Enhanced CO2 Capture Performance Using Methyl Diethanolamine-functionalized Silica Gels: Assessing CO2 Capture Capacity by Petpitcha Boonmatoon, Pacharapol Nokpho, Pornpote Piumsomboon, Benjapon Chalermsinsuwan

“… Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a significant greenhouse gas. …”
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Isolation of cellulolytic bacteria, including actinomycetes, from coffee exocarps in coffee-producing areas in Vietnam by Han B. Bui

“…The isolates grew with cellulose as the sole sources of carbon and energy. The results of cellulolytic activity determinations were that 13 bacteria ([34 %) and 10 actinomycetes ([56 %) showed enzymatic degradation of cellulose. …”
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Peripheral Signals Mediate the Beneficial Effects of Gastric Surgery in Obesity by Silvia Barja-Fernández, Cintia Folgueira, Cecilia Castelao, Rosaura Leis, Felipe F. Casanueva, Luisa M. Seoane

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Teeth Structure Analysis of Primary Teeth in Children with Congenital Heart Disease (Ventricular Septal Defect) in Erbil City by Huda Raad Mahdi, Omed Ikram Shihab

“…Results: EDEX analysis of the enamel layer in group I showed that calcium, phosphorus, silica, oxygen, fluorine, and sodium were significantly higher (P<0.0001) while carbon ions concentration was not. In the dentin layer, only calcium, phosphorus, fluorine, and sodium components were significantly higher in group I (P<0.0001). …”
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Advanced Air Quality Forecasting Using an Enhanced Temporal Attention-Driven Graph Convolutional Long Short-Term Memory Model With Seasonal-Trend Decomposition by Yuvaraja Boddu, A. Manimaran, B. Arunkumar, M. Sucharitha, J. Suresh Babu

“…Specifically, the IRSA-TCN model excels in predicting key pollutants, including nitrogen dioxide (NO2), carbon monoxide (CO), benzene, and nitrogen oxides (NOx), showcasing its capability to account for seasonal variations and complex interdependencies among pollutants. …”
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Designing a sustainable closed-loop supply chain using robust possibilistic-stochastic programming in pentagonal fuzzy numbers by Seyyed Jalaladdin Hosseini Dehshiri, Maghsoud Amiri, Mostafa Hajiaghaei-Keshteli, Mehdi Keshavarz-Ghorabaee, Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas, Jurgita Antuchevičienė

“…An actual case study evaluates the presented approach to reduce the cost and carbon pollution in the stone paper SC. In the suggested method, trade-offs could be formed between the mean of objective functions and risk by modifying the robustness coefficients. …”
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Effects of runoff harvesting through semi-circular bund on some soil characteristics by M. Heshmati, M. Gheitury, M. Hosseini

“…The results showed that the mean values of soil organic carbon in the bund with protection, protection treatment, bund without protection and  control treatment were 2.35, 2.40, 1.90, and 1.80%, respectively, indicating no significant difference among them in the first year, while there were significant (p> 0.05) increases in the bund with protection and protection treatment after three years. …”
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Mineralization Dynamics of Pineapple Harvest Residues as Affected by Placement on Acrisoil in Benin by Elvire Line Sossa, Codjo Emile Agbangba, Pierre Gbènoukpo Tovihoudji, Jamali Oladédji Ayifimi, Bana Donsaré Nadège Bouko, Oloushègun Isidore Achille Falolou, Guillaume Lucien Amadji

“…The residues decomposition was monitored through random sampling of eight litter bags each 60 days for the determination of residual weight, carbon (C), nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and potassium (K) contents. …”
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Trajectory of the arterial-alveolar oxygen gradient in COPD for a decade. by Kazuma Nagata, Susumu Sato, Kiyoshi Uemasu, Naoya Tanabe, Atsuyasu Sato, Shigeo Muro, Toyohiro Hirai

“…In the CRF group, there was a gradual increase in A-aDO2 along with decreases in partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2) and partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PaCO2) over ten years, although there were no changes in the non-CRF group. …”
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Nitrogen Cycling in a Norway Spruce Plantation in Denmark — A SOILN Model Application Including Organic N Uptake by Claus Beier, Henrik Eckersten, Per Gundersen

“…A dynamic carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) circulation model, SOILN, was applied and tested on 7�years of control data and 3 years of manipulation data from an experiment involving monthly N addition in a Norway spruce (Picea abies, L. …”
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Antimicrobial, Conductive, and Mechanical Properties of AgCB/PBS Composite System by Chatchai Veranitisagul, Worawat Wattanathana, Suttipong Wannapaiboon, Yuranan Hanlumyuang, Kankavee Sukthavorn, Nollapan Nootsuwan, Siwaruk Chotiwan, Witchukorn Phuthong, Suchada Jongrungruangchok, Apirat Laobuthee

“…Herein, the enhanced characteristic performances of poly(butylene succinate) (PBS) by employing the fabrication of PBS-based composites with the nanosilver-coated carbon black (AgCB) using an injection-molding method are reported. …”
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Extracellular Vesicle-Loaded Oncogenic lncRNA NEAT1 from Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Confers Gemcitabine Resistance in Pancreatic Cancer via miR-491-5p/Snail/SOCS3 Axis by Rongxiang Wu, Zhan Su, Le Zhao, Ruifeng Pei, Yiren Ding, Deqiang Li, Shuo Zhu, Lu Xu, Wei Zhao, Wuyuan Zhou

“…It is becoming increasingly evident that key mechanisms of mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) efficacy appear to associate with paracrine activities, and the delivery of cargos through extracellular vesicles (EVs) controls the mechanistic actions of MSCs. …”
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Effect of the composting process on physicochemical properties and concentration of heavy metals in market waste with additive materials in the Ga West Municipality, Ghana... by Carl Tibu, Ted Y. Annang, Negasi Solomon, Dzidzo Yirenya-Tawiah

“…Methods The Stack pile composting was carried out with market waste, sawdust, rice straw, and swine manure in four different combinations. …”
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Seasonal Patterns and Trends of Air Pollution in the Upper Northern Thailand from 2004 to 2018 by Sarawut Sukkhum, Apiradee Lim, Thammasin Ingviya, Rattikan Saelim

“…The hourly air pollutant concentration data including carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), nitrogen oxide (NOx), sulfur dioxide (SO2), ozone (O3), and particulate matter ≤ 10 µm (PM10) recorded from 6 monitoring stations in the UNT were obtained from the Pollution Control Department, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Thailand. …”
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Gas-Sensitive Characteristics of Low-Power Semiconductor Gas Sensors to CO and H₂ by I. A. Taratyn, O. G. Reutskaya, G. G. Gorokh, I. V. Serdyuk, V. S. Fedosenko

“…Semiconductor gas sensors with low energy consumption can be used in the systems development that monitor the carbon monoxide concentration in the work area, as well as detect ignition's early stages.…”
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Gestores públicos e o desenvolvimento de competências gerenciais: um estudo em um Instituto Federal de Educação by Mayuma Martins Santana Viana, Débora Vargas Ferreira Costa

“…Este estudo aborda uma pesquisa realizada no Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Rondônia campus Colorado do Oeste, sobre o desenvolvimento de competências gerenciais entre servidores nomeados para exercer cargos de gestão, entretanto, sem fornecimento de capacitação adequada. …”
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Exogenous dsRNA-Mediated RNAi: Mechanisms, Applications, Delivery Methods and Challenges in the Induction of Viral Disease Resistance in Plants by Emmadi Venu, Akurathi Ramya, Pedapudi Lokesh Babu, Bhukya Srinivas, Sathiyaseelan Kumar, Namburi Karunakar Reddy, Yeluru Mohan Babu, Anik Majumdar, Suryakant Manik

“…Strategies for enhancing dsRNA stability, including the use of nanomaterials like layered double hydroxide nanosheets and carbon dots, are discussed to address environmental degradation challenges. …”
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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

“…The use of ¹³C NMR spectroscopy enabled the observation of a “carbonate complex” in the solution for the first time, with the carbonate carbon displaying a chemical shift value of 142 ppm, an unusual finding for stable carbonates, and located between the signals of free dissolved CO₂ and carboxylate derivatives.…”
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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

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Magnetic Field-Assisted Orientation and Positioning of Magnetite for Flexible and Electrically Conductive Sensors by David Seixas Esteves, Amanda Melo, Sónia Alves, Nelson Durães, Maria C. Paiva, Elsa W. Sequeiros

“…This study investigates the effect of static magnetic fields applied on thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) composites with magnetite and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT). The composites were prepared by compression moulding and the magnetic field was applied on the mould cavity during processing. …”
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