Acacia invasion differentially impacts soil properties of two contrasting tropical lowland forests in Brunei Darussalam
Invasive Acacia species are known to modify soil properties, although effects are often site-specific. We examined the impact of Acacia …
Aboveground forest biomass varies across continents, ecological zones and successional stages: Refined IPCC default values for tropical and subtropical forests
For monitoring and reporting forest carbon stocks and fluxes, many countries in the tropics and subtropics rely on default values of …
A Successful Elimination of Indonesian SARS-CoV-2 Variants and Airborne Transmission Prevention by Cold Plasma in Fighting COVID-19 Pandemic: A Preliminary Study
Global infection and mortality rates have soared to millions due to SARS-CoV-2 human-to-human transmission via droplets which then …
A Review on the Important Key Properties of Mathematical Models Describing Photovoltaic/Thermal (PV/T) Solar Collectors System
Solar energy is one of the most environmentally friendly renewable energy. There are several solar energy systems that have been …
Synergistic effect of TiO2 size on activated carbon composites for ruthenium N-3 dye adsorption and photocatalytic degradation in wastewater treatment
The removal of toxic minerals such as heavy metals from water is critical for wastewater treatment. Adsorptions by activated carbon …
Survival of colorectal cancer patients in Brunei Darussalam: comparison between 2002–09 and 2010–17
Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a major cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. It is the second leading cause of cancer …
Pectin derived from pomelo pith as a superior adsorbent to remove toxic Acid Blue 25 from aqueous solution
Low methoxyl (LM) pectin was extracted from pomelo pith for application as an adsorbent to remove toxic Acid Blue 25 (AB25) from an …
New physical and chemical properties of chitosan-samarium composite: Synthesis and characterization
Chitosan (CHN) is a natural polymer derived from chitin by deacetylation method and has hydrophilic properties. It has been developed …
Network Coherence Analysis On A Family Of Nested Weighted N-Polygon Networks
In this paper, we propose a family of nested weighted n-polygon networks, which is a kind of promotion of infinite fractal dimension …
Experimental data of four-point probe, scanning electron microscopy, and near-edge X-ray fine structure of titanium (IV) isopropoxide and zirconium (IV) dioxide binders incorporated carbon-based counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells
In this article, we present the data collected from the fabricated carbon black-graphite counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar …
Early life skin microbial trajectory as a function of vertical and environmental transmission in Bornean foam-nesting frogs
Background: The amphibian skin microbiome is an important mediator of host health and serves as a potential source of undiscovered …
Adsorption of Acid Blue 25 on Agricultural Wastes: Efficiency, Kinetics, Mechanism, and Regeneration
In this study, Acid Blue 25 (AB25), which is a negatively charged synthetic dye was removed from an aqueous solution by adsorption onto …
PhaseKinetics for assessing the compositional evolution of petroleum generated from the early to Late Miocene source rock, Belait Formation, Brunei-Muara district, Brunei Darussalam
The Early to Late Miocene Belait Formation in Brunei-Muara district has been investigated using the PhaseKinetic approach for …
New zircon radiometric U/Pb ages and Lu-Hf isotopic data from the ultramafic-mafic sequences of Ranau and Telupid (Sabah, east Malaysia): Time to reconsider the geological evolution of Southeast Asia?
Cullen and Burton-Johnson (2021) offer a reinterpretation of our zircon age data (Tsikouras et al., 2021), providing some highly …
Chalcogenides as photocatalysts
Chalcogenides are narrow-band gap semiconductors that have been widely used as photocatalysts. These narrow-band gap materials allow …
Nanoconducting polymer: an effective adsorbent for dyes
The nanostructured sulfonated polypyrrole adsorbents have been prepared by copolymerization of pyrrole and sulfophenylenediamine to …
Enhanced N719 Dye Adsorption onto Ca and La Doped Mesoporous TiO2 Anodes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
Calcium (Ca) and lanthanum (La) doping into mesoporous TiO2 prevents nucleation and growth of particles during synthesis and …
Chromitites from the Vavdos ophiolite (Chalkidiki, Greece): Petrogenesis and geotectonic settings; constrains from spinel, olivine composition, PGE mineralogy and geochemistry
Podiform chromitites of the Vavdos ophiolite are associated with dunite bodies hosted within residual mantle harzburgite. The mantle …
Chalcogenides for visible light-induced photocatalysis
Visible light-responsive photocatalytic chalcogenide materials have important applications. In this chapter, classifications of …
Assuaging microalgal harvesting woes via attached growth: A critical review to produce sustainable microalgal feedstock
Third-generation biofuels that are derived from microalgal biomass have gained momentum as a way forward in the sustainable production …
University campuses as valuable resources for urban biodiversity research and conservation
University campuses (including college campuses) are home to many ecologists and conservationists, resulting in a large number of …
Transfer of heavy metals from soils to curly mustard (Brassica juncea (L.) Czern.) grown in an agricultural farm in Brunei Darussalam
Determination of heavy metal concentrations in vegetables and agricultural soils is crucial because high levels of heavy metals could …
Spectroscopic study of the interaction between rhodamine B and graphene
The interaction between rhodamine B (RhB) and varying concentrations of graphene in aqueous dispersion was studied with spectroscopic …
Large tree species composition, not growth rates, is affected by topography in a Bornean tropical forest
Large trees (diameter at breast height ≥50 cm) play a vital role in providing ecological services in tropical forests and can store up …
Integration of 1D and 3D modeling schemes to establish the Farewell Formation as a self-sourced reservoir in Kupe Field, Taranaki Basin, New Zealand
Along with conventional methods, this paper proposed a method in which 1D and 3D models are integrated to identify the self-sourced …
Explaining the Geographic Pattern of Plant Invasion in 67 Nature Reserves in China
Biological invasion is a serious threat to biodiversity and ecosystem function in nature reserves. However, the knowledge of the …
Enhanced properties of low-cost carbon black-graphite counter electrode in DSSC by incorporating binders
Carbon-based counter electrodes of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) such as carbon black-graphite composite (CB/Gr) have received …
Effect of Cr doping in CeO2 nanostructures on photocatalysis and H2O2 assisted methylene blue dye degradation
Optimization of Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) is key for the demand in green and sustainable method for degradation of organic …
C1 piecewise quadratic hierarchical bases
We present a construction of C1 piecewise quadratic hierarchical bases of Lagrange type on arbitrary polygonal domains Ω⊂R2. Properly …
Allelopathic effects of mangifera indica leaves on the growth performance of brassica rapa ‘chinensis’ (Pak choi)
Mangoes are a popular home garden crop in Brunei Darussalam, and their leaf litter is often used as compost, which is an …
Aggregation-induced emission properties of trans -stilbene
In this study, aggregation-induced emission (AIE) properties of trans-stilbene, which can be considered as a smaller chemical structure …
Visible light induced antibacterial and antioxidant studies of ZnO and Cu-doped ZnO fabricated using aqueous leaf extract of Ziziphus mauritiana Lam
A cost-effective phytogenic fabrication of zinc oxide (ZnO) and copper-doped zinc oxide (Cu-doped ZnO) using aqueous leaf extract of …
The global forest above-ground biomass pool for 2010 estimated from high-resolution satellite observations
The terrestrial forest carbon pool is poorly quantified, in particular in regions with low forest inventory capacity. By combining …
Taking the pulse of Earth’s tropical forests using networks of highly distributed plots
Tropical forests are the most diverse and productive ecosystems on Earth. While better understanding of these forests is critical for …
Stabilization of heavy metals loaded sewage sludge: Reviewing conventional to state-of-the-art thermal treatments in achieving energy sustainability
Sewage sludge has long been regarded as a hazardous waste by virtue of the loaded heavy metals and pathogens. Recently, more advanced …
Radical hydroxymethylation of alkyl iodides using formaldehyde as a C1 synthon
Radical hydroxymethylation using formaldehyde as a C1 synthon is challenging due to the reversible and endothermic nature of the …
Preliminary analysis of landslide hazard in Brunei Darussalam, SE Asia
Landslides are downslope movements of rock and soil materials under the influence of gravity, and often these are triggered by various …
Comment on: seismic hazard and probability assessment of Kashmir valley, northwest Himalaya, India by Chandra et al. 2018
Chandra et al. (2018) have conducted seismic hazard and probability assessment of the Kashmir valley by following multifaceted research …
Zinc oxide and zinc oxide-based nanostructures: biogenic and phytogenic synthesis, properties and applications
Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) are considered as very significant and essential material due to its multifunctional properties, …
The role of copper nanoparticles decorating polydopamine/graphene film as catalyst in the enhancement of uric acid sensing
Uric acid (2,6,8-Trihydroxypurine, UA) is the end product of purine metabolism in human. In a healthy man, the normal level of UA in …
New Zircon Radiometric U-Pb Ages And Lu-Hf Isotopic Data From The Ultramafic-Mafic Sequences Of Ranau And Telupid (Sabah, Eastern Malaysia): Time To Reconsider The Geological Evolution Of Southeast Asia?
New zircon U-Pb geochronology from a peridotite suite near Ranau and the Telupid ophiolite in Sabah, eastern Malaysia, contradict …
Low-cost Preparation of WO3/BiVO4Nanocomposite Photoanodes for Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation
Nanostructured WO3 electrodes coated with BiVO4 are known to be among the best performing BiVO4-based photoanodes for …
Green-synthesized CeO2nanoparticles for photocatalytic, antimicrobial, antioxidant and cytotoxicity activities
Cerium oxide nanoparticles (CeO2NPs) are a sought-after material in numerous fields due to their potential applications such as in …
Green synthesis of ceo2and zr/sn-dual doped ceo2nanoparticles with photoantioxidant and antibiofilm activities
Cerium oxide (CeO2) and 1%, 5% and 10% zirconium/tin-dual doped CeO2 nanoparticles (Zr/Sn-dual doped CeO2 NPs) were synthesized using …
Functional biogeography of Neotropical moist forests: Trait–climate relationships and assembly patterns of tree communities
Aim: Here we examine the functional profile of regional tree species pools across the latitudinal distribution of Neotropical moist …
Automated extraction of phenotypic leaf traits of individual intact herbarium leaves from herbarium specimen images using deep learning based semantic segmentation
With the increase in the digitization efforts of herbarium collections worldwide, dataset repositories such as iDigBio and GBIF now …
Antioxidant and antibacterial studies of phytogenic fabricated ZnO using aqueous leaf extract of Ziziphus mauritiana Lam
The use of different plant materials for the green synthesis of metal oxides is considered as an environmentally friendly method, since …
Abiotic Transformation of H2and CO2into Methane on a Natural Chromitite Rock
Understanding the origin and mechanism of the formation of methane from CO2 is important because its formation would be related also to …
A radical approach for the selective C–H borylation of azines
Boron functional groups are often introduced in place of aromatic carbon–hydrogen bonds to expedite small-molecule diversification …