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Composting of poultry manure (PM) can cause several problems, including ammonia (NH₃) emissions. Biochar is a useful material in the composting process due to its microstructure and sorption properties. This research aims to investigate the changes in NH₃ emissions and its relationship with physicochemical properties and the bacterial community during PM composting with different biochar. Seven treatments...
The current paper aims to highlight: 1) Major problems due to urbanization, including land cutting, erosion, overgrazing, biodiversity loss, and climate change. 2) The impact of grazing on plant community structure and ecosystem functioning. 3) Management and conservation of natural ecosystems in Sheikh Muhammdi Peshawar. For the current work, three different sites (Zones 1, 11, 111) were selected...
Variation laws of growth conditions and root cortical aerenchyma (RCA) of 15 common maize hybrids (Zea mays L.) in Yunnan Province under simulated rare extreme drought and rehydration conditions were tested in this paper. The relationship between functions of root tissues in extreme drought process and resilience after rehydration was discussed. Results demonstrated: 1) in middle drought period, RCA...
To gain a better understanding of the impact from the land-use change in the Huixian karst wetland system, we analyzed soil microflora, enzyme activities, and physicochemical properties from three land-use types (natural wetland, paddy field, and dry farmland). The results showed that soil pH, soil organic carbon, total nitrogen, cation exchange capacity, exchangeable Ca and Mg, and the cellulase...
The presence of perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) in ambient air particulates (PM2.5, PM10, and TSP) in Beijing was investigated in the current study. The results showed that PFBA, PFPeA, PFHpA, PFOA, PFNA, PFDA, PFUnA, PFDoA, and PFOS, were detected in all sizes of ambient air particulates. The concentrations of PFCs in TSP were slightly higher than those in PM10 and PM2.5. The concentrations of PFCs...
The efficiency of a microwave-assisted Fenton-like process using special supported catalysts was evaluated using total organic carbon (TOC) removal from pharmaceutical wastewater. No acidifi cation was required. The highest level of TOC removal efficiency from wastewater achieved was 65.88%. Moreover, the maximum number of consecutive uses with high activity was four. Under optimal conditions, the...
For the primary purpose of minimizing carbon dioxide emissions in a megalopolis, an optimization model that remarkably reduces carbon emissions for the megalopolis, which is based on the inexact chanceconstrained linear programming (ICCLP) method and incorporates interval linear programming (ILP), and chance constrained programming (CCP), has been constructed. The corresponding net emissions of carbon...
This study presents the effect of metal-enriched rice on concentrations of Pb, Cd, Zn, and Cu in the tissues of chicken. The experimental group of chicken (fed with contaminated rice) accumulated high concentrations of Pb (1.00, 0.73, 0.52, 0.99, and 13.8 mg/kg dw in kidney, liver, muscle, blood and feather, respectively), being 2, 1.2, 3.5, 3, and 3.5 times the corresponding tissue Pb in the control...
To understand the effects of geomorphology and environment on the 13C character of soil organic carbon (SOC) in a hilly karst area, 26 soil samples were collected in 2008 in Nanchuan, Chongqing, SW China. The results showed that the δ13C-SOC values were between -18.66‰~-27.41‰, with the mean value of -23.3‰. The data firmly indicated that the modern soil organic carbon was the mixture of C3 and C4...
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