Volume 31, Issue 4 — April 2024
Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Keywords: Municipal Waste; Compost; Leachate; Soil Properties; Waste Management; Agriculture
Most of the soils in Iran, located in arid and semiarid region of Asia, have less than one percent organic matter. For improving the organic matter in these soils, organic fertilizers are used, which ...
Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria
Keywords: Edible Insects; Shelf Life; Heavy Metals; Food Safety; Entomophagy; Nigeria
The shelf life and heavy metal contaminants of two commonly available edible insects in Ijebu division were studied. The samples were collected through water trap and by handpicking respectively with ...
Department of Horticulture, Complex of Horticulture, IAV HASSAN II, 80150 Ait Melloul, Agadir, Morocco
Keywords: Deficit Irrigation; Water Productivity; Crop Management; Water Conservation; Agriculture
Several experiments were conducted in the south of Morocco (IAV-CHA, Agadir) during two seasons 2010 and 2011 in order to evaluate the effect of deficit irrigation with treated wastewater on several c...
Keywords: Urban Biodiversity, Remote Sensing, GIS, Green Spaces, Ecosystem Services
This study analyzes urban biodiversity by integrating remote sensing data and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to assess green space distribution and its impact on local ecosystems. The research e...
Department of Materials Science, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
Keywords: Titanium Oxide; Thin Films; Optical Properties; Structural Properties; Material Science
Titanium oxide thin films of 66 nm thickness at different deposition angles of 0, 25 and 35 degrees were deposited on glass substrates at room temperature, using resistive evaporation method under UHV...
Department of Environmental Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Keywords: Urbanization; Native Plant Species; Biodiversity; Tropical Ecosystems; Conservation
This study investigates the effects of urban expansion on the diversity of native plant species within tropical ecosystems. Utilizing data collected from urban and peri-urban areas in Southeast Asia, ...
Department of Environmental Science, University of Nairobi, Kenya; Institute of Ecology, National University of Mexico, Mexico; Department of Botany, Peking University, China
Keywords: Soil Microbiology; Plant Growth; Ecosystem Stability; Tropical Forests; Biodiversity Conservation
Soil microbial communities play a crucial role in maintaining ecosystem functionality and plant health. This study investigates the impact of microbial diversity on plant growth and ecosystem stabilit...
Institute for Research in Molecular Medicine, University Sains Malaysia, 11800, Penang, Malaysia.
Keywords: Green Wound Patch; Agro-Waste; Wound Healing; Sustainable Materials; Agricultural Waste; Biomedical
The agricultural segment produces a substantial quantity of agro-waste, the bulk of which is not effectively used and is causing jeopardy to both human health and the environment. Hence, agro-waste ma...
Department of Environmental Science, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India
Keywords: Soil Properties; Land Use; Physico-Chemical; Bulk Density; Porosity; Water Content; SKUAST-Jammu
The present study was conducted in the year 2020 at SKUAST-Jammu, to explore the variability in soil physical (bulk density, porosity, available water content, maximum water holding capacity) and chem...
Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; CLIA Assay; Real-Time PCR; Serological Analysis; Coronavirus; Diagnostics
Abstract\nText SARS – CoV-2 is a pathogenic coronavirus which continuously evolve as changes in the genetic code occur during replication of the genome. Real-Time PCR analysis is the main standard f...
