Evaluating the impacts of microplastics on agricultural soil physical, chemical properties, and toxic metal availability: An emerging concern for sustainable agriculture. by Tapos Kumar Chakraborty, Md Simoon Nice, Md Sozibur Rahman, Baytune Nahar Netema, Khandakar Rashedul Islam, Samina Zaman, Gopal Chandra Ghosh, Md Ripon Hossain, Asadullah Munna, Mst Shamima Akter, Md Abu Rayhan, Sk Mahmudul Hasan Asif, Abu Shamim Khan

“…Microplastics (MPs) are an emerging environmental issue that might endanger the health of agricultural soil. …”
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Lip-Reading Classification of Turkish Digits Using Ensemble Learning Architecture Based on 3DCNN by Ali Erbey, Necaattin Barışçı

“…Factors such as hearing difficulties or environmental noise can disrupt this process. Lip reading offers an effective solution to these challenges. …”
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Innovative development, microstructure and hydration characteristics of recycled brick powder-circulating fluidized bed fly ash-based earthwork subgrade backfill by Wenhuan Liu, Kaize Li, Xiaoyu Jiao, Hui Li, Honghong Cao, Yongping Qu

“…This paper aims to enhance the effective utilization of construction solid waste renewable brick powder (RBP) and circulating fluidized bed fly ash (CFBFA), addressing the issues of resource consumption and environmental pollution associated with these two types of solid waste. …”
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Dust Deposition and Associated Heavy Metal Contamination in the Neighborhood of a Cement Production Plant at Konongo, Ghana by Prince Baffour Awuah, Albert Amatey Adjaottor, Emmanuel Gikunoo, Emmanuel Kwesi Arthur, Frank Ofori Agyemang, Douglas Siaw Baah

“…The release of harmful particles from industries is one of the important sources of environmental pollution worldwide. The goal of this study was to determine the amounts of dust deposition and heavy metal pollution in the soils surrounding a cement mill in Konongo, Ghana. …”
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LEACH-D: A low-energy, low-delay data transmission method for industrial internet of things wireless sensors by Desheng Liu, Chen Liang, Hongwei Mo, Xiaowei Chen, Dequan Kong, Peng Chen

“…Within IoT-based systems, wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have emerged as a crucial method for collecting peripheral environmental data within industries, owing to their self-organizational attributes. …”
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An Experimental Study of the Properties of Bamboo Particle Reinforced Epoxy Matrix Biocomposites by Stephen Durowaye, Amos Abayomi, Charles Ochulor, Comfort Akindutire, Victor Okafor

“… Production of biodegradable polymer matrix biocomposites that are cost effective, sustainable, and environmentally friendly with desirable properties using particles as discontinuous phase (filler) is a welcome development. …”
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Efficiency of <i>in vitro</i> culture techniques applied to soybean (<i>Glycine max (L.) Merr.</i>) accessions from the VIR collection by E. S. Korshikova, K. M. Ershova, Yu. A. Moksheninova, Yu. V. Ukhatova

“…Using a wide range of modern biotechnologies and genetic techniques to study plant germplasm accessions held by VIR makes it possible to procure valuable results, required for the development of new high-yielding cultivars adapted to adverse environmental conditions and possessing specified technological properties, particularly to identify and mark new genes and alleles useful for plant breeding. …”
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Recent insights into the transformative role of Graphene‐based/TiO2 electron transport layers for perovskite solar cells by T. Sewela, R. O. Ocaya, T. D. Malevu

“…However, in practice, they face practical limitations due to suboptimal electron transport, inadequate hole‐suppression, photocatalytic instability, and susceptibility to other environmental factors. Many transition metal oxides such as ZnO and TiO2 have important excitonic properties that make them good electron transport layer (ETL) materials in PSCs. …”
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A review of the application of CIELAB colour systems for the development of gold and silver nano-enabled colorimetric assays for the detection of chromium by Sindisiwe Fortunate Shange, Phumlane Selby Mdluli, Nirmala Deenadayalu

“…According to reports, water contamination poses a severe environmental risk to both people and aquatic life. As consequently, there is a critical requirement to maintain the availability of safe water for consumption and verify the potentially harmful levels of metals in water bodies. …”
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Color Removal of Textile Wastewater Using Electrochemical Batch Recirculation Tubular Upflow Cell by Ammar A. Beddai, Basma Abdulhadi Badday, Atheer M. Al-Yaqoobi, Mohanad Kadhim Mejbel, Zainab S. Al Hachim, Mustafa K. A. Mohammed

“…The progress in textile industrial technologies comes along with a massive increase in the discharge of dyes in the wastewater which considers a serious environmental problem. In this regard, a new electrochemical system has been developed for the treatment of simulated dye solutions of permanent methylene blue dye by an electrochemical cyclic ring reactor. …”
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Mapping of land degradation using spectral angle mapper approach (SAM): the case of Inaouene watershed (Northeast Morocco) by Benzougagh, Brahim, Meshram, Sarita Gajbhiye, Fellah, Bouchta El, Mastere, Mohamed, Basri, Mohamed El, Ouchen, Ibrahim, Sadkaoui, Driss, Bammou, Youssef, Moutaoikil, Nassima, Turyasingura, Benson

“…Therefore, an understanding of LULC factors is required for the implementation of environmental policies intended to foster a synergy between humans and the sustainability of their environment. …”
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The Impact of Refugees on the Social Economic Development of the Host Communities: A Case Study of Nyakabande Refugee Transit Kisoro District. by Ngabire, Robert

“…The study established that refugees bring productivity in the host communities, complement the job market, stimulate the economy complement market demand for goods and services, employment opportunities to the people around the transit areas and refugee camps which rises the standard of living, donations by the host communities Environmental degradation, increased demand for goods and services which rises the standards of living of the host communities, land grabbing, sharing of social facilities, cooperation of social functioning and insecurity of the host communities were cited to be some of the social relationship between the refugees and the host communities, deforestation, increased demand for goods and services, infrastructural development, theft, social ills like prostitution, competition for properties, compromised resources. …”
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The Effect of Social Isolation and Loneliness on the Welfare of the Elderly: A Case Study of Kabale Municipality. by Kyarikunda, Jennifer

“…Factors leading to social isolation and loneliness among the elderly in Kabale Municipality included; living alone, being unmarried, having inadequate family relations or support, having lower income and assets, and having poorer physical and mental health. having lower educational attainment, socioeconomic status, social environmental factors (limited access to transportation, housing situation living in private residence, and others. …”
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Evaluation of energy generation potential from municipal solid waste in the North-West province, South Africa by Mapereka Francis Chagunda , Ruhiiga Tabukeli Musigi , Palamuleni Lobina Gertrude *

“…Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) management is rapidly becoming a severe environmental problem worldwide. Developing countries, especially African cities, are the most affected due to inadequate resources to cope with increasing magnitude and complexity of the waste generated as well as the scarcity of land for disposal. …”
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Digitisation and Preservation of Cultural Heritage Artefacts in Cultural Centres in Uganda: A Case Study of Igongo Museum and Cultural Centre, Mbarara. by Twesigye, Christopher

“…The study concluded that there is inadequate funding, no policies to guide the digitization process, fragility of artifacts and exposure to environmental conditions. This is exacerbated by inadequate knowledge and skills among staff who manage the materials.…”
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Impact of Climate Change on Food Security in Kashare Sub-County, Mbarara District. by Agaba, Richard

“…The study recommended that farmers in Kashare Sub-County undertake reforestation efforts to restore natural vegetation, while the government should enforce existing environmental policies, introduce new regulations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and promote sustainable land use practices.…”
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Impact of Climate Change on Food Security in Kashare Sub-County Mbarara District. by Agaba, Richard

“…It also urged the government to enforce existing environmental policies, introduce new regulations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote sustainable land-use practices.…”
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Assessing the Durability Behaviour of Cement Stabilized Soil Bricks in Kabale Municipality. by Muzahura, Ronald

“…Traditional fired bricks, while widely used, pose environmental challenges due to deforestation and high energy consumption during production. …”
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Dynamic Characteristics of Aerosol Optical Properties over Dibrugarh City in the North-Eastern Indian Region during 2018–2021 by Akshansha Chauhan, Shukla Acharjee, Ramesh P. Singh, Brent Holben

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New Occurrence of Seifertite and Stishovite in Chang’E‐5 Regolith by Runlian Pang, Jing Yang, Wei Du, Aicheng Zhang, Shirong Liu, Rui Li

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