Effects of <i>Serendipita indica</i> on the Morphological and Physiological Characteristics of <i>Agrostis stolonifera</i> L. Under Drought Stress by Chuhong Lin, Wenxu Hu, Xin Qin, Yongjun Fei, Die Hu

“…These improvements were evident in both aboveground and underground parts, leaf relative water content, total root length, and root surface area after 25 days of drought treatments. …”
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Results of scientific expedition to natural biotopes of the Republic of Tyva in 2019 with the purpose of infectious disease monitoring in wild bird populations by M. S. Volkov, V. N. Irza, A. V. Varkentin, S. V. Rogolyov, A. V. Andriyasov

“…The results of the scientific expedition to Tere Khol and Uvs Nuur Lakes in the Republic of Tyva with the purpose of active monitoring of highly dangerous diseases in wild migratory waterfowl and epidemic analysis of these biotope water areas are presented in the paper. The Uvs Nuur Lake is a kind of an indicator for avian influenza introduction to the Russian Federation, because this is the resting and nesting area for many migratory wild birds during the period of mass migrations from Central and South-East Asian countries. …”
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Characterization and Comparison of Structure and Physicochemical Properties of Highland Barley Starch of Different Colors by Mengru Han, Xiongying Zhang, Honglu Wang, Jiayue Zhou, Meijin Liu, Xirong Zhou, Aliaksandr Ivanistau, Qinghua Yang, Baili Feng

“…A cluster heat map showed that starches from differently colored highland barley vary in fine structure, water solubility, swelling power, and thermal and pasting properties. …”
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Effect of Fermentation with Two Molds on Characteristics of Chicken Meat by Liping Guo, Yan Li, Shengchao Ding, Baowei Wang, Yinglian Zhu, Bin Pang, Ming Huang, Harvey Ho, Jiying Yu, Jingxin Sun

“…P. nalgiovense-fermented samples contained more bound water, lower relative content of alkanes, and higher relative content of aldehydes than P. chrysogenum-fermented samples.…”
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Purification of Angiotensin-I-Converting Enzyme Inhibitory Peptides Derived from Camellia oleifera Abel Seed Meal Hydrolysate by Guang-long Yao, Wei He, You-gen Wu, Jian Chen, Xin-wen Hu, Jing Yu

“…The following were the conditions of the optimized enzymatic hydrolysis to obtain ACE inhibitory peptides from COASM: 15 times of hydrolysis in distilled water for 3.5 h at 50°C, pH = 8.5, substrate concentration of 17 mg/g, and addition of 6% (w/w) alkaline protease. …”
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Cost-Effectiveness and Budget Impact of Emerging Minimally Invasive Surgical Treatments for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia by Bilal Chughtai, Sirikan Rojanasarot, Kurt Neeser, Dmitry Gultyaev, Stacey L. Amorosi, Neal D. Shore

“…Prostatic urethral lift (PUL) and convective water vapor thermal therapy (WVTT) are emerging minimally invasive surgical treatments as an alternative to traditional treatment options for men with moderate-to-severe BPH. …”
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Municipal solid wastes quantification and model forecasting by Y. Teshome, N. Habtu, M. Molla, M. Ulsido

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Design of Archimedes Screw Turbine by Multi-step Selections on Parameter Pitch Distance, Blade Number, and Blade Angle by Sarjito, Agus Dwi Anggono, Wijianto, Fauzan Anas Wirawan, Sidik Kurniawan, Bagus Dwi Nugroho

“…One of the water turbines called an Archimedes screw turbine (ASTs) is appropriate to run in a low head of just less than 5 m and works at a wide range of discharge operations. …”
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Phyllosilicate-based adsorbents decorated with iron oxyhydroxides: Application for lead, chromates and selenites removal by Bugarčić Mladen, Veličković Zlate, Radovanović Željko, Milošević Milena, Mijatov Slavko, Stojanović Jovica, Marinković Aleksandar

“…Adsorption experiments conducted in a batch and column system demonstrated good potential for purification of water contaminated with Pb2+, Cr(VI), and Se(IV). …”
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Development of Homogeneous Carboxylation of Phenolates via Kolbe–Schmitt Reaction by Dmitry A. Merzliakov, Michael S. Alexeev, Maxim A. Topchiy, Dmitry G. Yakhvarov, Nikolai Yu. Kuznetsov, Anton L. Maximov, Irina P. Beletskaya

“…In this study, the homogeneous carboxylation of potassium, sodium, and lithium phenolates in DMSO solution at 100 °C by the Kolbe–Schmitt reaction was investigated. The impact of water, phenolate concentration, and cation nature on the yield of products and reaction selectivity was demonstrated. …”
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Synthesized hydrogel co-polymerized with hydrophobic n-butyl methacrylate and its impact on shrinkage mitigation and crack resistance of cement paste by Yiqun Guo, Yinghui Huang, Tongsheng Zhang, Tao Wang, Yuwei Ma, Mingxing Ni, Siqing Zeng, Jiangxiong Wei, Qijun Yu

“…However, conventional SAPs, such as acrylamide/acrylic sodium copolymer, often leave voids in situ after water release, causing significant strength reduction. …”
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Sensitivity Analysis and Numerical Simulation Study on Main Controlling Factors of Surface Movement and Deformation in Strip Filling Mining under Thick Unconsolidated Layers by Dequan Sun, Quanlin Wu, Xiaoyan Li, Zhaomin Zhang, Xiaotian Xu, Yang Li, Quansen Wu

“…In many mining areas, there is a lot of pressed coal under buildings, railways, and water bodies, and there are geological conditions of thick unconsolidated layers, so the surface subsidence has certain particularity. …”
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UHPLC-UV method validation for simultaneous quantification of vitexin and isovitexin from Santalum album L. leaves by Thi Kim Phung Phan, Minh Quan Le, Kien Duc Ngo

“…The quantification procedure was performed on a Hypersil GOLD aQ Column (3 μm; 150 × 2.1 mm) at 35°C, with a mobile phase of acetonitrile (A) and and water with 0.1% formic acid (B), a flow rate of 0.3 mL/min, a detection wavelength of 336 nm, and an injection volume of 3 µL. …”
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Biosorption of hexavalent chromium in a tannery industry wastewater using fungi species by D. Sivakumar

“…This study suggested that one could select the type of fungi species, ion concentration level, selection of treatment period, quantity of biomass to be used, and pH level of the medium, to achieve the highest reduction of any toxic metals from any contaminated water, wastewater and soil environment.…”
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Mechanical Performance and Microstructure of Ultra-High-Performance Concrete Modified by Calcium Sulfoaluminate Cement by Meimei Song, Chuanlin Wang, Ying Cui, Qiu Li, Zhiyang Gao

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Improved anti-corrosion performance of epoxy coatings based on pH-sensitive gels loaded with inhibitors by Bo Fang, Xinyue Zhang, Hongliang Liu, Fangchao Zhao, Yuzhu Li, Xiaotong Zeng, Zhenliang Feng, Wenzuo Li, Jie Liu

“…Furthermore, the protective performance of the TBP/EP coatings was improved by the addition of TBP gels, which was attributed to the TBP gels filling the defects of the coatings after expansion of water absorption, and the released corrosion inhibitors formed the corrosion inhibitor films and the iron tannate films on the metal surface, respectively. …”
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The Effect of Angipars on Diabetic Neuropathy in STZ-Induced Diabetic Male Rats: A Study on Behavioral, Electrophysiological, Sciatic Histological and Ultrastructural Indices by Nasser Zangiabadi, Hossein Mohtashami, Mahboobeh Hojatipour, Mandana Jafari, Majid Asadi-Shekaari, Mohammad Shabani

“…The vehicle group received 1 mL distilled water daily for two weeks and three experimental groups received, respectively, intraperitoneal injection of 5, 10, and 20 mg/kg Angipars daily for two weeks. …”
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Synthesis of Silica-Coated Fe3O4 Nanoparticles by Microemulsion Method: Characterization and Evaluation of Antimicrobial Activity by Goshu Asab, Enyew Amare Zereffa, Teshome Abdo Seghne

“…Magnetite and silica-coated magnetite (Fe3O4) nanoparticles (NPs) were synthesized by water-in-oil (W/O) microemulsion method from hydrated ferric nitrate, ferrous sulfate precursors and ammonia a precipitating agent with the assistance of Tween-80 and SDS surfactants. …”
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Degradation of Rhodamine B by manganese residue activated peroxymonosulfate by ZHENG Guoqing, HUANG Yukun, HAN Yaocong, XUE Xingyong, LU Yanyue, LAN Lihong, CHEN Zhennan

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Chronological development of environmental protection and sustainable development in Ethiopia: Systematic review by Tsegay Kahsay Gebrekidan, Muuz Gebretsadik Gebremariam, Meaza Kidane Teferi, Selama Gebreslassie Yebyo

“…The findings highlight that Ethiopia, with a longstanding history of environmental protection practices such as establishing protected areas, soil and water conservation, and sanitation, has made notable progress, especially since the mid-1990s. …”
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