Mackinawite partial oxidation to green rust produces a large, abiotic uranium isotope fractionation by Romain Guilbaud, Morten B. Andersen, Helen M. Freeman, Jeffrey Paulo H. Perez, David Uhlig, Liane G. Benning

“…We show that green rust, a key mineral of Precambrian oceans, forms as a by-product of mackinawite oxidation, along with uraninite and polysulphide. …”
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Recent Advances in Biopesticide Research and Development with a Focus on Microbials [version 4; peer review: 3 approved, 1 approved with reservations] by Dennis Ndolo, Jing Ge, Debbie Muir, Lawrence Malinga, Kahsay Tadesse Mawcha

“…Biopesticides are pest control products derived from natural sources such as microbes, macro-organisms (insects and pathogens), plant extracts, and certain minerals. Many biopesticides are considered environmentally safe and can complement or substitute conventional chemical pesticides. …”
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Factors explaining the differences in the adoption of circular economy measures among farms in Southwest Finland by Antti Hynni, Jukka Käyhkö, Tuomas Kuhmonen

“…About 50% of respondents have reduced mineral fertilizer use, although trading in byproducts and especially on-farm energy production from byproducts remains uncommon. …”
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Sal: ¿Debo recortar su consumo? by Asmaa Fatani, Nancy Gal, Wendy Dahl, Daniela Rivero Mendoza

“…Esta publicación explora los efectos en la salud de la ingesta excesiva de sodio y las formas de disminuir la ingesta de este mineral. …”
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Late Cretaceous Foraminiferal Biozonation in Selected Wells of Nasiriya Oilfield, Southern Iraq by Salah Hussain, Methaq Y. Tulub

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Dynamic land-plant carbon sources in marine sediments inferred from ancient DNA by Ulrike Herzschuh, Josefine Friederike Weiß, Kathleen R. Stoof-Leichsenring, Lars Harms, Dirk Nürnberg, Juliane Müller

“…We also find that plant sedimentary ancient DNA has a higher burial rate in samples from the Late Glacial, which is characterized by high runoff and mineral load. This study provides an approach to understanding the global linkages between the terrestrial and marine carbon cycle, highlighting the need for further research to quantify the processes of DNA preservation and dispersal in marine sediments.…”
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Fluorine-rich hydrogarnet, prehnite and pumpellyite in monzodioritic basement of the Rhine Rift Valley produced by in-situ low-grade metamorphism at 200 °C and 5 km depth by Kurt Bucher, Moritz Hofer, Florentin Ladner, Ingrid Stober

“…The assemblage of low-grade minerals formed in distinct zones separated by sharp reaction fronts from the primary monzodiorite. …”
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Influence of Zeolite, Kaolin, and Chitosan on the Growth and Productivity of Strawberry by Walid F. A. Mosa, Khalid Almutairi, Krzysztof Górnik, Lidia Sas-Paszt

“…Therefore, the application of plant biostimulants and biostimulant-like substances has become necessary to improve the availability and absorption of nutrients, enhance growth, yield, quality, and tolerance to abiotic and biotic stresses, and serve as an alternative to mineral fertilizers. Therefore, this study investigated the influence of zeolite, kaolin (KL), and chitosan (Cs) in alleviating abiotic stress and improving productivity and quality of strawberry plants. …”
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3D-printed and In-situ prepared hydrogel anti-bacterial wound patch with silver nanoparticle embedded matrix by Hanin Amara, Fahad Alam, Said El Turk, Haider Butt

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Multi-level high utility-itemset hiding. by Loan T T Nguyen, Hoa Duong, An Mai, Bay Vo

“…Organizations and corporations who publicly share their data always have a major concern that their sensitive information may be leaked or extracted by rivals or attackers using data miners. High-utility itemset mining (HUIM) is an extension to frequent itemset mining (FIM) which deals with business data in the form of transaction databases, data that is also in danger of being stolen. …”
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Advanced ceramic materials for electrolytes and electrodes in reversible solid oxide cells by Panagiotis Kopras, Constantinos Tsanaktsidis, Nikolas Kiratzis

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Applying genetic algorithm to extreme learning machine in prediction of tumbler index with principal component analysis for iron ore sintering by Senhui Wang

“…Abstract As a major burden of blast furnace, sinter mineral with desired quality performance needs to be produced in sinter plants. …”
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Bioremediation of Soil Microcosms from Auto-Mechanic Workshops by AT Ajao, AO Oluwajobi, VS Olatayo

“…Microbial activities are essential for the restoration of soil contaminated with hydrocarbons, their roles includes biotransformation and mineralization of petroleum products into harmless compounds. …”
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The hydrochemistry of Angwan Mallam and environs (PART OF KEFFI SHEET 208 NE) by Adama Baba, Olalekan Agboola Olowoyeye

“…The rock types in the area are migmatite, granodiorite, pophyritic granodiorite, and biotite gneiss intruded by mineral bearing pegmatite dyke. The structural trend of the rocks conforms to the general pan-African Orogeny deformation trending NE - SW. …”
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Resource- Based Conflict and Rural Poverty in Benue State by W. Yio Benjamin

“…The natural environment of the region provides several resources including mineral resources, vegetal resources, water resources, agricultural lands resources among others which have been extensively exploited by man in the course of his economic activities. …”
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Techno-economic aspects of concrete lightweighting by char enrichment with phosphates from wastewater by Josef Marousek, Beata Gavurova, Anna Marouskova, Babak Minofar

“…Humans excrete approximately 5 g of phosphorus (P) day-1, which is often precipitated by salts into hardly applicable minerals such as struvite (in developed countries) or contributes to eutrophication (in developing countries). …”
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Nutraceuticals and Pharmaceuticals by E. A. Poluektova, A. G. Beniashvili, R. V. Maslennikov

“…BAFAs are food additives that contains one or several food ingredients (vitamins, mineral substances, plant components, amino acids and others). …”
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EVALUATION OF THE GROUNDWATER QUALITY IN A CLOSED INDUSTRIAL LANDFILL by SENOU ISSAKA, NARCIS BÂRSAN, VALENTIN NEDEFF, SOME N. ANTOINE, NACRO H. BISMARCK

“…Principal Component Analysis (PCA) also highlighted groundwater mineralization events of this landfill and possible pollution by organic matter. …”
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Determination of Calcium Carbonate Content in Eggshells of Different Types (White and Brown Egg shells). by Namutebi, Joweria

“…Egg shells are a rich source of mineral salts, mainly calcium carbonate, which is probably the best natural source of calcium and it is about 90% absorbable. …”
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Research on desiliconization of brown corundum fly dust and bauxite based on roasting-alkali leaching method. by Nian Liu, Chaoyi Chen, Junqi Li, Dong Liang

“…The synergistic mechanism involves fine particles of the BCFD adsorbing on the surface after mixing with the bauxite, increasing the mineral surface area and the activity of silicon, thereby accelerating the reaction rate.…”
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