Research of efficiency of ferrous metallurgy slag use in pavement base layers by S. A. Chernov, E. V. Lekontsev, V. S. Schreiner, A. V. Fuchs, A. I. Piskunov

“…The sulfur content was determined on an elemental analyzer by burning a specimen at a temperature of 1350 °C. Carbon content was determined on a total organic carbon analyzer by burning a specimen at a temperature of 950 °C. …”
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Editorial by Jörg Tremmel, Maria Lenk, Antony Mason, Markus Rutsche

“…He combines nine indicators: forest degradation rate, share of low-carbon energy consumption, and carbon footprint in the environmental dimension; adjusted net savings, current account balance, and wealth in equality in the economic dimension; and primary pupil-teacher ratio, fertility rate, and GDP-adjusted child mortality in the social dimension. …”
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Effect of Sucrose Spray on some Phytochemical Characteristics of Stevia (Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni) under Field Conditions by Vahid Akbarpour, Hossein Aruei, Kambiz Mashayekhi, Majid Azizi Arani, Mohammad Ali Bahmanyar

“…Conclusion: The studied carbon sources had a significant effect on many investigated traits. …”
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Peculiarities of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in patients who have suffered from COVID-19 by V.O. Zbitnieva, O.B. Voloshyna, I.V. Balashova, E.A. Zubok, O.R. Dukova, L.I. Kovalchuk

“…Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (AM BP) was carried out on the CardioTens apparatus (Meditech, Hungary) according to the standard method. …”
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Effect of Sports Energy Drink on Fat Metabolism and Weight Loss of College Students by Huan Chu, Wenyong Zhou, Shanshan Wang

“…Energy drinks have become a new generation of drinks after carbonated drinks, drinking water, fruit and vegetable juice, and tea. …”
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Overcoming barriers to the development of clean and digital energy start-ups: access to credit and protection of minority investors' rights by Artyukhov Artem, Oleksii Havrylenko, Olena Churikanova, Kseniia Mohylna

“…Clean and digital energy start-ups play a pivotal role in this transformation by fostering innovation, driving technological advancements, and creating solutions for energy efficiency and carbon reduction. However, these ventures face significant challenges, particularly in accessing adequate credit and ensuring robust protection for minority investors. …”
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Simultaneous estimation of multiple soil properties from vis-NIR spectra using a multi-gate mixture-of-experts with data augmentation by Xiaoqing Wang, Mei-Wei Zhang, Ya-Nan Zhou, Lingli Wang, Ling-Tao Zeng, Yu-Pei Cui, Xiao-Lin Sun

“…., clay, silt, sand, pH (in water), organic content (OC), calcium carbonate (CaCO3), nitrogen (N), phosphorous (P), potassium (K), and cation exchange capacity (CEC). …”
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Adherence to a digital therapeutic mediates the relationship between momentary self-regulation and health risk behaviors by Enzo G. Plaitano, Enzo G. Plaitano, Daniel McNeish, Sophia M. Bartels, Sophia M. Bartels, Kathleen Bell, Jesse Dallery, Michael Grabinski, Michaela Kiernan, Hannah A. Lavoie, Hannah A. Lavoie, Shea M. Lemley, Michael R. Lowe, David P. MacKinnon, Stephen A. Metcalf, Stephen A. Metcalf, Lisa Onken, Judith J. Prochaska, Cady Lauren Sand, Cady Lauren Sand, Emily A. Scherer, Luke E. Stoeckel, Haiyi Xie, Lisa A. Marsch

“…Participants reported on their momentary self-regulation via ecological momentary assessments and health risk behaviors were measured as steps taken from a physical activity tracker and breathalyzed carbon monoxide. Medical regimen adherence was assessed as daily Laddr usage. …”
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Buffalo meat quality, processing, and marketing: harnessing its benefits and nutraceutical potential by Sebastiana Failla

“…This last trait, which may seem negative, allows us to carry out prolonged aging time (PAT) without compromising the shelf life and improving meat tenderness, one of the organoleptic characteristic’s consumers desires. …”
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Life cycle assessment of coconut plantation, copra, and charcoal production by T. Puspaningrum, N.S. Indrasti, C. Indrawanto, M. Yani

“…The human toxic potential of coconut shell charcoal decreased from 2.92 × 105 to 109.43 kilogram 1,4-dichlorobenzene equivalent, terrestrial ecotoxicity potential decreased from 59 to 19 kilogram 1,4-dichlorobenzene equivalent, and the global warming potential decreased from 1753.55 to 93.03 kilogram carbon dioxide equivalent.CONCLUSION: Life cycle assessment can evaluate the impacts of copra and coconut shell charcoal from the coconut cultivation to the production stages. …”
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Production de Pennisetum sp. et son utilisation pour la culture de Pleurotus ostreatus au Burundi by Prosper Kiyuku, Samuel Bigawa

“…Physico-chemical analysis of stems of four clones of Pennisetum sp. showed the presence of different organic and mineral elements (phosphorus, calcium, potassium and magnesium), an average content of ashes ranging between 5.27 and 7.72 %, an average in cellulose ranging between 35.7 and 39.2 %, neutral hydrogen potential and a carbon/nitrogen ration higher than 50. This ration indicates the poorness of Pennisetum sp. in nitrogen. …”
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A szélsőséges időjárási jelenségek hatásai (Effects of the Extreme Weather Events) by Tamás Molnár, Katalin M. Barna

“…It seems clear that the assumption is almost poetic as the earth sends clear messages: the concentration of greenhouse gases increased suddenly in the atmosphere (carbon-dioxide, methan, nitrous oxide, etc), the average temperature continues to rise (increasing number of hot records), the sea temperature is also rising, the area of glaciers is shrinking dramatically and prolonged drought and flood waters in some places appear. …”
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AI-NAOS: an AI-based nonspherical aerosol optical scheme for the chemical weather model GRAPES_Meso5.1/CUACE by X. Wang, L. Bi, H. Wang, Y. Wang, W. Han, X. Shen, X. Zhang

“…Specifically, the AI-NAOS considers black carbon (BC) to be fractal aggregates and models soil dust (SD) as super-spheroids, encapsulated partially or completely with hygroscopic aerosols such as sulfate, nitrate, and aerosol water. …”
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Degassing at the Volcanic/Geothermal System of Kos (Greece): Geochemical Characterization of the Released Gases and CO2 Output Estimation by Kyriaki Daskalopoulou, Antonina Lisa Gagliano, Sergio Calabrese, Lorenza Li Vigni, Manfredi Longo, Konstantinos Kyriakopoulos, Giovannella Pecoraino, Walter D’Alessandro

“…These areas are mainly characterized by the lack of vegetation and after long dry periods by the presence of sulfate salt efflorescence. Carbon dioxide is the prevailing gas species (ranging from 88 to 99%), while minor amounts of N2 (up to 7.5%) and CH4 (up to 2.1%) are also present. …”
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Genomic strategies to facilitate breeding for increased β-Glucan content in oat (Avena sativa L.) by Sumandeep Kaur Bazzer, Guilherme Oliveira, Jason D. Fiedler, Raja Sekhar Nandety, Jean-Luc Jannink, Melanie Caffe

“…Abstract Background Hexaploid oat (Avena sativa L.) is a commercially important cereal crop due to its soluble dietary fiber β-glucan, a hemicellulose known to prevent cardio-vascular diseases. To maximize health benefits associated with the consumption of oat-based food products, breeding efforts have aimed at increasing the β-glucan content in oat groats. …”
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Produção de beta-D-frutofuranosidases por Aspergillus sp. M2.4 e caracterização bioquímica by Mayanne Tatielle Silva, Paulo Henrique Silva Lopes, Thiago Machado Pasin, David Lee Nelson, Vivian Machado Benassi

“…M2.4, tendo como melhores padrões o crescimento em meio de cultura submerso Carvalho-Peixoto, durante cinco dias, a 30ºC, de forma estacionária, utilizando-se como fonte de carbono o farelo de trigo, e fonte de nitrogênio o extrato de levedura, assim como a própria solução de sais do meio CP, os quais proporcionaram um aumento da atividade de 35 U totais para 290 U totais, representando um aumento de 8 vezes. …”
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Nomogram to predict 3 month prognosis of acute ischemic stroke among young adults by Qian He, Qian He, Miaoran Wang, Haoyue Zhu, Ying Xiao, Rui Wen, Xiaoqing Liu, Yangdi Shi, Linzhi Zhang, Bing Xu

“…Gender (male vs. female; Odds ratio[OR], 0.5562[95% Confidence Interval (CI), 0.3104–1.0478]; p = 0.053), family history of stroke (OR, 3.5698[95%CI 1.5632–8.0329], p < 0.001), prior stroke (OR, 2.1509[95%CI 1.2610–3.6577], p < 0.001), previous heart disease (OR, 3.4047[95%CI, 1.7838–6.6976], p < 0.01) toast type (cardio-embolism stroke vs. large-artery atherosclerosis (LAA), OR, 0.0847[0.0043–0.5284], p < 0.01), toast type (stroke of undetermined etiology vs. …”
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Effects of Microbial Fertilizer Application on Soil Ecology in Saline–Alkali Fields by Xingguo Tian, Xiu Zhang, Guoping Yang, Yu Wang, Qianru Liu, Jingjing Song

“…Redundancy analysis (RDA) identified that the key physicochemical factors influencing bacterial community structure were available phosphorus (AP), electrical conductivity (EC), and pH, whereas for fungi, they were AP, available potassium (AK), and dissolved organic carbon (DOC). This research presents the effects of microbial fertilizer application on the improvement in a saline–alkali field over two years. …”
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Assessment of phytochemical screening, antibacterial, analgesic, and antipyretic potentials of Litsea glutinosa (L.) leaves extracts in a mice model. by Zubair Khalid Labu, Samira Karim, Md Tarekur Rahman, Md Imran Hossain, Sarder Arifuzzaman, Md Shakil

“…In antibacterial studies, results showed that inhibition of bacterial growth at 400 μg dose of each extract clearly inhibited growth of bacteria from 11 to 22 mm. The extractives carbon tetrachloride fraction, chloroform soluble fraction, ethyl acetate fraction demonstrated notably greater inhibitory zone widths (p < 0.05) against tested strains.…”
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The Influence of Edaphic and Climatic Factors on the Morphophysiological Behavior of Young Argan Plants Cultivated in Orchards: A Comparative Analysis of Three Regions in Southwest... by Fatima Ezzahra Tiouidji, Assma Oumasst, Salma Tabi, Naima Chabbi, Abdelaziz Mimouni, Meriyem Koufan, Naima Ait Aabd, Abdelghani Tahiri, Youssef Karra, Jamal Hallam, Redouan Qessaoui, Rachid Bouharroud, Fouad Elame, Nadya Wahid, Ahmed Wifaya

“…The soil was analyzed for the pH, electrical conductivity (EC), water content, limestone (CaCO₃), Kjeldahl nitrogen (N), available phosphorus (P₂O₅), organic matter (OM), and carbon/nitrogen ratio (C/N). To gain a better understanding of the morphophysiological characteristics of young argan seedlings, we carried out various observations, such as measuring the height and diameter of aerial parts, and the water content of leaves (WCL) and branches (WCB), quantifying chlorophyll (mg/m²) and leaf area. …”
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