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Journal of Applied Toxicology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Heavy metal exposure is known to have various effects on renal function and blood glucose regulation. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of cement dust and some metal (cadmium, manganese, nickel, and zinc) exposure on blood glucose and renal function parameters in male cement plant workers.
Duygu Seyhan Erdoğan +5 more
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Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis, EarlyView.This study aimed to examine the association between serum uric acid and incident type 2 diabetes mellitus. The study included 5719 subjects (2588 men) aged ≥ 30 years without T2DM at baseline. Multivariate Cox proportional hazard analyses were applied using SUA as continuous and categorical variables. Subjects followed up during a median follow‐up of 8.
Nahid Kord +5 more
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The Astrophysical JournalPhotometric reverberation mapping (RM) provides an efficient alternative to spectroscopic RM for probing the broad-line region (BLR) sizes in active galactic nuclei.
Chi-Zhuo Wang +4 more
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Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, EarlyView.We provide a historic overview of microscopic soil structure characterization from its founding father, Walter Kubiëna, to several technical revolutions like automation, digitalization, and artificial intelligence. In addition to technical advancements, we explore how concepts and research questions have evolved in time.
Steffen Schlüter +3 more
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Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Sustaining soil potassium (K) supply in intensive continuous cropping systems is increasingly challenging because long‐term crop removal often exceeds the natural replenishment capacity of soil K‐bearing minerals, leading to progressive depletion of plant‐available K pools.
Hangming Guo +7 more
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Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Long‐term cultivation can improve soil health, but recovery may not follow the same pathway across contrasting soil and climate conditions. A key unresolved question is whether soil health recovery is mainly associated with the release of physical–chemical constraints or with the gradual rebuilding of carbon, microbial biomass, and nutrient ...
Manal A. Alnaimy +4 more
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Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Subalpine meadows play important roles in biodiversity conservation and soil carbon sequestration, but gully erosion poses a serious threat to their ecological stability. Soil shear strength (τ) is a key mechanical parameter for evaluating gully stability and soil resistance to failure. However, the spatial variation in soil shear strength and
Xiaofeng Yang +9 more
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Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Coal mining severely degrades soil profiles and ecosystem functions, highlighting the need for effective reclamation. Reconstructing soil profiles with industrial solid wastes offers a promising waste‐to‐resource approach, but the ecological effects of different engineered key‐layer materials remain unclear.
Yi‐Jie Quan +13 more
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Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Afforestation is widely advocated for boosting carbon (C) sequestration. However, the stability of soil C pools in economically and culturally significant mulberry plantations remains poorly understood. The soil organic C (SOC) contents in different aggregates and the oxidizable OC fractions were measured.
Zi Yang +8 more
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Our study tests how soil and plant biodiversity can enhance sustainability of crop production in Kenya. We tested whether mixtures of maize varieties performed better than monocultures and tested their response to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Mycorrhizal responsiveness differed significantly by maize variety, and genetic mixtures outperformed ...
Grace Ng'endo Kanyita +3 more
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