Microbial-Induced Carbonate Precipitation: A Review on Influencing Factors and Applications by Junhui Zhang, Xiuzhi Shi, Xin Chen, Xiaofeng Huo, Zhi Yu

“…The breakthrough solutions in the MICP technology are improving geotechnical and foundation sand properties, repairing cement-based materials, using mineralized film mulching to protect cultural relics, enhancing properties of tailings, desert control, and heavy metal environmental restoration, etc., are discussed. …”
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Phytosynthesized Nanoparticles as Novel Antifungal Agent for Sustainable Agriculture: A Mechanistic Approach, Current Advances, and Future Directions by Javeria Parveen, Tahira Sultana, Abeer Kazmi, Khafsa Malik, Abd Ullah, Amir Ali, Bushra Qayyum, Naveed Iqbal Raja, Zia-ur-Rehman Mashwani, Saif Ur Rehman

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Estimation of relative humidity in Hormozgan province using MODIS products by Masihollah Mohammadi, behrooz sobhani

“…The province's climate was determined to be semi-desert with a long warm season and a short cool period. …”
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ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES CLIMATE CHANGE: AN EXPOSITION OF HERDSMEN TERRORISM IN TIVLAND OF BENUE STATE by GABRIEL T. TYUNGU, PETER MEMGA KERTYO

“…However, with the continuous environmental changes that are evident with desert encroachment and silting of the lake chad basin, the demography of the conflicts has changed to an all year around conflict. …”
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Mature Tiankengs are biodiversity hotspots of soil microorganisms in the karst region by Junbo Yang, Xiaohui Wang, Keyi Wang, Danjuan Zeng, Ling Mo, Shuai Li, Baozhu Fang, Bhagwan Rekadwad, Wenjun Li, Gaozhong Pu

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ANTHROPOCENTRIC INTENTION OF HESYCHAST AND SUFISTIC PRACTICES OF FREEDOM PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT by Yurii Y. Semchuk

“…With a view to the reconstruction of a holistic world view of the desert in their deification of personal freedom, the author uses methodology of humanitarian analysis (analysis and synthesis, comparison, abstraction, generalization), and the phenomenological method – the study specifics of the mystical way of knowing reality and comparative method − the study and comparison of different types of mystical-religious movements in the synthesis of the history of philosophy, philosophy of religion, psychology, phenomenology and the history of religion. …”
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Assessment of Aerosol Radiative Impact over Oceanic Regions Adjacent to Indian Subcontinent Using Multisatellite Analysis by S. K. Satheesh, V. Vinoj, K. Krishnamoorthy

“…The largest forcing observed over NAS during JJA is the consequence of large amounts of desert dust transported from the west Asian dust sources. …”
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The Diversity of Airborne Bacteria Over the Tibet Plateau Decreased by Taklimakan Dust by Fanli Xue, Zhongwei Huang, Xuefei Huo, Qingqing Dong, Zhengpeng Li, Qianqing Gu

“…In the summer of 2019, we simultaneously collected air samples from the Tibetan Plateau (Ali) and the Taklimakan Desert (Minfeng and Tazhong) and analyzed them using high‐throughput DNA sequencing techniques. …”
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The Use of Geotextiles for Controlling on The Collapse of Gypseous Soils by Yamam Jabbar, Alaa D. Salman

“…Gypseous soils cover about 30-35% of the total area of Iraq, as this type of soil is found in the Western Desert and extends to the southern parts of the country. …”
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A Comparison Study of Sampling and Analyzing Volatile Organic Compounds in Air in Kuwait by Using Tedlar Bags/Canisters and GC-MS with a Cryogenic Trap by Hongmao Tang, Khaliq R. Beg, Yousef Al-Otaiba

“…Kuwait experiences desert climatic weather. Due to the extreme hot and dry conditions in this country, some analytical phenomena have been discovered. …”
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La forteresse de Sadr, une lecture géo-historique au temps des croisés by Corinne Feïss-Jehel, Jean-Michel Mouton, Claudine Piaton, Pierre-Jérôme Jehel, Jeannine Le Rhun

“…At the heart of the Sinai desert lies the Sadr fortress, today called Qal-at al-Gindi, is the most authentic archeological legacy left in the Middle East by the famous Kurdish sovereign Saladin (1174-1193). …”
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Mechanical Interpretation of Effects of Aeolian FineSands on Coal Fly Ash in Northern Shaanxi Province, China by Xin Wei, Chongyang Gao, Keyu Ai, Jun Zhao, Ling Xu

“…The aeolian fine sands are close to Mu Us Desert, as the addition material was introduced to improve the mechanical behaviours of CFA. …”
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Experimental Study on Wind Erosion Resistance and Strength of Sands Treated with Microbial-Induced Calcium Carbonate Precipitation by Zhaoyu Wang, Nan Zhang, Jinhua Ding, Chen Lu, Yong Jin

“…Wind erosion phenomenon is commonly encountered in desert areas, which is harmful to engineering constructions and environment. …”
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The influence of mineralogical composition and alkali reactivity for utilization of some Egyptian crushed granites as a concrete aggregate by Maged El-fakharany, Ahmed Omar, Mahmoud Abdellatif

“… Egyptian Eastern Desert is rich in many areas that contain granites masses throughout the geological era; some of them show good characteristics of the rock hardness, durability, density and mineralogy. …”
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A review of a study on improving the performance of spherical solar stills by Faiz Jodah, Wissam ِAlawee, Hayder Dhahad, Z.M. Omara

“…This technology is valuable even in deserts with no other freshwater sources. However, conventional solar stills have low efficiency. …”
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Relevance of Aceh's Qanun Jinayat in Minimizing Cases of Sexual Harassment against Children in Aceh by Wiwin Widiarti, Erika Magdalena Chandra, Rully Herdita Ramadhani

“…In addition, the provisions of the threat of sanctions contained in Qanun Jinayat when associated with the theory of just desert and the theory of the purpose of punishment in Islamic criminal law are still relatively light so that they have an impact on the unprotection of children's rights as victims and do not provide a deterrent effect for perpetrators.…”
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Identité, imaginaire et tourisme en pays touareg au Niger by Emmanuel Grégoire, Marko Scholze

“…Les auteurs évoquent, tout d’abord, l’imaginaire occidental relatif au Sahara et aux Touaregs en faisant référence au mythe qu’ils incarnent aux yeux des Européens, élément sur lequel ils ont su remarquablement jouer pour développer leur nouvelle activité qui est essentiellement un « tourisme de désert ». Dans une perspective historique, les auteurs étudient ensuite son essor en mettant en évidence son appropriation par les Touaregs et les adaptations identitaires auxquelles elle a progressivement donné lieu. …”
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Variations in Stable Carbon Isotope Composition and Leaf Traits of Picea schrenkiana var. tianschanica along an Altitude Gradient in Tianshan Mountains, Northwest China by Huiwen Zhang, Jianying Ma, Wei Sun, Fahu Chen

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Time-Varying Compressive Strength Model of Aeolian Sand Concrete considering the Harmful Pore Ratio Variation and Heterogeneous Nucleation Effect by Yugen Li, Huimei Zhang, Xiaoyu Liu, Guangxiu Liu, Dawei Hu, Xiangzhen Meng

“…Test studies on the development of concrete’s compressive strength with aeolian sand from the Mu Us Desert were carried out. Influence mechanism of aeolian sand on the strength of concrete was revealed by using the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to analyze the pore ratio and structures of aeolian sand concrete (ASC) and using the X-ray single crystal diffraction (XRD) to calculate the relative contents of hydration products semiquantitatively. …”
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Evaluating the Effect of Cement and ARG Fiber on the Mechanical and Microstructural Properties of Dune Sand by Faisal I. Shalabi, Javed Mazher, Kaffayatullah Khan, Muhammad Nasir Amin, Mesfer Alqahtani, Hosam Awad, Ali Alghannam, Hussain Albaqshi

“…Despite its collapsible nature and weakness, desert sand can be used for construction purposes all over the world if properly stabilized. …”
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