Improvement of soil quality through biochar in rice under wastewater irrigated soil: Effects on heavy metals reduction by Sayon Mukherjee, Satish Kumar Singh, Raimundo Jiménez Ballesta, Abhik Patra, Surendra Singh Jatav

“…All treatments receive a recommended dose of NPK fertilizers. Results: Our study shows that biochar produced from parthenium can reduce uptake of heavy metals in the plant body. …”
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Robotic versus laparoscopic surgery for severe deep endometriosis: protocol for a randomised controlled trial (ROBEndo trial) by Tero Rautio, Pasi Ohtonen, Outi Uimari, Anna Maria Terho, Johanna Mäkelä-Kaikkonen, Terhi Puhto, Sari Koivurova

“…Introduction Endometriosis is a common gynaecological disease affecting around 10% of fertile-aged women, causing severe pain symptoms. …”
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Sensor-controlled fertigation management for higher yield and quality in greenhouse hydroponic strawberries by George Kerrigan Hutchinson, Lan Xuan Nguyen, Zilfina Rubio Ames, Krishna Nemali, Rhuanito Soranz Ferrarezi

“…‘Florida Brilliance’ and ‘Florida Beauty’ were grown in a greenhouse hydroponic system under six different fertigation management strategies: one timer-based, one leaching fraction-based, and four sensor-based strategies that automatically applied fertilizer solution to maintain a constant volumetric water content threshold (0.36, 0.30, 0.225, or 0.15 m3·m-3). …”
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The impact of fruit and vegetable waste on economic loss estimation by B. Parsafar, M. Ahmadi, Gh.R. Jahed Khaniki, N. Shariatifar, A. Rahimi Foroushani

“…However, a large amount of waste is produced during producing, supplying, and consuming these fruits and vegetables. Water, fertilizers and pesticides used for the production of agricultural products can affect the soil and their cultivation environment and finally lead to environmental pollution. …”
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Aero-Thermodynamics of UAV Downwash for Dynamic Microclimate Engineering: Ameliorating Effects on Rice Growth, Yield, and Physiological Traits Across Key Growth Stages by Imran, Liang Ke, Dong Liu, Huifen Li, Jiyu Li

“…The results reveal that UAV airflow positively influences panicle and flowering stages, where carefully moderated wind speeds (up to 3 m/s) and temperatures reduce pollen sterility, enhance fertilization, and optimize reproductive development. …”
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INTERRELATION BETWEEN STRUCTURAL YIELD ELEMENTS AND TECHNOLOGICAL INDICATORS OF WHOLEGRAIN AND MILLED RICE IN NEW RICE CULTIVARS by R. R. Dzhamirze, N. V. Ostapenko

“…Significantly high yields of these cultivars are due to the optimal number of fertile spikelets (150–160 pcs), panicle density (9.8–12.6 pcs/cm), and significant weight of grain from the main panicle (3.7–4.4 g), with an average sterility of 14.2–20.3%. …”
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Characterizing avocado production systems for Ugandan exports: the need for consolidation and support for sustainable development by Peter Sseruwagi, Peter Sseruwagi, Edouard Lehmann, Paul Sigombe, Gabriel Ddamulira, Jan Willem Van Casteren, Pieterjan De Bauw

“…In contrast to farmer’s belief that soils are suitable and fertile for Hass avocado, soil analyses indicate the urgent need for site specific soil management interventions. …”
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Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone Agonists Combined with Hormone Replacement Therapy Significantly Improves Reproductive Outcomes for Patients with Thin Endometrium and Intramural Fib... by Wei L, Tian B, Wang S, Xu S, Zhang C

“…Consequently, we conducted this study to assess whether the GnRH-a combined with hormone replacement therapy (GnRH-a-HRT) can improve reproductive outcomes in frozen embryo transfer cycles for patients with a thin endometrium (≤ 7 mm) and intramural fibroids.Methods: This retrospective cohort study encompassed 360 patients who underwent frozen embryo transfer following in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (IVF/ICSI) cycles. …”
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Irreducible representation of surface distributions and Piola transformation of external loads sustainable by third gradient continua by dell’Isola, Francesco, Fedele, Roberto

“…We believe to have given an example of how the Mechanics in the French Style, as developed on the ideas by D’Alembert and Lagrange, is still a fertile tool of invention.…”
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A Realistic Approach to Calculating the Nitrogen Use Efficiency Index in Cereals with Winter Wheat (<i>Triticum aestivum</i> L.) as an Example by Witold Grzebisz, Jarosław Potarzycki

“…Treatments were arranged in a factorial distribution of two factors: (1) three rates of soil-applied magnesium (Mg_s, 0, 25, 50 kg Mg ha⁻¹); (2) foliar application of Mg to winter wheat (no application—control; double-stage Mg application in BBCH 30 and in 49/50). The dose of N fertilizer (<i>N_f</i>) was 190 kg ha⁻¹. …”
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Mortalidad durante el embarazo, parto y puerperio. Cuba, 2005-2018 by Lisbeth Fernández González, Armando Humberto Seuc Jo, José Luis Peñalvo, Delia María Gálvez Medina, Armando Rodríguez Salvá, Alain Morejón Giraldoni

“…Las complicaciones en el embarazo, parto y puerperio constituyen la primera causa de muerte de mujeres en edad fértil. La cifra de decesos maternos en Cuba, en los últimos años, es de las más bajas de América Latina, pero aún está lejos de los resultados de países más desarrollados. …”
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The Status of Wild Grapevine (<i>Vitis vinifera</i> L. subsp. <i>sylvestris</i> (C.C. Gmel.) Hegi) Populations in Georgia (South Caucasus) by Gabriele Cola, Gabriella De Lorenzis, Osvaldo Failla, Nikoloz Kvaliashvili, Shengeli Kikilashvili, Maia Kikvadze, Londa Mamasakhlisashvili, Irma Mdinaradze, Ramaz Chipashvili, David Maghradze

“…The geographical and ecological analysis confirmed that wild grapevines primarily grow in humid environments with warm and fully humid climates, often near rivers. They favor deep, fertile, and evolved soils, mainly alluvial and cinnamonic types (80%), with a marginal presence on strongly eroded soils. …”
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L’agriculture itinérante sur brûlis, une menace sur la forêt tropicale humide ? by Serge Bahuchet, Jean-Marie Betsch

“…(Kleinman et al. 1995).In the context of the announcement of the creation of the National Park of the South of French Guiana, an interdisciplinary program (ecology, pedobiology, ethnology; MNHN-CNRS-IRD) Effects of the traditional cultural practices on soils and forest (French Environment Ministry) studied the effects of the itinerant agriculture on slash-and-burn field from an analysis of the conditions which allow Amerindian communities to satisfy their material and spiritual needs in a forest system.This program set up the following points:– the fine practices of this agriculture, constituting a real strategy, supply efficiently the mineral elements in the cultures, without purchase of fertilizers, and ensure a rapid forest recovery after at least 10 years; the cycles short culture - long fallow allow the self regeneration of an agroforestry system registered since millenniums in the forest dynamics of the river banks;– the adoption of the long fallow limits the spatial extent of every family to 10-15 hectares at most;– the transportation on foot of the harvest towards the village limits the extent of the agriculture to a 3-4 km band from the river; beyond, the forest is protected from an agricultural pressure;– the absence of the market does not lead to an increase of the cultivated surfaces and the pressure on the forest is not increasing thus at present;– the forest of the hinterland includes wide zones restricted by strong social taboos; the conservation of the social organization of the Amerindian ethnic groups is the first condition of the preservation of the forest domain.The real solution for the preservation of the forest heritage in the South of French Guiana, obviously social, was thus already political, before the creation of the “Amazonian Park of Guyana” (2007).…”
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L’animal, l’humain et la sextualité fabuleuse: la chasse à la narration transculturelle et zoopoétique dans 'L’acrobatie aérienne de Confucius' de Dai Sijie by Shuangyi Li

“…Drawing on the theories of “sextuality” (Cristina Carrigós) and zoopoetics (Anne Simon), it aims to unveil Dai’s sophisticated weaving of a transcultural narrative and aesthetic while situating the genesis and diegesis of the novel in a “literary zoology” as well as an “ecology of world literature” (Alexander Beecroft), a literary environment marked by the dynamics of literary circulation, confluence and cross-fertilization. RÉSUMÉ Cet article se penche sur le roman L’acrobatie aérienne de Confucius (2009) de l’écrivain chinois francophone Dai Sijie, qui prétend s’inspirer d’une personnalité historique, l’empereur chinois Zhengde de la dynastie Ming, connu tant pour la négligence de ses devoirs souverains que pour son mode de vie grotesque, débauché et décadent. …”
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Caracterización del personal de enfermería para contribuir al cumplimiento de los objetivos de desarrollo sostenible. Cumanayagua 2019 by Narciso Águila Rodríguez, Sara Hernández Malpica, Eneida Bravo Polanco, Dayamí Guerra Villarpanda, Lourdes Elena Duany Badell, Lázaro Roberto Herrera Fragoso

“…Entre las principales actividades que realizan están audiencias sanitarias para toda la comunidad, en especial para los grupos de personas mayores de 60 años y la población menor de 15 años; atención a círculos de abuelos, cobertura total del programa de vacunación, seguimiento a mujeres en edad fértil, intervención directa en los programas de salud establecidos, participación activa en la identificación, priorización y análisis causal de los principales problemas de salud. …”
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Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Smallholders’ Cropping Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa by Shaankua E. Lemarpe, Collins M. Musafiri, Joseph M. Macharia, Milka N. Kiboi, Onesmus K. Ng’etich, Chris A. Shisanya, Jeremiah Okeyo, Elizabeth A. Okwuosa, Felix K. Ngetich

“…We conclude that appropriate fertilizer and organic input management combined with improved soil management practices are potential approaches in N2O emissions mitigation in SSA. …”
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A review of the influence of pH on toxicity testing of acidic environmental chemical pollutants in aquatic systems using zebrafish (Danio rerio) and glyphosate toxicity as a case s... by Vasisht Varsh Sridhar, Lucas W. Turner, Leeah S. Reidenbach, Katharine A. Horzmann, Jennifer L. Freeman

“…Additionally, toxicity curves for unadjusted pH and adjusted pH conditions for glyphosate were also determined in developing zebrafish from 1 to 120 hours post fertilization (hpf), to further clarify and support pH influence of glyphosate in these toxicity tests. …”
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Comparison of HCG Trigger versus Dual Trigger in Improving Pregnancy Outcomes in Patients with Different Ovarian Responses: A Retrospective Study by Ke Xu, Jinrong Wang, Shuangshuang Yang, Zhenjing Wang, Ning Hou, Mei Sun

“…Objective. During in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer (IVF-ET) treatment, the reproductive endocrine regulatory mechanisms hold pivotal importance. …”
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The carbon footprint of pasture-based buffalo milk production in Colombia by Andrés F. Pérez, Felipe Vélez S., Juan F. Naranjo R.

“…These greenhouse gas emissions encompassed methane (CH4) from enteric fermentation and excretions left in paddocks, nitrous oxide (N 2 O) from excretions deposited on pastures and fertilizer application, and carbon dioxide (CO2 ) from lime and urea application, as well as the burning of fossil fuels. …”
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Marigold: a machine learning-based web app for zebrafish pose tracking by Gregory Teicher, R. Madison Riffe, Wayne Barnaby, Gabrielle Martin, Benjamin E. Clayton, Josef G. Trapani, Gerald B. Downes

“…Second, we investigated the effects of feeding on larval visuomotor behavior at 5 and 7 days post-fertilization (dpf). We found differences in the number and vigor of swimming bouts between fed and unfed fish at both time points, as well as interactions between developmental stage and feeding regimen. …”
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