On a verbal offence against religious feelings – commentary on the European Court of Human Rights’ judgement of 15 September 2022 in Rabczewska v. Poland by Lidia K. Jaskuła

“…No. 8257/13), the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) held that the conviction of a Polish singer for her statement made during a press interview – “It’s hard to believe in the writings of someone wasted from drinking wine and smoking some weed,” referring to the authors of the Bible – violated Article 10 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. …”
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Assessment of Cytotoxicity and Genotoxicity Potential of Effluents from Bahir Dar Tannery Using Allium cepa by Tayachew Admas, Bizuayehu Kerisew

“…Industries shall think of biological waste treatment methods.…”
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Kinetic and Equilibrium Studies on the Adsorption of Pb(II), Cd(II) and Cu(II) by Rape Straw by Xiao-Bao Gong

“…In this study, rape straw (RS), a kind of agricultural waste abundantly available at no cost, was used as an efficient biosorbent for the removal of Pb(II), Cd(II) and Cu(II) ions from aqueous solutions. …”
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Institutional Components Affecting the Internationalization of Higher Education: A Case Study on Estonia by Joamets Kristi, Vasquez Maria Claudia Solarte

“…The opposite would increase the likelihood of wasteful investments and mismanagement, affecting the stability, reliability, and sustainability of advancements in this area. …”
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Investigating the Feasibility and Impact of Perinatal Depression Screening and Treatment in Rural Nsambe, Malawi by Waste Kayira, Mark Chalamanda, Kingsley Kanzoole, Kondwani Mpinga, Moses Banda Aron, Ksakred Kelly, Sarah Singer, Enoch Ndarama, Stephanie Smith, Giuseppe Raviola, Basimenye Nhlema, Emilia Connolly, Todd Ruderman

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Optimizing biochar for carbon sequestration: a synergistic approach using machine learning and natural language processing by Jiayi Li, Yixuan Chen, Chaojie Wang, Hanbo Chen, Yurong Gao, Jun Meng, Zhongyuan Han, Lukas Van Zwieten, Yi He, Caibin Li, Gerard Cornelissen, Hailong Wang

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A Quantified Analysis of Lean First Then Automate for a Synergetic Effect by Sharmin Akter Urmee, Mosharraf Hossain

“…ABSTRACT Lean manufacturing has become a buzzword for the past few years due to its capability to reduce waste and make the system more efficient. To meet the numerous demands of consumers, companies are moving toward Industry 4.0, which can be accomplished through automation. …”
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Effect of laccase from Trametes versicolor on the oxidative stability of edible vegetable oils by G.K. Guerberoff, C.C. Camusso

“…Laccase have become important, industrially relevant enzymes that can be used for a number of diverse applications such waste detoxification, textile dye transformation, food technologic uses, biosensor and analytical applications, bioethanol production, among others. …”
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An Assessment of Physicochemical Parameters of Selected Industrial Effluents in Nepal by Abhinay Man Shrestha, Sanjila Neupane, Gunjan Bisht

“…This study has been conducted with samples of wastewater from 5 different industrial sites in 4 districts of Nepal, namely, Makwanpur, Sunsari, Morang, and Kathmandu, among which two were Waste Water Treatment Plants which treated the combined effluents collected from various sources. …”
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Effect of Pore-Scale Mineral Spatial Heterogeneity on Chemically Induced Alterations of Fractured Rock: A Lattice Boltzmann Study by Hossein Fazeli, Ravi Patel, Helge Hellevang

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Potential of corn cob compost in corn fertilization on alfisol soil by Purnomo Djoko, Setyaningrum Desy

“…Corn cobs as waste material after the seeds are removed have not been utilized so they have the potential to become pollutants. …”
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Effect of GFRP and steel reinforcement bars on the flexural behavior of RC beams containing recycled aggregate� by Rasha A. El-Sadany, Sherif H. Al-Tersawy, Hossam El-Din M. Sallam

“…Concrete containing wastes from the demolition of old deteriorated buildings are produced enormously. …”
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A Total Economic Valuation of Wetland Ecosystem Services: An Evidence from Jagadishpur Ramsar Site, Nepal by Sony Baral, Bijendra Basnyat, Rajendra Khanal, Kalyan Gauli

“…However, management of the wetland often does not remain priority and recognized as the unproductive waste land mainly due to poor realization of the economic value of the wetlands. …”
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Exergetic Assessment for Resources Input and Environmental Emissions by Chinese Industry during 1997–2006 by Bo Zhang, Beihua Peng, Mingchu Liu

“…Furthermore, the total exergy of environmental emissions was estimated to be 3499.3 PJ in 2006, 1.7 times of that in 1997, of which 93.4% was from GHG emissions and only 6.6% from “three wastes” emissions. A rapid increment of the nonrenewable resources input and GHG emissions over 2002–2006 can be found, owing to the excessive expansion of resource- and energy-intensive subsectors. …”
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Socio-Economic Characteristics and Animal Feed Resources of Ruminant Farmers in Katsina State, Nigeria by A. Aruwayo, K.S. Ahmed, I.R. Muhammad

“…Farm residues, home remnants and agro allied waste were shown to have abetted the challenges of scarcity of ruminant feed especially during the dry season of the year. …”
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Assessing the Suitability of Recycled Concrete Material in the Production of Concrete. by Mumbere, Collins

“…Besides a lot of concrete waste material continues to emerge out there being disposed off with less concern for the interests of the environment. …”
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Performance Evaluation of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement Concrete in Rigid Pavement Construction. by Mutuyimana, John Robert

“…The rising cost of traditional construction materials and environmental effects of dumped asphalt waste concrete has prompted the investigation into the performance of reclaimed asphalt pavement as aggregates in concrete for rigid pavement construction. …”
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Assessment of Cassava Peel Ash as a Partial Replacement of Cement in Plain Concrete Production. by Byamukama, Dan

“…At the long run cassava peeling that currently constitutes waste concern in south western Uganda can best be managed through alternative use.…”
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Analysis of Leaching Rate of Heavy Metals from Fly Ash at Varying Leachant pH & Cumulative Liquid to Solid Ratios by Tobby, Micheal Agwe, Sharma, S. N., Pandey, Govind

“…Analysis of the eluate for Copper (Cu), Selenium (Se), Zinc (Zn), Cadmium (Cd), Lead (Pb), Nickel (Ni), Chromium (Cr) and Arsenic (As), revealed that the concentrations of Se at Selenium L/S of 0.1 for leachant pH of 5.87, 6.41 and 7.01, exceeded the allowable limits for non-hazardous wastes disposal into the landfills.…”
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Treatment Efficiency by means of a Nonthermal Plasma Combined with Heterogeneous Catalysis of Odoriferous Volatile Organic Compounds Emissions from the Thermal Drying of Landfill L... by Daniel Almarcha, Manuel Almarcha, Elena Jimenez-Coloma, Laura Vidal, Montserrat Puigcercós, Iban Barrutiabengoa

“…The objective of the present work was to assess the odoriferous volatile organic compounds depuration efficiency of an experimental nonthermal plasma coupled to a catalytic system used for odor abatement of real emissions from a leachate thermal drying plant installed in an urban solid waste landfill. VOC screening was performed by means of HRGC-MS analysis of samples taken at the inlet and at the outlet of the nonthermal plasma system. …”
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