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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 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 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 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 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 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 AccessPotassium humate supplementation improves photosynthesis and agronomic and yield traits of foxtail millet
- Jie Shen
- , Xiaolu Xiao
- & Huida Lian
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| Open AccessAchieving water-floatable photocatalyst on recycled bamboo chopsticks
- Sujun Guan
- , Lijun Wang
- & Akira Fujishima
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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 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 AccessEffects of aquaculture effluents on the slender sea pen Virgularia mirabilis
- Bastien Taormina
- , Tina Kutti
- & Erwann Legrand
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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 AccessFinancial big data management and intelligence based on computer intelligent algorithm
- Jia Liu
- & Shuai Fu
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| Open AccessOptimization and modelling of magnesium oxide (MgO) photocatalytic degradation of binary dyes using response surface methodology
- Hyeong Kwang Benno Park
- , Pushpendra Kumar
- & Anuruddh Kumar
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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 AccessResearch on the mechanism of coal wall fragmentation and dust production characteristics in the perspective of differentiated discrete elements
- Zhen Li
- , Deji Jing
- & Shuaishuai Ren
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| Open AccessAssessment of new hydrogen peroxide activators in water and comparison of their active species toward contaminants of emerging concern
- Giulio Farinelli
- , Jean-Noël Rebilly
- & Damien Quemener
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| Open AccessBiological feasibility of discharge a local WTTP sludge to sewer network and centralized WWTP; a case study: Tehran, Iran
- Samira Karami
- , Mahdi Farzadkia
- & Hasan Pasalari
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| Open AccessBasic magnesium sulfate@TiO2 composite for efficient adsorption and photocatalytic degradation of 4-dodecylmorpholine in brine
- Zhongmei Song
- , Huifang Zhang
- & Zhijian Wu
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| Open AccessColored cotton crop wastes valorization through pyrolysis: a study of energetic characterization and analytical Py-GC/MS
- Janduir E. Silva
- , Joemil O. Deus Junior
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| Open AccessCharacterization of polyphenols and carbohydrates exuded by Phaeodactylum tricornutum diatom grown under Cu stress
- Milagros Rico
- , Paula Santiago-Díaz
- & Juana Magdalena Santana-Casiano
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| Open AccessCounty land use carbon emission and scenario prediction in Mianyang Science and Technology City New District, Sichuan Province, China
- Tianyi Wei
- , Bin Yang
- & Kun Yang
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| Open AccessFossilized anuran soft tissues reveal a new taphonomic model for the Eocene Geiseltal Konservat-Lagerstätte, Germany
- Daniel Falk
- , Oliver Wings
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| Open AccessMultiple objective energy optimization of a trade center building based on genetic algorithm using ecological materials
- Elham Kabiri
- & Negin Maftouni
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| Open AccessInteractions between Bacillus thuringiensis and selected plant extracts for sustainable management of Phthorimaea absoluta
- Terry A. Ochieng
- , Komivi S. Akutse
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| Open AccessAn exploratory analysis of PM\(_{2.5}\)/PM\(_{10}\) ratio during spring 2016–2018 in Metropolitan Lima
- Rita Jaqueline Cabello-Torres
- , Natalí Carbo-Bustinza
- & Javier Linkolk López-Gonzales
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| Open AccessOxidative stress, inflammation, and steatosis elucidate the complex dynamics of HgCl2 induced liver damage in Channa punctata
- Shefalee Singh
- , Shikha Dwivedi
- & Manoj Kumar
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| Open AccessUnveiling the microwave heating performance of biochar as microwave absorber for microwave-assisted pyrolysis technology
- Rickwinder Singh
- , Christoph Lindenberger
- & Vivekanand Vivekanand
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| Open AccessSGD-OD: investigating the potential oxygen demand of submarine groundwater discharge in coastal systems
- Willard S. Moore
- , Claudia Benitez-Nelson
- & Samantha Joye
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| Open AccessFormation mechanisms and environmental influences on the crystal growth of wulfenite
- Nik Gračanin
- , Matejka Podlogar
- & Nastja Rogan Šmuc
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| Open AccessSpatial distribution characteristics of soil heavy metals in Sabao Chaqu watershed of Tuotuo river, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau based on geographic detector
- Cang Gong
- , Changhai Tan
- & Lang Wen
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| Open AccessTechnical, economic, and environmental feasibility of rice hull ash from electricity generation as a mineral additive to concrete
- Jin Wook Ro
- , Patrick R. Cunningham
- & John Harvey
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| Open AccessStatistical data pre-processing and time series incorporation for high-efficacy calibration of low-cost NO2 sensor using machine learning
- Slawomir Koziel
- , Anna Pietrenko-Dabrowska
- & Bogdan Pankiewicz
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| Open AccessCentral composite design and mechanism of antibiotic ciprofloxacin photodegradation under visible light by green hydrothermal synthesized cobalt-doped zinc oxide nanoparticles
- Mohamed A. Hassaan
- , Asmaa I. Meky
- & Ahmed El Nemr
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| Open AccessEffective adsorption of fluorescent congo red azo dye from aqueous solution by green synthesized nanosphere ZnO/CuO composite using propolis as bee byproduct extract
- Ahmed Radwan
- , Samir O. Mohamed
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| Open AccessGeochemical characteristics, hazards impact assessment and radiogenic heat production of the alkaline rocks
- Essam Sidique
- , Mervat A. Elhaddad
- & Hassan Abbas
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| Open AccessMnFe2O4-NH2-HKUST-1, MOF magnetic composite, as a novel sorbent for efficient dye removal: fabrication, characterization and isotherm studies
- Masoumeh Mohammadnejad
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| Open AccessEvaluation of land resources carrying capacity based on entropy weight and cloud similarity
- Changlin Xu
- & Li Yang
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| Open AccessLong-term relationships between summer clouds and aerosols over mid-high latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere
- Akihisa Watari
- , Yoshinori Iizuka
- & Kazuaki Kawamoto
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| Open AccessThe impact of digital transformation on resource mismatch of Chinese listed companies
- Kedong Wu
- , Songzhu Liu
- & Yahui Qu
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| Open AccessLignin nanoparticles as a highly efficient adsorbent for the removal of methylene blue from aqueous media
- Reza Pourbaba
- , Ali Abdulkhani
- & Alireza Ashori
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| Open AccessAssessment of bioremediation potential of Calotropis procera and Nerium oleander for sustainable management of vehicular released metals in roadside soils
- Sumreen Anjum
- , Mubeen Sarwar
- & Adnan Mukhtar
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| Open AccessSoil pollution indices and health risk assessment of metal(loid)s in the agricultural soil of pistachio orchards
- Mahmoud Taghavi
- , Khadije Bakhshi
- & Abdolmajid Gholizadeh
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| Open AccessStudy on the geographic distribution and influencing factors of Dai settlements in Yunnan based on geodetector
- Hongfei Tao
- & Jingfan Zhou
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| Open AccessAdvancing SSP-aligned scenarios of shipping toward 2050
- Diogo Kramel
- , Sebastian M. Franz
- & Anders H. Strømman
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| Open AccessIdentification of prevalent leachate percolation of municipal solid waste landfill: a case study in India
- Pervez Alam
- , Afzal Husain Khan
- & Tasneem Imtiyaz Zargar
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| Open AccessDegradation of the neonicotinoid pesticide imidacloprid by electrocoagulation and ultrasound
- Ivan Halkijevic
- , Katarina Licht
- & Lucija Bogdan