<i>In vitro</i> clonal micropropagation of selected <i>Malus niedzwetzkyana</i> Dieck forms demonstrating high resilience when introduced into urban environments by A. P. Belanova, Yu. G. Zaytseva, E. M. Lyakh

“…The most optimal sterilization technique for such plant material was a stepwise regime using alcohol, sodium hypochlorite, and silver nitrate: it provided from 50 to 70% of sterile explants and the maximum percentage of meristem proliferation. …”
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Totally Ecofriendly Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles from Aqueous Dissolutions of Polysaccharides by M. A. Garza-Navarro, J. A. Aguirre-Rosales, E. E. Llanas-Vázquez, I. E. Moreno-Cortez, A. Torres-Castro, V. González-González

“…The synthesis of nanoparticles was performed using aqueous dissolutions of silver nitrate (AgNO3) and carboxymethyl-cellulose (CMC) as both reducing and stabilization agent and using different AgNO3 : CMC weight ratios. …”
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Preparation and characterisation of ciprofloxacin‐loaded silver nanoparticles for drug delivery by Samer Hasan Hussein‐Al‐Ali, Suha Mujahed Abudoleh, Qais Ibrahim Abdallah Abualassal, Zead Abudayeh, Yousef Aldalahmah, Mohd Zobir Hussein

“…In this study, the AgNPs was prepared from silver nitrate in the presence of alginate as a capping agent. …”
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Sheep Manure-Tail Vegetable-Corn Straw Co-Composting Improved the Yield and Quality of Mini Chinese Cabbage by Xuehua Wang, Yali Qiao, Jianzhong Tie, Wenbin Zhang, Baihong Wei, Zeci Liu, Jihua Yu, Linli Hu

“…Additionally, STS also significantly increased the VC content of mini Chinese cabbage, increased the organic acid by 14.66%, increased the free amino acid by 38.98%, and the nitrate concentration was significantly reduced by 41.05%. …”
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Tailoring microbial redox with alternating current for efficient mineralization of refractory organic nitrogen compounds in wastewater by Ye Yuan, Xucui Qian, Lulu Zhang, Wanxin Yin, Tianming Chen, Zhaoxia Li, Cheng Ding, Bo Wang, Bin Liang, Aijie Wang, Yang Liu, Fan Chen

“…Multi-omics analysis shows enrichment of functional microbial consortia involved in NB reduction, aromatic compound oxidation, ammonia oxidation, nitrate/nitrite reduction, and electron transfer, with upregulated enzyme gene expression. …”
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Effects of Combined Application of Biogas Slurry and Chemical Fertilizers on Silage Corn, Soil Nutrients, and Microorganisms by Wencong Yang, Yijing Cheng, Xia Wu, Jia Zhou, Xiuping Liu

“…Pearson correlation analysis indicated that the Chao1 index of bacterial and fungal communities was significantly positively correlated with soil available phosphorus, available potassium, and nitrogen in the form of nitrate and significantly negatively correlated with pH. …”
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Relationship of Nitrogen Use Efficiency with the Activities of Enzymes Involved in Nitrogen Uptake and Assimilation of Finger Millet Genotypes Grown under Different Nitrogen Inputs by Nidhi Gupta, Atul K. Gupta, Vikram S. Gaur, Anil Kumar

“…Nitrogen responsiveness of three-finger millet genotypes (differing in their seed coat colour) PRM-1 (brown), PRM-701 (golden), and PRM-801 (white) grown under different nitrogen doses was determined by analyzing the growth, yield parameters and activities of nitrate reductase (NR), glutamine synthetase (GS), glutamate synthase; GOGAT, and glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) at different developmental stages. …”
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Synthesis and Physicochemical Characterization of Anion Exchanger Based on Green Modified Bottle Gourd Shell by Dragana Z. Marković-Nikolić, Aleksandar Lj. Bojić, Saša R. Savić, Sanja M. Petrović, Dragan J. Cvetković, Milorad D. Cakić, Goran S. Nikolić

“…The optimization of synthesis conditions was carried out by direct estimation of the CALV biosorption efficiency to phosphate (using ICP-OES) and nitrate (using UV-VIS) from the aqueous solutions. …”
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Water Quality Assessment of Tributaries of Batang Baleh in Sarawak Using Cluster Analysis by Teck-Yee Ling, Chen-Lin Soo, Teresa-Lee-Eng Heng, Lee Nyanti, Siong-Fong Sim, Jongkar Grinang, Karen-Suan-Ping Lee, Tonny Ganyai

“…Cluster analysis demonstrated that water quality at tributary stations along the Batang Baleh exhibited a longitudinal variation from upstream to downstream regions, particularly, dissolved oxygen, five-day biochemical oxygen demand, and nitrite-nitrate nitrogen, which were found higher in upstream region and steadily decreased towards the downstream region. …”
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Ferromagnetic Fe-TiO2 spin catalysts for enhanced ammonia electrosynthesis by Jingnan Wang, Kaiheng Zhao, Yongbin Yao, Fan Xue, Fei Lu, Wensheng Yan, Fangli Yuan, Xi Wang

“…However, no ferromagnetic spin catalysts have demonstrated MFE in the electrocatalytic reduction of nitrate for ammonia (NO3RR), a pioneering approach towards NH3 production involving the conversion from diamagnetic NO3 − to paramagnetic NO. …”
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The Ripple Effect of Climate Change: Assessing the Impacts on Water Quality and Hydrology in Addis Ababa City (Akaki Catchment) by Thandile T. Gule, Binyam Tesfaw Hailu, Brook Lemma

“…Climate change is expected to contribute to the deterioration of water quality shown by 61%, 36%, 79%, 115%, and 70% increased ammonia, chlorophyll-a, nitrite, nitrate, and phosphorus loadings, respectively, from 2022. …”
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Silver nanoparticles immobilized on crosslinked vinyl polymer for catalytic reduction of nitrophenol: experimental and computational studies by Elsayed Elbayoumy, Ashraf A. El-Bindary, Tamaki Nakano, Mohamed M. Aboelnga

“…The prepared polymer was used as a support for silver nanoparticles via chemical reduction of silver nitrate on the polymer network. The prepared poly(DVB) and Ag/poly(DVB) composite were characterized by different techniques including Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and Brunauer Emmett-Teller (BET) analysis. …”
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Silver Nanoparticles: Biosynthesis Using an ATCC Reference Strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Activity as Broad Spectrum Clinical Antibacterial Agents by Melisa A. Quinteros, Ivana M. Aiassa Martínez, Pablo R. Dalmasso, Paulina L. Páez

“…A greenish culture supernatant of P. aeruginosa incubated at 37°C with a silver nitrate solution for 24 h changed to a yellowish brown color, indicating the formation of Ag-NPs, which was confirmed by UV-vis spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and X-ray diffraction. …”
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The effects of contour-based rainwater harvesting and integrated nutrient management on maize yields in semi-arid regions of Zimbabwe by Pasipanodya Chiturike, Jephta Gotosa, Innocent Wadzanai Nyakudya, Sandra M. Madamombe, Ronald Mandumbu, Ngonidzashe Chirinda, Andrew Tapiwa Kugedera, George Nyamadzawo

“…The objectives of this study were to evaluate the effects of contour-based rainwater harvesting (RWH) namely tied contours (TC), infiltration pits (IP) which were compared with the standard contour (STDC), and intergrated nutrient management (INM) where cattle manure was used as basal fertiliser and Ammonium Nitrate (AN) as top dressing, on maize yields. Results showed that fields with RWH had higher yields compared to STDC. …”
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Determining the Temporal and Spatial Effects of Human Induced Interventions on Some Water Quality Parameters of Murgul Creek by Şenol Osmanaoğlu, Mehmet Özalp

“…For this purpose, water temperature, pH, electrical conductivity (EC), salinity, total dissolved matter (TDM), dissolved oxygen (DO), nitrate nitrogen (NO3-N) and ammonium nitrogen (NH4-N) parameters were measured monthly for one year at 12 sampling points along the Murgul Creek. …”
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Nitrogen Management in a Maize-Groundnut Crop Rotation of Humid Tropics: Effect on N2O Emission by M.I. Khalil, A.B. Rosenani, O. Van Cleemput, C.I. Fauziah, J. Shamshuddin

“…Thus, N transformations and N2O emission during maize-groundnut crop rotation managed with various N sources were studied. Accumulation of nitrate (NO3 –) and its disappearance happened immediately after addition of various N sources, showing liming effect. …”
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Exploring Potential of a Remote Plasma Electrolysis System (RPES) for Fruit Surface Sterilization by Thana Phuthidhorn, Jaikua Mathin, Maitip Jakkrawut, Ungwiwatkul Sunisa, Prasertboonyai Kanyarak, Rueangwong Athitta, Promsart Woranika

“…A plasma electrolysis reactor generated long-lived reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (RONS), including hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), nitrite (NO2-), nitrate (NO3-), nitrous acid (HNO2), and nitric acid (HNO3), which were introduced into a treatment chamber through airflow. …”
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Inorganic Acid Anions in Distilled Alcoholic Beverages: Capillary Electrophoresis with Conductometric Detection by Nataliya V. Shelekhova, Irina M. Abramova, Tamara М. Shelekhova

“…All the samples contained 0.22–52.74 mg/dm3 chlorides, 0.60–0.06 mg/dm3 nitrates, 0.25–17.59 mg/dm3 sulfates, and 0.75–12.70 mg/dm3 phosphates. …”
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Assessment of Nitrogen Ceilings for Dutch Agricultural Soils to Avoid Adverse Environmental Impacts by Wim de Vries, Hans Kros, Oene Oenema, Jan Willem Erisman

“…This leads to a series of environmental impacts, including: (1) nitrate (NO3) contamination of drinking water, (2) eutrophication of freshwater lakes, (3) acidification and biodiversity impacts on terrestrial ecosystems, (4) ozone and particle formation affecting human health, and (5) global climate change induced by emissions of N2O. …”
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An In Vitro Evaluation of Leakage of Two Etch and Rinse and Two Self-Etch Adhesives after Thermocycling by Sabine Geerts, Amandine Bolette, Laurence Seidel, Audrey Guéders

“…Teeth were thermocycled and immersed in 50% silver nitrate solution. When both interfaces were considered, SBMP has exhibited significantly less microleakage than other adhesive systems (resp., for SB1, ADSE-1 and ADSE, 𝑃=0.0007, 𝑃<0.0001 and 𝑃<0.0001). …”
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