Assessment on Performance and Emission Characteristics of the CRDI Engine Fueled with Ethanol/Diesel Blends in Addition to EGR by C. Dineshkumar, P. D. Jeyakumar, C. K. Arvinda Pandian, N. Rajmohan, P. V. Elumalai, N. Kamesh, Saboor Shaik, Mohsen Sharifpur, Nima Khalilpoor

“…The blend E30D70 showed that brake thermal efficiency (BTE) without EGR drops by 3.8%, increased by 9.14% of BSFC, a 9.25% decrease in oxides of nitrogen emissions, and slightly decreased CO and HC emissions compared to baseline diesel operation at 60% load condition. …”
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Safety of frozen and dried forms of whole yellow mealworm (Tenebrio molitor larva) as a novel food pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 by EFSA Panel on Nutrition, Novel Foods and Food Allergens (NDA), Dominique Turck, Torsten Bohn, Montaña Cámara, Jacqueline Castenmiller, Stefaan De Henauw, Karen Ildico Hirsch‐Ernst, Ángeles Jos, Alexandre Maciuk, Inge Mangelsdorf, Breige McNulty, Androniki Naska, Kristina Pentieva, Alfonso Siani, Frank Thies, Margarita Aguilera‐Gómez, Francesco Cubadda, Thomas Frenzel, Marina Heinonen, Monika Neuhäuser‐Berthold, Helle Katrine Knutsen, Morten Poulsen, Miguel Prieto Maradona, Josef Rudolf Schlatter, Alexandros Siskos, Henk vanLoveren, Gabriela Precup, Ermolaos Ververis, Harry J. McArdle

“…The Panel acknowledges that the true protein content is overestimated when using the nitrogen‐to‐protein conversion factor of 6.25 due to the presence of non‐protein nitrogen from chitin. …”
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Spatiotemporal distribution patterns and assembly mechanisms of eukaryotic plankton communities in Liujiaxia Reservoir at the northeastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau by Lingyun Chen, Jihua Cheng, Yangcuo Wanma, Shiying Zhu, Alan Warren, Yingzhi Ning

“…In addition, environmental factors such as water transparency, total phosphorus, total nitrogen, ammonia nitrogen, and pH were confirmed to have the most significant impact on the distribution of these communities in the reservoir. …”
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Isolation and optimization of Bacillus thuringiensis BRB-3 isolated from germinated black upland rice seeds for GABA production by Rungnapha Wannasutta, Sophon Boonlue, Nuntavun Riddech, Wiyada Mongkolthanaruk

“…GABA production was optimized in MRS broth by investigating carbon, nitrogen, monosodium glutamate (MSG), pH and temperature. …”
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Pore Structure and Fractal Characteristics of Shale under the Control of Bedding and Size: A Case Study of Shale from the Longmaxi Formation in China by Yao Cheng, Yifeng Xie, Yulin Ma, Yanlin Zhao

“…Two fractal dimensions D1 and D2 were calculated from nitrogen adsorption data at relative pressures of 0–0.45 and 0.45–1, using the FHH method. …”
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Effects of Land Uses on Soil Quality Indicators: The Case of Geshy Subcatchment, Gojeb River Catchment, Ethiopia by Melku Dagnachew, Awdenegest Moges, Asfaw Kebede Kassa

“…However, silt, clay, soil pH, SOC contents, carbon-to-nitrogen ratio, and available phosphorus did not show significant variations between LU types and soil depths (p>0.05). …”
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Evaluation of the current status and risks of aquatic ecology in the Jialing River Basin based on the characteristics and succession trends of phytoplankton communities by Maojin Huang, Fei Xu, Jia Xia, Xue Yang, Fubin Zhang, Siyao Liu, Tuo Zhang

“…The aquatic ecosystem health was better in autumn than in spring and in the mainstem than in the tributary. 3) Ammonia nitrogen and permanganate indices were key drivers of community composition in the tributary, while the main stem was negatively correlated with total phosphorus, ammonia nitrogen, and permanganate indices. 4) Stochastic processes dominated the assembly of phytoplankton communities in spring in the Jialing River, while autumn in the Jialing and Xichong Rivers (tributary river) and spring in the Xichong River were mainly dominated by deterministic processes. …”
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Protein and metabolite acclimations to temperature variability in a calcareous green macroalga Halimeda macroloba by Hao Zhang, Yuyu Wang, Lingshuai Zhang, Zhiqin Wang, Zejun Zhu, Lijuan Long, Lijuan Long

“…At the supra-optimal temperature of 31°C, despite reduced photosynthetic performance, the alga maintained high metabolic activity to facilitate growth and calcification by increasing the abundance of proteins involved in light-harvesting, photosystems, and carbon fixation, while redistributing substantial carbon into sugars and fatty acids. Enhanced nitrogen reserves, shown by increased levels of nitrogen uptake and assimilation proteins and amino acids such as pyroglutamic and N-Methyl-D-aspartic acids, likely contributed to its high-temperature tolerance. …”
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Assessing Microbial Diversity in Páramo Soils (Multistrategy Analysis): Effects of Potato Farming and Livestock Grazing in Nevados National Natural Park, Colombia by Lizeth Manuela Avellaneda-Torres, Tomás León Sicard, Edlin Guerra Castro, Esperanza Torres-Rojas

“…The strategy adopted by the arable functional group matrix, in which the diversity of nitrogen fixation, phosphate solubilization, and cellulolytic compounds was evaluated, showed the most significant impacts of the different factors (land use, season, and elevation), especially those caused by potato cultivation and livestock. …”
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A New Approach to Determine the Total Airborne N Input into the Soil/Plant System Using 15N Isotope Dilution (ITNI): Results for Agricultural Areas in Central Germany by Rolf W.B. Russow, Frank Bahme, Heinz-Ulrich Neue

“…The atmospheric deposition of nitrogen (N) in the environment is of great concern due to its impact on natural ecosystems including affecting vegetation, reducing biodiversity, increasing tree growth in forests, and the eutrophication of aquatic systems. …”
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Effect of animal waste and vegetable compost on production and growth of earthworm (Eisenia fetida) during vermiculture by D. S. J. V. Vodounnou, D. N. S. Kpogue, C. E. Tossavi, G. A. Mennsah, E. D. Fiogbe

“…The initial physico-chemical parameters (pH, humidity, ash, organic matter, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus and C:N ratio) were determined in each waste of the different substrates before the study. …”
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Sb2S3-templated synthesis of sulfur-doped Sb-N-C with hierarchical architecture and high metal loading for H2O2 electrosynthesis by Minmin Yan, Zengxi Wei, Zhichao Gong, Bernt Johannessen, Gonglan Ye, Guanchao He, Jingjing Liu, Shuangliang Zhao, Chunyu Cui, Huilong Fei

“…Main-group metal and nitrogen coordinated carbons (M-N-Cs) are promising but remain largely underexplored due to the low metal-atom density and the lack of understanding in the structure-property correlation. …”
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Investigation into the Pore Structure and Multifractal Characteristics of Shale Reservoirs through N2 Adsorption: An Application in the Triassic Yanchang Formation, Ordos Basin, Ch... by Zhikai Liang, Zhenxue Jiang, Zhuo Li, Fenglin Gao, Xiaoqing Liu

“…The multifractal characteristic parameters, including the width of singularity spectra (Δα), Hurst exponent (H), D1/D0, and nitrogen gas adsorption, were used to find out about the characteristics of pore development and to quantify the complexity and heterogeneity of pore structure. …”
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Response of Plant Leaf Traits to Environmental Factors in Climax Communities at Varying Latitudes in Karst Regions by Gang Xie, Yang Wang, Zhifeng Chen, Yangyang Ji, Yao Lu, Yi Liang, Ruiyu Zhou, Juan Tao

“…The results indicated that (1) there were significant differences in both the community leaf aspect ratio and the community-specific leaf area. (2) Soil organic carbon content exhibited significant variations across different latitudes, while soil nitrogen content was notably higher in mid-latitude and low-latitude regions compared to high-latitude areas. …”
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Effects of water nutrient concentrations on stream macroinvertebrate community stoichiometry: a large-scale study by Beck, Miriam, Billoir, Elise, Usseglio-Polatera, Philippe, Meyer, Albin, Gautreau, Edwige, Danger, Michael

“…Relying on a stoichiometric database for >200 taxa and >1300 standardized sampling events of macroinvertebrate assemblages from the French national monitoring programme, we investigated the effect of water phosphorus and nitrogen load on stream macroinvertebrate community stoichiometry. …”
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Impact of Enzyme–Microbe Combined Fermentation on the Safety and Quality of Soy Paste Fermented with Grass Carp By-Products by Jing Yang, Zihan Li, Xinping Lin, Sufang Zhang, Chaofan Ji

“…Across all fermentation conditions, amino acid nitrogen levels increased, while total volatile basic nitrogen levels decreased in both pastes, indicating improved quality. …”
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Combination of Two‐Stage Continuous Feeding and Optimized Synthetic Medium Increases Lipid Production in Lipomyces starkeyi by Chih‐Chan Wu, Kenji Okano, Pijar Religia, Yuki Soma, Masatomo Takahashi, Yoshihiro Izumi, Takeshi Bamba, Kohsuke Honda

“…ABSTRACT The oleaginous yeast Lipomyces starkeyi is recognized for its remarkable lipid accumulation under nitrogen‐limited conditions. However, precise control of microbial lipid production in L. starkeyi remains challenging due to the complexity of nutrient media. …”
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Effects of a Multifunctional Cover Crop (LivinGro^®) on Soil Quality Indicators in Zaragoza, Spain by Javier González-Pérez, José Antonio Sillero-Medina, Paloma Hueso-González, José Damián Ruiz-Sinoga, Francisco Javier Peris-Felipo, Ana Lia Gayán-Quijano

“…In general, the MCC zones in the treelines and inter-rows had better soil health, especially in key indicators such as basal soil respiration, organic matter, nitrogen, and porosity. Climatic variability, especially seasonal differences in rainfall, also affected multiple soil indicators. …”
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Short-Term Effects of Biogas Digestates and Pig Slurry Application on Soil Microbial Activity by J. Abubaker, K. Risberg, E. Jönsson, A. S. Dahlin, H. Cederlund, M. Pell

“…However, this effect can also be regarded as positive, since it may reduce nitrogen losses.…”
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The Collection of Rhizosphere Microorganisms: its importance for the study of associative plant-bacterium interactions by O. V. Turkovskaya, S. N. Golubev

“…This group includes nitrogen-fixing soil alpha-proteobacte-ria of the genus Azospirillum, which form the core of the IBPPM collection. …”
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