Smallholder farmers' perceptions of climate variability and its risks across agroecological zones in the Ayehu watershed, Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia by Abebe Biresaw Bitew, Amare Sewnet Minale

“…SCRRPI identified crop pests, declining yields, drought, and water scarcity as perceived climate risks across agroecological zones. …”
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Adapting to climate change and multi-risk governance: toward sustainable adaptation and enhancing urban resilience—Indonesia by Abdillah Abdillah, Ida Widianingsih, Rd Ahmad Buchari, Heru Nurasa

“…The results of this study show that the impact of climate change in Bandung and Makassar City, Indonesia has caused an increase in the potential for erosion, reduced wetlands along the coast, an increase in the rate of seawater intrusion, a decrease in food production, damage to infrastructure, a reduction in clean water sources, an increase in disease. respiratory, floods, droughts, and other hydrological disasters. …”
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Rehabilitation Technical Standard of "WU YIN TIAO SHEN （Five-Element Music Regulates Emotions）" by LI Li, ZHOU Xia, WANG Qin, MA Yuxia, SONG Jingjie, QIN Zhaomei

“…The music of five-element music is a form of traditional Chinese music with different tones (Jue, Zhi, Gong, Shang, Yu ) corresponding to the ancient five elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Gold and Water). Since the advent of "Huangdi Neijing (Inner Canon of Huangdi)", the five-element music has been an important method for treating diseases, especially emotional disorders. …”
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Substituted 4-Acyl-5-methyl-2-phenyl-pyrazol-3-one-phenylhydrazones with Antioxidant Properties: X-Ray Crystal and Spectroscopic Studies by Omoruyi G. Idemudia, Anthony I. Okoh, Alexander P. Sadimenko, Eric C. Hosten, Omobola O. Okoh

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Influence of Degree of Dispersion of Noncovalent Functionalized Graphene Nanoplatelets on Rheological Behaviour of Aqueous Drilling Fluids by Arif Ibrahim, Syahrir Ridha, Asna Amer, Radzi Shahari, Tarek Ganat

“…The objective of this study was to characterize the colloidal dispersion of graphene nanoplatelets (GNP) in aqueous solution and its impact on the rheological properties behaviour of water-based drilling fluid. Dispersion of graphene nanoplatelets was achieved through noncovalent functionalisation by means of surfactant attachment. …”
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Climate Change and Environmental Influence on Prevalence of Visceral Leishmaniasis in West Pokot County, Kenya by Bulle Abdullahi, Joshua Mutiso, Fredrick Maloba, John Macharia, Mark Riongoita, Michael Gicheru

“…Significant environmental factors included the presence of seasonal rain water pathways and rock piles around houses (AOR = 4.7; 95% CI = (2.3-9.6), p<0.05), presence of acacia trees in and around homesteads (AOR = 8.5; 95% CI = (2.5-28.6), p<0.05), presence of anthills around the homesteads (AOR = 5.2; 95% CI = (1.2-23.4), p<0.05), and presence of animal shed within compound (AOR = 2.8; 95% CI = (0.96-8), p<0.05). …”
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Optimization of Cross-Linked Cassava Starch Coating Formulation by Response Surface Methodology and Its Preservation Effects on ‘Shatangju’ Mandarin by Chunli Deng, Oksana Melnyk, Guanli Li, Xiaochun Li, Yanghe Luo

“…The addition levels of β-cyclodextrin, phytic acid and glycerol were optimized by response surface methodology with the comprehensive index of oil permeability (OP) and the water vapor permeability (WVP) of starch-based coating. …”
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Optimizing chickpea yield prediction under wilt disease through synergistic integration of biophysical and image parameters using machine learning models by RN Singh, P. Krishnan, C. Bharadwaj, Sonam Sah, B. Das

“…Thermal and visible images were collected alongside the measurement of crop biophysical parameters, including leaf area index (LAI), photosynthesis, transpiration rate, stomatal conductance, relative leaf water content (RWC), membrane stability index (MSI), and NDVI, for 85 chickpea genotypes with varying levels of wilt resistance. …”
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Enhancing thermal performance of two-phase closed thermosyphons by inhibiting geyser boiling: Synergistic effects of carbon nanotube nanofluids by Seungyeop Baek, Cheol Park, Seunghyeon Lee, Yonmo Sung

“…Specifically, the addition of 0.5 wt% CNTs to distilled water (DW) led to an approximately 3.35 % enhancement in thermal conductivity in the temperature range of 293.15–313.15 K. …”
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Effects of Enzymatic Liquefaction, Drying Techniques, and Wall Materials on the Physicochemical Properties, Bioactivities, and Morphologies of Zinc-Amaranth (Amaranthus viridis L.)... by Siti Faridah Mohd Amin, Roselina Karim, Yus Aniza Yusof, Kharidah Muhammad

“…The results showed that all freeze-dried powders generally had higher process yield (except for that encapsulated by HICAP), higher moisture content (but similar water activities), higher retention of total Zn-chlorophyll derivatives, lower hygroscopicity with slab-like particles, larger particle size, and lower bulk density than those of spray-dried powders. …”
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Physicochemical, Surface and Catalytic Properties of CoO/AlO as Influenced by CeO or VO Doping by H.G. El-Shobaky

“…A pure Co 3 O 4 /Al 2 O 3 sample was prepared by the wet impregnation method using finely powdered aluminium hydroxide and cobalt nitrate dissolved in the least amount of distilled water. Maintaining the amount of Co 3 O 4 constant at 16.7 mol%, different samples were doped by impregnating with known amounts of cerium or vanadium nitrates prior to impregnation with cobalt nitrate. …”
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Magmatic volatiles control the sub-plinian basaltic eruptions at Ambae volcano, Vanuatu by Philipson Bani, Alessandro Aiuppa, Diego Coppola, Simon Carn, Dominique Cluzel, Estelle Rose-Koga, Etienne Medard, François Nauret, Yves Moussallam, Dan Tari, Iuma Bani

“…Our results indicate that the volcano released 3.3 teragrams of sulfur dioxide, 7.7 of carbon dioxide, 134 of water vapour, 0.2 of hydrogen sulfide, and 0,001 of dihydrogen, ranking Ambae among the world’s top volcanic gas emitters. …”
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The Anthelmintic Activity of Ethanol Extract of Bitter Leaf (Vernonia amygdalina) Against Ascaridia galli Worm in Vitro by Amelia Dwita Safitri, Iwan Sahrial Hamid, Poedji Hastutiek, Setiawan Koesdarto, Rahmi Sugihartuti, Endang Suprihati

“…Ascaridia galli were declared dead if there was no movement when disturbed by anatomy tweezer and when dipped in slightly warm water (50°C). The obtained data was analyzed using ANAVA and continued with Duncan Multiple Range Test. …”
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Géographie et hydrologie de la ville de Reims/Durocortorum et de ses environs by Alain Devos, Claire Pichard, Gilles Fronteau, Sébastien Laratte

“…The lack of surface runoff and the vulnerability to urban pollution pose a threat to the drinking water supply and wastewater disposal (low dilution) for an urban locality of this size.…”
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Hydrophobization of Chitin Nanofibers by Grafting of Partially 2-Deoxygenated Amyloses Through Enzymatic Approach by Naoki Yamamoto, Masayasu Totani, Jun-ichi Kadokawa

“…The X-ray diffraction analysis of the products confirmed that the chain lengths and unit ratios of the grafted polysaccharides strongly affected the entire crystalline structures. Water contact angle measurements of the cast films of the products indicated that successful hydrophobization was achieved by the grafting of P2D-amylose chains with a sufficient chain length, a relatively high 2-deoxy-<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">d</span>-glucose unit ratio, and low crystallinity.…”
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Pretreatment Strategies to Improve Crude Glycerol Utilisation and Metabolite Production by Aspergillus terreus by Muhamad Hafiz Abd Rahim, Hanan Hasan, Elicia Jitming Lim, Phebe K. Samrani, Ali Abbas

“…The CG was pretreated chemically (solvents) and physically (activated carbon (AC) and water softener (WS)) to separate most of the impurities from the CG. …”
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Experimental Study and Failure Mechanism Analysis of Rubber Fiber Concrete under the Compression-Shear Combined Action by Juntao Zhang, Zhenpeng Yu, Xinjian Sun, Guangli Zhang, Wenguo Pan

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Breaking linear scaling relationships in oxygen evolution via dynamic structural regulation of active sites by Zheye Zhang, Hongyan Zhao, Shibo Xi, Xiaoxu Zhao, Xiao Chi, Hong Bin Yang, Zhongxin Chen, Xiaojiang Yu, Yang-Gang Wang, Bin Liu, Peng Chen

“…The present study not only advances the development of molecular water oxidation catalysts, but also provides an unconventional paradigm for breaking the linear scaling relationships in multi-intermediates involved catalysis.…”
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Antimicrobial, Antiradical Activity, and X-Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy Analysis of Aloe otallensis Plant Used in Traditional Medicine in Southern Ethiopia by Yonas Syraji, Mulugeta Kebebew, Yohannis Techane, Dawit Albene

“…The solvent methanol showed a higher degree of yield in leaf and root extract which was 8.45 (22.27%) and 3.12 g (15.58%), respectively, while distilled water extract of leaf and root showed less degree of yield which was 0.22 g (1.10%) and 0.42 g (2.1%), respectively. …”
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Improving the special motor qualities of experienced female volleyball players living on the territory of martial law by Sergii Iermakov, Roman Boichuk, Yevheniia Strelnykova, Krzysztof Wnorowski, Sofia Zakharova

“….); availability of electricity and means of communication (mobile, Internet); availability of means of life support (drinking water, food). Results. It was determined that the team is homogeneous only in the test exercise “long jump from a place”. …”
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