Aquaculture sediments amended with biochar improved soil health and plant growth in a degraded soil by Sajid, Mehmood

“…In conclusion, these findings are necessary to provide guidelines for the reutilization of aquaculture sediments as an organic fertilizer and a soil amendment for polluted soils. However, more future field studies are necessary to provide guidelines and codes on aquaculture sediments reutilization as organic fertilizer and soil amendment for polluted soils, aiming for a more sustainable food system in China and globally, with extended benefits to the ecosystem and human.…”
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Regional Difference in the Association between the Trajectory of Selenium Intake and Hypertension: A 20-Year Cohort Study. by Xie, Changxiao

“…The incidence of hypertension was 30.1, 30.5, 30.6, and 31.2 per 1000 person-years among participants with cumulative average selenium intake of 21.0 ± 5.1, 33.2 ± 2.8, 43.8 ± 3.6, and 68.3 ± 25.2 µg/day, respectively. …”
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Debt maturity, financial crisis and corporate performance in GCC countries: A dynamic-GMM approach by Zeitun, Rami

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Treatment and desalination of domestic wastewater for water reuse in a four-chamber microbial desalination cell by Lu, Yaobin

“…Several strategies such as controlling catholyte pH, increasing influent COD concentration, adopting the batch mode, applying external voltage, and increasing the alkalinity of wastewater were investigated for improving the SMDC performance. Under a condition of 0.4 V external voltage, anolyte pH adjustment, and a batch mode, the SMDC decreased the wastewater salinity from 1.45 to below 0.75 mS cm−1, which met the salinity standard of wastewater for irrigation. …”
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Aldehyde dehydrogenase expression in Metaphire posthuma as a bioindicator to monitor heavy metal pollution in soil by Panday, Raju

“…The ALDH activity was found to be highest in worms cultured in 5 ppm heavy metal contaminated soils. Although, ALDH activities decreased as the heavy metal concentration in soil increased, they were significantly higher when compared to control worms cultured in uncontaminated soils. …”
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Solar hydrogen production via a samarium oxide-based thermochemical water splitting cycle by Bhosale, Rahul

“…The computational thermodynamic analysis of a samarium oxide-based two-step solar thermochemical water splitting cycle is reported. …”
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Estimating the production and mortality of fine roots using minirhizotrons in a Pinus densiflora forest in Gwangneung, Korea by Han, Seung Hyun

“…The aim of this study was to estimate fine root production (FP) and fine root mortality (FM) at 0–10, 10–20, and 20–30 cm soil depths using minirhizotrons in a 75-year-old Pinus densiflora Sieb. et Zucc. forest located in Gwangneung, Korea. …”
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Relationship between the heart rate and E/A ratio in athletic and non-athletic males in different ages by Kneffel, Zsuzsanna

“…Student t-test was used to establish the differences between transmitral and TDI determined velocities and indices in athletes and non-athletes. Results: The E/A decreased with age, the rate of decrease was slower in the physically trained subjects, except in children. …”
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Morphology, Nucleation, and Isothermal Crystallization Kinetics of Poly(ε-caprolactone) Mixed with a Polycarbonate/MWCNTs Masterbatch by Gumede, Thandi P.

“…Isothermal crystallization experiments performed by DSC showed an increase in the overall crystallization kinetics of PCL with increases in MWCNTs as a result of their nucleating effect. Nevertheless, the crystallinity degree of the nanocomposite containing 4 wt % MWCNTs decreased by about 15% in comparison to neat PCL. …”
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Rural development program in tribal region: A protocol for adaptation and addressing climate change vulnerability by Jha, Shashidhar Kumar

“…Tribal peoples globally are among the most vulnerable groups to climate change and variability. This is due to a combination of their relative poverty and their dependence on agriculture and natural support systems (NSS). …”
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Optimized intake manifold designs and their effects on the operation and emissions of a gas-to-liquid diesel engine by Abdellatif, Y. M.

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Light-controllable viscoelastic properties of a photolabile carboxybetaine ester-based polymer with mucus and cellulose sulfate by Mrlik, Miroslav

“…Disruption of the interaction during light-induced transformation was on-line monitored and showed a 3 and 3.3 times decrease in the elastic modulus for the mucus-based and cellulose sulfate-based systems, respectively. …”
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A computational method to characterize the missense mutations in the catalytic domain of GAA protein causing Pompe disease. by Thirumal Kumar, D

“…Molecular docking analysis revealed that the G478R mutation to be more significant and hinders binding to the DNJ (Miglustat) compared with the R437C. Further molecular dynamic analysis for the two mutations demonstrated that the G478R mutation was acquired higher deviation, fluctuation, and lower compactness with decreased intramolecular hydrogen bonds compared to the mutant R437C. …”
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Colloid retention and mobilization mechanisms under different physicochemical conditions in porous media: A micromodel study by Nishad, Safna

“…The objective of this work was to investigate the impact of hydrophobicity, solution ionic strength, and pH on colloid retention mechanisms in single-phase and two-phase flow in porous media systems. A series of experiments were conducted using a geometrically representative micromodel. …”
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Post stroke health-related quality of life, stroke severity and function: A longitudinal cohort study by Hartley, Tasneem

“…The anxiety/depression domain showed a non-significant change (p = 0.378). A weak negative significant correlation existed between EQ5D VAS and mRS scores (rs = -0.362; p = 0.02); indicating a trend that HRQoL was not improving to the degree stroke severity decreased. …”
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Understanding the False Positive of Modified Martensitic Steels in Sweet & Sour Service Conditions Using a Point Defect Model Perspective by Martinez, Alan

“…This false-positive is likely attributed to changes in passive film composition and stability with respect to temperature and H2S activity. Electrochemical tests were performed using a 1L autoclave holding 35 bar of CO2 gas with and without H2S at temperatures varied from 25 °C to 150 °C in salt brine solutions with a pH of 3.5. …”
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Dairy Wastage Footprint Analysis: A Farm-to-Fork Life Cycle Approach Across Dairy Supply Chain. by Al-Obadi, Muna

“…The paper provides recommendations on research direction for mitigating food waste and supports the transitions towards a sustainable food system.…”
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Morphology, nucleation, and isothermal crystallization kinetics of poly(butylene succinate) mixed with a polycarbonate/MWCNTs masterbatch by Gumede, Thandi P.

“…Standard DSC scans showed that the MWCNTs nucleation effects saturated at 0.5 wt% MWCNT content on the PBS-rich phase, above this content a negative nucleation effect was observed. …”
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High-quality and anti-inflammatory diets and a healthy lifestyle are associated with lower sleep apnea risk by Melaku, Yohannes Adama

“…There was a significant interaction between healthy lifestyle and sex with sleep apnea risk (P for interaction = .049) whereby females with higher healthy lifestyle scores had a lower risk of sleep apnea compared to males. …”
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Dynamics of Neisseria gonorrhoeae transmission among female sex workers and clients: A mathematical modeling study by Houssein H., Ayoub

“…Increasing condom use from 10 % to 50 % lowers NG prevalence among FSWs, clients, and their spouses from 12.2 % to 6.4 %, 1.2 % to 0.5 %, and 0.4 % to 0.2 %, respectively. Increasing symptomatic treatment coverage among FSWs from 0 % to 100 % decreases prevalence from 10.6 % to 4.5 %, 0.8 % to 0.4 %, and 0.3 % to 0.1 %, respectively. …”
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