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Winter Cover Crop Recommendations for Soil Fertility Improvement on Maize-Based Smallholder Irrigation Farms
In sub–Saharan Africa, maize yields remain low among resource poor smallholder farmers, mainly due to soil fertility problems. Conservation...
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Coagulation–flocculation mechanism and characterisation of Hylocereus undatus foliage as a natural coagulant in industrial wastewater treatment
Considering various drawbacks regarding the application of chemical-based coagulants in industrial wastewater treatments, plant-based coagulants have...
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Altered litter inputs modify carbon and nitrogen storage in soil organic matter in a lowland tropical forest
Soil organic matter (SOM) in tropical forests is an important store of carbon (C) and nutrients. Although SOM storage could be affected by global...
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Assessing Landslide-Driven Deforestation and Its Ecological Impact in the Western Ghats: A Multi-Source Data Approach
The influence of landslides (LS) on forest structure, composition, and functionality has gained limited scientific attention compared to...
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Temperature effects on carbon storage are controlled by soil stabilisation capacities
Physical and chemical stabilisation mechanisms are now known to play a critical role in controlling carbon (C) storage in mineral soils, leading to...
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Dynamics of Nutrients, Soil Organic Carbon and Smart Nutrient Management Practices
Soil organic carbon (SOC) and nutrients are important natural resources that play a vital role in soil fertility management and ecosystem...
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A taphonomic and spatial distribution study of the new levels of the middle Pleistocene site of Notarchirico (670–695 ka, Venosa, Basilicata, Italy)
New excavations in the lower part of the sequence dated between 670 and 695 ka by 40 Ar/ 39 Ar and ESR-U-Th at Notarchirico revealed layers with lithic...
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Freezing–thawing cycles affect organic matter decomposition in periglacial maritime Antarctic soils
Antarctic King George Island is the fastest-warming area in the Southern Hemisphere. Organic matter inputs are scarce in this area, as they are...
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Trade-off between ‘new’ SOC stabilisation from above-ground inputs and priming of native C as determined by soil type and residue placement
Due to the geographical expanse of grasslands with depleted organic matter stocks, there has been growing interest in the management of these...
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Map** the Caspian Sea’s North Coast Soils: Transformation and Degradation
The purpose of the studies conducted under the 2015–2017 project of the Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan (“Assessment...
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The Sources and Fates of Lake Sedimentary DNA
For over two decades, ancient DNA (aDNA) from various organisms has been successfully recovered from lake sediments from all over the world, ranging...
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Citric Acid Effect on the Abundance, Size and Composition of Water-Dispersible Soil Colloids and Its Relationship to Soil Phosphorus Desorption: A Case Study
Citric acid exudation by plant roots is often linked to the mobilisation of recalcitrant soil phosphorus (P) for plant nutrition. In this case study,...
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From BioCities to BioRegions and Back: Transforming Urban–Rural Relationships
Cities are hubs of money, power, and information. Characterised by high population density, numerous built structures, extensive impervious surfaces,...
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Who Has Not Trembled at the Mohocks Name? Panic on the Streets, 1712
This chapter provides the first of three socio-historical case-study chapters, focusing on the Mohocks episode which gripped London in the spring of...
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De Facto Sovereignty and Multilateral Sanctions for a Return to Constitutional Order in a Context of Regional Armed Conflict: The Case of Mali
In a globalised and regionalised Africa, governments have transferred part of their sovereignty to international and regional organisations, which...
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The Properties of Materials from Raw Epoxidised Natural Rubber
The raw rubber epoxidised natural rubber (ENR) differs in its chemical structure from the technically specified rubber (TSR) or Standard Malaysian...
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TBPL2/TFIIA complex establishes the maternal transcriptome through oocyte-specific promoter usage
During oocyte growth, transcription is required to create RNA and protein reserves to achieve maternal competence. During this period, the general...
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Historical and Contemporary Missile Development: Nuclear Weapon States, Regional Powers and Other Powers
Development of weapon systems is a systematic approach that needs to take into account threat perceptions, geographical factors, economics and...
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Molecular engineering of antimicrobial peptides: microbial targets, peptide motifs and translation opportunities
The global public health threat of antimicrobial resistance has led the scientific community to highly engage into research on alternative strategies...
