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| Open AccessUltrafast and efficient continuous flow organic synthesis with a modified extruder-grinder system
- Omid Hosseinchi Qareaghaj
- , Mohammad Ghaffarzadeh
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| Open AccessInvestigating the factors affecting farmers’ intention to adopt contract farming
- Fatemeh Khalili
- , Shahla Choobchian
- & Enayat Abbasi
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| Open AccessHorizontal mapping of time-related words in first and second language
- Anastasia Malyshevskaya
- , Martin H. Fischer
- & Andriy Myachykov
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| Open AccessDynamic analysis of a fuzzy Bobwhite quail population model under g-division law
- Miao Ouyang
- , Qianhong Zhang
- & Zihao Zeng
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| Open AccessMitigating urban heat island and enhancing indoor thermal comfort using terrace garden
- Girish Visvanathan
- , Kailas Patil
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| Open AccessSpatial variability of heavy metals concentrations in soil of auto-mechanic workshop clusters in Nsukka, Nigeria
- Stellamaris Chinenye Duru
- , Emmanuel Amagu Echiegu
- & Michael Emeka Okechukwu
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| Open AccessInvestigation of natural radionuclides and radiation shielding potential of some commonly used building materials in Northwestern Nigeria
- N. N. Garba
- , A. S. Aliyu
- & E. Onuh
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| Open AccessCurrent and future perspectives for biomass waste management and utilization
The collection is dedicated to the conversion of biomass wastes into value-added bioproducts and bioactive compounds, with a focus on their applications in the agro-energy sector. Of particular relevance were three studies evaluating the effects of livestock waste, rice straw and biochar on soil properties, crops and productivity. Of note were two articles on the bioconversion of aquaculture sludge by insects and the production of biofuel from seed oil as an alternative to overcoming the depletion of fossil fuels. Finally, one article analysed the potential for recovering organic and mineral compounds from gastropod shells. The articles provided insights into the management and use of biomass wastes, as well as suggestions for future research to promote sustainability in agriculture.
- Ornella Francioso
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| Open AccessAnalysis of spatial characteristics and influencing factors of the flow network of highly educated talents from national and local perspective
- Wentian Shi
- , Wenlong Yang
- & Fan Yang
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| Open AccessSynergistic catalytic mechanism of red mud in the co-gasification of spirit-based distillers’ grains and sewage sludge
- Xi Zeng
- , Junliang Wang
- & Yang Cao
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| Open AccessModelling the impact of different irrigation regimes and mulching on strawberry crop growth and water use in the arsenic-contaminated Bengal basin
- Benukar Biswas
- , Tridiv Ghosh
- & Sarathi Saha
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| Open AccessInfluence of different factors on coseismic deformation of the 2015 Mw7.8 earthquake in Nepal
- Rui Wu
- , Xibin Dong
- & ZiMing Chu
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| Open AccessEggs sampling as an effective tool for identifying the incidence of viruses in honey bees involved in artificial queen rearing
- Caio E. C. Domingues
- , Laura Šimenc
- & Aleš Gregorc
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| Open AccessMapping burned areas in Thailand using Sentinel-2 imagery and OBIA techniques
- Chanida Suwanprasit
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| Open AccessComprehensive analysis of long-term trends, meteorological influences, and ozone formation sensitivity in the Jakarta Greater Area
- Sheila Dewi Ayu Kusumaningtyas
- , Kenichi Tonokura
- & Nofi Azzah Rawaani Samputra
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| Open AccessSex-specific associations between the environmental exposures and low-grade inflammation and increased blood pressure in young, healthy subjects
- Wojciech M. Marchewka
- , Krzysztof L. Bryniarski
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| Open AccessEnhanced response of thermospheric cooling emission to negative pressure pulse
- Tikemani Bag
- & Yasunobu Ogawa
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| Open AccessDesign and optimization of haze prediction model based on particle swarm optimization algorithm and graphics processor
- Zuhan Liu
- , Kexin Zhao
- & Huan Xu
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| Open AccessStudy on progressive failure mode of surrounding rock of shallow buried bias tunnel considering strain-softening characteristics
- Xiaoxu Tian
- , Zhanping Song
- & Qinsong Xue
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| Open AccessEnhancing hydrogen generation from sodium borohydride hydrolysis and the role of a Co/CuFe2O4 nanocatalyst in a continuous flow system
- Faezeh Mirshafiee
- & Mehran Rezaei
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| Open AccessAssessing and forecasting collective urban heat exposure with smart city digital twins
- Xiyu Pan
- , Dimitris Mavrokapnidis
- & John E. Taylor
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| Open AccessThe southernmost Errina antarctica hydrocoral savannah in Patagonian waters
- Ana De la Torriente
- , Ingrid M. Espinoza-León
- & Alberto Serrano
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| Open AccessGlobal warming significantly increases the risk of Pierce’s disease epidemics in European vineyards
- Àlex Giménez-Romero
- , Maialen Iturbide
- & Manuel A. Matías
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| Open AccessMitochondrial responses to constant and cyclic hypoxia depend on the oxidized fuel in a hypoxia-tolerant marine bivalve Crassostrea gigas
- Linda Adzigbli
- , Siriluck Ponsuksili
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| Open AccessAnalyzing the effect of public private partnership mode on sewage treatment in China
- Xin Wen
- , Fange Meng
- & Shiheng Li
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| Open AccessEcological inferences on invasive carp survival using hydrodynamics and egg drift models
- Ruichen Xu
- , Duane C. Chapman
- & Binbin Wang
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| Open AccessHydrous mantle plume promoted the generation of continental flood basalts in the Tarim large igneous province
- Yao Bi
- , Huan Chen
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| Open AccessExperimental research and application of drilling and blasting with directional damage-reduction shaped charge
- Kaixing Liu
- , Yi ping Zhang
- & Lianhua Wu
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| Open AccessA radiochemical lab-on-a-chip paired with computer vision to unlock the crystallization kinetics of (Ba,Ra)SO4
- Jenna Poonoosamy
- , Alexander Kaspor
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| Open AccessPotassium humate supplementation improves photosynthesis and agronomic and yield traits of foxtail millet
- Jie Shen
- , Xiaolu Xiao
- & Huida Lian
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| Open AccessEdge computing based real-time Nephrops (Nephrops norvegicus) catch estimation in demersal trawls using object detection models
- Ercan Avsar
- , Jordan P. Feekings
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| Open AccessRegional food self-sufficiency potential in the European Alpine space
- Caroline Pecher
- , Thomas Marsoner
- & Erich Tasser
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| Open AccessAchieving water-floatable photocatalyst on recycled bamboo chopsticks
- Sujun Guan
- , Lijun Wang
- & Akira Fujishima
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| Open AccessIncreasing obsidian diversity during the Chalcolithic Period at Yeghegis-1 Rockshelter (Armenia) reveals shifts in land use and social networks
- Ellery Frahm
- , Mariam Saribekyan
- & Mariya Antonosyan
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| Open AccessAnalogical environmental cost assessment of silicon flows used in solar panels by the US and China
- Saeed Rahimpour Golroudbary
- , Mari Lundström
- & Benjamin P. Wilson
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| Open AccessProspects of sustainable polymers
Synthetic polymers have shown a great impact on every aspect of our life and attained an exponential rise in their production and utilization in the past decades due to their durability, flexibility, moldability, and inexpensive nature. However, the use of natural polymers or development of safe and environment-friendly synthetic bio-based polymers is continuously undergoing for a sustainable future owing to the exhaustion of petroleum-based resources or fossil-based materials, disposal and economical concerns, including government guidelines. In this regard, the development of new sustainable polymers or materials will step up and build a genuinely circular economy by decreasing manufacture or utilization of fossil-based materials as limited reserves.
- Anuj Kumar
- , Vijay Kumar Thakur
- & Kwan-Soo Lee
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| Open AccessReservoir ecosystems support large pools of fish biomass
- Christine A. Parisek
- , Francine A. De Castro
- & Andrew L. Rypel
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| Open AccessComprehensive quantitative determination of aquifer confinement based on tidal response of well water level and its application in North China
- Chenyue Hu
- , Xin Liao
- & Luming Zhang
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| Open AccessEmploying post classification comparison to detect land use cover change patterns and quantify conversions in Abakaliki LGA Nigeria from 2000 to 2022
- Francis E. Onuegbu
- & Anthony U. Egbu
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| Open AccessEffects of aquaculture effluents on the slender sea pen Virgularia mirabilis
- Bastien Taormina
- , Tina Kutti
- & Erwann Legrand
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| Open AccessFailure probability analysis of high fill levee considering multiple uncertainties and correlated failure modes
- Ruirui Sun
- , Yimingjiang Reheman
- & Ding Jiao
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| Open AccessFinancial big data management and intelligence based on computer intelligent algorithm
- Jia Liu
- & Shuai Fu
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| Open AccessBacteriophage EPP-1, a potential antibiotic alternative for controlling edwardsiellosis caused by Edwardsiella piscicida while mitigating drug-resistant gene dissemination
- Ganghua Han
- , Ting Huang
- & Ruyin Liu
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| Open AccessModelling interest in co-adoption of electric vehicles and solar photovoltaics in Australia to identify tailored policy needs
- Elham Hajhashemi
- , Patricia Sauri Lavieri
- & Neema Nassir
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| Open AccessAn improved corner dealiasing and recognition algorithm for 2D Wadell roundness computation
- Jianhuang Chen
- , Zhongjian Zhang
- & Wenjie Xu
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| Open AccessCountry-wide, multi-location trials of Green Super Rice lines for yield performance and stability analysis using genetic and stability parameters
- Muhammad Shahzad Ahmed
- , Abid Majeed
- & Asmaa M. Abushady
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| Open AccessBiological toxicity of sulfamethoxazole in aquatic ecosystem on adult zebrafish (Danio rerio)
- Jie Zhou
- , Xiao Yun
- & Zhicheng Fan
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| Open AccessVertical differences in carbon metabolic diversity and dominant flora of soil bacterial communities in farmlands
- Bufan Zheng
- , Zhipeng Xiao
- & Juan Li