Effects of Superphosphate on Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Compost Quality During Industrial Scale In-Vessel Swine Manure Composting by Haotian Chen, Haoruo Li, Tianqing Sun, Xin Huang, Yuyi Li, Baoli Zhang

“…Although the economic benefits of superphosphate addition for GHG reduction are limited, the technology holds considerable economic potential for nitrogen conservation. Further investigations should focus on combining superphosphate addition with other improvements, considering both compost quality and economic viability.…”
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Investigation on Pomegranate (Punica granatum) Skin as a Potentially Effective Natural Food Preservative by Mohammad Lokman Hossain, Md. Nazim Uddin, Tania Nowreen Orchy, Shamsun Naher, Mohajira Begum, Md. Zahurul Haque

“…The extracts were applied to Ompok pabda fish, and the fish were preserved in prepared extracts for 24 hours in the open air. Total volatile nitrogen (TVN) and sensory parameters were evaluated at regular intervals of 0, 4, 12, 18, and 24 hours. …”
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Environment of European Last Mammoths: Reconstructing the Landcover of the Eastern Baltic Area at the Pleistocene/Holocene Transition by Ivan Krivokorin, Anneli Poska, Jüri Vassiljev, Siim Veski, Leeli Amon

“…A comparison between the isotopic values of nitrogen (δ¹⁵N) and carbon (δ¹³C) obtained from mammoths’ molars from 14.3 and 11.3 to 43.5 and 39.1 ka cal BP showed that mammoths experienced a decline in the nutritional value of their diet, resulting in their demise in the Eastern Baltic.…”
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Antimalarial Efficacy and Antioxidant Activity of Lophira lanceolata Stem Bark Ethanol Extract Using Plasmodium berghei Induced-Malaria in Swiss Albino’s Mice by Mounvera Abdel Azizi, Noumedem Anangmo Christelle Nadia, Yamssi Cedric, Ngouyamsa Nsapkain Aboubakar Sidiki, Gamago Nkadeu Guy-Armand, Djeussi Doriane Esther, Tientcheu Noutong Jemimah Sandra, Tako Djimefo Alex Kevin, Vincent Khan Payne

“…The percentage reduction of parasitemia was related to each test, and the liver homogenate was used to assay malondialdehyde, superoxide dismutase, nitrogen monoxide, catalase, and glutathione for the evaluation of oxidative stress. …”
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GABA promotes peroxisome proliferation in Triticum monococcum leaves by Yunus Şahin, Taras Nazarov, Ercan Selçuk Ünlü, Andrei Smertenko, Nusret Zencrici

“…Components of reactive oxygen species (ROS)/reactive nitrogen species (RNS) metabolism, NADPH regeneration, and catabolism of polyamines were also enriched at later stages of leaf differentiation. …”
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Role of Terracing and Reforestation Efforts on Improving Soil Properties in Degraded Steep Lands by Mehmet Özalp, Ferit Dehşet, Bülent Turgut, Saim Yıldırımer, Eren İnanlı

“…In accordance with this purpose, parameters including soil texture, pH, organic matter, total nitrogen, total lime, and electrical conductivity were determined for 45 soil samples taken from three different areas; two of which were erosion control areas where terraces built and planted with acacia and yellow pine seedlings, along an undisturbed (control) area with natural forests. …”
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Soil fertility management on sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) production in Northern Ethiopia: A review by Fiseha Baraki, Fisseha Hadgu, Gebremedhin Berhe

“…The organic carbon, total N (Nitrogen), available P (Phosphorus), S (Sulfur) and Zn (Zinc) are below optimum value while K is sufficient in the soil and moderately alkaline soil. …”
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We are what we eat: Implications of host plant suitability on sustainable production of silkworm pupae as novel ingredient with dietary and health benefits. by Marie N Sangha, Didier K Barwani, Cheseto Xavier, Linah Muhonja, Kelvin Moseti, Paul N Karanja, Peter Kiiru, Isaac M Osuga, Chrysantus M Tanga

“…There was a strong positive correlation between magnesium, crude protein and nitrogen-free extracts of mulberry leaves that mirrored the corresponding levels in silkworm pupae. …”
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Improved Bread and Durum Wheat Cultivars Showed Contrasting Performances in N-Efficiency and N-Responsiveness by Zerihun B. Tufa, G. Diriba-Shiferaw, Tesfaye Balemi, Kassu Tadesse

“…Wheat productivity can be increased by applying nitrogen (N) in the form of chemical fertilizers. However, owning to the high prices, chemical fertilizers are unaffordable to resource-poor farmers in Ethiopia. …”
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Hydroxymethylfurfural in honey: a public health problem by Bruno Soares Toledo, Lévison da Costa Cipriano, Thais Regina de Castro Pereira, Sérgio Borges Mano, Adriano Gomes da Cruz, Erick Almeida Esmerino, Eliane Teixeira Mársico

“… Honey is a sweet and natural product of high nutritional value, produced by honey bees (Apis mellifera) composed mainly of water and carbohydrates, nitrogen compounds, enzymes, organic acids, amino acids, phenolic compounds, flavonoids, vitamins, minerals and other phytochemical substances. …”
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Spectral Investigation and In Vitro Antibacterial Evaluation of NiII and CuII Complexes of Schiff Base Derived from Amoxicillin and α-Formylthiophene (αft) by Narendra Kumar Chaudhary, Parashuram Mishra

“…FT-IR spectral study reveals the ligation of metal ions at two different nitrogen [NN] donor sites of Haαft. FT-IR and electronic absorption spectral evidences suggest distorted tetrahedral and square planar geometry for CuII and NiII complexes, respectively. …”
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Chemical Immobilization of Sloth Bears (Melursus ursinus) with Ketamine Hydrochloride and Xylazine Hydrochloride: Hematology and Serum Biochemical Values by M. Veeraselvam, R. Sridhar, P. Perumal, M. G. Jayathangaraj

“…Health related parameters comprising hematological values like packed cell volume (PCV), hemoglobin (Hb), red blood cell count (RBC), erythrocyte indices, and so forth and biochemical values like total protein, blood urea nitrogen (BUN), creatinine, alkaline amino-transferase (ALT), aspartate amino-transferase (AST), and so forth were estimated in 11 (5 males and 6 females) apparently healthy bears. …”
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Radiocarbon monoxide indicates increasing atmospheric oxidizing capacity by Olaf Morgenstern, Rowena Moss, Martin Manning, Guang Zeng, Hinrich Schaefer, Ilya Usoskin, Jocelyn Turnbull, Gordon Brailsford, Sylvia Nichol, Tony Bromley

“…Model sensitivity simulations illustrate the roles of methane, nitrogen oxides, stratospheric ozone depletion, and global warming driving these trends. …”
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Wheat NAC transcription factor NAC5‐1 is a positive regulator of senescence by Catherine Evans, Sophie Louise Mogg, Charline Soraru, Emma Wallington, Juliet Coates, Philippa Borrill

“…The timing of leaf senescence could mediate this trade‐off as it is associated with both declines in photosynthesis and nitrogen remobilization from leaves to grain. NAC transcription factors play key roles in regulating senescence timing. …”
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Performance of phenomic selection in rice: Effects of population size and genotype-environment interactions on predictive ability. by Hugues de Verdal, Vincent Segura, David Pot, Niclolas Salas, Vincent Garin, Tatiana Rakotoson, Louis-Marie Raboin, Kirsten VomBrocke, Julie Dusserre, Sergio Antonion Castro Pacheco, Cecile Grenier

“…We evaluated the prediction accuracies for several agronomically important traits (days to flowering, plant height, yield, harvest index, thousand-grain weight, and grain nitrogen content) in a rice diversity panel grown in four distinct environments. …”
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Abundance and Symbiotic Rhizobia Colonizing Soybean (Glycine max) in Soils of Kakamega County, Western Kenya by Samuel Mulama, Rose Onamu, Fredrick Odongo, John Muoma

“…Thirty isolates from the soil collected in the four regions were tested for efficiency using soybean as the trap plant in Leonard jars containing sterilized vermiculite irrigated with nitrogen-free media. Determination of the relationship between rhizobial abundance and symbiotic efficiency with respect to the soil chemical conditions was performed using ANOVA, and the means were compared using Tukey’s honest significant difference test. …”
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Gas sensitivity of individual nanostructures based on functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes and metal oxides by N. A. Davletkildeev, D. V. Sokolov, V. V. Bolotov

“…The Fermi level shift and the change in longitudinal conductivity upon absorption ammonia and nitrogen dioxide are determined. It is shown that the change in conductivity of the composite nanostructures to the correlates with the Fermi level shift under gases exposure as a result of charge carriers concentration changing in the metal oxide surface layers upon adsorption of gas molecules.…”
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Physicochemical Properties and Fertility Assessment of Soils in Foumban (West Cameroon) by Vivien Piercy Lotse Tedontsah, Michel Bertrand Mbog, Gilbert François Ngon Ngon, Robert Christel Edzoa, Bernard Tassongwa, Dieudonné Bitom, Jacques Etame

“…In order to achieve this objective, ninety (90) soil samples of this area were studied in order to determine their physicochemical parameters, namely, soil organic carbon (OC), total nitrogen (N), available P, total P, exchangeable cations (Ca, Mg, K, and Na), cation exchange capacity (CEC), and pH of water. …”
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The effect of municipal sewage sludge on the quality of soil and crops by Suad Jaffar Abdul Khaliq, Ahmed Al-Busaidi, Mushtaque Ahmed, Malik Al-Wardy, Hesham Agrama, B. S. Choudri

“…Abstract Purpose To examine the effects of the application of composted sewage sludge fertilizer (commercially sold as Kala compost) and inorganic (NPK) fertilizers on soil quality and on two crops (radish and beans) irrigated using groundwater and sewage treated wastewater (TWW) for irrigation by measuring heavy metals in the soil and plants and other parameters such as crops yield, TOC in soil, chlorophyll index and total nitrogen. Methods The field experiments were conducted in an open area in Agricultural Experimental Study at Sultan Qaboos University campus, Oman. …”
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Fabrication of Zn and Ti-loaded Carbon-silica Composite Derived from Gelatin Template for the Photodegradation of Methylene Blue by Maria Ulfa, Ika Uswatun Hasanah, Ida Setiarini

“…The morphological surface exhibited stacked tubular shapes of TiO2/CSNs and ZnO/CSNs with the primary elements of Ti, Zn, Si, C, and O. The nitrogen adsorption-desorption curves revealed both micropores and mesopores of TiO2/CSNs and ZnO/CSNs where the surface area reduced due to the blocking pore after impregnation. …”
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