Mainstreaming precast and block hempcrete—a carbon sequestering solution for the built environment by Pandwe Gibson

“…Hempcrete, a blend of hemp hurd, lime, and water, has emerged as a sustainable and carbon-negative building material with promising applications in the construction industry. …”
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Ranking the VIR collection of maize (Zea mays L.) according to the traits valuable for breeding in the soil and climate environments of the Republic of Belarus by Ye. M. Govor, E. B. Khatefov

“…The research results proved the efficiency of the assessment of maize accessions from VIR for traits of breeding value in the water- and heatdeficient environments of Belarus in order to use them as source material in hybrid breeding.…”
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Behavior of Low Grade Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete Made with Fresh and Recycled Brick Aggregates by Md. Shariful Islam, Mohammad Al Amin Siddique

“…The same gradation of aggregates and water-cement ratio (w/c=0.44) were used to assess the effect of steel fiber in all these concrete mixes. …”
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What was Killing Babies in Rostock? An Investigation of Infant Mortality Using Individual-Level Cause-of-Death Data, 1800–1904 by Michael Mühlichen, Laura Ann Cilek

“…Our analyses also reveal that water-food borne diseases were underestimated in Rostock, even though symptomatic disease terms such as convulsions and teething, that were frequently recorded over much of the 19th century, had deviating seasonality patterns and thus cannot entirely refer to this disease group but rather to a wide field of different diseases. …”
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Origin of the MRI Contrast in Natural and Hydrogel Formulation of Pineapple Juice by Domenico Rizzo, Enrico Ravera, Marco Fragai, Giacomo Parigi, Claudio Luchinat

“…The relaxometry profiles were also compared with those of manganese(II) solutions in 50 mmol/dm3 sodium acetate solution (same pH of pineapple juice), which revealed sizable differences, mostly in the number of water molecules coordinated to the metal ion, their lifetimes, and in the constant of the Fermi-contact interaction. …”
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Identification of degradation risk areas and delineation of key ecological function areas in Qinling region by Xiaojuan Xu, Dayi Lin, Yue Yang, Jing Liu, Changxin Zou, Naifeng Lin, Fusheng Jiao, Qian Wu, Jie Qiu, Kun Zhang

“…The degradation risk zones of ecosystem quality and function were primarily located in the Sanjiangyuan, the Minshan-Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and the Loess Plateau in Shaanxi, Henan, and Gansu. The core areas for water and soil conservation only accounted for 17.92% and 10.47%, respectively, mainly distributed across the Qinling-Daba Mountains. …”
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Magnesium Alginate as an Electrolyte for Magnesium Batteries by Markus C. Kwakernaak, Lindah K. Kiriinya, Walter J. Legerstee, Winok M. J. Berghmans, Caspar G. T. Hofman, Erik M. Kelder

“…We propose that this is the ideal situation for an electrolyte that behaves in a similar way as a ‘water-in-salt’ system. Magnesium alginate was successfully synthesized and characterized by FTIR, XRD, and PDF. …”
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Ground-Penetrating Radar Evaluation of Moisture and Frost across Typical Saskatchewan Road Soils by Curtis Berthelot, Diana Podborochynski, Timo Saarenketo, Brent Marjerison, Colin Prang

“…In addition, at temperatures below freezing, all three systems identified an increase in water content in soils; however, when frozen, the sensitivity of dielectric constant across soil type and moisture content was significantly reduced. …”
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Time to invest in cholera by Rebecca C. Stout, Nicholas Feasey, Marion Péchayre, Nicholas Thomson, Benson Z. Chilima

“…We discuss contributing factors to the outbreak including a lack of investment in water, sanitation and hygiene (both historically and currently), human resource constraints, and the market structures which make accessing oral cholera vaccine challenging both in the midst of an ongoing outbreak and as a preventative approach. …”
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Religious Practices and Its Impacts on a Sustainable Urban Environment in Nigeria: The Way Forward by Timothy Oyebamiji Ogunbode, Funke Elizabeth Oyekan

“…Of the 11 variables, the first six alone offered 45.248%, namely, (i) contribution to climate change, (ii) night worships, (iii) noise pollution caused, (iv) use of the public address system, (v) quest for expansion, and (vi) religious uses of natural resources, especially water. In view of this, it is recommended that efforts should be made to check the extracted variables for a sustainable serene environment. …”
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Going Down Textual Lane: Ibadan in Text and Thoughts: A Review of Under the Brown Rusted Roofs by Abimbola Adunni Adelakun. Published by Kraftgriots, Ibadan, 2008, 252pp.1 by Kole Odutola

“…The place we sing its praises as aromi ́ ṣá lẹ̀gbẹ lẹ̀gbẹ -The city where water flows in abundance. Let me tell you my story of Ibadan through the eyes of writers and thinkers. …”
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Thirty-year land cover dynamics of a Ukrainian small town by Zibtseva Olha, Myroniuk Viktor, Yukhnovskyi Vasyl, Kirca Simay, Minder Victoria, Mishchenko Ihor, Pokotylova Kamila

“…The land cover was classified into five categories: forest, grassland, cropland, urban (buildings) and wetland (water). Using the Morphological Spatial Pattern Analysis, the dynamics of connectivity of elements of the urban forest was determined. …”
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Assembly of oleosin during efficient extraction: Altering the sequence of defatting solvents by Yu Li, Yuqian Qiao, Yuxuan Zhu, Wangyang Shen, Weiping Jin, Dengfeng Peng, Qingrong Huang

“…Oleosin consisted of two district types, with oleosin-H (16–17 kDa) being the part of the molecule with limited water solubility, while oleosin-L (13–14 kDa) constituted the non-soluble part. …”
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Physicochemical and Catalytic Properties of Vanadia/Titania Catalysts. III. Acidic Properties by Th. El-Nabarawy, M.N. Alaya, S.A. Sayed Ahmed, A.M. Youssef

“…These absorption bands have been ascribed to undissociated, coordinated water, hydrogen-bonded OH, acidic OH and basic OH groups, respectively. …”
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Stability Studies of Thiocolchicoside in Bulk and Capsules Using RP-HPTLC/Densitometry by Dnyansing K. Rajput, Atul A. Shirkhedkar, Jyoti K. Rajput, Harun M. Patel, Sanjay J. Surana

“…The chromatograms were developed using aluminum plates pre-coated with silica gel 60 RP-18 F254S as a stationary phase and methanol : water (70 : 30 ) as a mobile phase. The compact band for thiocolchicoside was observed at value of at an absorption wavelength of 377 nm. …”
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Cybersecurity of the municipal infrastructure by S. V. Kaliakin, Yu. M. Onishchenko, V. V. Nosov

“…Particular attention has been paid to the problems of safe automation of modern city management processes such as automation of traffic control systems, environmental monitoring systems, financial systems, power grids, water and gas supply systems, communication systems, and control systems for wastewater treatment plants. …”
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Structural Analysis of Inhibitor Binding to Enterovirus-D68 3C Protease by Vincent N. Azzolino, Ala M. Shaqra, Akbar Ali, Nese Kurt Yilmaz, Celia A. Schiffer

“…We have determined and analyzed three high-resolution inhibitor-bound crystal structures of EV68-3C protease, which revealed possible sites of resistance mutations, a key structural water molecule conserved during ligand binding, and the conformational flexibility of the catalytic histidine H40. …”
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Anaerobically digested dairy fiber in soilless potting media for poinsettias by John R. Lamont, George C. Elliott

“…Bulk density, container capacity, water-holding capacity, pH and EC of both mixes were evaluated before planting. …”
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Available phosphorus from phosphate extracted from swine wastewater for poultry by Fernando de Castro Tavernari, Airton Kunz, Vivian Feddern, Ricardo Steinmetz, Paola de Azevedo Mello, Valderi Luiz Dressler

“…The animals’ age was from 1 to 14 days old, which were housed in boxes and fed ad libitum (water and feed). At 14 days, 3 birds per experimental unit were slaughtered to evaluate tibia-breaking strength. …”
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Hypotheses and evidence related to intense sweeteners and effects on appetite and body weight changes: A scoping review of reviews. by Annhild Mosdøl, Gunn Elisabeth Vist, Camilla Svendsen, Hubert Dirven, Inger Therese Laugsand Lillegaard, Gro Haarklou Mathisen, Trine Husøy

“…Evidence was often presented for intense sweeteners as a group or unspecified, and against several comparators (e.g. sugar, water, placebo, intake levels) with limited discussion on the interpretation of different combinations. …”
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