Assessment of Soil Organic Carbon in Tropical Agroforests in the Churiya Range of Makawanpur, Nepal by Lilu Kumari Magar, Gandhiv Kafle, Pradeep Aryal

“…Bulk density was found increasing with an increase in soil depth. …”
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Silicon-based all-solid-state batteries operating free from external pressure by Zhiyong Zhang, Xiuli Zhang, Yan Liu, Chaofei Lan, Xiang Han, Shanpeng Pei, Linshan Luo, Pengfei Su, Ziqi Zhang, Jingjing Liu, Zhengliang Gong, Cheng Li, Guangyang Lin, Cheng Li, Wei Huang, Ming-Sheng Wang, Songyan Chen

“…Such an efficient ionic/electronic transport system also facilitates the uniform release of cycling expansion stresses from the Si particles and stabilizes bulk-phase and interfacial structure of anode. Consequently, the Li21Si5/Si–Li21Si5 anode exhibited a critical current density of 10 mA cm−2 at 45 °C with a capacity of 10 mAh cm−2. …”
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Land Use Effects on Soil Quality Indicators: A Case Study of Abo-Wonsho Southern Ethiopia by Awdenegest Moges, Melku Dagnachew, Fantaw Yimer

“…A total of 40 soil samples (4 land uses × 5 replications × 2 soil depth layers: 0 to 10 cm and 10 to 20 cm) were collected for analysis. …”
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Spectrophotometric Determination of Zidovudine in Pharmaceuticals Based on Charge-Transfer Complexation Involving N-Bromosuccinimide, Metol and Sulphanilic Acid as Reagents by K. Basavaiah, U. R. Anil Kumar

“…The apparent molar absorptivity is calculated to be 5.1×103 L mol-1cm-1, and the corresponding Sandell sensitivity value is 0.052 μg cm-2. …”
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Effects of Soil Conservation Practice and Crop Rotation on Selected Soil Physicochemical Properties: The Case of Dembecha District, Northwestern Ethiopia by Melkamu Degu, Asmare Melese, Wondwosen Tena

“…The land rotated with maize-wheat-faba bean exhibited significantly higher mean bulk density (1.06 g/cm3) than the land rotated with other crops (i.e., ranging from 1.02 to 1.04 g/cm3). …”
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Engineering Soil Quality and Water Productivity Through Optimal Phosphogypsum Application Rates by Anrong Luo, Jun Li, Yanan Xiao, Zijian He, Jiaping Liang

“…It also enhanced water retention by enhancing soil aggregation and reducing evaporation.By promoting the formation and stabilization of soil aggregates, phosphogypsum application (CK to 0.6%) reduced bulk density from 1.20 g/cm³ to 1.12 g/cm³ (<i>p</i> < 0.05), while porosity, available nitrogen and urease activity increased by 3.70%, 39.42% and 82.61%, respectively (<i>p</i> < 0.05). …”
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Simple Spectrophotometric Methods for the Determination of Zidovudine in Pharmaceuticals Using Chloramine-T, Methylene Blue and Rhodamine-B as Reagents by K. Basavaiah, U. R. Anil Kumar

“…The apparent molar absorptivities are calculated to be 7.7x103 and 5.6x104 L mol-1 cm-1 for method A and method B, respectively, and the corresponding Sandell sensitivity values are 0.035 and 0.005 μg cm-2. …”
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Development of a sea-ice tank system for measuring microwave properties of sea ice by Masashige Nakayama, Kazuhiro Naoki, Tomonori Tanikawa, Kohei Cho

“…With the natural cooling and the help of a cooling unit in the movable roof attached to the tank, the system can grow sea ice to about 50 cm thickness continuously without the effects of snowfall and/or melting. …”
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Harpacticoid assemblages (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) in the hyporheic zone of four streams in central Slovenia by Nataša Mori, Anton Brancelj

“…The sampling was conducted in 2002 at 12 locations distributed at a distance of approximately 1 km along each stream including tributaries, at a depth of 30–60 cm in the wetted channel (three sites per location) and depths from 65 to 160 cm on the stream banks (one site per location) using a Bou-Rouch pump. …”
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Physical and Combustion Characteristics of Briquettes Made from Water Hyacinth and Phytoplankton Scum as Binder by R. M. Davies, O. A. Davies

“…The water hyacinths were manually harvested, cleaned, sun-dried, and milled to particle sizes distribution ranging from <0.25 to 4.75 mm using hammer mill. …”
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Reconstruction for Complex Oromandibular Facial Defects: The Fibula Free Flap and Pectoralis Major Flap Combination by Mohammed Qaisi, Ryan Dee, Issam Eid, James Murphy, Ignacio A. Velasco Martinez, Henry Fung

“…The PMMC was used for reconstruction of the external skin defect and for providing soft tissue bulk. The average size of the fibula skin paddle used for intraoral reconstruction was 7.7 cm×11.7 cm. …”
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Fruit Waste Substrates to Produce Single-Cell Proteins as Alternative Human Food Supplements and Animal Feeds Using Baker’s Yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) by Asiri Nisansala Dunuweera, Dinusha Nayomi Nikagolla, Kapilan Ranganathan

“…Considering the moisture content and ash content, the highest values were observed in JM and BM substrates, respectively, while the least values were observed in CM and PGM substrates. The bulk density values were ranging from 0.31 to 0.61 g/cm3. …”
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Experimental and analytical investigation of hydraulic conductivity, energy dissipation, and drag forces in gradually varied flow conditions through rockfill media by Jafar Chabokpour

“…Laboratory tests on rock materials with median diameters 1.1 cm and 1.8 cm and porosity of 42% and 47%, respectively, showed a nonlinear relationship between hydraulic gradient and pore velocity. …”
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Reuse of peanut shells and Azolla mixes as a peat alternative in growth medium of Dieffenbachia amoena ‘tropic snow’ by Ali Mahboub Khomami, Mohammad Naghi Padasht, Ali Ajili Lahiji, Fariba Mahtab

“…As compost increased, the bulk density of the growing media decreased (0.17, 0.16, 0.15, and 0.15 g cm−3). …”
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Effects of Biochar, Lime, and Compost Applications on Soil Physicochemical Properties and Yield of Pomelo (Citrus grandis Osbeck) in Alluvial Soil of the Mekong Delta by Le Van Dang, Ngo Phuong Ngoc, Ngo Ngoc Hung

“…Physicochemical properties of the topsoil (0–20 cm) and subsoil (20–40 cm) and fruit yield were investigated. …”
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Carbon dioxide hydrate formation in porous media under dynamic conditions by Boyun Guo, Muhammad‐Towhidul Islam, Md‐Nahin Mahmood

“…It is speculated that the shear rate effect of flowing fluids should slow down the growth of hydrate crystals or break down hydrate films, resulting in delayed formation of bulk CO2 hydrates. More investigations in this area are needed in the future.…”
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