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Farmers’ perspective towards climate change vulnerability, risk perceptions, and adaptation measures in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Pakistan has become a highly vulnerable country with considerable exposure to climate change. Over the past few decades, Pakistan has endured many severe floods, droughts, and storms. However, limited research...
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Assessment of health impacts attributed to PM10 exposure during 2015–2017 in Zabol City, Iran
Human respiratory and cardiovascular system is severely affected with the exposure of fine particulate matters, i.e., PM10 or PM2.5. It is also been observed that air quality index (AQI) is used in many countries...
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Microorganisms: An Eco-Friendly Tools for the Waste Management and Environmental Safety
Microorganisms are ubiquitous in nature having multifunction affecting human life. Microbes play the significant role in maintenance of many natural and man-made compounds in the environment. Several microorga...
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Impact, disease outbreak and the eco-hazards associated with pharmaceutical residues: a Critical review
In the last three decades, pharmaceuticals research has increased tremendously to offer safe and healthy life, though it emerged as a new threat to the environment. These pharmaceutical residues pose a threat ...
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Morpho-cultural, physiological and molecular characterisation of Sphaceloma ampelinum causing anthracnose of grapes in temperate region of India and its management
Anthracnose of grapes inflicted by Sphaceloma ampelinum (de Bary) is widespread and the most destructive disease of grapes (Vitis vinifera L.) worldwide. The pathogen produced irregular, whitish glabrous raised c...
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Diseases of Stone Fruit Crops
Stone fruits (peach, plum, cherry, apricot and nectarines) are widely cultivated throughout the temperate regions of the world. There are various production impediments in stone fruit cultivation of which dise...
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A flexible Schiff base probe for spectrophotometric detection of chromium (III)
A new Schiff base chemosensor (2,2′-(1E,1′E)-(hexane-1,6-diylbis(azan-1-yl-1-ylidene))bis(methan-1-yl-1-ylidene)diphenol) was synthesized (denoted as C6) and characterized by NMR, ESI–MS and FTIR analysis. C6 ...
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Synthesis of 4-formyl pyridinium propylthioacetate stabilized silver nanoparticles and their application in chemosensing of 6-aminopenicillanic acid (APA)
Widespread use of antibiotics for humans and animals health has led to drugs entering the environment, such as lakes and streams worldwide. It is imperative to develop methods to screen these in drinking water...
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Numerical Analysis for the Bingham—Papanastasiou Fluid Flow Over a Rotating Disk
This study is conducted to investigate the Bingham—Papanastasiou fluid flow driven by a rotating infinite disk. The Bingham—Papanastasiou model is a modification of the Bingham plastic model, which is develope...
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Photosynthetic and growth responses of two mustard cultivars differing in phytocystatin activity under cadmium stress
Cadmium inhibits photosynthetic capacity of plants by disturbing protein conformations, whereas phytocystatins prevent degradation of target proteins and are involved in abiotic stress tolerance. Two mustard (Bra...
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Relativistic quantum correlations in bipartite fermionic states
The influences of relative motion, the size of the wave packet and the average momentum of the particles on different types of correlations present in bipartite quantum states are investigated. In particular, ...
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CD36 AA genotype is associated with decreased lipid taste perception in young obese, but not lean, children
Obesity is an alarming threat for all age groups, including children. Fat overconsumption is one of the factors that directly influences this pathology. Recent studies have suggested that a common variant in t...
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Assessment of the Genetic Diversity in Bottle Gourd (Lagenaria siceraria [Molina] Standl.) Genotypes Using SDS-PAGE and RAPD Markers
Lagenaria siceraria [(Molina) standl.] commonly known as bottle gourd used as a common fruit vegetable and medicinal purpose such as immunosuppressant. For the assessment of the molecular diversi...
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Modelling of Spiral Coil Heat Exchanger: Model with Easy Simulation Using Ms-Excel
A theoretical model has been presented for the measurement of heat transfer characteristics of a spiral coil heat exchanger under wet conditions. The solution is obtained using Ms Excel and the simulated resul...
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Testing of a novel load flow algorithm for different radial distribution systems
Radial distribution systems employ special recursive techniques for load flow owing to the radial nature and high (R/X) ratio. This paper presents a new efficient technique for accomplishing the load flows in ...
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Open AccessThe etiologic role of human papillomavirus in penile cancers: a study in Vietnam
We investigated the aetiologic role of human papillomavirus (HPV) in 120 penile squamous cell carcinomas (PSCCs) from Vietnam.
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Investigation of chemical composition and in vitro anti-inflammatory activity of Stachys tibetica oil by GC-MS and HRBC membrane stabilization
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Analyzing the significance of defoliation in growth, photosynthetic compensation and source-sink relations
Leaf canopy plays a determining role influencing source-sink relations as any change in source activity (photosynthesis) affects sink metabolism. Defoliation (removal of leaves) influences growth and photosynt...
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A note on sinusoidal motion of a viscoelastic non-Newtonian fluid
In this note, the exact solutions of velocity field and associated shear stress corresponding to the flow of second-grade fluid in a cylindrical pipe, subject to a sinusoidal shear stress, are determined by me...
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Water and Wastewater Treatment using Nano-technology
The growth history of usage of reversible energy (from 1973) and development of nanotechnology (from 1994) shows that world’s society searching for usage of modern technology in practical development of revers...
