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Community ecology / Gary G. Mittelbach, Michigan State University, USA, Brian J. McGill, University of Maine, USA

Dewey Library - QH541.M526 2019




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The redesigned Earth: a brief review of ecology for engineers, as if the Earth really mattered / John T. Tanacredi

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La nueva humanización del agua: una lectura desde el ambientalismo inclusivo / Aníbal Faccendini ; prólogos de Riccardo Petrella y Leonardo Boff

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Contesting Leviathan: activists, hunters, and state power in the Makah whaling conflict / Les Beldo

Dewey Library - SH383.2.B45 2019




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Sustainable development goals: their impacts on forests and people / edited by Pia Katila, Carol J. Pierce Colfer, Wil de Jong, Glenn Galloway, Pablo Pacheco, Georg Winkel

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Machine learning in aquaculture: hunger classification of Lates Calcarifer / Mohd Azraai Mohd Razman, Anwar P. P. Abdul Majeed, Rabiu Muazu Musa, Zahari Taha, Gian-Antonio Susto, Yukinori Mukai

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Water hyacinth: a potential lignocellulosic biomass for bioethanol / Anuja Sharma, Neeraj K. Aggarwal

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Linnaeus, natural history and the circulation of knowledge / edited by Hanna Hodacs, Kenneth Nyberg and Stéphane van Damme

Hayden Library - QH44.L556 2018




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Diatoms: fundamentals and applications / edited by Joseph Seckbach and Richard Gordon

Barker Library - QK569.D54 D54 2019




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Landscape impact assessment in planning processes / Ingrid Belčáková, Paola Gazzola, Eva Pauditšová ; managing editor Agnieszka Topolska, language editor Jonathan Wotton

Rotch Library - GF90.B45 2018




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The last whalers: three years in the far Pacific with a courageous tribe and a vanishing way of life / Doug Bock Clark

Hayden Library - SH383.5.I5 C53 2019




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Working with dynamic crop models: methods, tools and examples for agriculture and environment / Daniel Wallach, David Makowski, James W. Jones, Francois Brun

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Residential property price indexes: theory and practice / W. Erwin Diewert, Kiyohiko G. Nishimura, Chihiro Shimizu, Tsutomu Watanabe

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Sustainable fisheries management: Pacific salmon / E. Eric Knudsen [and others], editors

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Plant factory: an indoor vertical farming system for efficient quality food production / edited by Toyoki Kozai, Genhua Niu, Michiko Takagaki

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The wake: the deadly legacy of a Newfoundland tsunami / Linden MacIntyre

Dewey Library - GC222.B87 M44 2019




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Plant-Fire Interactions: Applying Ecophysiology to Wildfire Management / Victor Resco de Dios

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Sustainable Food Chains and Ecosystems: Cooperative Approaches for a Changing World / edited by Konstantinos Mattas, Henk Kievit, Gert van Dijk, George Baourakis, Constantin Zopounidis

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Collaborative research in fisheries: co-creating knowledge for fisheries governance in Europe / Petter Holm, Maria Hadjimichael, Sebastian Linke, Steven Mackinson, editors

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Innovative pest management approaches for the 21st Century: harnessing automated unmanned technologies / Akshay Kumar Chakravarthy, editor

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Wine and place: a terroir reader / Tim Patterson and John Buechsenstein

Hayden Library - SB387.7.P385 2018




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Catfish dream: Ed Scott's fight for his family farm and racial justice in the Mississippi Delta / Julian Rankin

Hayden Library - SH20.S385 R36 2018




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The Relation Between Large-Scale Land Acquisitions and Rural Households: Evidence from Ethiopia and Tanzania / Giulia Barbanente

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New frontiers in stress management for durable agriculture Amitava Rakshit, Harikesh Bahadur Singh, Anand Kumar Singh, Uma Shankar Singh, Leonardo Fraceto, editors

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Viscoelastic interfaces comprising of cellulose nanocrystals and lauroyl ethyl arginate for enhanced foam stability

Soft Matter, 2020, 16,3981-3990
DOI: 10.1039/C9SM02392E, Paper
Agnieszka Czakaj, Aadithya Kannan, Agnieszka Wiśniewska, Gabriela Grześ, Marcel Krzan, Piotr Warszyński, Gerald G. Fuller
At submillimolar concentrations of lauroyl ethyl arginate, cellulose nanocrystals aggregate and form elongated fibres. This interfacial assembly efficiently stabilises foams.
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Template-based fabrication of spatially organized 3D bioactive constructs using magnetic low-concentration gelation methacrylate (GelMA) microfibers

Soft Matter, 2020, 16,3902-3913
DOI: 10.1039/C9SM01945F, Paper
Tao Sun, Yibing Yao, Qing Shi, Huaping Wang, Paolo Dario, Junzhong Sun, Qiang Huang, Toshio Fukuda
A new template-based method to apply low-concentration GelMA microfibers as building blocks for higher-order cellular assembly.
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Hexatic phase in a model of active biological tissues

Soft Matter, 2020, 16,3914-3920
DOI: 10.1039/D0SM00109K, Paper
Anshuman Pasupalak, Li Yan-Wei, Ran Ni, Massimo Pica Ciamarra
Epithelial cell tissues undergo a solid–liquid transition, e.g. as the motility of the cells increases. We find an intermediate hexatic phase in between the solid and the liquid ones, and the transition to follow the KTHNY scenario.
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A practical guide to active colloids: choosing synthetic model systems for soft matter physics research

Soft Matter, 2020, 16,3846-3868
DOI: 10.1039/D0SM00222D, Review Article
Wei Wang, Xianglong Lv, Jeffrey L. Moran, Shifang Duan, Chao Zhou
This review article provides practical, experimentally relevant details on six common types of active colloids useful for soft matter research.
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Effects of sodium chloride on rheological behaviour of the gemini-like surfactants

Soft Matter, 2020, 16,4024-4031
DOI: 10.1039/D0SM00243G, Paper
Xinxin Li, Pengxiang Wang, Xiaoyu Hou, Fang Wang, Han Zhao, Bobo Zhou, Hongwen Zhang, Hongbin Yang, Wanli Kang
Effects of NaCl on the rheological behaviour of the gemini-like surfactants and the mechanism of the effects were investigated.
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Surface buckling delamination patterns of film on soft spherical substrates

Soft Matter, 2020, 16,3952-3961
DOI: 10.1039/D0SM00122H, Paper
Kanako Emori, Yusaku Saito, Akio Yonezu, Liangliang Zhu, Xiangbiao Liao, Xi Chen
The morphological transition of film buckling-delamination in an elastomeric bilayer spherical shell system was studied experimentally and numerically. It was changed by the film thickness, Young's modulus, and interfacial adhesion condition, etc.
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Engineering interfacial entropic effects to generate giant viscosity changes in nanoparticle embedded polymer thin films

Soft Matter, 2020, 16,4065-4073
DOI: 10.1039/D0SM00019A, Paper
Aparna Swain, Nafisa Begam, Sivasurender Chandran, M. S. Bobji, J. K. Basu
We demonstrate a new method to study the viscosity of PNC thin films, consisting of polymer grafted nanoparticles (PGNPs) embedded in un-entangled homopolymer melt films, using atomic force microscopy based force–distance spectroscopy.
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Structural properties of contractile gels based on light-driven molecular motors: a small-angle neutron and X-ray study

Soft Matter, 2020, 16,4008-4023
DOI: 10.1039/D0SM00031K, Paper
Giacomo Mariani, Jean-Rémy Colard-Itté, Emilie Moulin, Nicolas Giuseppone, Eric Buhler
The collective rotation of light-driven molecular motors actuates the structural changes and macroscopic contraction of the chemical gels.
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Detachment work of prolate spheroidal particles from fluid droplets: role of viscous dissipation

Soft Matter, 2020, 16,4049-4056
DOI: 10.1039/C9SM02385B, Paper
Sergey V. Lishchuk, Rammile Ettelaie
The minimum possible work done upon removal of an elongated solid particle from the surface of a liquid droplet can be less than that for a sphere.
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Properties of surface Landau–de Gennes Q-tensor models

Soft Matter, 2020, 16,4032-4042
DOI: 10.1039/C9SM02475A, Paper
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Michael Nestler, Ingo Nitschke, Hartmut Löwen, Axel Voigt
Uniaxial nematic liquid crystals whose molecular orientation is subjected to tangential anchoring on a curved surface offer a non trivial interplay between the geometry and the topology of the surface and the orientational degree of freedom.
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Quantifying the non-equilibrium activity of an active colloid

Soft Matter, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0SM00398K, Paper
Sarah Eldeen, Ryan Muoio, Paris Blaisdell-Pijuan, Ngoc La, Mauricio Gomez, Alex Vidal, Wylie Ahmed
Active matter systems exhibit rich emergent behavior due to constant injection and dissipation of energy at the level of individual agents. We characterize the dissipation of single active colloids.
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Impact of wormlike micelles on nano and macroscopic structure of TEMPO-oxidized cellulose nanofibrils hydrogels

Soft Matter, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0SM00135J, Paper
Open Access
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Marcelo A. da Silva, Vincenzo Calabrese, Julien Schmitt, Kazi M. Zakir Hossain, Saffron J Bryant, Najet Mahmoudi, Janet L Scott, Karen J Edler
In this work, we investigated the effect of adding surfactant mixtures on the rheological properties of TEMPO-oxidized cellulose nanofibrils (OCNF) saline dispersions. Three surfactant mixtures were studied: cocamidopropyl betaine (CAPB)/sodium...
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Structural universality in disordered packings with size and shape polydispersity

Soft Matter, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0SM00110D, Paper
Ye Yuan, Wei Deng, Shuixiang Li
Normalized free volume collapses on normalized particle size in polydisperse-sized packings for a given non-spherical particle.
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Bioactive scaffolds based on collagen filaments with tunable physico-chemical and biological features

Soft Matter, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0SM00233J, Paper
Ting Lu, Hong Hu, Yuanqi Li, Qingsong Jiang, Jinlei Su, Hai Lin, Yun Xiao, Xiangdong Zhu, Xingdong Zhang
Native tissues such as nerve bundles, blood vessels and tendons have extracellular matrices with a characteristic linear orientation, which cannot be fully achieved with the current technology for the development of regenerative biomaterials.
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Formation of Fibrillar Crystals Strongly Accelerates the Form II to I Transformation of Polybutene-1

Soft Matter, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0SM00572J, Paper
Jiaqi Zhang, Chang Liu, Xintong Zhao, Zhijie Zhang, Quan Chen
This study examines shear-induced formation of fibrillar form II crystals and subsequent form II to I transformation of an isotactic polybutene-1 sample through a combination of rheology, polarized optical microscope...
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Different-shaped micro-objects driven by active particle aggregations

Soft Matter, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0SM00160K, Paper
Chen Wang, Hongyuan Jiang
We study the dynamics of passive micro-objects in the active bath. The motion of micro-objects depends on the pattern of active particle aggregations.
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Mix and match—a versatile equilibrium approach for hybrid colloidal synthesis

Soft Matter, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0SM00202J, Communication
Matan Yah Ben Zion, Yaelin Caba, Ruojie Sha, Nadrian C. Seeman, Paul M. Chaikin
We outline a simple yet general equilibrium technique for a scalable, high-purity, hybrid-colloidal synthesis with controlled valency. The method is applicable for liquid and solid particles and to a range of particle interactions.
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Liposomal adhesion via electrostatic interactions and osmotic deflation increase membrane tension and lipid diffusion coefficient

Soft Matter, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0SM00416B, Paper
Atsushi Oda, Chiho Watanabe, Natsumi Aoki, Miho Yanagisawa
Liposome–liposome adhesion by electrostatic interactions and osmotic contraction increase membrane tension and the lipid diffusion coefficient compared to isolated liposomes.
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Developing Super Tough Gelatin-based Hydrogels by Incorporating Linear Poly(methacrylic Acid) to Facilitate Sacrificial Hydrogen Bonding

Soft Matter, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0SM00422G, Communication
Hui Jie Zhang, Li Ni Wang, Xuechuan Wang, Qingxin Han, Xiangyou You
Mechanically robust protein-based hydrogels are strongly desired but their construction remains a significant challenge. In this work, gelatin, together with methacrylic acid, is used to construct a novel hydrogen-bonded hydrogel...
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Binary mixtures of active and passive particles on a sphere

Soft Matter, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0SM00281J, Communication
Bao-quan Ai, Bu-yun Zhou, Xiao-miao Zhang
According to the competition between rotational diffusion and polar alignment, we find three distinct phases: a mixed phase and two different demixed phases.
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Effect of polar amino acid incorporation on Fmoc-diphenylalanine-based tetrapeptides

Soft Matter, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0SM00320D, Paper
Alexandra Daryl Ariawan, Biyun Sun, Jonathan Pawel Wojciechowski, Ian Lin, Eric Y Du, Sophia C Goodchild, Charles Gordon Cranfield, Lars M Ittner, Pall Thordarson, Adam David Martin
Peptide hydrogels show great promise as extracellular matrix mimics due to their tuneable, fibrous nature. Through incorporation of polar cationic, polar anionic or polar neutral amino acids into the Fmoc-diphenylalanine...
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Effects of Eigen and Actual Frequencies of Soft Elastic Surfaces on droplet Rebound from Stationary Flexible Feather Vanes

Soft Matter, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0SM00315H, Paper
Chengchun Zhang, Zhengyang Wu, Chun Shen, Yihua Zheng, LIANG YANG, Yan Liu, Luquan Ren
The aim of this paper is to investigate the effect of eigenfrequency and the actual frequency of the elastic surface for the droplet rebound. The elastic surface used in this...
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Impact of Chiral Supramolecular Nanostructure on the Mechanical and Electrical Performances of Triphenylene-based discotic physical gels

Soft Matter, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0SM00152J, Paper
Hongli Zhang, Junjie Cheng, Qiang Zhou, Qijin Zhang, Gang Zou
Discotic π-conjugated supramolecular assemblies, especially with chiral supramolecular nanostructures, have been attracting growing research interests due to their significant optoelectronic properties and the possibilities of their applications in the new...
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Simultaneous determination of interfacial molarities of an alcohol, bromide ion, and water during an alcohol induced microstructural transition: The difference between medium and long chain alcohols.

Soft Matter, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0SM00665C, Paper
Kaixin Yao, Lijie Sun, Xiaoxuan Ding, Yuzhao Wang, Tianze Liu, Changyao Liu, Jiajing Tan, Li Zhao, Baocai Xu, Laurence S. Romsted
The transitions between surfactant aggregate structures are triggered by changes in chemical or physical stimulations, including addition of additives. Effects of added alcohols on aggregate morphologies correlate strongly with alcohol...
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