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Max McClure and Maria Diuk-Wasser
Lyme disease (LD) is a commonly cited model for the link between habitat loss and/or fragmentation and disease emergence, based in part on studies showing that forest patch size is negatively related to LD entomological risk. An equivalent relationship h...
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María Isabel Lamas Galdo, Laura Castro-Santos and Carlos G. Rodriguez Vidal
This work analyzes NOx reduction in a marine diesel engine using ammonia injection directly into the cylinder and compares this procedure with water injection. A numerical model based on the so-called inert species method was applied. It was verified tha...
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Fei Wang, Szu-Han Chao, Chen-Hsuan Tsai, Sabrina Diana Blanco, Yung-Yu Yang and Yi-Hsien Lin
Sweet pepper is an important vegetable in the world. Bacterial leaf spot, caused by the pathogen Xanthomonas perforans, is a limiting factor that significantly reduces the quality and yield of sweet peppers. The use of chemical fungicides is currently th...
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Neveen B. Abdel-Mageed, Ashraf Ghanem, Ibrahim G. Shaaban, Atiyeh Ardakanian, Mohamed M. M. Ibrahem and Mohamed Elgamal
Flow measurements in pipelines using slug tracer have proved highly accurate for turbulent flow. This study experimentally investigates the effectiveness of using a passive rotor on the accuracy of discharge measurements in sewer pipes based on a saline ...
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Rob M. Stevens, Joanne M. Pech and Gary J. Grigson
Previous work has shown that a short non-saline sprinkling, following saline sprinkling, increased crop growth. We incorporated this finding into an investigation of two approaches to the conjunctive use of saline and non-saline water sources for sprinkl...
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Tongyin Li, Guihong Bi, Xiaojie Zhao, Richard L. Harkess and Carolyn Scagel
Mineral nutrient uptake of Hydrangea macrophylla ?Merritt?s Supreme? affected by nitrogen (N) fertilization rate, container type, and irrigation frequency was investigated. Rooted liners of hydrangea plants were fertilized twice weekly with a N-free fert...
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Samuel Olufemi Folagbade
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Heat of hydration up to 72 hours and compressive strength up to 7 days of Portland cement and 17 binary and ternary cements containing fly ash, silica fume, and metakaolin, at a water/cement ratio of 0.50 and addition contents of 20%, 35%, and 55%, were ...
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Bankole Samuel Opeyemi, Bankole Ruth Temidayo, Yetunde Oyinkansade Babalola, Ilerioluwa Busayo Emmanuel, Motunrayo Temitope Ojubolamo, Awotedu Bolakale Folake
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Tomato is a commercially important vegetable throughout the whole world and its availability all the year is grossly affected by anthracnose disease, hence, the need for an effective bio-control that is affordable and user friendly. This study therefore ...
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Doria Gergeta, Matea Badnjevic, Ljerka Karleusa, Zeljka Maglica, Stjepan Spalj and Ivana Gobin
This study aimed to analyse the effect of chlorhexidine digluconate (CHX DG) mouthwash on the adhesion of oral bacteria to orthodontic appliances. The interactions of four bacteria (S. mutans, A. actinomycetemcomitans, S. oralis, and V. parvula) with two...
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Suriyah Akhter, Mohd Aadil Bhat, Abeer Hashem, Elsayed Fathi Abd_Allah, Sirajuddin Ahmed, Weqar Ahmad Siddiqi, Isma Kulsoom and Fahim Un Nisa
The movement of emerging pollutants, particularly antibiotics, from surface water to crops through the process of plant uptake poses a significant public concern related to the agricultural utilization of untreated water and biosolids. It is essential to...
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Loong Jia En
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This research was carried out to investigate the effect of ozonation to the COD fractionation of wastewater. Poultry processing industry produce large amounts of wastewater due to the slaughtering process and cleaning of their facilities. The non-biodegr...
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M.B. Hossain,K. Jusoh,S. Fatimah
Root and litter biomass on carbon dynamics and its effect on other soil properties information are needed to explore in Malaysia due to rapid change of land use. Objective of this study was to determine the effect of root and litter biomass of forest and...
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Malin C. Broberg, Petra Högy and Håkan Pleijel
Elevated carbon dioxide (eCO2) stimulates wheat grain yield, but simultaneously reduces protein/nitrogen (N) concentration. Also, other essential nutrients are subject to change. This study is a synthesis of wheat experiments with eCO2, estimating the ef...
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Charles P. Madenjian, Mark P. Ebener and David P. Krabbenhoft
We determined whole-fish Hg concentrations of 26 female and 34 male adult lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) from northern Lake Huron captured during November 2010. Subsampling from these 60 fish, Hg concentration was also determined in both ...
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Charles P. Madenjian, James T. Francis, Jeffrey J. Braunscheidel, Joseph R. Bohr, Matthew J. Geiger and G. Mark Knottnerus
Patterns in relative differences in contaminant concentrations between the sexes across many species of fish may reveal clues for important behavioral and physiological differences between the sexes, and may also be useful in developing fish consumption ...
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Quentin Guillemoto, Géraldine Picot-Colbeaux, Danièle Valdes, Nicolas Devau, Charlotte Thierion, Déborah Idier, Frédéric A. Mathurin, Marie Pettenati, Jean-Marie Mouchel and Wolfram Kloppmann
The combination of managed aquifer recharge (MAR) with soil-aquifer treatment (SAT) has clear advantages for the future sustainable quality and quantity management of groundwater, especially when using treated wastewater. We built a Marthe flow and trans...
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Wei Li, Liming Yi, Wen Jiang, Hua Dong and Yong Zhang
This paper presents experimental investigations into the effects of ultrafine blast furnace slag on microstructure improvements against chloride penetration in saturated and unsaturated cementitious systems exposed to cyclic drying?wetting conditions. Th...
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Yoonja Kang and Yeongji Oh
The interactive roles of zooplankton grazing (top-down) and nutrient (bottom-up) processes on phytoplankton distribution in a temperate estuary were investigated via dilution and nutrient addition experiments. The responses of size-fractionated phytoplan...
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Alessio Rettaroli, David Alesini, Danilo Babusci, Carlo Barone, Bruno Buonomo, Matteo Mario Beretta, Gabriella Castellano, Fabio Chiarello, Daniele Di Gioacchino, Giulietto Felici, Giovanni Filatrella, Luca Gennaro Foggetta, Alessandro Gallo, Claudio Gatti, Carlo Ligi, Giovanni Maccarrone, Francesco Mattioli, Sergio Pagano, Simone Tocci and Guido Torrioli
Detection of light dark matter, such as axion-like particles, puts stringent requirements on the efficiency and dark-count rates of microwave-photon detectors. The possibility of operating a current-biased Josephson junction as a single-microwave photon-...
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