IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4109: The Occurrence and Risks of Selected Emerging Pollutants in Drinking Water Source Areas in Henan, China International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16214109 Authors: Donghai Wu Ying Zhou Guanghua Lu Kai Hu Jingjing Yao Xinghou Shen Lei Wei The occurrence of organic micropollutants (OMPs) in aqueous environments has potential effects on ecological safety and human health. Three kinds of OMPs (namely,...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2573: The Joint Role of Thyroid Function and Iodine Status on Risk of Preterm Birth and Small for Gestational Age: A Population-Based Nested Case-Control Study of Finnish Women Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112573 Authors: Alexandra C. Purdue-Smithe Tuija Männistö Griffith A. Bell Sunni L. Mumford Aiyi Liu Kurunthachalam Kannan Un-Jung Kim Eila Suvanto Heljä-Marja Surcel Mika Gissler James L. Mills Normal maternal thyroid function...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2571: Impact of Fenugreek on Milk Production in Rodent Models of Lactation Challenge Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112571 Authors: Sevrin Alexandre-Gouabau Castellano Aguesse Ouguerram Ngyuen Darmaun Boquien Fenugreek, a herbal remedy, has long been used as galactologue to help mothers likely to stop breastfeeding because of perceived insufficient milk production. However, few studies highlight the efficacy of fenugreek in enhancing...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2570: Patients Discharged with Home Enteral Nutrition from a Third-Level Hospital in 2018 Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112570 Authors: Cristina Campos-Martín María Dolores García-Torres Cristina Castillo-Martín Rocío Domínguez-Rabadán Juana María Rabat-Restrepo Patients who, during admission, begin to use enteral nutrition (EN) and do not recover adequate oral intake need proper planning prior to discharge. The present study is a descriptive analysis...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2569: Fatty Acid Profile and Antioxidant Status Fingerprint in Sarcopenic Elderly Patients: Role of Diet and Exercise Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112569 Authors: Paola Antonia Corsetto Gigliola Montorfano Catherine Klersy Luca Massimino Vittoria Infantino Giancarlo Iannello Milena Anna Faliva Henry Lukaski Simone Perna Tariq A. Alalwan Angela Maria Rizzo Mariangela Rondanelli Plasma fatty acids (FAs) and oxidant status contribute...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2568: Actigraphic Sleep and Dietary Macronutrient Intake in Children Aged 6–9 Years Old: A Pilot Study Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112568 Authors: Silvia Coronado Ferrer Isabel Peraita-Costa Agustín Llopis-Morales Yolanda Picó José Miguel Soriano F. Javier Nieto Agustín Llopis-González María Morales-Suarez-Varela The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between different sleep parameters and energy and macronutrient intake...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2566: Metabolic Cytokines at Fasting and During Macronutrient Challenges: Influence of Obesity, Female Androgen Excess and Sex Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112566 Authors: M. Ángeles Martínez-García Samuel Moncayo María Insenser Francisco Álvarez-Blasco Manuel Luque-Ramírez Héctor F. Escobar-Morreale Scope: Cytokines have pleiotropic functions within the organism and their levels may be influenced by obesity, visceral adiposity and sex hormones....
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2567: Relationship between 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D and Body Composition in Middle-Aged Sedentary Adults: The FIT-AGEING Study Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112567 Authors: Alejandro De-la-O Lucas Jurado-Fasoli Manuel J. Castillo Luis Gracia-Marco Ángel Gutierrez Francisco J. Amaro-Gahete Vitamin D deficiency is a worldwide health problem that, in addition to its well-known negative effects on musculoskeletal health, has been related to a wide range...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2564: Impact of Vitamin D Deficit on the Rat Gut Microbiome Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112564 Authors: Iñaki Robles-Vera María Callejo Ricardo Ramos Juan Duarte Francisco Perez-Vizcaino Inadequate immunologic, metabolic and cardiovascular homeostasis has been related to either an alteration of the gut microbiota or to vitamin D deficiency. We analyzed whether vitamin D deficiency alters rat gut microbiota. Male Wistar rats were fed a standard or...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2563: Increasing Dietary Carbohydrate as Part of a Healthy Whole Food Diet Intervention Dampens Eight Week Changes in Salivary Cortisol and Cortisol Responsiveness Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112563 Authors: Hoda Soltani Nancy L. Keim Kevin D. Laugero It is largely unknown whether and how whole food diets influence psychological stress and stress system responsiveness. To better understand the effects of whole diets on stress system responsiveness, we examined...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2565: From the Table to the Tumor: The Role of Mediterranean and Western Dietary Patterns in Shifting Microbial-Mediated Signaling to Impact Breast Cancer Risk Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112565 Authors: Tiffany M. Newman Mara Z. Vitolins Katherine L. Cook Diet is a modifiable component of lifestyle that could influence breast cancer development. The Mediterranean dietary pattern is considered one of the healthiest of all dietary patterns. Adherence to...
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Pathogens, Vol. 8, Pages 206: Role of Wild Boar in the Spread of Classical Swine Fever in Japan Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens8040206 Authors: Ito Jurado Bosch Ito Sánchez-Vizcaíno Isoda Sakoda Since September 2018, nearly 900 notifications of classical swine fever (CSF) have been reported in Gifu Prefecture (Japan) affecting domestic pig and wild boar by the end of August 2019. To determine the epidemiological characteristics of its spread, a spatio-temporal...
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Pathogens, Vol. 8, Pages 205: Taxonomical and Functional Assessment of the Endometrial Microbiota in A Context of Recurrent Reproductive Failure: A Case Report Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens8040205 Authors: Iolanda Garcia-Grau David Perez-Villaroya Davide Bau Marta Gonzalez-Monfort Felipe Vilella Inmaculada Moreno Carlos Simon Investigation of the microbial community in the female reproductive tract has revealed that the replacement of a community dominated by Lactobacillus...
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Pathogens, Vol. 8, Pages 204: Prevalence, Antimicrobial Resistance, and Diversity of Salmonella along the Pig Production Chain in Southern Brazil Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens8040204 Authors: Luciano dos Santos Bersot Valéria Quintana Cavicchioli Cibeli Viana Raquel Cristina Konrad Burin Anderson Carlos Camargo José Paes de Almeida Nogueira Pinto Luís Augusto Nero Maria Teresa Destro Control of Salmonella spp. in food production chains is very important to ensure...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 11, Pages 552: Principal Criteria for Evaluating the Quality, Safety and Efficacy of hMSC-Based Products in Clinical Practice: Current Approaches and Challenges Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics11110552 Authors: Juan Antonio Guadix Javier López-Beas Beatriz Clares José Luis Soriano-Ruiz José Luis Zugaza Patricia Gálvez-Martín Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells (hMSCs) play an important role as new therapeutic alternatives in advanced therapies and...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 11, Pages 551: Doxorubicin and Varlitinib Delivery by Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles Against Human Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics11110551 Authors: Sílvia Castro Coelho Daniel Pires Reis Maria Carmo Pereira Manuel A. N. Coelho The aim of this study was to develop drug delivery nanosystems based on pegylated gold nanoparticles (PEGAuNPs) for a combination against pancreatic cancer cells. Doxorubicin and varlitinib, an...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 447: Outstanding Characteristics of Thai Non-GM Bred Waxy Cassava Starches Compared with Normal Cassava Starch, Waxy Cereal Starches and Stabilized Cassava Starches Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8110447 Authors: Toae Sriroth Rojanaridpiched Vichukit Chotineeranat Wansuksri Chatakanonda Piyachomkwan Waxy cassava roots of nine varieties successfully developed in Thailand by a non-genetic modification (non-GM), conventional breeding method...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 446: Enhancement of Drought Tolerance in Cucumber Plants by Natural Carbon Materials Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8110446 Authors: Tae Yoon Kim Sang-Hyo Lee Hara Ku Seung-Yop Lee Stress induced by climate change is a widespread and global phenomenon. Unexpected drought stress has a substantial effect on the growth and productivity of valuable crops. The effects of carbon materials on living organisms in response to abiotic stresses remain poorly understood....
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Religions, Vol. 10, Pages 594: The Church in a Pluralistic World: The Public Vision of Ressourcement
Religions, Vol. 10, Pages 594: The Church in a Pluralistic World: The Public Vision of Ressourcement Religions doi: 10.3390/rel10110594 Authors: Gabriel Flynn The dual concern of this article is to present the vision of the church articulated by the renowned generation of Catholic ressourcement thinkers in the mid-twentieth century, and to demonstrate its continued fecundity in the pluralist, multi-cultural context of contemporary western society. It seeks to contribute primarily to...
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Religions, Vol. 10, Pages 593: The Covenants of the Prophet and the Subject of Succession Religions doi: 10.3390/rel10110593 Authors: John Andrew Morrow In order to advance their argument that Imām ‘Alī was the divinely and prophetically designated spiritual and political successor of the Prophet Muḥammad, Shī‘ite Muslim scholars have primarily drawn evidence from the Qur’ān and Ḥadīth which was supplemented by reason and rational arguments. Oddly enough,...
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Robotics, Vol. 8, Pages 92: Estimating Weight of Unknown Objects Using Active Thermography Robotics doi: 10.3390/robotics8040092 Authors: Tamas Aujeszky Georgios Korres Mohamad Eid Farshad Khorrami Successful manipulation of unknown objects requires an understanding of their physical properties. Infrared thermography has the potential to provide real-time, contactless material characterization for unknown objects. In this paper, we propose an approach that utilizes active thermography...
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Safety, Vol. 5, Pages 72: A Review on Measuring Affect with Practical Sensors to Monitor Driver Behavior Safety doi: 10.3390/safety5040072 Authors: Welch Harnett Lee Using sensors to monitor signals produced by drivers is a way to help better understand how emotions contribute to unsafe driving habits. The need for intuitive machines that can interpret intentional and unintentional signals is imperative for our modern world. However, in complex human–machine work environments,...
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Social Sciences, Vol. 8, Pages 297: Searching for a Place to Belong in a Time of Othering Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci8110297 Authors: Hyacinth Udah Australia is a land of opportunity, where hard work can bring a better life. Most immigrants come to Australia to establish a new life and fulfil hopes and dreams for better life opportunities. Like many immigrants to Australia, I came to establish a new better life for myself and for family. In this paper, I share my challenges of...
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Technologies, Vol. 7, Pages 76: Analysis of a Chaotic System with Line Equilibrium and Its Application to Secure Communications Using a Descriptor Observer Technologies doi: 10.3390/technologies7040076 Authors: Lazaros Moysis Christos Volos Viet-Thanh Pham Sotirios Goudos Ioannis Stouboulos Mahendra Kumar Gupta Vikas Kumar Mishra In this work a novel chaotic system with a line equilibrium is presented. First, a dynamical analysis on the system is performed, by computing...
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Toxins, Vol. 11, Pages 615: Ochratoxin A Sequentially Activates Autophagy and the Ubiquitin-Proteasome System Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins11110615 Authors: Akpinar Kahraman Yaman Ochratoxin A (OTA) is a carcinogenic mycotoxin, which is produced by Aspergillus and Penicillium genera of fungi and commonly contaminates food and feed. We and others have previously shown that OTA causes sustained activation of PI3K/AKT and MAPK/ERK1-2 signaling pathways in different cell types and...
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Toxins, Vol. 11, Pages 616: Decontamination of T-2 Toxin in Maize by Modified Montmorillonite Clay Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins11110616 Authors: Bunmi K. Olopade Solomon U. Oranusi Obinna C. Nwinyi Isiaka A. Lawal Sefater Gbashi Patrick B. Njobeh Montmorillonite clay has a wide range of applications, one of which includes the binding of mycotoxins in foods and feeds through adsorption. T-2 toxin, produced by some Fusarium, Myrothecium, and Stachybotrys species, causes dystrophy...
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Toxins, Vol. 11, Pages 614: The Botulinum Treatment of Neurogenic Detrusor Overactivity: The Double-Face of the Neurotoxin Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins11110614 Authors: Chiara Traini Maria Giuliana Vannucchi Botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) can counteract the highly frequent involuntary muscle contractions and the uncontrolled micturition events that characterize the neurogenic detrusor overactivity (NDO) due to supra-sacral spinal cord lesions. The ability of the toxin to block the neurotransmitter...
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Vaccines, Vol. 7, Pages 159: Dissolving Microneedles for Intradermal Vaccination against Shigellosis
Vaccines, Vol. 7, Pages 159: Dissolving Microneedles for Intradermal Vaccination against Shigellosis Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines7040159 Authors: Pastor Larrañeta Erhard Quincooces Peñuelas Irache Donnelly Gamazo Intradermal (ID) immunization is of increasing interest due to the easy accessibility and excellent immunogenic properties of the skin. Among ID immunization methods, dissolving microneedles (MNs) have appeared as an alternative to traditional...
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Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 6, Pages 85: Mongoose (Herpestes auropunctatus) May Not Be Reservoir Hosts for Mycobacterium bovis in Fiji Despite High Population Density and Direct Contact with Cattle Veterinary Sciences doi: 10.3390/vetsci6040085 Authors: Philip J. Hayton Richard J. Whittington Colin Wakelin Paul Colville Aoife Reid Leo Borja Jenny-Ann Toribio The presence of a wildlife reservoir for Mycobacterium bovis complicates the eradication of bovine tuberculosis...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 982: Molecular and Biological Characterization of a New Strawberry Cytorhabdovirus Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11110982 Authors: Fránová Přibylová Koloniuk Virus diseases of strawberry present several complex problems. More than 25 viruses have been described in the genus Fragaria thus far. Here, we describe a novel rhabdovirus, tentatively named strawberry virus 1 (StrV-1), that infects F. ananassa and F. vesca plants. Genomic sequences of three distinct StrV-1...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 983: Large Phenotypic and Genetic Diversity of Prophages Induced from the Fish Pathogen Vibrio anguillarum Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11110983 Authors: Castillo Andersen Kalatzis Middelboe Vibrio anguillarum is a marine pathogenic bacterium that causes vibriosis in fish and shellfish. Although prophage-like sequences have been predicted in V. anguillarum strains, many are not characterized, and it is not known if they retain the functional capacity to...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 981: Special Issue "IFN-Independent ISG Expression and its Role in Antiviral Cell-Intrinsic Innate Immunity" Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11110981 Authors: Thomas Saito Over the last few decades, accumulating evidence has demonstrated that numerous Interferon(IFN) stimulate genes (ISGs) can be directly upregulated following virus infection independent ofIFN signaling [...]
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 984: Effects of Regulatory T Cell Depletion on NK Cell Responses against Listeria monocytogenes in Feline Immunodeficiency Virus Infected Cats Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11110984 Authors: Simões LaVoy Dean Regulatory T cells (Treg) are key players in the maintenance of peripheral tolerance, preventing autoimmune diseases and restraining chronic inflammatory diseases. Evidence suggests Treg cells and NK cells have important roles in feline immunodeficiency...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 980: Identification of a Novel Betacoronavirus (Merbecovirus) in Amur Hedgehogs from China Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11110980 Authors: Susanna K. P. Lau Hayes K. H. Luk Antonio C. P. Wong Rachel Y. Y. Fan Carol S. F. Lam Kenneth S. M. Li Syed Shakeel Ahmed Franklin W.N. Chow Jian-Piao Cai Xun Zhu Jasper F. W. Chan Terrence C. K. Lau Kaiyuan Cao Mengfeng Li Patrick C. Y. Woo Kwok-Yung Yuen While dromedaries are the immediate...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 979: Viral Metagenomics Revealed Sendai Virus and Coronavirus Infection of Malayan Pangolins (Manis javanica) Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11110979 Authors: Ping Liu Wu Chen Jin-Ping Chen Pangolins are endangered animals in urgent need of protection. Identifying and cataloguing the viruses carried by pangolins is a logical approach to evaluate the range of potential pathogens and help with conservation. This study provides insight into viral communities of Malayan...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2219: Future Changes in Precipitation and Drought Characteristics over Bangladesh Under CMIP5 Climatological Projections Water doi: 10.3390/w11112219 Authors: Kamruzzaman Jang Cho Hwang : The impacts of climate change on precipitation and drought characteristics over Bangladesh were examined by using the daily precipitation outputs from 29 bias-corrected general circulation models (GCMs) under the representative concentration pathway (RCP) 4.5 and 8.5...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2217: Elimination of Micropollutants in Activated Sludge Reactors with a Special Focus on the Effect of Biomass Concentration Water doi: 10.3390/w11112217 Authors: Hatoum Potier Roques-Carmes Lemaitre Hamieh Toufaily Horn Borowska This study aimed to investigate the effects of sludge retention time (SRT), hydraulic retention time (HRT), and biomass concentration (CTSS) in activated sludge systems on removal of various micropollutants...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2218: Comparison of Meteorological- and Agriculture-Related Drought Indicators across Ethiopia Water doi: 10.3390/w11112218 Authors: Dawit Teweldebirhan Tsige Venkatesh Uddameri Farhang. Forghanparast Elma Annette. Hernandez Stephen. Ekwaro-Osire Meteorological drought indicators are commonly used for agricultural drought contingency planning in Ethiopia. Agricultural droughts arise due to soil moisture deficits. While these deficits may be caused by...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2216: Exploring the Effects of Alternative Water Demand Management Strategies Using an Agent-Based Model Water doi: 10.3390/w11112216 Authors: Koutiva Makropoulos Integrated urban water management calls for tools that can analyze and simulate the complete cycle including the physical, technical, and social dimensions. Scientific advances created simulation tools able to simulate the urban water cycle as realistically as possible. However, even these tools cannot...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2212: Scour around Piers under Waves: Current Status of Research and Its Future Prospect Water doi: 10.3390/w11112212 Authors: Ainal Hoque Gazi Mohammad Saud Afzal Subhasish Dey In this review article, the current status of research on pier scour under waves is presented. This includes a summary of different bridge failure events due to scour, scour mechanism, scour depth predictors under waves, influence of pier shape on scour depth formation, shape of scour...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2214: Validation of Cryogenic Vacuum Extraction of Pore Water from Volcanic Soils for Isotopic Analysis Water doi: 10.3390/w11112214 Authors: Diego Rivera Karen Gutierrez Walter Valdivia-Cea Mauricio Zambrano-Bigiarini Alex Godoy-Faúndez Amaya Álvez Laura Farías Andean headwater catchments are key components of the hydrological cycle, given that they capture moisture, store water and release it for Chilean cities, industry, agriculture, and cities...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2215: Integrated Water Quality Governance and Sectoral Responsibility: The EU Water Framework Directive’s Impact on Agricultural Sector Policies in Norway Water doi: 10.3390/w11112215 Authors: Sissel Hovik In accordance with the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD), Norway has made the river basin the basis for coordination of sectoral policies. New units of River Basin Districts and Sub-Districts have been introduced. In each district, the joint water management...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2211: Subirrigation of Container-Grown Tomato II: Physical and Chemical Properties of the Growing Medium Water doi: 10.3390/w11112211 Authors: Juana Cruz García-Santiago Luis Alonso Valdez-Aguilar Donita L. Cartmill Andrew D. Cartmill Porfirio Juárez-López Daniela Alvarado-Camarillo Subirrigation of containerized vegetable crops is a promising strategy to increase water and nutrient use efficiency, however, the longer growing seasons for cultivation...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2213: Dissolved Inorganic Geogenic Phosphorus Load to a Groundwater-Fed Lake: Implications of Terrestrial Phosphorus Cycling by Groundwater Water doi: 10.3390/w11112213 Authors: Catharina Simone Nisbeth Jacob Kidmose Kaarina Weckström Kasper Reitzel Bent Vad Odgaard Ole Bennike Lærke Thorling Suzanne McGowan Anders Schomacker David Lajer Juul Kristensen Søren Jessen The general perception has long been that lake eutrophication is driven...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2210: Efficient Water Quality Prediction Using Supervised Machine Learning Water doi: 10.3390/w11112210 Authors: Umair Ahmed Rafia Mumtaz Hirra Anwar Asad A. Shah Rabia Irfan José García-Nieto Water makes up about 70% of the earth’s surface and is one of the most important sources vital to sustaining life. Rapid urbanization and industrialization have led to a deterioration of water quality at an alarming rate, resulting in harrowing diseases....
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