Quantitative Analysis of Heavy Metals and Organic Compounds in Soil from Deir Kanoun Ras El Ain Dump, Lebanon by Jamilah Borjac, Manal El Joumaa, Lobna Youssef, Rawan Kawach, Diane A. Blake

“…Deir Kanoun Ras El Ain is a village in southern Lebanon that possesses one of the country’s worst dumps, and its leachates influx into a running canal that irrigates surrounding agricultural lands. The aim of this study was to determine the levels of some toxic heavy metals and organic compounds in different soil samples collected from the dump and along the canal during winter and summer seasons. …”
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Monitoring Land Cover Changes in Past 32 Years Using Remote Sensing Technique (Case Study: Pishva Town, Tehran) by Negar Ghasemi, Marzieh Alikhah Asl, Mohammad Rezvani

“…Results showed in past 32 years, bare land and irrigated land have decreased while residential and greenhouse areas have increased. …”
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Monitoring the impact of global warming on wheat cultivation in the Mughan Plain (Germi) Using the atmospheric circulation model by bromand Salahi, vahid safarian zangir

“…The results of this study showed that the average decrease in yield of irrigated wheat and the decrease of its production in the study area could be due to the decrease of precipitation and the increase of the regional temperature which is due to global warming.…”
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Photodynamic Antimicrobial Chemotherapy for Root Canal System Asepsis: A Narrative Literature Review by P. Diogo, T. Gonçalves, P. Palma, J. M. Santos

“…A comprehensive narrative literature review was performed to compare PDT effect with sodium hypochlorite as the comparative classical irrigant. Two reviewers independently conducted literature searches using a combination of medical subject heading terms and key words to identify relevant studies comparing information found in 7 electronic databases from January 2000 to May 2015. …”
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Autoimmune sensorineural hearing loss/Meniere’s disease possibly triggered by neurocysticercosis: a case report by Hamza Arman Lateef, Evan Davies, Alidad Arabshahi

“…His vestibulonystagmogram displayed both central and peripheral findings, and bithermal caloric irrigations suggested abnormal peripheral function with a 57% weakness in the left ear. …”
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Quantitative Evaluation of Apically Extruded Debris During Root Canal Instrumentation with Self-Adjusting File, Reciprocating File, and Rotary Files: An In Vitro Study by Pratik A. Burad, Kushal U. Fuladi, Ankita D. Ramteke, Aishwarya M. Akotkar, Vidya A Mokhade, Anil Bhagat

“…Inflammation and flare ups may result from the apical ejection of bacteria, infected dentin, necrosed pulp tissue, and irrigants. In recent days many rotational root canal instrumentation devices have been designed to lessen debris ejection. …”
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Mitigating antimicrobial resistance through effective hospital wastewater management in low- and middle-income countries by Yaovi Mahuton Gildas Hounmanou, Yaovi Mahuton Gildas Hounmanou, Adonias Houefonde, I-CRECT Consortium, Tram Thuy Nguyen, Anders Dalsgaard, Linh Viet Nguyen, Tung Xuan Nguyen, Troung Nhat My, Lan Thi Le, Huyen Thi Vu, Ngoc Thi Bich Hoang, Dien M. Tran, Thi Anh Mai Pham, Phuc D. Pham, Dennis Nurjadi, Flavie Goutard, Thirumalaisamy P. Velavan, Van Anh Thi Dinh, Bent Jörgensen, Le Huu Song, Nhung T.T. Nguyen, Etienne Loire, Åse Östholm, Lennart E. Nilsson, Tuyet Hanh T. Tran, Phuc H. Phan, Mattias Larsson, Linus Olson, Håkan Hanberger

“…This threat is of particular concern in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where untreated effluents are often used for irrigating vegetables crops, leading to direct and indirect human exposure. …”
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Declining suitability for conversion of drylands to paddy fields in Northeast China: Impact of future climate and socio-economic changes by Jiacheng Qian, Huafu Zhao, Xiaoxiao Wang, Tao Wang, Zhe Feng, Congjie Cao, Xiao Li, Aihui Zhang

“…Conversion of dryland to paddy fields (CDPF) is an effective way to transition from rain-fed to irrigated agriculture, helping to mitigate the effects of climate change on agriculture and increase yields to meet growing food demand. …”
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Interdependence Between River Aquifer Groundwater Flow and Temperature–Depth Profiles: Type Curves Based on Pi Theorem and Numerical Simulations by José Antonio Jiménez-Valera, Iván Alhama, Carlos Duque, David Labat

“…Regarding the artificial recharge of the coastal aquifer, the flow obtained is 21% less than the volume irrigated over the salt marsh. The uncertainties related to hydrogeological features are considered to have the greatest influence on the error.…”
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Understanding the impacts of drought on peanuts (Arachis hypogaea L.): exploring physio-genetic mechanisms to develop drought-resilient peanut cultivars by Sameer Pokhrel, Prasanna Kharel, Swikriti Pandey, Stephanie Botton, Gema Takbir Nugraha, Corley Holbrook, Peggy Ozias-Akins

“…In the US about two-thirds of peanuts are grown in non-irrigated lands, where drought accounts for 50 million USD loss each year. …”
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Variation and simulation of tomato transpiration in a greenhouse under different ventilation modes by Jiankun Ge, Sen Wang, Xuewen Gong, Yuhao Zhu, Zihui Yu, Yanbin Li

“…Field experiments were conducted at the Xinxiang Integrated Experimental Base of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in northern China from March to July in 2020 and 2021. Drip-irrigated tomatoes were grown under natural sunlight with two ventilation treatments: T1 (top window open) and T2 (top and south windows open). …”
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GROWTH, LEAF WATER POTENTIAL, PHOTOSYNTHETIC PIGMENTS, COMPATIBLE SOLUTES AND YIELD COMPONENTS IN COWPEA LANDRACES UNDER SALINITY by Nabi Fahima, Şadji-Ait Kaci Hamida, Chebaani Meriem, Chaker Haddadj Assia, Ounane Sidi Mohamed

“…The experiment was carried out in pots under glasshouse at École Nationale Supérieure Agronomique, Algeria during 2023. The soil used was irrigated with NaCl and the rates of 1.93, 3.8, 4.7 and 6.0. dS m-1 NaCl. …”
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Effects of organic amendment on some soil physicochemical characteristics and vegetative properties of Zea mays in wetland soils of the Niger Delta impacted with crude oil by Francis E. Egobueze, Josiah M. Ayotamuno, Chukwujindu M. A. Iwegbue, Chibogwu Eze, Reuben N. Okparanma

“…The soils were tilled and irrigated regularly, and monitored for a total period of 112 days. …”
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Whole-genome amplification as a tool to improve bacterial detection by PCR in microbiological samples after endodontic treatment by Gabriela Ceccon Chianca, Gabriela Ceccon Chianca, Caroline Corrêa Fendeler, Caroline Corrêa Fendeler, Sérgio Pinto Chaves Junior, Sérgio Pinto Chaves Junior, Gabriella Lorena Dias Pereira, Helvécio Cardoso Corrêa Póvoa, Helvécio Cardoso Corrêa Póvoa, Helvécio Cardoso Corrêa Póvoa, Lívia Azeredo Alves Antunes, Lívia Azeredo Alves Antunes, Lívia Azeredo Alves Antunes, Leonardo Santos Antunes, Leonardo Santos Antunes, Leonardo Santos Antunes, Natalia Lopes Pontes Póvoa Iorio, Natalia Lopes Pontes Póvoa Iorio, Natalia Lopes Pontes Póvoa Iorio

“…The presence of bacteria was detected in 70% (7 of 10) of the samples by WGA followed by PCR, where only 10% (1 of 10) had demonstrated bacterial growth in the culture method.ConclusionThe combination of WGA followed by PCR increased the detection of microorganisms from root canal samples after endodontic treatment using NaOCl as a CMP irrigant. So this combination of techniques can represent an important tool to improve the detection of microorganisms in endodontic research.…”
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Novel Bat‐Monitoring Dataset Reveals Targeted Foraging With Agricultural and Pest Control Implications by Brian Lee, Samantha Sambado, D. Nākoa Farrant, Anna Boser, Kacie Ring, David Hyon, Ashley E. Larsen, Andrew J. MacDonald

“…Specifically, bat activity over rice fields is 1.5 times higher than over any other land cover class and nearly double that of any other agricultural land cover. While irrigated rice fields may provide abundant prey, wetland and water areas showed less than half the bat activity per hectare compared to rice fields. …”
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Contrasting salinity effects of artificial seawater and sodium chloride on Carica papaya L. cultivar Red Lady physiology and growth by Edivan Rodrigues de Souza, Bruce Schaffer, Ana I. Vargas, Aline de Camargo Santos, Edwin Antonio Gutierrez Rodriguez

“…Methods This study compared plant growth, physiological, and nutritional responses, including leaf gas exchange, maximal potential quantum efficiency of photosystem II (the ratio of variable to maximum chlorophyll fluorescence; Fv/Fm), the leaf chlorophyll index (LCI), electrolyte leakage (EL), leaf relative water content (RWC), leaf water potential (Ψw), leaf osmotic potential (Ψo), leaf and root N, P, K, Ca, Mg, Na and Cl contents, and growth of potted ‘Red Lady’ papaya plants, in a calcined clay substrate, irrigated with NaCl or artificial seawater (Instant Ocean®) at six soil electrical conductivity (EC) levels (0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 6 dS m−1). …”
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Cytogenetic impact of gamma radiation and its effects on growth, yield and drought tolerance of maize (Zea mays L.) by Walaa M. Al-Sayed, Hanaa H. El-Shazly, Awatif I. El-Nahas, Ahmed A. A. Omran

“…Also, under a field condition experiment, maize plants were subjected to the same gamma irradiation doses and drought stress by reducing the number of irrigations, with subsequent evaluations of yield attributes to assess the overall impact of treatments on plant performance. …”
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Evaluating the effectiveness of Pisolithus tinctorius in enhancing the Eucalyptus’ resistance to salt stress by Mona S. Zayed, Aya G. A. Ahmed, Shawky M. Selim, Dalia A. Abd El-Fattah

“…The seedlings inoculated with Pisolithus tinctorius and irrigated with 6 dS/m saline water revealed the highest shoot height (55.670 cm), root length (42.33 cm), shoot fresh weight (6.44 g/plant), root fresh weight (1.84 g/plant), shoot dry weight (2.37 g/plant), and root dry weight (0.810 g/plant) when compared to all treatments. …”
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Overview of cultivated and wild species of the Bignoniaceae family in the Emirate of Fujairah (United Arab Emirates) by Byalt Vyacheslav Vyacheslavovich, Korshunov Mikhail Vladimirovich

“…As a result of field research, examination of irrigated gardens, public parks, urban plantings and plant nurseries, herbarium materials and literature data, a list of wild and cultivated plant species growing here was compiled. …”
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Scoping review of cytolytic vaginosis literature. by Roni Kraut, Fabiola Diaz Carvallo, Richard Golonka, Sandra M Campbell, Anoush Rehmani, Oksana Babenko, Mao-Cheng Lee, Pedro Vieira-Baptista

“…The suggested primary treatment (baking soda irrigations) was largely based on expert opinion, and there was minimal evidence on associations between CV and other conditions.…”
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