Tree-ring Dating of the Little Ice Age Maxima of Arolla Glaciers (Valais, Switzerland) by Melaine Le Roy, Kurt Nicolussi, Christian Schlüchter

“…Here, we present tree-ring dating results for newly sampled wood material and archival data from the forefields of two glaciers in the Pennine Alps, Tsijiore Nouve and Glacier d’Arolla. …”
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Do Macroeconomic Factors Significantly Affect Economic Growth? Evidence from Ghana by Evans Yeboah, Dastan Bamwesigye

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Plant traits, growth stage, and ash mass load control the vulnerability of potato, corn, and wheat crops to volcanic ashfall by Noa Ligot, Lauriane Barthélemi, Hugues Falys, Bruno Godin, Patrick Bogaert, Pierre Delmelle

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Parameters and environmental consequences of catastrophic fires in Ukraine: modeling, quantitative estimates by L. F. Chernogor, A. N. Nekos, G. V. Titenko, L. L. Chornohor

“…A total of about 43,000 hectares were engulfed in flames in Ukraine. About 500 kt of wood and 350 kt of grass burned. Emissions of smoke, soot, and nitrogen oxides exceeded the background values ​​of the masses of these substances many times over. …”
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Derivation of allometric equations and carbon content estimation in mangrove forests of Malaysia by Waseem Razzaq Khan, Michele Giani, Stanislao Bevilacqua, Shoaib Ahmad Anees, Kaleem Mehmood, M. Nazre, Abdul Aziz Bin Abdul Haddy, Abang Norizan Bin Abang Median, Japanie Bin Bujang, Fatin-Norliyana Mohamad-Ismail, Johar Mohamed, Zaiton Samdin, Rambod Abiri, Tuan-Marina Tuan-Ibrahim, Lydia-Suzieana Mohammad, Hamid-Reza Naji, Seemab Akram, Hazandy Abdul-Hamid, Timothy Dube

“…We calculated the total carbon stock at 91.01 t C ha⁻1, incorporating measurements from trees below 5 cm in diameter, dead and downed wood, and litter. An economic valuation of carbon storage was conducted using two approaches: the social cost of carbon method estimated a value of USD 4054.76 per hectare. …”
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Design and Development of a Pine Needle Briquetting Machine for the Uttarakhand Region of India by Tejas Pramod Naik, Soumyajeet Jaiswal, Inderdeep Singh, Apurbba Kumar Sharma, Ayush Joshi

“…Briquetting machines reduce forest fires by reducing dependency on wood from forests for fuel while simultaneously lowering carbon emissions by using biomass or agricultural waste as alternative fuel sources. …”
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Effect of Pulmonary Rehabilitation on Dyspnoea, Functional Capacity and Thoracic Excursion in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Case Report by Priyanka K Chilhate, Lajwanti Lalwani (Adwani)

“…Significant occupational dosages include excessive pesticide exposure and home air pollution from burning coal, wood, animal dung and crop residues. Besides medical treatments, pulmonary rehabilitation is crucial for patient recovery from hospital to home. …”
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Unraveling the mystery of dieback in Dalbergia sissoo: a review by Muhammad Zunair Latif, Amer Habib, ChongChong Lu, Xinhua Ding

“…Abstract The shisham tree (Dalbergia sissoo) is a keystone hardwood species of South Asia, highly valued in economic value in forestry, agroforestry, and landscape horticulture due to its durable, fragrant, and decay-resistant wood. However, shisham's health on both public and private lands is seriously compromised by recurrent outbreaks of dieback disease. …”
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The Impacts of Blue Stain Degradation on the Industrial Processing Properties of logs by Osman Komut, Atakan Öztürk

“…At the end of the study, it has been determined that the ratio of exposure to volumetric damages ranges between %32-84 depending on fresh wood width, log length and diameter variables in the blue stain degradation. …”
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Impact of water stress on <i>Phaeomoniella chlamydospora</i> abundance and Petri disease symptom development in young grapevines by Jared Hrycan, Pat Bowen, Thomas Forge, Miranda Hart, Jose Ramon Úrbez-Torres

“…DNA was extracted from the grapevine wood, and Droplet Digital™ PCR was conducted to determine Pch abundance before and after the experiments. …”
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Soil Properties Mediated by Topography Influence Carbon Stocks in a Teak Plantation in the Deciduous Forest Zone of Ghana by Jones Agyei Kumi, Michael Ansong, Winston Asante, Boateng Kyereh

“…In Ghana, a substantial amount of degraded land found in hilly areas has been used to establish teak plantations for commercial wood and carbon benefits. Information on the potential influence of topography and soil properties on tree growth and carbon stocks in these plantations is however limited. …”
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Initial Experience with Sildenafil, Bosentan, and Nitric Oxide for Pediatric Cardiomyopathy Patients with Elevated Pulmonary Vascular Resistance before and after Orthotopic Heart T... by Babak Daftari, Juan Carlos Alejos, Gregory Perens

“…Seven patients with PVR >6 Wood's units (WU) prior to transplant were compared pre- and postoperatively with 20 matched controls with PVR <6 WU. …”
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Economic Analysis of Sequestering Carbon in Green Ash Forests in the Lower Mississippi River Valley by Ching-Hsun Huang, Gary D. Kronrad, Shiaolin D. Cheng

“…The cost of storing carbon can be reduced significantly if the trees can be sold for wood products.…”
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EFFICIENT BIOMASS CONVERSION PROCESS TO SUSTAINABLE ENERGY by Samuel Oludayo ALAMU, Marc J Louise CABALLES, Xuejun QIAN, Seong LEE, James G. HUNTER Jr.

“…The growing concern for an energy source that is environmentally friendly, socially acceptable, and economically feasible, prompts researchers to explore the conversion of everyday biomass wastes in the form of municipal solid waste (MSW) and agricultural wastes (such as poultry litters, wood pellets) to useful energy(i.e., heat or electricity). …”
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Effects of urbanization and floral diversity on the bee community (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in an oak forest in a Protected Natural Area of Mexico by Alejandro Muñoz-Urias, Lisset Araujo-Alanis, Francisco Martín Huerta-Martínez, Cesar Jacobo-Pereira, Alvaro Edwin Razo-León

“…In all cases, the number of species decreased, with mainly non-eusocial, cavity or wood nesting, and polylectic feeding bees prevailing in the urban area. …”
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Variation in Illipe Nut's Fat Yield of Tengkawang-producing Shorea from Several Provenances and Land Races by Budi Leksono, Lukman Hakim

“…Illip (tengkawang) nut is a non-wood forest product which has a high economic value and one of export commodities as raw material for illipe nut's fat, cosmetics, and substitution of chocolate fat. …”
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Transformation of NO in Combustion Gases by DC Corona by Oleksandr Molchanov, Kamil Krpec, Jiří Horák, Lenka Kuboňová, František Hopan, Jiří Ryšavý, Marcelina Bury

“…Experiments were conducted using a 5 kW automatic wood pellet domestic heat source with combustion gas treated in a specially designed ESP operated in both positive and negative corona modes, resulting in a reduction in NO concentrations from 130 mg/m³ to 27/29 mg/m³ for positive/negative polarities (at 0 °C and 101.3 kPa). …”
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The diet of young Neandertals from France, Pech de l’Azé I and Hortus II, reconstructed using dental microwear texture analysis by Frank L’Engle Williams, Christopher W Schmidt, Jessica L Droke, Whitney M Karriger, Gaël Becam, Fred H Smith, Marie-Antoinette de Lumley

“…The diets of Neandertal children differ with respect to paleohabitat and typically were more diverse than those of food producers regardless of whether they inhabited wooded or open environments.…”
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SISTEMAS FISIOGRÁFICOS DEL ÁREA NATURAL PROTEGIDA “VALLE CRETÁCICO”, PROVINCIA DE RÍO NEGRO by Romina Solorza, Marcos D. Mare

“…., while the unplanned urban development characterized by the lack of basic services in the suburbs, has led to a high rate of extraction of wood resources of the bush, the emergence of unauthorized micro rubbish dumps, greater frequency in the fire occurrence, etc. …”
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Source Apportionment of Particulate Matter by Application of Machine Learning Clustering Algorithms by Vikas Kumar, Manoranjan Sahu, Pratim Biswas

“…The sources (source contribution in parentheses) identified are: combustion (45.9 ± 3.66%) and secondary sulfate (11.4 ± 1.09%), vegetative/wood burning (17.5 ± 1.46%), diesel (10.6 ± 0.92%) and gasoline (3.6 ± 0.33%) vehicles, soil/crustal (2.07 ± 0.2%), traffic (9.3 ± 0.81%), and metal processing (8.8 ± 0.72%). …”
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