Antibacterial Activity of Traditional Medicinal Plants Used for the Treatment of Acute Diarrheal Diseases in Chiapas, Mexico by Jesús Mauricio Ernesto Hernández-Méndez, Israel Peña-Hernández, Mariela Tapia-Nazario, Gerardo Leyva-Padrón, Abumalé Cruz-Salomón, María Emperatriz Domínguez-Espinosa, Héctor Armando Esquinca-Avilés, Maritza del Carmen Hernández-Cruz, Rocío Magdalena Sánchez-Albores, Kelly del Carmen Cruz-Salomón, Rosa Isela Cruz-Rodríguez, Martha Guadalupe Gómez-Santos

“…All extracts were non-toxic (LD₅₀ > 1000 μg/mL), indicating potential as natural alternatives for ADD treatment.…”
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Avaliação de concretos produzidos com variadas areias de mineração: em busca de dosagens de alto desempenho e sustentáveis by Cheila Barbosa, Mariana Figueira Lacerda Menezes

“…Foi avaliada a substituição da areia natural de rio pela areia de mineração nas dosagens de concreto, e feita a análise das curvas de Abrams para as variadas dosagens desenvolvidas. …”
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Non-Stationary Extreme Runoff Prediction Model of Snowmelt Flood in Flood Season Based on VMD-NGO-LSTM and Its Application by ZHOU Xia, ZHOU Feng

“…Due to the influence of natural environments, climate changes, and human activities, the extreme runoff sequence in flood season shows non-stationary and complex characteristics, which brings new challenges to the accurate prediction of extreme runoff of the basin in flood season. …”
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Modeling of stakeholder influence on effectiveness of team decisions in the digital network space of crisis management centres of the EMERCOM of Russia by T. V. Popov

“…The article deals with issues related to modeling of stakeholder influence on effectiveness (sustainability) of teamwork in crisis management centres (hereinafter referred to as CMC) of the Ministry of the Russian Federation for Civil Defence, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters (hereinafter referred to as EMERCOM of Russia) while analysing, forecasting development and resolving/reducing conflictness of social emergencies (hereinafter referred to as SE). …”
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IMPACT OF DIESEL FUEL GENERATORS ON SOIL HEAVY METALS by SEUN OYELAMI, OYETUNJI BABATUNDE OKEDERE, KEHINDE ADENIKE OYEWOLE, KAZEEM OLAWALE RABIU, OGUNTOLA JELIL ALAMU, MUTIU DUNMOYE SULAIMON, SAHEED OLUSANJO LAWAL

“… Heavy metals are ubiquitous and are released into the atmosphere/ environment by a variety of natural processes, but their quantities have been greatly augmented by anthropogenic activities. …”
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The Interaction of Topicalization and Left-Dislocation in English by Betty J. Birner, Gregory Ward

“…In this paper, we examine naturally-occurring instances in which both constructions occur (e.g., ‘Scorpions, those you have to look out for’) and compare them to the corresponding variants with TOP only (‘Scorpions you have to look out for’) and LD only (‘Scorpions, you have to look out for those’). …”
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Advancing biomonitoring of eDNA studies with the Anaconda R package: Integrating soil and One Health perspectives in the face of evolving traditional agriculture practices. by Pierre-Louis Stenger, Audrey Léopold, Kelly Dinh, Pierre Mournet, Nadia Robert, Julien Drouin, Jacques Wamejonengo, Sylvie Russet, Thomas Ibanez, Laurent Maggia, Fabian Carriconde

“…This study applied the Anaconda package to examine the impact of two types of duration fire-fallow cropping systems, using natural forests as a reference, on soil fungal and bacterial communities in Maré Island (New Caledonia). …”
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Effect of Admixture on the Hydraulic Conductivity of Compacted Loess: A Case Study by Pan Liu, Xuejiao Zhang, Min Zhang, Xueqiang Yang

“…This paper aims to investigate the effect of a natural geomaterial, lateritic soil, which is more economical and environmental than the traditional admixtures such as cement and lime, on the saturated hydraulic conductivity (ksat) of compacted loess. …”
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Mechanical properties and durability against the dry termite attacks of particleboard made from bamboo with citric acid as adhesive by Ragil Widyorini, Ari Puspa Yudha, Ganis Lukmandaru, Tibertius Agus Prayitno

“…Research on development of citric acid as natural adhesive are still limited. Therefore this research focused on effects of citric acid content and pressing temperature on properties of particleboard made from bamboo, including its durability to the dry termite attacks. …”
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Emei Martial Arts Promotion Model and Properties Based on Neural Network Technology by Cheng Xing, N.E. Zainal Abidin, Yudong Tang

“…In recent years, neural networks have made great progress in various fields, such as speech recognition, computer vision, and natural language understanding. On this basis, the combination of neural networks and traditional recommendation methods is helpful for the better development of Emei Martial Arts promotion. …”
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Survey of parasitic fauna data from wild animals through coproparasitological diagnosis in Southern Brazil by Julia Somavilla Lignon, Diego Moscarelli Pinto, Tamires Silva dos Santos, Giulia Ribeiro Meireles, Camila Gonçalves da Silveira, Bianca Conrad Bohm, Felipe Geraldo Pappen, Silvia Gonzalez Monteiro, Mauro Pereira Soares, Raqueli Teresinha França, Fábio Raphael Pascoti Bruhn

“…Infection by parasites in wildlife is considered an important bioindicator of the current state of ecosystems, and studying the epidemiology of these infections is essential for a better understanding of natural foci. However, research on parasites in southern Brazil, especially in Rio Grande do Sul (RS), is considered incipient. …”
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Removal of Contaminants from Industrial Lean Amine Solvent Using Polyacrylamide Hydrogels Optimized by Response Surface Methodology by Priyabrata Pal, Fawzi Banat

“…The hydrogel was used for the removal of total metal ions and total organic acid anions (known as heat-stable salts , HSSs) from industrial lean methyl diethanolamine solvents (MDEA, 50 wt% used by Gasco, Habshan, Abu Dhabi for natural gas sweetening). The presence of heavy-metal ions and HSS is responsible for many problems such as corrosion, foaming and fouling of the equipment. …”
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Os Perímetros Irrigados do Baixo Jagurige no estado do Ceará [Brasil]: uma experiência referencial de projeto territorial sustentável by André Munhoz de Argollo Ferrão, Luci Mehry Martins Braga, Carlos Eduardo Pozzer

“…If rivers are vectors that connect regional areas, their preservation should be seen as a natural link to the implementation of sustainable territorial projects. …”
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The Influence of Nano-SiO2 and Recycled Polypropylene Plastic Content on Physical, Mechanical, and Shrinkage Properties of Mortar by Haiming Chen, Yangchen Xu, Donglei Zhang, Lingxia Huang, Yuntao Zhu, Le Huang

“…It can be used as partial replacement of natural aggregates instead.…”
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<i>Vibrio vulnificus</i>—A Review with a Special Focus on Sepsis by Marcello Candelli, Marta Sacco Fernandez, Cristina Triunfo, Andrea Piccioni, Veronica Ojetti, Francesco Franceschi, Giulia Pignataro

“…Alternative therapeutic approaches under investigation include natural compounds such as resveratrol and the application of antimicrobial blue light. …”
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FIELD ASSESSMENT OF ACCESSIONS FROM THE MAIZE COLLECTION FOR RESISTANCE TO BOIL SMUT by V. N. Boyko

“…In 2017, 594 accessions of six main Zea mays L. subspecies were studied using a score scale against the natural infectious background at the Kuban Experiment Station of VIR. …”
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Floristic Diversity and Evaluation of the Potential of Spontaneous Medicinal Plants in the Bigoudine Watershed (Moroccan Western High Atlas) by Mohammed Said Kahouadji, Souâda Hseini, Brahim Jaafar, Younes Zaid, Azzeddine Kahouadji, Lahcen Zidane

“…This spontaneous medicinal floristic wealth, within the region studied, is exposed to severe socioeconomic conditions, which are the main causes of non-respectful exploitation of natural resources threatening their balance and sustainable regeneration. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Psychophysiological and Health Indicators of Aged, Elderly and Long-Lived from Different Mountainous Districts of Azerbaijan by Karamova Natavan, Primkulova Sitora, Meyliyev Bakhtiyor

“…Thus, Azerbaijan has historically been chosen as the land of centenarians and had the terrain in the center of attention. The influence of natural complex terrain on life expectancy is one of the most urgent problems in the scientific literature. …”
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Mycobiota in Mycobiota in the grain of the oat breeding lines produced in 2019 in competitive variety trials on the fields of Nemchinovka Federal Research Center, Moscow Provincepe... by O. P. Gavrilova, T. Yu. Gagkaeva, A. S. Orina, A. S. Markova, A. D. Kabashov, I. G. Loskutov

“…Uniquely high infection of the grain by F. langsethiae Torp &amp; Nirenberg (14%) was found under the natural conditions of the Central Region of Russia. …”
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Toward efficient authentication for space-air-ground integrated Internet of things by Baokang Zhao, Puguang Liu, Xiaofeng Wang, Ilsun You

“…In this article, we propose MASIT, an identity-based efficient and lightweight mutual authentication scheme for space-air-ground integrated Internet of things. MASIT exploits the natural broadcast property of space-air-ground integrated Internet of things to speed up authentication process, and leverage the distinguished feature of IPv6 to support concurrent numerous nodes. …”
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