Table of Contents

Preface; Earth science and environmental protection; The main source of agricultural non-point source pollution in the Yellow River and the classification of control measures; Comparison of three mixed acid digestion methods for the accurate determination of heavy metal concentration in contaminated soil; Optimization research of air distribution with stratified air-conditioning in a large space building; The spatial structure of urban-rural system and influence pattern in Shiyang River Basin; Long-term effects on plasma androgen and antioxidative enzymes in testis after exposure to bisphenol A in male zebrafish (Danio rerio); Study on purification effects of nitrogen and phosphorus by constructed wetlands system in Xi’an; Environmental problem analyses for cross border territories of former Soviet Union countries; Screening of sulfide-oxidizing bacteria from sea cucumber breeding pond sediment; Performance of biological activated carbon treating norfloxacin from aqueous solutions; Land use/land cover prediction based on land change modeler approach; Research on fusion methods of TH-1 image; Influence of temperature and initial concentration on adsorption behavior of Cu(II) from aqueous solution by purified attapulgite; Performance test and analysis of vehicle equipment’s horizontal earth electrodes under lightning environment; Resource management and sustainable ecological development; Effects of sand burial on growth and physiology of Anabasis aphylla in desert-oasis ecotone of south Junggar Basin, NW China; Root morphological and physiological responses of Alhagi sparsifolia to drought stress in the lower reaches of the Tarim River, China; Effective method of permeability study in unsurveyed area; Analysis of urban expansion and landscape characteristics in Shiyang River Basin—taking Liangzhou District of Wuwei city in China as an example; Urban ecosystem services valuation: Progress and challenges; The viability of Sloping Land Conversion Program: A case study from China; A comparative study of NDVI change in Shendong coalfield based on GIMMS dataset; Ecosystem services valuation with a socio-economic perspective: Case from Hubei, China; The legislation of Chinese energy and sustainable development; Analysis of landscape pattern change about grassland in Qinghai Lake Basin from 1987 to 2010; Low carbon urbanization development based on multiple objective programming; Comparison of adoptive reuse of industrial buildings; Study of safety evaluation on water resources; Hydrological processes of water resource conservation forest; Simulation of water droplet trajectory in icing research of aircraft; The case study of vacuum preloading to reinforce soft soil foundation for expressway; Transient thermal analysis of the rotational tubby eddy current brake; Sustainable development of China’s rare earth resources; Fire danger of interaction processes between local heat sources and condensed substances; Experimental analysis of the feasibility of polydisperse droplet water flow using at fire extinguishing; Experimental study on combustion characteristics of sludge; Evaluation of safety signs’ effectiveness on the construction project scene based on cognitive process On theory of road slab design to resist frost-heave force caused by frozen roadbed in seasonal frost regions; Research on filtration efficiency of the wet fiber layer for mine dust; Sterilization of clothing infected by bacillus subtilis var. niger spore using disinfectant spraying coupled with heat effect; Application of horizontal well multi-stage fracturing model in low-permeability gas reservoir; Studies on gold nanorods-antibody against melanoma targeted tumor cell

About the Author

Jiaxing Zhang, Wuhan University, Wuhan, P.R. China.