Household Solid Fuel Use and Associated Factors in Somaliland: A Multilevel Analysis of Data From 2020 Somaliland Demographic and Health Survey by Mustafe Abdillahi Ali, Abdirizak Hassan Abokor, Omer Adam Farih, Hodo Abdikarim, Abdirashid M Yousuf, Abdisalam Hassan Muse

“…Our analysis reveals that a staggering 97.2% of households rely on solid fuels like wood and charcoal for cooking, with only 2.8% utilizing clean energy sources. …”
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Massive Acetaminophen Overdose Treated Successfully with N-Acetylcysteine, Fomepizole, and Hemodialysis by Michael H. Chiu, Natalia Jaworska, Nicholas L. Li, Mark Yarema

“…She was treated with gastric decontamination with activated charcoal, IV NAC, fomepizole, and hemodialysis. The patient had complete clearance of acetaminophen by 32 hours after presentation and normalization of her acid base and hemodynamic status without any organ failure. …”
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PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF NATURAL COAGULANTS FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT by Muhammad Imran, Shahbaz Nasir Khan, Saba Abid, Hafiz Muhammad Safdar Khan

“…Aluminum, iron coagulant, charcoal, alum, and many other chemical methods are used for this purpose in industries. …”
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Biosphere Reserves in the Southwest of Ethiopia by Semegnew Tadese, Teshome Soromessa, Tesefaye Bekele, Brhane Meles

“…The driving force behind is commercial coffee-tea plantation, agriculture expansion, overgrazing, firewood, charcoal, and other factors. Hence, to reduce forest conversion and biodiversity loss, the government of Ethiopia is creating conservation mechanism like the establishment of the protected area and biosphere reserve which is controlled and managed by the community and the government.…”
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On-Farm Management of Vitellaria paradoxa C. F. Gaertn. in Amuria District, Eastern Uganda by Paul Okiror, Jacob Godfrey Agea, Clement Akais Okia, John Bosco Lamoris Okullo

“…—a priority tree with enormous economic and cultural values to the parkland communities in Uganda, is rapidly declining due to rapid human population growth, increasing land fragmentation, and high demand for woodfuel especially charcoal. Reversing this trend will depend on the rural community involvement in the planting, facilitating natural regeneration, and tending of shea trees on farm. …”
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Reversed-Phase Liquid Chromatographic Separation and Determination of Ni(II), Cu(II), Pd(II), and Ag(I) Using 2-Pyrrolecarboxaldehyde-4-phenylsemicarbazone as a Complexing Reagent by Arfana Mallah, Amber R. Solangi, Najma Memon, Rabia A. Memon, Muhammad Y. Khuhawar

“…The applicability and the accuracy of the developed method were estimated by the analysis of Ni(II) in hydrogenated oil (ghee) samples and Pd(II) in palladium charcoal.…”
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Viable Airborne and Deposited Microorganisms inside the Historical Museum of Crete by Eleftheria Katsivela, Louisa Raisi, Mihalis Lazaridis

“…Although airborne fungi were observed in the exhibition rooms (at an average yearly concentration of 143 ± 115 CFU m−3), no fungal growth was detected on the majority of the painting materials in the model essays. Only the tempera, charcoal, wax pastel, and carton board displayed fungal colonization, which occurred very slowly and produced low concentrations of 70–200 CFU cm−2.…”
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Adsorption Characteristics of Chitosan-Modified Bamboo Biochar in Cd(II) Contaminated Water by Anxiang Huang, Wenlian Bai, Shoulu Yang, Zhongwei Wang, Nengying Wu, Yanxiong Zhang, Ning Ji, Dan Li

“…The purpose of this study was to fabricate a low-cost and eco-friendly adsorbent using bamboo biochar (BB), a kind of charcoal composed of high Brunauer–Emmett–Teller surface area and variety of functional groups, and chitosan as substrates for remediation of Cd(II) in Cd(II) contaminated water and characterized the functional group characteristics, surface morphology, and Cd(II) adsorption effect using the Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR), scanning electron microscope (SEM), and energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometer (EDS). …”
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Trends in Adolescent Suicide in Hong Kong for the Period 1980 to 2003 by Daniel T.L. Shek, Britta M. Lee, Joyce Chow

“…Finally, although jumping from a height was a common method of adolescent suicide, there was a rising trend of using other methods, such as taking drugs, hanging and charcoal burning. The observed adolescent suicide phenomena are discussed in this study with reference to the socio-cultural context of Hong Kong.…”
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Towards Circular Economy through Waste to Biomass Energy in Madagascar by Ling Qin, Mengjun Wang, Jinfu Zhu, Yuhu Wei, Xintao Zhou, Zheng He

“…This is because the main form of biomass energy used in Madagascar is still solid charcoal and wood, and the technology is limited. Thus, it is necessary to search for better ways to utilize biomass energy in Madagascar because of high prices of traditional energy carriers and massive environmental pollution. …”
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Mapping the land cover dynamics of the Moanda Mangrove Marine Park in Central Kongo Province, DRC from 2002 to 2020 by Joël Tungi-Tungi Luzolo, Christ Lendo Masivi, Pacifique Madibi Mubamba, Michel Ngoy Kibwila, Jules Mitashi Kimvula

“…The result points to the heavy dependence of coastal households in Moanda on fishing (31%), agriculture (26%) and charcoal production (22%), all of which put pressure on the natural resources of the Mangrove Marine Park. …”
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Numerical Investigation on Charging–Discharging of a PCM Using PV and Thermal Oil for Injera Baking Application by Meseret Alemu Abinet, Abdulkadir A. Hassen, G. Gashaw

“…In Ethiopia, where millions rely on biomass, charcoal, and animal dung for energy, the predominant use is in baking injera, constituting over 50% of energy consumption. …”
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Comparison of BTX Profiles and Their Mutagenicity Assessment at Two Sites of Agra, India by Vyoma Singla, Tripti Pachauri, Aparna Satsangi, K. Maharaj Kumari, Anita Lakhani

“…VOCs were collected using SKC-activated charcoal tubes and SKC personal sampler and characterized by gas chromatograph using flame ionization detector. …”
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Impact of climate and human-induced fire on the Dongyuan Lake, Southern Taiwan during the last 1850 cal years BP by Abdur Rahman, Liang-Chi Wang, Neng-Ti Yu, Jiun-Yee Yen

“…Abstract This study investigates the relationship among the wildfires, climate, and humans and their combined impact on the Dongyuan Lake in southern Taiwan using a sediment core that covered the last 1850 cal years BP. Charcoal accumulation rate (CHAR) peaks, low total organic carbon (TOC), total nitrogen (TN), TOC/TN ratios, and carbon isotopic composition (δ13Corg), combined with low sedimentation rate (SR) and silt dominance suggested a loss of organic carbon, no or low runoff and soil instability due to wildfires during 1850–1700, 1600–1450, and 1350–1100 cal years BP. …”
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Species Composition, Diversity, and Habitat Association of Medium- and Large-Sized Mammals in Chimit-Kolla, Abay Gorge, Ethiopia by Mengistu Wale, Mesele Yihune

“…The study area relatively has considerable numbers of medium- and large-sized mammal species, and urgent conservation action is required to reduce the emerging threats (hunting, charcoal production, agriculture, and investment expansion) and ensure survival of mammal species.…”
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Valproic acid intoxication – The importance of toxicological analysis and correct management: A case report by André Valle de Bairros, Karol Andriely de Vargas Paier, Leonardo Corrêa Cardoso, Fernanda Ziegler Reginato, Gustavo Andrade Ugalde, Ivy Bauer Lovatel, Miguel Roehrs

“…Gastric lavage with activated charcoal was performed at home using a nasogastric tube and patient just was taken to the hospital around 10 h after drug ingestion, arriving in shock state. …”
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Case report: Successful treatment of a thallium sulfate intoxication in a dog with use of Prussian blue by Fergal M. McDermott, Anne A. Kan, Claudine C. Hunault, Joris H. Robben, Dylan W. de Lange, Marieke A. Dijkman

“…Intervention involved supportive care with subcutaneous fluids, carprofen, butylscopolamine and dexamethasone in combination with targeted treatment using the chelating agent Prussian blue (15 days) followed by activated charcoal (4 days). The serum thallium concentration on the 5th day of the Prussian Blue treatment was 196 mcg/L confirming thallium intoxication. …”
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Collaborative Effort Towards a FAIR and OPEN Indo-Pacific Pollen Database (IPPD) by Annika V. Herbert, Simon G. Haberle, Henry Munack, Alexandru T. Codilean

“…In addition, the IPPD is also being hosted by the OCTOPUS database, which integrates archaeology, sedimentology, geomorphology, charcoal, and non-human vertebrate fossil collections in a thoroughly Australasian context. …”
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Selenium-Modified Biochar Synergistically Achieves the Safe Use of Selenium and the Inhibition of Heavy Metal Cadmium by Wanjing Wang, Haiyan Jiang, Zebin Tan, Luyao Yu, Jie Chen, Qingliang Xiao, Qinlei Rong, Chunhuo Zhou

“…To address cadmium pollution in China’s cultivated land, chitosan, inorganic and organic selenium were used to modify rice husk charcoal for cadmium inhibition. Basic physicochemical properties of rice husk carbons were characterized (BET, FTIR, XRD, Zeta potential). …”
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Toxicologic Assessment of a Commercial Decolorized Whole Leaf Aloe Vera Juice, Lily of the Desert Filtered Whole Leaf Juice with Aloesorb by Inder Sehgal, Wallace D. Winters, Michael Scott, Andrew David, Glenn Gillis, Thaya Stoufflet, Anand Nair, Konstantine Kousoulas

“…We tested a decolorized whole leaf (DCWL) aloe vera, treated with activated charcoal to remove the latex portion of the plant, for genotoxicity in bacteria, acute/subacute toxicity in B6C3F1 mice, and subchronic toxicity in F344 rats. …”
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