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Zinc-Coated Urea with Gelatin-Enhanced Zinc Biofortification, Apparent Nitrogen Recovery, and Ryegrass Production
In alkaline soils, optimizing fertilizer use efficiency stands as a critical concern. Slow-release fertilizers enriched with essential micronutrients, particularly zinc (Zn), present a promising solution. The ...
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Nursing Education, Practice, and Research in Pakistan
Nursing education plays a pivotal role in the development of essential nursing abilities necessary for professional practice and research. The clinical requirements are a crucial part of the nursing education ...
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Public Health Education, Practice, and Research in Pakistan
Pakistan is a South Asian develo** country with a high burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases. In Pakistan, public health (PH) degrees include a Bachelor of science in Public Health (BSPH), a M...
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Characterization for optimizing the integrated management of solid waste for energy recovery and circular economy
Municipal solid waste (MSW) management poses a significant environmental challenge in municipalities across develo** nations worldwide. Our studies were focused on characterizing the waste and analyzing the ...
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Open Access[1, 8]-Naphthyridine derivatives as dual inhibitor of alkaline phosphatase and carbonic anhydrase
[1,8]-Naphthyridine derivatives have been reported to possess important biological activities and may serve as attractive pharmacophores in the drug discovery process. [1,8]-Naphthyridine derivatives (1a-1l) were...
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Bacterial Tolerance and Biotransformation of Arsenic in Soil and Aqueous Media
Arsenic (As) is one of the most toxic metalloids present in soil and water resources. The presence of microorganisms in soil and aqueous media have a significant impact on the toxicity of arsenic because the m...
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Recent approaches on the optimization of biomass gasification process parameters for product H2 and syngas ratio: a review
Biomass gasification technology has an ancient and well-established background. The technology has widely been used to produce H2 and syngas which is subsequently upgraded to obtain valuable biofuels, Fischer–Tro...
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Impact of Co2+ on the spectral, optoelectrical, and dielectric properties of Mg0.25Ni0.25Cu0.5−xCoxFe1.97La0.03O4 ferrites prepared via sol–gel auto-combustion route
Spinel ferrites are attaining huge importance in the modern era, due to their incredible properties, which means they are widely used in various fields. Therefore, in this paper a cost-effective and environmen...
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Sources, chemistry, bioremediation and social aspects of arsenic-contaminated waters: a review
Arsenic-contaminated water is a major concern in many areas worldwide, causing several diseases such as cancer. There is therefore a need for advanced methods to clean waters because conventional methods have ...
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Novel Fe2O3-CuO-MoO3 Magnetic Nanocomposite for Photocatalysis of Methylene Blue
Novel approach for the synthesis of Fe2O3-CuO-MoO3 nanocomposite was established using sol-gel and ultra-sonication setup. The conformation of the synthesized nanocomposite was done using Fourier transform-infrar...
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Assessment of heavy metal pollution in Brassica plants and their impact on animal health in Punjab, Pakistan
Growing Brassica rapa L. (Brassica rapa subsp. campestris (Linn.) Clapham) with wastewater and their use as a fodder for animals is a common practice in suburb of all cities in Punjab, Pakistan, despite the waste...
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Open AccessToxicity of biogenic zinc oxide nanoparticles to soil organic matter cycling and their interaction with rice-straw derived biochar
Given the rapidly increasing use of metal oxide nanoparticles in agriculture as well as their inadvertent addition through sewage sludge application to soils, it is imperative to assess their possible toxic ef...
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Open AccessNeed for growing non-Bt cotton refugia to overcome Bt resistance problem in targeted larvae of the cotton bollworms, Helicoverpa armigera and Pectinophora gossypiella
The effectiveness of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton against target arthropod larvae is decreasing day by day. The comparative effect of Bt expression among Bt cotton varieties and different plant parts was ob...
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Nuclear Desalination
Thermal purification is an energy-intensive method that meets the demand from traditional sources with fossil fuels. Existing work seeks to identify solutions to thermal desalination for fossil fuels. Nuclear ...
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Applications of Polymeric Materials in Biomedical Engineering
The class of multipurpose materials having countless properties for various applications in particular based on their relationship between structure and property is known as polyurethanes (PUs). Particular att...
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Historical Perspectives: From Conventional to Precision Breeding in Cotton
Cotton plant achieved two remarkable milestones recently. It was the first ever plant grown on lunar surface in 2019. Secondly, construction of high-quality contagious genome assemblies of tetraploid cultivate...
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Application of Membrane in Reaction Engineering for Green Synthesis
Catalytic membrane reactors (CMRs) are predictable to develop a green and maintainable skill in chemical engineering which synergistically conducts separations and reacts. The use of a ceramic membrane is comm...
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Green remediation of saline–sodic Pb-factored soil by growing salt-tolerant rice cultivar along with soil applied inorganic amendments
In Pb-factored soils, soil application of appropriate inorganic amendment along with cultivation of salt-tolerant crop species/genotypes for Pb immobilization can be a good choice. Hence, in saline-sodic and n...
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Human health risk assessment of heavy metals in raw milk of buffalo feeding at wastewater-irrigated agricultural farms in Pakistan
Wastewater irrigation to grow fodder for animals and cattle farming is common practice in Pakistan. Hence, this study was conducted in Multan, Pakistan, to assess heavy metal pollution, human health risk and t...
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Effective plant-endophyte interplay can improve the cadmium hyperaccumulation in Brachiaria mutica
Soil contamination due to cadmium (Cd) is a ubiquitous environmental problem for which inexpensive remediation alternatives are required. Phytoaccumulation, the use of plants to extract and accumulate heavy me...
