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Development and comparison of adaptive data-driven models for thermal comfort assessment and control 热舒适评估与控制自适应数据驱动模型的开发与比较

Total Environment Research Themes Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Epub Date: 2023-10-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.totert.2023.100083

Giulia Lamberti , Roberto Boghetti , Jérôme H. Kämpf , Fabio Fantozzi , Francesco Leccese , Giacomo Salvadori

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Impacts of climate change induced drought and adaptation strategies in wine-growing in the Rhine Valley (France, Germany, Switzerland) 气候变化引发的干旱对莱茵河流域葡萄酒种植的影响及适应策略(法国、德国、瑞士)

Total Environment Research Themes Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Epub Date: 2023-09-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.totert.2023.100081

Gaël Bohnert, Brice Martin

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The functional relationship between aquatic insects and cyanobacteria: A systematic literature review reveals major knowledge gaps 水生昆虫和蓝藻之间的功能关系:系统的文献综述揭示了主要的知识差距

Total Environment Research Themes Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Epub Date: 2023-09-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.totert.2023.100078

Ali Fadel, Fernando Guerrieri, Sylvain Pincebourde

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How abrupt changes in surface temperature impacts water cycle over France? The case study of winter bread wheat area. 地表温度的突变如何影响法国的水循环?以冬面包小麦产区为例。

Total Environment Research Themes Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Epub Date: 2023-08-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.totert.2023.100079

Léa Laurent , Albin Ullmann , Thierry Castel

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Assessment of Heavy metal pollution and its health implications in groundwater for drinking purpose around inactive mines, SW region of Cuddapah Basin, South India 印度南部库达帕盆地西南地区闲置矿山周围饮用地下水重金属污染及其健康影响评估

Total Environment Research Themes Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Epub Date: 2023-07-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.totert.2023.100069

Y. Sudharshan Reddy , V. Sunitha

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Spatio-temporal variations of metals in groundwater from an iron mining impacted area: Assessing sources and human health risk 铁矿开采影响地区地下水中金属的时空变化:评估来源和人类健康风险

Total Environment Research Themes Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Epub Date: 2023-07-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.totert.2023.100070

Soma Giri , Ashwani Kumar Tiwari , Mukesh Kumar Mahato , Abhay Kumar Singh

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Shades & shines of gender equality with respect to sustainable development goals (SDGs): The environmental performance perspectives 可持续发展目标(sdg)中性别平等的阴影与光芒:环境绩效视角

Total Environment Research Themes Pub Date : 2023-09-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.totert.2023.100082

S. Amulya Jeevanasai , Parth Saole , Ayush G Rath , Sanyogita Singh , Sunil Rai , Manish Kumar

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Climate change and rivers: The promise offered by infrastructure 气候变化与河流:基础设施带来的希望

Total Environment Research Themes Pub Date : 2023-09-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.totert.2023.100077

Julie Gobert

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Intra-specific variation in the morphometry of freshwater prawn (Caridina: Atyidae) from tropical ponds of South India 南印度热带池塘淡水对虾(虾纲:无虾科)形态的种内变异

Total Environment Research Themes Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.totert.2023.100058

S. Anbalagan , T. Rathidevi , M. Muthumari , K. Rekha , S. Muthukumar

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Quantitative composition, distribution and abundance of zooplankton communities in relation to physico-chemical parameters from selected beaches of Alappuzha in Arabian Sea, southwest coast of India 印度西南海岸阿拉伯海Alappuzha海滩浮游动物群落数量组成、分布和丰度与理化参数的关系

Total Environment Research Themes Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.totert.2023.100054

J.V. Sinu, B. Ajimila

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