The effect of groundwater depth on topsoil organic matter mineralization during a simulated dry summer in northwestern Europe by A. Françoys, A. Françoys, O. Mendoza, J. Hu, P. Boeckx, W. Cornelis, S. De Neve, S. Sleutel

“…<span class="inline-formula">−115</span> cm) resulted in different topsoil moisture values for the sandy loam (31 % vs. 38 % water-filled pore space – WFPS) and silt loam (33 % vs. 43 % WFPS) soils. …”
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Land use changes, green house gas emissions, and rehabilitation model of native tree species towards sustainable management by W.C. Adinugroho, H.L. Tata, . Darwo, Y. Lisnawati, H.S. Nuroniah, R. Dewi, I. Heriansyah, . Mawazin

“…Biophysical analysis reveals variations in peat depth, water table levels, and precipitation between these sites. …”
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Spatio-temporal dynamics of speleothem growth and glaciation in the British Isles by S. Panitz, S. Panitz, M. Rogerson, J. Longman, N. Scroxton, T. J. Lawson, T. C. Atkinson, V. Ersek, J. Baldini, L. Baldini, S. Umbo, M. A. Lone, G. M. Henderson, S. F. M. Breitenbach

“…Since speleothems (carbonate cave deposits) form from drip water and generally indicate the absence of an ice sheet and permafrost, we evaluate how speleothem growth phases defined by U series dates align with past glacial–interglacial cycles. …”
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A Phenologically Simplified Two-Stage Clumping Index Product Derived from the 8-Day Global MODIS-CI Product Suite by Ge Gao, Ziti Jiao, Zhilong Li, Chenxia Wang, Jing Guo, Xiaoning Zhang, Anxin Ding, Zheyou Tan, Sizhe Chen, Fangwen Yang, Xin Dong

“…Investigating seasonal variations in the CI is crucial, especially for estimating the leaf area index (LAI) and studying global carbon and water cycles. However, accurate estimations of the seasonal CI have substantial challenges, e.g., from the need for accurate hot spot measurements, i.e., the typical feature of the bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) shape in the current CI algorithm framework. …”
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Immune responses and resistance of white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) fed Probiotic Bacillus sp NP5 and prebiotic honey against White Spot Syndrome Virus infection by Widanarni Widanarni, Dewi Rahmi, Muhamad Gustilatov, Sukenda Sukenda, Diah Ayu Satyari Utami

“…White shrimp with an average weight of 1.8±0.06 gram/shrimp were reared at a density of 15 shrimps per aquarium (60 cm x 30 cm x 30 cm and water height of 20 cm) for eight weeks, then challenge against WSSV at lethal dose (LD50) dose as much as 0.1 ml per shrimp. …”
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Effect of Experimental Warming on Forage Nutritive Value and Storage in Alpine Meadows at Three Different Altitudes of Nianqing Tanggula Mountain, Northern Tibet: A Long-Term Exper... by Fusong Han, Wei Sun, Shaowei Li, Chengqun Yu, Jun Xu, Tianyu Li, Yujie Deng, Dorblha, Chuhong Chen, Dawaqiongda, Luobu, Gang Fu

“…Forage nutrition quality included crude protein (CP), acid detergent fiber (ADF), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), ether extract (EE), crude ash (Ash), and water-soluble carbohydrate (WSC) content. Warming did not affect community aboveground biomass (AGB) at the three elevations. …”
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Determining nutritional indices of Dori bleak, Alburnus doriae and Brond Snout, Chondrostoma regium in Zayandehroud River, Central Iran by Omidvar Farhadian, JAVAD BAGHERI, Nasrollah Mahboobi Soofiani, Safiollah Heidari, Eisa Ebrahimi

“…Materials and methods: Fish sampling and some physicochemical water parameters were carried out seasonally during the spring, summer, autumn, and winter of 2012 from two sampling areas of Cheshme Dimeh and Khersonek of ​​Zayandehroud River. …”
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L’aqueduc du Gier : nouvelles données sur le pont-siphon de Beaunant à Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon (Métropole de Lyon) by David Baldassari, François Blondel, Stéphane Gaillot

“…In 2018, an archaeological excavation was undertaken to study three piers (17, 18 and 19) of the Yzeron aqueduct at Beaunant (Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, France) which supported the conduits of a siphon that carried water from the Gier aqueduct to Lugdunum in Antiquity.The Yzeron siphon, which covered a length of 2,660 m and was located less than 20 km from the source of the Gier aqueduct on Fourvière hill in Lyon, made it possible to cross the Yzeron Valley which, at this point, was almost 1.50 km wide and 125 m deep. …”
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Soil variation response is mediated by growth trajectories rather than functional traits in a widespread pioneer Neotropical tree by Levionnois, Sébastien, Tysklind, Niklas, Nicolini, Eric, Ferry, Bruno, Troispoux, Valérie, Le Moguedec, Gilles, Morel, Hélène, Stahl, Clément, Coste, Sabrina, Caron, Henri, Heuret, Patrick

“…Functional traits were not involved in the soil response, as only two traits -leaf residual water content and K content-showed significant differences across soil types. …”
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Phytochemical analysis, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and enzyme inhibitory activities of bean pear (Pyrus calleryana fruit) by Huan Zhao, Huan Zhao, Qinqin Wang, Lanlan Yang, Lanlan Yang, Yuanquan Ran, Qiong Hu, Yi Hong, Minyi Tian, Minyi Tian, Minyi Tian

“…The present study reported phytochemical constituents, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and enzyme inhibitory activities of P. calleryana fruit water extract (WE) and ethanol extract (EE). In the P. calleryana fruit WE and EE, 63 compounds were identified using UHPLC-Q-Orbitrap-MS analysis, including 23 phenols, 13 flavonoids, 14 terpenoids, and 13 other types of compounds. …”
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Quantitative attribution of 2016 extreme arctic warmth: comparison between late winter and early spring by Junjie Zhu, Ke Fan, Shengping He, Tuantuan Zhang, Yi Deng, Song Yang, Deliang Chen, Kaiqiang Deng, Wei Yu, Baoqiang Tian, Hoffman H N Cheung

“…Compared with January‒February, an increase in solar radiation leads to an enhanced positive contribution from surface albedo processes in March‒April. Water vapor processes provide considerable positive contribution during both periods. …”
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History and Habitability of the LP 890-9 Planetary System by Rory Barnes, Laura N. R. do Amaral, Jessica Birky, Ludmila Carone, Peter Driscoll, Joseph R. Livesey, David Graham, Juliette Becker, Kaiming Cui, Martin Schlecker, Rodolfo Garcia, Megan Gialluca, Arthur Adams, MD Redyan Ahmed, Paul Bonney, Wynter Broussard, Chetan Chawla, Mario Damasso, William C. Danchi, Russell Deitrick, Elsa Ducrot, Emeline F. Fromont, Brandt A. L. Gaches, Sakshi Gupta, Michelle L. Hill, James A. G. Jackman, Estelle M. Janin, Mikołaj Karawacki, Matheus Daniel Koren, Roberto La Greca, Michaela Leung, Arturo Miranda-Rosete, Michael Kent A. Olohoy, Cecelia Ngo, Daria Paul, Chandan Kumar Sahu, Debajyoti Basu Sarkar, Mohammad Afzal Shadab, Edward W. Schwieterman, Melissa Sedler, Katie Texeira, Allona Vazan, Karen N. Delgado Vega, Rohit Vijayakumar, Jonathan T. Wojack

“…We find the magma ocean stage can last up to 50 Myr, remove eight Earth oceans of water, and leave up to 2000 bars of oxygen in the atmosphere. …”
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Overexpression of the <i>GmPM35</i> Gene Significantly Enhances Drought Tolerance in Transgenic Arabidopsis and Soybean by Xinyu Wang, Yao Sun, Rui Wang, Xinyang Li, Yongyi Li, Tianyu Wang, Zhaohao Guo, Yan Li, Wenxi Qiu, Shuyan Guan, Qi Zhang, Piwu Wang, Mingze Li, Siyan Liu, Xuhong Fan

“…Under drought stress conditions, soybean plants overexpressing the <i>GmPM35</i> gene showed an average increase of 76.81% in photosynthesis rate (Pn), 39.8% in transpiration rate (Tr), 126% in stomatal conductance (Gs), 47.71% in intercellular CO₂ concentration (Ci), and 26.44% in instantaneous water use efficiency (WUEi). The improvement of these indexes helped to reduce the accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the plants. …”
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Parasitic Zoonoses in Humans and Their Dogs from a Rural Community of Tropical Mexico by Antonio Ortega-Pacheco, Juan F. J. Torres-Acosta, Alejandro Alzina-López, Eduardo Gutiérrez-Blanco, Manuel E. Bolio-González, Armando J. Aguilar-Caballero, Roger I. Rodríguez-Vivas, Edwin Gutiérrez-Ruiz, Karla Y. Acosta-Viana, Eugenia Guzmán-Marín, Alberto Rosado-Aguilar, Matilde Jiménez-Coello

“…Contaminated sources with T. gondii (food and water) should be further investigated in order to design effective control measures.…”
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Identification and Mass Spectrometric Fragmentation Pathways of Chemical Components in the Traditional Chinese Medicine Formula of Jiuwei Decoction by Jia-yu ZHAO, Yue-guang LYU, Tong XIN, Qian-qian GUO, Wen-ying ZHANG, Jin-hong LI, Hong-yu XUE, Qiang MA

“…The mobile phase consisted of water with 0.1% formic acid (A) and acetonitrile (B) at a flow rate of 0.3 mL/min. …”
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Blending of Slow-Release N Fertilizer and Urea Improve Rainfed Maize Yield and Nitrogen Use Efficiency While Reducing Apparent N Losses by Jinjin Guo, Hanran Yang, Yong Yuan, Pengzhou Yin, Nv Zhang, Zhizhao Lin, Qichang Ma, Qiliang Yang, Xiaogang Liu, Haidong Wang, Fucang Zhang

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Growth, physical, and cognitive function in children who are born HIV-free: School-age follow-up of a cluster-randomised trial in rural Zimbabwe. by Joe D Piper, Clever Mazhanga, Marian Mwapaura, Gloria Mapako, Idah Mapurisa, Tsitsi Mashedze, Eunice Munyama, Maria Kuona, Thombizodwa Mashiri, Kundai Sibanda, Dzidzai Matemavi, Monica Tichagwa, Soneni Nyoni, Asinje Saidi, Manasa Mangwende, Dzivaidzo Chidhanguro, Eddington Mpofu, Joice Tome, Gabriel Mbewe, Batsirai Mutasa, Bernard Chasekwa, Handrea Njovo, Chandiwana Nyachowe, Mary Muchekeza, Kuda Mutasa, Virginia Sauramba, Ceri Evans, Melissa J Gladstone, Jonathan C Wells, Elizabeth Allen, Melanie Smuk, Jean H Humphrey, Lisa F Langhaug, Naume V Tavengwa, Robert Ntozini, Andrew J Prendergast

“…A caregiver questionnaire measured demographics, socioeconomic status, nurturing, child discipline, food, and water insecurity. We prespecified the primary comparisons and used generalised estimating equations with an exchangeable working correlation structure to account for clustering. …”
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Sustainability index analysis of organic fertilizer production from paunch manure and rice straw waste by A.D. Santoso, F.D. Arianti, E.S. Rohaeni, B. Haryanto, M.D. Pertiwi, L.P. Panggabean, A. Prabowo, S. Sundari, S.P. Wijayanti, I.N. Djarot, F.D. Kurniawati, F.L. Sahwan, T. Prasetyo, A. Barkah, T.A. Adibroto, R. Ridlo, I. Febijanto, A.A. Wasil, S. Lusiana, R. Rosmeika, R.B. Heryanto

“…This study identified seven leverage attributes that are very influential to sustainability of organic fertilizer production. These include water use and raw material efficiency, potential business scale increase, market absorption, the potential for public unrest, the manager or worker level of expertise in the manufacture of organic fertilizer as well as the process used to determine its quality and output.CONCLUSION: The proposed inquiry conducted within the context of this study identified the pivotal factors that influenced organic fertilizer supply framework as the quality, quantity, and market absorption of organic production. …”
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Lyophilized and Oven-Dried <i>Manilkara zapota</i> Extracts: Characterization and <i>In Vitro</i>, <i>In Vivo</i>, and <i>In Silico</i> Analyses by María Fernanda Rivas-Gastélum, Patricia Ariadna Galindo-Castillo, Juan Esparza-Sánchez, Miriam Irene Jiménez-Pérez, Yocanxóchitl Perfecto-Avalos, Luis Eduardo Garcia-Amezquita, Diego E. Navarro-López, Edgar R. López-Mena, Eugenio Sánchez-Arreola, Juan Pablo Tamayo-Martínez, Humberto L. Mendoza-Figueroa, María Magdalena Crosby-Galván, Elsa Margarita Crosby-Galván, Jorge L. Mejía-Méndez, Angélica Lizeth Sánchez-López

“…Results revealed that water or soluble solids content did not vary after post-harvest. …”
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Balancing environmental impact: A sustainability index analysis of sorghum production for food and feed by A. Prabowo, R.N. Hayati, S. Minarsih, B. Haryanto, D.D. Ludfiani, A. Supriyo, S. Subiharta, E. Nurwahyuni, Y. Hindarwati, M.N. Setiapermas, S. Sudarto, S. Samijan, B. Utomo, E. Winarn, N.D. Suretno, W. Wibawa, S. Agustini, A. Prasetyo, F.R.P. Hantoro, W. Hariyanto, V.E. Aristya

“…These included land availability, the efficiency of water used, the prevention of natural resource exploitation, motivation level, minimal interference with primary agricultural activities, community acceptance, productivity, sales profit level, ease of sale and cultivation, tools availability, and technological sensitivity.CONCLUSION: Sustainability index of sorghum for food and feed was categorized as very sustainable with a value of 79.67. …”
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