Removal of cadmium from aqueous solutions using industrial coal fly ash-nZVI.

abstract：:Volatile essential oils (EOs), non-volatile rutin (RU), quercetin (QU), kaempferol (KA) and isorhamnetin (IS) were effectively extracted and isolated from seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) leaves by ionic liquid-based ultrasound/microwave-assisted simultaneous distillation extraction (ILUMASDE). After optimizatio...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Li C,Zhang J,Zhao C,Yang L,Zhao W,Jiang H,Ren X,Su W,Li Y,Guan J

更新日期：2018-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper investigates the effect of contact geometry, temperature and displacement amplitude on the fretting behaviour of an aero-turbo oil lubricated cylinder-on-flat contact. To be effective, the lubricant needed both to penetrate the contact and then offer protection. Lubricant penetration into the fretting conta...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Warmuth AR,Sun W,Shipway PH

更新日期：2016-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Feedback is typically incorporated in word learning paradigms, in both research studies and commercial language learning apps. While the common-sense view is that feedback is helpful during learning, relatively little empirical evidence exists about the role of feedback in spoken vocabulary learning. Some work has sug...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Krishnan S,Sellars E,Wood H,Bishop DVM,Watkins KE

更新日期：2018-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:We model radicalization in a society consisting of two competing religious, ethnic or political groups. Each of the 'sects' is divided into moderate and radical factions, with intra-group transitions occurring either spontaneously or through indoctrination. We also include the possibility of one group violently attack...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Short MB,McCalla SG,D'Orsogna MR

更新日期：2017-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of carnivore species are described as solitary, but little is known about their social organization and interactions with conspecifics. We investigated the spatial organization and social interactions as well as relatedness of slender mongooses (Galerella sanguinea) living in the southern Kalahari. This i...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Graw B,Kranstauber B,Manser MB

更新日期：2019-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Humans are often considered egocentric creatures, particularly (and ironically) when we are supposed to take another person's perspective over our own (i.e. when we use our theory of mind). We investigated the underlying causes of this phenomenon. We gave young adult participants a false belief task (Sandbox Task) in ...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Samuel S,Legg EW,Lurz R,Clayton NS

更新日期：2018-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The advent of geolocated information and communication technologies opens the possibility of exploring how people use space in cities, bringing an important new tool for urban scientists and planners, especially for regions where data are scarce or not available. Here we apply a functional network approach to determin...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Lenormand M,Picornell M,Cantú-Ros OG,Louail T,Herranz R,Barthelemy M,Frías-Martínez E,San Miguel M,Ramasco JJ

更新日期：2015-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Biomedical device-associated infection (BAI) and lack of osseointegration are the main causes of implant failure. Therefore, it is imperative for implants not only to depress microbial activity and biofilm colonization but also to prompt osteoblast functions and osseointegration. As part of the coating development for...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Zhang W,Wang S,Ge S,Chen J,Ji P

更新日期：2018-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Assisted ultrasonic vibration technology has received great interest in the past few years for petroleum and mining engineering related to hard rock breaking. Understanding the fatigue behaviour and damage characteristics of rock subject to ultra-high-frequency loading is vital for its application. In this research, w...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Zhou Y,Zhao D,Tang Q,Wang M

更新日期：2020-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensitive, simple and green analytical methodology for simultaneous estimation of bambuterol and montelukast as a combined medication based on their native fluorescence character was developed. The method relies on synchronous spectrofluorimetry to solve the problem of the overlapping emission spectra of the studied d...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： El Gamal R,El Abass SA,Elmansi HM

更新日期：2020-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:When all the individuals in a social group can be easily identified, one of the simplest measures of social interaction that can be recorded is nearest-neighbour identity. Many field studies use sequential scan samples of groups to build up association metrics using these nearest-neighbour identities. Here, I describe...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Rands SA

更新日期：2015-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Using density functional theory approaches, we follow the sequential addition of CF3 functional groups to the surface of the metallic endofullerene species Gd@C60. The presence of gadolinium in the interior of the cage strongly influences the addition sequence. The calculations are able to successfully identify end po...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Ewels C,Rio J,Niwa H,Omachi H,Shinohara H,Rayson M,Briddon P

更新日期：2018-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The phylogenetic relationships of the recently described genus †Ticinolepis from the Middle Triassic of the Monte San Giorgio are explored through cladistic analyses of the so far largest morphological dataset for fossil actinopterygians, including representatives of the crown-neopterygian clades Halecomorphi, Ginglym...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： López-Arbarello A,Sferco E

更新日期：2018-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:We consider a directed graph model for the human brain's neural architecture that is based on small scale, directed, strongly connected sub-graphs (SCGs) of neurons, that are connected together by a sparser mesoscopic network. We assume transmission delays within neuron-to-neuron stimulation, and that individual neuro...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Grindrod P,Lee TE

更新日期：2017-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In both prokaryotic and eukaryotic genomes, synonymous codons are unevenly used. Such differential usage of optimal or non-optimal codons has been suggested to play a role in the control of translation initiation and elongation, as well as at the level of transcription and mRNA stability. In the case of membrane prote...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Sanguinetti M,Iriarte A,Amillis S,Marín M,Musto H,Ramón A

更新日期：2019-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we examined the kinematic function of the morpho- logically unique first thoracic vertebra in giraffes. The first thoracic vertebra of the giraffe displayed similar shape to the seventh cervical vertebra in general ruminants. The flexion experiment using giraffe carcasses demonstrated that the first thoracic vert...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Gunji M,Endo H

更新日期：2016-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:With the current proliferation of data, the proficient use of statistical and mining techniques offer substantial benefits to capture useful information from any dataset. As numerous approaches make use of information theory concepts, here, we discuss how Fisher information (FI) can be applied to sustainability scienc...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Ahmad N,Derrible S,Eason T,Cabezas H

更新日期：2016-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Artificial microswimmers powered by magnetic fields have numerous applications, such as drug delivery, biosensing for minimally invasive medicine and environmental remediation. Recently, a Janus microdimer surface walker that can be propelled by an oscillating magnetic field near a surface was reported by Li et al. (A...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Yang J

更新日期：2020-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1098/rsos.181295.]. ...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Hansford JP,Turvey ST

更新日期：2020-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:How do animals in groups organize their work? Division of labour, i.e. the process by which individuals within a group choose which tasks to perform, has been extensively studied in social insects. Variability among individuals within a colony seems to underpin both the decision over which tasks to perform and the amo...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Doran C,Stumpe MC,Sendova-Franks A,Franks NR

更新日期：2016-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil detritivores such as Collembola impact plant growth, tissue nutrient concentration and gene expression. Using a model system with pedunculate oak (Quercus robur) microcuttings that display a typical endogenous rhythmic growth with alternating shoot (SF) and root flushes (RF), we investigated the transcriptomic re...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Graf M,Bönn M,Feldhahn L,Kurth F,Grams TEE,Herrmann S,Tarkka M,Buscot F,Scheu S

更新日期：2019-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The pod-shaped TiO2 nano burst tubes (TiO2 NBTs) were prepared by the combination of electrospinning and impregnation calcination with oxalic acid (H2C2O4), polystyrene (PS) and tetrabutyl titanate. The silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) were loaded onto the surface of TiO2 NBTs by ultraviolet light reduction method to prep...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Wang S,Han Z,Di T,Li R,Liu S,Cheng Z

更新日期：2019-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Many scientists communicate with the public about risks associated with scientific issues, but such communication may have unintended consequences for how the public views the political orientations and the credibility of the communicating scientist. We explore this possibility using an experiment with a nationally re...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Vraga E,Myers T,Kotcher J,Beall L,Maibach E

更新日期：2018-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we investigate the concept of the targeted delivery of pharmaceutical drug aerosols in an anatomically realistic geometry of the human upper and central respiratory system. The geometry considered extends from the mouth inlet to the eighth generation of the bronchial bifurcations and is identical...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Kenjereš S,Tjin JL

更新日期：2017-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Helical organic micro- and nanostructures are formed by a charge-transfer complex, cinchonidine-TCNQ. These unusual forms result from the chirality, the steric structure and specific interactions of cinchonidine molecules. These materials are semiconductors (10-4 S cm-1), with the typical absorption spectra in IR and ...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Langer JJ,Hreczycho G

更新日期：2018-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK), an important component of the modern conservation toolkit, is being eroded in indigenous communities around the world. However, the dynamics of TEK loss in response to ecosystem change and disruption to social-ecological systems, and patterns of variation in vulnerability and re...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Turvey ST,Bryant JV,McClune KA

更新日期：2018-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Varanopids are a basal clade of small- to medium-sized non-therapsid synapsids, whose range extends from the late Pennsylvanian to the late middle Permian, and are found in North America, Russia, Europe and South Africa. The greatest varanopid diversity is observed at the fossiliferous cave deposits near Richards Spur...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Maho S,Gee BM,Reisz RR

更新日期：2019-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Vocal pitch is used as an important communicative device by humans, as found in the melodic dimension of both speech and song. Vocal pitch is determined by the degree of tension in the vocal folds of the larynx, which itself is influenced by complex and nonlinear interactions among the laryngeal muscles. The relations...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Belyk M,Lee YS,Brown S

更新日期：2018-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The Coral Triangle is widely considered the most important centre of marine biodiversity in Asia while areas on its periphery such as the South China Sea, have received much less interest. Here, we demonstrate that a small population of the knobbly sea star Protoreaster nodosus in Singapore has similarly high levels o...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Tay YC,Chng MW,Sew WW,Rheindt FE,Tun KP,Meier R

更新日期：2016-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1098/rsos.180687.]. ...

journal_title：Royal Society open science

authors： Dvurecenska K,Graham S,Patelli E,Patterson EA

更新日期：2019-12-04 00:00:00