Polysaccharide Hydrogel-Assisted Biosensing Platforms for Point-of-Care Use by Sang-Uk Kim, Young Jun Kim, Tae Hee Lee

“…In terms of materials, hydrogels, a unique family of water-absorbing biocompatible polymers, have emerged as promising components for the development of biosensors. …”
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Mesoscale Modelling of Bond Behavior at FRP-Concrete under Mode II Loading: Effect of Rayleigh Damping by Feng-chen An, Qiong-guan Xiao, Shuai Li, Hong-jun Li

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An entropy based spatial–temporal cube with its application to assess stress of overburden due to mining by Changde Yang, Yang Chen, Binbin Yang, Chunshui Huang

“…Over time, z-score shows that the noticeable reduction in mining-induced overburden stress becomes increasingly pronounced, especially in the water-conducting fracture zone. The model's bifurcation set serves as the comprehensive criterion for the entropy-induced sudden changes in the rock system, signifying overall failure.…”
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Protective Effect of Thyme Extract on Albino Rats Exposed to Paraquat by Nazar M. Shareef Mahmood

“…The current study was conducted on thirty-two (32) male albino rats, they were separated equally and randomly upon four (4) groups, all groups fed normal diet and drunk tap water ad libitum as following; the first group was considered as control. …”
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The Importance of Ecosystem/Watershed Management Knowledge in Environmental Engineering Education by Vedat Yılmaz

“…Although environmental engineering -primarily focusing on healthy water supply and disposal of wastewater- incorporates study areas of various engineering disciplines, it has also undertaken a wide range of activities such as infrastructure activities, climate change, waste management, health and safety, environmental management and etc. since 70’s. …”
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Suppression of Bromus tectorum L. by Established Perennial Grasses: Potential Mechanisms—Part One by Robert R. Blank, Tye Morgan

“…Using rhizotrons, the experiment was conducted over 5 growth cycles: (1) B. tectorum planted between perennial grasses; (2) perennials clipped and B. tectorum planted; (3) perennials clipped and B. tectorum planted into soil mixed with activated carbon; (4) perennials clipped, B. tectorum planted, and top-dressed with fertilizer, and; (5) perennial grasses killed and B. tectorum planted. Water was not limiting in this study. Response variables measured at the end of each growth cycle included above-ground mass and tissue nutrient concentrations. …”
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Determining the crop planting calendar using T-test observation and Zoning Agro Climati and agricultural with Hotelling test in Kermanshah province by Behroz Sobhani, Vahid Safarian Zengir, Akhzar Karami

“…According to research, the station is under study, corn crop water demand in the months of June, July, August and September not secure and High temperature areas due to reduced need frequent in the months of May and June and in the lowlands due to a sharp increase in flowering time, seed maintenance and handling problems during the growing season makes this crop. …”
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Overview and Discussion of the OECD/NRC Benchmark Based on NUPEC PWR Subchannel and Bundle Tests by M. Avramova, A. Rubin, H. Utsuno

“…The Pennsylvania State University (PSU) under the sponsorship of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has prepared, organized, conducted, and summarized the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development/US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (OECD/NRC) benchmark based on the Nuclear Power Engineering Corporation (NUPEC) pressurized water reactor (PWR) subchannel and bundle tests (PSBTs). …”
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Protective Effect of Thyme Extract on Albino Rats Exposed to Paraquat by Nazar M. Shareef Mahmood

“…The current study was conducted on thirty-two (32) male albino rats, they were separated equally and randomly upon four (4) groups, all groups fed normal diet and drunk tap water ad libitum as following; the first group was considered as control. …”
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Energy Budget on Various Land Use Areas Using Reanalysis Data in Florida by Chi-Han Cheng, Fidelia Nnadi, Yuei-An Liou

“…Hence, quantifying the energy budget on different land uses is critical for understanding the water budget and providing useful land use information for decision makers. …”
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Lymph Drainage in Pregnant Women by Sylvia Cataldo Oportus, Lilian de Paiva Rodrigues, José Maria Pereira de Godoy, Maria de Fátima Guerreiro Godoy

“…The volume of the legs was measured by water displacement volumetry before and after one hour of drainage using the Godoy & Godoy manual lymph drainage technique. …”
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Effect of moisture content variation on dielectric properties of various plant leaves at microwave frequencies by Pratipal D. Chauhan, Deepak H. Gadani, Vipin A. Rana

“…Above certain moisture level in the leaves, $$\varepsilon$$ ε ″ starts to increase slowly with the increase in frequency above 3 GHz approaching towards the dielectric relaxation of water. The values of $$\varepsilon$$ ε ′ and $$\varepsilon$$ ε ″ were also measured for the extract of leaves and compared with the values calculated using Stogryn equations for the same salinity, and the results agree with the calculated values. …”
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Post-harvest Fungal Infection in Arabica Coffee Beans (Coffea arabica Linnaeus) in the Coffee Center of West Sumatra Province, Indonesia by Martinius Martinius, Aziz Fauzi, Zurai Resti

“…The best quality of Arabica coffee beans was found in Solok Radjo (quality 3), with a water content that suitable with SNI standards. …”
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The State-of-the-Art Brief Review on Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting from Flow-Induced Vibration by Hongjun Zhu, Tao Tang, Huohai Yang, Junlei Wang, Jinze Song, Geng Peng

“…Nevertheless, such fluid-structure coupling process continuously extracts the kinetic energy from ambient fluid flow, presenting the conversion potential from the mechanical energy to electricity. As the air and water flows are widely encountered in nature, piezoelectric energy harvesters show the advantages in small-scale utilization and self-powered instruments. …”
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Viscerosomatic, hepatosomatic indices and condition factor of Barbonymus and Osteochilus genus in the freshwater river of North Aceh, Indonesia by Putra Abdul Samad Agus, Junita Afrah, Ilman Navia Zidni

“…The observed parameters during the study were the viscerosomatic index, hepatosomatic index, condition factor, and water quality parameters. All samples were measured for weight and length, and then dissected to measure the viscerosomatic and hepatosomatic indices. …”
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The Development and Application of Novel IR and NMR-Based Model for the Evaluation of Carminative Effect of Artemisia judaica L. Essential Oil by Muhammed Alzweiri, Ibrahim M. Alrawashdeh, Sanaa K. Bardaweel

“…Apparently, 10 mg of the oil was able to solubilize water in a chloroform layer up to 4.3% (w/w). In order to correlate the observed surface activity of the oil to its actual composition, GC-MS and GC-FID structural analysis were undertaken. …”
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Sensitivity of Service Life Extension and CO2 Emission due to Repairs by Silane Treatment Applied on Concrete Structures under Time-Dependent Chloride Attack by Aruz Petcherdchoo

“…The service life of concrete structures without silane treatment is most sensitive to the water-to-cement ratio and the threshold depth of concrete structures. …”
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Single and combination effects of dietary aflatoxin and adsorbents (palyvinylpolypyrrolidone and benionite) on some performance parameters of broiler chickens by Halis Oğuz, Ömer Demet

“…A total ol 147 day-old unvaccinated broiler chicks (Avian) were divided into seven groups (control, AF, PVPP, AF+PVPP, PVPP+BNT, AF+PVPP+BNT, and AF+BNT) each consist of 21 chickens. 2.5 mg ol AF (total allatoxin; 83.1% 8,, 13.0% B₂, 2,8% G₁ and 1,1% G₂), i y of PVPP. and 5 g of BNT were incorporated into per kg ot feed. Feed and water were provided ad libitum from 1 to 21 day& Feed consumption, body weighi were determined every 7 days. …”
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Simultaneous Adsorption of Cr(VI) and Phenol from Binary Mixture Using Iron Incorporated Rice Husk: Insight to Multicomponent Equilibrium Isotherm by Ankur Gupta, Chandrajit Balomajumder

“…Fe modified rice husk was prepared as a low cost biosorbent for the removal of Cr(VI) and phenol both singly and in combination from single and binary simulated synthetic waste water. Rice husk was modified by treating with FeSO4·7H2O. …”
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Spatio-Temporal Rainfall Variability and Concentration over Sri Lanka by Uttam Pawar, Pasindu Karunathilaka, Upaka Rathnayake

“…Changes in precipitation patterns significantly affect flood and drought hazard management and water resources at local to regional scales. Therefore, the main motivation behind this paper is to examine the spatial and temporal rainfall variability over Sri Lanka by Standardized Rainfall Anomaly Index (SRAI) and Precipitation Concentration Index (PCI) from 1990 to 2019. …”
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