu, Chenjie, Liu, Jinle and Ying, Hanjie. 2022. "Reversible Adsorption and Detachment of Saccharomyces cerevisiae on Thermoresponsive Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-Grafted Fibers for Continuous Immobilized Fermentation." Langmuir: the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. 38 (50), pp. 15827-15838. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c02758

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Interface modulation induced by the 1T Co-WS2 shell nanosheet layer at the metallic NiTe2/Ni core–nanoskeleton: Glib electrode-kinetics for HER, OER, and ORR
Paudel, Dasu Ram, Pan, Uday Narayan, Ghising, Ram Babu, Dhakal, Purna Prasad, Dinh, Van An, Wang, Hao, Kim, Nam Hoon and Lee, Joong Hee. 2022. "Interface modulation induced by the 1T Co-WS2 shell nanosheet layer at the metallic NiTe2/Ni core–nanoskeleton: Glib electrode-kinetics for HER, OER, and ORR." Nano Energy. 102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2022.107712

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Long-Term Water Absorption of Hybrid Flax Fibre-Reinforced Epoxy Composites with Graphene and Its Influence on Mechanical Properties
Oun, Amer, Manalo, Allan, Alajarmeh, Omar, Abousnina, Rajab and Gerdes, Andreas. 2022. "Long-Term Water Absorption of Hybrid Flax Fibre-Reinforced Epoxy Composites with Graphene and Its Influence on Mechanical Properties." Polymers. 14 (17). https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14173679

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Influence of Elevated Temperature on the Mechanical Properties of Hybrid Flax-Fiber-Epoxy Composites Incorporating Graphene
Manalo, Allan, Oun, Amer, Alajarmeh, Omar, Abousnina, Rajab and Gerdes, Andreas. 2022. "Influence of Elevated Temperature on the Mechanical Properties of Hybrid Flax-Fiber-Epoxy Composites Incorporating Graphene ." Polymers. 14 (9). https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14091841

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State-of-the-art review of product stewardship strategies for large composite wind turbine blades
Martinez-Marquez, Daniel, Florin, Nick, Hall, Wayne, Majewski, Peter, Wang, Hao and Stewart, Rodney A.. 2022. "State-of-the-art review of product stewardship strategies for large composite wind turbine blades." Resources, Conservation and Recycling Advances. 15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcradv.2022.200109

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High thermoelectric and mechanical performance in the n-type polycrystalline SnSe incorporated with multi-walled carbon nanotubes
Mao, Xin-Yu, Shi, Xiao-Lei, Zhai, Liang-Chuang, Liu, Wei-Di, Chen, Yue-Xing, Gao, Han, Li, Meng, Wang, De-Zhuang, Wu, Hao, Zheng, Zhuang-Hao, Wang, Yi-Feng, Liu, Qingfeng and Chen, Zhigang. 2022. "High thermoelectric and mechanical performance in the n-type polycrystalline SnSe incorporated with multi-walled carbon nanotubes." Journal of Materials Science and Technology. 114, pp. 55-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmst.2021.12.002

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Cheap, large-scale, and high-performance graphite-based flexible thermoelectric materials and devices with supernormal industry feasibility
Sun, Shuai, Shi, Xiao-Lei Shi, Liu, Wei-Di Liu, Wu, Ting, Wang, Dezhuang, Wu, Hao, Zhang, Xiaoyong, Wang, Yu, Liu, Qingfeng and Chen, Zhi-Gang. 2022. "Cheap, large-scale, and high-performance graphite-based flexible thermoelectric materials and devices with supernormal industry feasibility." ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 14 (6), pp. 8066-8075. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c24649

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Achieving high-performance n-type PbTe via synergistically optimizing effective mass and carrier concentration and suppressing lattice thermal conductivity
Liu, Hang-Tian, Sun, Qiang, Zhong, Yan, Xia, Cheng-Liang, Chen, Yue, Chen, Zhi-Gang and Ang, Ran. 2022. "Achieving high-performance n-type PbTe via synergistically optimizing effective mass and carrier concentration and suppressing lattice thermal conductivity." Chemical Engineering Journal. 428. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2021.132601

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Functional Carbon Nitride Materials in Photo-Fenton-Like Catalysis for Environmental Remediation
Lin, Jingkai, Tian, Wenjie, Guan, Zheyu, Zhang, Huayang, Duan, Xiaoguang, Wang, Hao, Sun, Hongqi, Fang, Yanfen, Huang, Yingping and Wang, Shaobin. 2022. "Functional Carbon Nitride Materials in Photo-Fenton-Like Catalysis for Environmental Remediation." Advanced Functional Materials. 32 (24). https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202201743

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Carbon nitride-based Z-scheme heterojunctions for solar-driven advanced oxidation processes
Lin, Jingkai, Tian, Wenjie, Zhang, Huayang, Duan, Xiaoguang, Sun, Hongqi, Wang, Hao, Fang, Yanfen, Huang, Yingping and Wang, Shaobin. 2022. "Carbon nitride-based Z-scheme heterojunctions for solar-driven advanced oxidation processes." Journal of Hazardous Materials. 434. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.128866

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Enhancing thermoelectric performance of SrFBiS2−xSex via band engineering and structural texturing
Huang, Hai, Lin, Chen, Li, Shijing, Guo, Kai, Zhang, Jianxin, Lyu, Wanyu, Zhang, Jiye, Xing, Juanjuan, Jiang, Ying, Yang, Jiong and Luo, Jun. 2022. "Enhancing thermoelectric performance of SrFBiS2−xSex via band engineering and structural texturing." Journal of Materiomics. 8 (2), pp. 302-310. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmat.2021.09.006

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An Experimental Study of the Behavior of GFRP-Reinforced Precast Concrete Culverts
Hassanli, Reza, Youssf, Osama, Manalo, Alan, Najafgholipour, Mohammad Amir, Elchalakani, Mohamed, del Rey Castillo, Enrique and Lutze, Darren. 2022. "An Experimental Study of the Behavior of GFRP-Reinforced Precast Concrete Culverts." Journal of Composites for Construction. 26 (5). https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CC.1943-5614.0001224

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Restricted assembly of ultralow loading of graphene oxide for lightweight, mechanically flexible and flame retardant polydimethylsiloxane foam composites
Guo, Bi-Fan, Wang, Peng-Huan, Cao, Cheng-Fei, Qu, Zhang-Hao, Lv, Ling-Yu, Zhang, Guo-Dong, Gong, Li-Xiu, Song, Pingan, Gao, Jie-Feng, Mai, Yiu-Wing and Tang, Long-Cheng. 2022. "Restricted assembly of ultralow loading of graphene oxide for lightweight, mechanically flexible and flame retardant polydimethylsiloxane foam composites." Composites Part B: Engineering. 247. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2022.110290

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Behavior of Hollow Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polymer-Reinforced Concrete Columns under Axial Load: Experimental and Theoretical Investigation
Gouda, Mohammed Gamal, Mohamed, Hamdy M., Manalo, Allan C. and Benmokrane, Brahim. 2022. "Behavior of Hollow Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polymer-Reinforced Concrete Columns under Axial Load: Experimental and Theoretical Investigation." ACI Structural Journal. 119 (6), pp. 289-302. https://doi.org/10.14359/51736117

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Influence of Elevated Temperatures and Cooling Method on the Microstructure Development and Phase Evolution of Alkali-Activated Slag
Fu, Hua, Mo, Rui, Wang, Penggang, Wang, Yanru, Cao, Yubin, Guang, Wentao and Ding, Yao. 2022. "Influence of Elevated Temperatures and Cooling Method on the Microstructure Development and Phase Evolution of Alkali-Activated Slag." Materials. 15 (6). https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15062022

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Uniaxial Compression Behavior of Short Square and Circular RC Piles Constructed with GFRP Bars and Spirals Preconditioned in Simulated Marine Environments
Elhamaymy, Ahmed, Mohamed, Hamdy, Manalo, Allan and Benmokrane, Brahim. 2022. "Uniaxial Compression Behavior of Short Square and Circular RC Piles Constructed with GFRP Bars and Spirals Preconditioned in Simulated Marine Environments." Journal of Composites for Construction. 26 (3). https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CC.1943-5614.0001219

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Determination of ozone concentration using gene expression programming algorithm (GEP)- Zrenjanin, Serbia
Dehghani, Hesam, Velicković, Milica, Jodeiri Shokri, Behshad, Mihajlovic, Ivan, Nikolic, Djordje and Panic, Marija. 2022. "Determination of ozone concentration using gene expression programming algorithm (GEP)- Zrenjanin, Serbia." International Journal of Mining and Geo-Engineering. 56 (1), pp. 1-9. https://doi.org/10.22059/IJMGE.2021.313278.594874

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Thermoelectric Coolers: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities
Chen, Wen-Yi, Shi, Xiao-Lei, Zou, J. and Chen, Zhi-Gang. 2022. "Thermoelectric Coolers: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities." Small Methods. 6 (2). https://doi.org/10.1002/smtd.202101235

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Multi-hierarchical flexible composites towards superior fire safety and electromagnetic interference shielding
Chen, Kexin, Liu, Miao, Shi, Yongqian, Wang, Hengrui, Fu, Libi, Feng, Yuezhan and Song, Pingan. 2022. "Multi-hierarchical flexible composites towards superior fire safety and electromagnetic interference shielding." Nano Research. 15 (10), pp. 9531-9543. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-022-4883-6

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A low resistance and stable lithium-garnet electrolyte interface enabled by a multifunctional anode additive for solid-state lithium batteries
Cao, Chencheng, Zhong, Yijun, Wasalathilake, Kimal Chandula, Tade, Moses O., Xu, Xiaomin, Rabiee, Hesamoddin, Roknuzzaman, Md, Rahman, Rajib and Shao, Zongping. 2022. "A low resistance and stable lithium-garnet electrolyte interface enabled by a multifunctional anode additive for solid-state lithium batteries." Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 10 (5), pp. 2519-2527. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1ta07804f

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Molybdenum-Promoted Surface Reconstruction in Polymorphic Cobalt for Initiating Rapid Oxygen Evolution
Bai, Juan, Mei, Jun, Liao, Ting, Sun, Qiang, Chen, Zhi-Gang and Sun, Ziqi. 2022. "Molybdenum-Promoted Surface Reconstruction in Polymorphic Cobalt for Initiating Rapid Oxygen Evolution." Advanced Energy Materials. 12 (5). https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202103247

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Numerical Study of an Improved Non-Circular MC Fuelled with H/Air for Thermo-Photovoltaic (TPV) Applications
Ayad, Kakei A., Khdher, Abdolbaqi Mohammed, Albazzaz, Kamal Jalal Tawfeeq, Kakahy, Amer Najat Najmaldeen, Abdulkarim, Ali Hussein and Epaarachchi, Jayantha. 2022. "Numerical Study of an Improved Non-Circular MC Fuelled with H/Air for Thermo-Photovoltaic (TPV) Applications." Mathematical Modelling of Engineering Problems. 9 (4), pp. 897-905. https://doi.org/10.18280/mmep.090406

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Developing a Conceptual Framework of Green Mining Strategy in Coal Mines: Integrating Socio-economic, Health, and Environmental Factors
Ardejani, Faramarz Doulati, Maghsoudy, Soroush, Shahhosseini, Majid, Jodeiri Shokri, Behshad, Ardejani, Shaghayegh Doulati, Shafaei, Foojan, Shiraz, Farzin Amirkhani and Rajaee, Ali. 2022. "Developing a Conceptual Framework of Green Mining Strategy in Coal Mines: Integrating Socio-economic, Health, and Environmental Factors." Journal of Mining and Environment. 13 (1), pp. 101-115. https://doi.org/10.22044/jme.2022.11704.2161

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