Community structure and diversity of myxobacteria in soils from Inner Mongolia, China by Zhihua Wu, Zhihua Wu, Songyuan Li, Xuehan Wang, Xuehan Wang, Huirong Liu

“…The water content, pH, organic matter, available phosphorus, hydrolytic nitrogen, and available potassium content of soil samples were determined by national standards and other methods. …”
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Geological Conditions and Sedimentary Models of Oligocene and Eocene Effective Source Rocks in the Northern Yinggehai Basin by Jianxiang Pei, Gaowei Hu, Zhipeng Huo, Zhihong Chen, Yabing Chen, Xiaofei Fu, Weihong Wang, Haiyu Liu, Yanan Wang, Jingshuang Luo, Guofei Chen

“…Therefore, the early Oligocene was more conducive to the enrichment of organic matter. It is speculated that the warm and humid paleoclimate, reducing environment, and high paleoproductivity of the Eocene promoted the sedimentation and preservation of more organic matter. …”
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Distribution Pattern of Cadmium in the Profile of Shallow Fissure Soil and Its Influencing Factors in Karst Areas with High Geological Background by FAN Pingping, CHEN Jia, ZHANG Feng, NIU Yong, FANG Nufang, WU Zeyan, CAI Huayin

“…[Methods] Taking the small watershed of Baobao Mountain in Weining County, a region with a typical high geological background in the northwest of Guizhou, as the research object, the total Cd concentration and speciation of Cd in shallow fissure soil, along with five soil property indicators such as pH value, organic matter content, cation exchange capacity (CEC), particle size, and aggregate were systematically analyzed. …”
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Toxicokinetics and tissue dynamics approaches to evaluate the accumulation and elimination of cadmium in black soldier fly larvae by Jie Zhang, Xuelian Xu, Chunyan Tang, Zhihui Shi, Yujia Wan, Huan Qiu, Rui Feng, Fengfeng Li, Fen Zhu

“…The black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) is a highly valued resource insect, renowned for its efficient and eco-friendly approach to the treatment of organic waste. A crucial matter that demands clarification is whether the heavy metals are eliminated or remain within BSFL bodies. …”
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Evaluation of the planting performance for planting substrate using the SQI-CRITIC combination model based on the least squares method by Ning Wang, Dong Xia, Dong Xia, Dong Xia, Xiaoming Duan, Bingqin Zhao, Bingqin Zhao, Wennian Xu, Wennian Xu

“…BackgroundTo improve the scientificity of the evaluation results of the planting performance of the Yellow River sediment based on planting substrate.MethodsThis study replaced the natural soil with Yellow River sediment, used cement as the cementing material, added different proportions of organic matter and amendment of habitat material to prepare planting substrate based on the Yellow River sediment, and carried out experiments by using oats and proposed a combined SQI-CRITIC combined weighting calculation method based on the least square method for its evaluation.ResultsThe results showed that (1) different proportions of cement and amendment of habitat material led to significant variations in the planting performance of the planting substrate based on Yellow River sediment: among the 5# mix ratio, the plant height (12.5 cm) and biomass (3.06 g) of oats reached extreme values. …”
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Caudate Nucleus Volume Mediates the Link between Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Cognitive Flexibility in Older Adults by Timothy D. Verstynen, Brighid Lynch, Destiny L. Miller, Michelle W. Voss, Ruchika Shaurya Prakash, Laura Chaddock, Chandramallika Basak, Amanda Szabo, Erin A. Olson, Thomas R. Wojcicki, Jason Fanning, Neha P. Gothe, Edward McAuley, Arthur F. Kramer, Kirk I. Erickson

“…In neocortical areas, higher cardiorespiratory fitness levels are associated with increased gray matter volume, and these volumetric differences mediate enhanced cognitive performance in a variety of tasks. …”
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Photosynthetic performance and carbon metabolism in the ear organs of oats under drought stress by Jiaqi Fang, Yuan Zhan, Baowen Zhao, Yan Zhao, Youjun Chen, Qingping Zhou, Hui Wang

“…As growth continued, the C and N contents and the dry matter mass in the seeds gradually increased, which was transferred from the glumes, lemmas, leaves, and stems. …”
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Factors affecting cadmium toxicity to rice germinated in soils collected from downstream areas of abandoned zinc mines by P. Chanpiwat, A. Numprasanthai

“…The physicochemical characteristics of the soils, including soil texture, redox potential, cation exchange capacity, potential of hydrogen, organic matter, total cadmium concentration, and chemical speciation and concentration of plant-available cadmium, were analyzed. …”
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José Olallo Valdés: a Cuban male nurse to be remembered by Onassys Barreiro Alberdi, Yanet Blanco Fleites

“…He was a missionary who devoted his life to relief other people´s pain, no matter their religion, race, or social status, with no material profits for himself. …”
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Stoichiometric Plant-Herbivore Models and Their Interpretation by Yang Kuang, Jef Huisman, James J. Elser

“…Our study reveals that the details of ecological stoichiometry models really matter for quantitativepredictions of plant-herbivore dynamics, especially atintermediate ranges of the carrying capacity.…”
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Land Application of Biosolids in the USA: A Review by Qin Lu, Zhenli L. He, Peter J. Stoffella

“…Land application of biosolids has proven a cost-effective method of waste disposal by beneficially recycling organic matter and nutrients and improving soil quality; however, it may also pose potential threat to the environment and human health. …”
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Safe Use of Glyphosate-containing Products in Aquatic and Upland Natural Areas by Kenneth A. Langeland

“… Land and water managers who apply herbicides to control invasive plant species and other nuisance vegetation strive to minimize environmental impacts as a matter of policy and daily operations. It is, therefore, not surprising that concern has been expressed and many questions asked relative to recent publications by Relyea (2005a, 2005b, 2005c), which implicate use of glyphosate-containing herbicides in global decline of amphibians. …”
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Dark Energy in Spherically Symmetric Universe Coupled with Brans-Dicke Scalar Field by Koijam Manihar Singh, Gauranga C. Samanta

“…Here, it is seen that the dark energy triggers the big bang and after that much of the dark energy reduces to dark matter. One peculiarity in such a model is that the scalar field is prevalent eternally; it never tends to zero.…”
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4-H Livestock Judging: Introduction and Leader's Guide by Chad Carr, Justin Crosswhite, Amanda Johnson

“…The guide also aims to reassure and support potential leaders, emphasizing that successful programs can be led effectively without requiring advanced subject matter expertise. Original publication date November 1992.  …”
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Coopération internationale locale et politique éducative en Guyane by Isabelle Hidair, Pierre-Yves Chicot

“…Out of matter of co-operation, the evolution of the stakes, taken into account in the Community policies, runs up against realities of ground. …”
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A Review of Metal Exposure and Its Effects on Bone Health by Juliana Rodríguez, Patricia Mónica Mandalunis

“…The presence of metals in the environment is a matter of concern, since human activities are the major cause of pollution and metals can enter the food chain and bioaccumulate in hard and soft tissues/organs, which results in a long half-life of the metal in the body. …”
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Optimization of College Students’ Employment Prosperity Index System Based on Multiple Logit Models by Wei Xiang, Weizhen Hu

“…The employment of university graduates has always been a matter of great concern to educational administrative departments and governments at all levels. …”
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TECHNOLOGY OF LASER CUTTING OF SILICON WAFERS INTO ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE CHIPS by V. S. Kondratenko, V. I. Ivanov

“…The article deals with the matter of crystal quality in the production of microdisplays based on organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) after separation. …”
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TV Viewing by Children During Times of Conflict by Millie Ferrer

“…It is especially important to limit young children’s exposure to graphic images. No matter what age, each person interprets programs and messages differently. …”
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The Gulf Cooperation Council and the Eurasian Economic Union: opportunities and prospects of trade cooperation by P. S. Prokopiev

“…The methods of analysis and comparison of data from information and analytical materials on the advantages and trends of foreign trade relations of the EAEU and GCC countries were used. The state of the matter at the political level is indicated, as well as the main barriers and potential risks to the growth of trade. …”
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