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Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research
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About: Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research is a government organization based out in Kuwait City, Kuwait. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Catalysis & Population. The organization has 2295 authors who have published 2929 publications receiving 52178 citations.
Topics: Catalysis, Population, Corrosion, Groundwater, Aquifer
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors used a Bayesian hierarchical model to estimate trends in diabetes prevalence, defined as fasting plasma glucose of 7.0 mmol/L or higher, or history of diagnosis with diabetes, or use of insulin or oral hypoglycaemic drugs in 200 countries and territories in 21 regions, by sex and from 1980 to 2014.
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Smithsonian Environmental Research Center1, University of California, San Diego2, Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences3, University of Liège4, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute5, Lund University6, Centre national de la recherche scientifique7, Fisheries and Oceans Canada8, Cayetano Heredia University9, University of the Philippines Diliman10, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry11, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research12, Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries13, University of Cape Town14, Louisiana State University15, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science16, University of South Florida St. Petersburg17, Polish Academy of Sciences18, University of Hong Kong19, East China Normal University20
TL;DR: Improved numerical models of oceanographic processes that control oxygen depletion and the large-scale influence of altered biogeochemical cycles are needed to better predict the magnitude and spatial patterns of deoxygenation in the open ocean, as well as feedbacks to climate.
Abstract: BACKGROUND Oxygen concentrations in both the open ocean and coastal waters have been declining since at least the middle of the 20th century. This oxygen loss, or deoxygenation, is one of the most important changes occurring in an ocean increasingly modified by human activities that have raised temperatures, CO 2 levels, and nutrient inputs and have altered the abundances and distributions of marine species. Oxygen is fundamental to biological and biogeochemical processes in the ocean. Its decline can cause major changes in ocean productivity, biodiversity, and biogeochemical cycles. Analyses of direct measurements at sites around the world indicate that oxygen-minimum zones in the open ocean have expanded by several million square kilometers and that hundreds of coastal sites now have oxygen concentrations low enough to limit the distribution and abundance of animal populations and alter the cycling of important nutrients. ADVANCES In the open ocean, global warming, which is primarily caused by increased greenhouse gas emissions, is considered the primary cause of ongoing deoxygenation. Numerical models project further oxygen declines during the 21st century, even with ambitious emission reductions. Rising global temperatures decrease oxygen solubility in water, increase the rate of oxygen consumption via respiration, and are predicted to reduce the introduction of oxygen from the atmosphere and surface waters into the ocean interior by increasing stratification and weakening ocean overturning circulation. In estuaries and other coastal systems strongly influenced by their watershed, oxygen declines have been caused by increased loadings of nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus) and organic matter, primarily from agriculture; sewage; and the combustion of fossil fuels. In many regions, further increases in nitrogen discharges to coastal waters are projected as human populations and agricultural production rise. Climate change exacerbates oxygen decline in coastal systems through similar mechanisms as those in the open ocean, as well as by increasing nutrient delivery from watersheds that will experience increased precipitation. Expansion of low-oxygen zones can increase production of N 2 O, a potent greenhouse gas; reduce eukaryote biodiversity; alter the structure of food webs; and negatively affect food security and livelihoods. Both acidification and increasing temperature are mechanistically linked with the process of deoxygenation and combine with low-oxygen conditions to affect biogeochemical, physiological, and ecological processes. However, an important paradox to consider in predicting large-scale effects of future deoxygenation is that high levels of productivity in nutrient-enriched coastal systems and upwelling areas associated with oxygen-minimum zones also support some of the world’s most prolific fisheries. OUTLOOK Major advances have been made toward understanding patterns, drivers, and consequences of ocean deoxygenation, but there is a need to improve predictions at large spatial and temporal scales important to ecosystem services provided by the ocean. Improved numerical models of oceanographic processes that control oxygen depletion and the large-scale influence of altered biogeochemical cycles are needed to better predict the magnitude and spatial patterns of deoxygenation in the open ocean, as well as feedbacks to climate. Developing and verifying the next generation of these models will require increased in situ observations and improved mechanistic understanding on a variety of scales. Models useful for managing nutrient loads can simulate oxygen loss in coastal waters with some skill, but their ability to project future oxygen loss is often hampered by insufficient data and climate model projections on drivers at appropriate temporal and spatial scales. Predicting deoxygenation-induced changes in ecosystem services and human welfare requires scaling effects that are measured on individual organisms to populations, food webs, and fisheries stocks; considering combined effects of deoxygenation and other ocean stressors; and placing an increased research emphasis on developing nations. Reducing the impacts of other stressors may provide some protection to species negatively affected by low-oxygen conditions. Ultimately, though, limiting deoxygenation and its negative effects will necessitate a substantial global decrease in greenhouse gas emissions, as well as reductions in nutrient discharges to coastal waters.
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James Bentham1, Mariachiara Di Cesare1, Mariachiara Di Cesare2, Gretchen A Stevens3 +787 more•Institutions (246)
TL;DR: The height differential between the tallest and shortest populations was 19-20 cm a century ago, and has remained the same for women and increased for men a century later despite substantial changes in the ranking of countries.
Abstract: Being taller is associated with enhanced longevity, and higher education and earnings. We reanalysed 1472 population-based studies, with measurement of height on more than 18.6 million participants to estimate mean height for people born between 1896 and 1996 in 200 countries. The largest gain in adult height over the past century has occurred in South Korean women and Iranian men, who became 20.2 cm (95% credible interval 17.5–22.7) and 16.5 cm (13.3–19.7) taller, respectively. In contrast, there was little change in adult height in some sub-Saharan African countries and in South Asia over the century of analysis. The tallest people over these 100 years are men born in the Netherlands in the last quarter of 20th century, whose average heights surpassed 182.5 cm, and the shortest were women born in Guatemala in 1896 (140.3 cm; 135.8–144.8). The height differential between the tallest and shortest populations was 19-20 cm a century ago, and has remained the same for women and increased for men a century later despite substantial changes in the ranking of countries.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the recent advancement on ultra low sulfur diesel (ULSD) production from both scientific and applied point of view, highlighting the importance of catalyst selection and hydrogen consumption issues.
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TL;DR: The existing techniques of pyrolysis, the parameters which affect the products yield and selectivity and the influence of different catalysts on the process are presented and major research gaps in this technology are identified.
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Chunshan Song | 78 | 583 | 27881 |
Ibrahim M. Banat | 78 | 325 | 26063 |
Yoshiyuki Kawazoe | 76 | 1434 | 33019 |
Adel A. Ismail | 56 | 184 | 7839 |
Matthew MacLeod | 50 | 165 | 10078 |
Magdi S. Mahmoud | 48 | 551 | 9442 |
Jasim Ahmed | 47 | 200 | 6753 |
Ashok K. Alva | 46 | 216 | 6559 |
Xiaoliang Ma | 44 | 121 | 8090 |
Jaakko Mursu | 44 | 96 | 16886 |
Jyrki K. Virtanen | 43 | 138 | 16860 |
Mohan S. Rana | 39 | 99 | 5317 |
Adel Farhan Halasa | 36 | 298 | 4238 |
Mahendra Singh Sodha | 36 | 420 | 6957 |
S. Chidambaram | 35 | 162 | 3955 |