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Showing 1 to 2 of 2 for “"Handling difficulty"”.
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Bio-renewable hydrogel sorbents for removal of heavy metals from water
… have safety concerns, present processing and handling difficulty with low removal efficiency, and potential secondary pollution. To overcome these issues, the goal of this work was to develop an inexpensive, renewable, and biodegradable hydrogel able to efficiently bind heavy metals while …
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Grip, slip, petals, and pollinators: Linking the biomechanics, behaviour and ecology of interactions between bees and plants
… revealed a trade-off between the biomechanical difficulty of visiting and handling the ‘flowers’ and the quality of the reward offered. Flowers that were difficult to grip were often avoided even if they offered a higher reward. To further investigate reward preferences of bees, the effect of …