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A conceptual framework to link some soil concepts: Soil Quality, Soil Health, Soil-based Ecosystem Services, Soil threats. A proposition from the EJP SOIL -SERENA project

, 2023
International audienceThe EU Soil Strategy aims at providing EU soils in a healthy state by 2050, with the intermediate objective of 70% of healthy soils by 2030.
van den Elsen, Erik, Montagne, David, Cousin, Isabelle, Scammacca, Ottone, Anton-Sobejano, Rodrigo, de Haan, Janjo   +5 more
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3D Printed Omniphobic Slippery Liquid Infused Porous Surfaces for Low Surface Tension Repellency

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
A 3D printing strategy fabricates omniphobic slippery liquid‐infused porous structures with lubricant reservoirs and interconnected microchannels. A post‐printing surface treatment modifies the porous surface to ensure compatibility with the infused fluorinated lubricant.
Noa Trink, Shlomo Magdassi
wiley   +1 more source

Edaphic mesofauna responses to land use change for sugarcane cultivation: insights from contrasting soil textures

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Land use change (LUC), specifically the cultivation of monoculture sugarcane, can negatively impact soil biodiversity, leading to a decline in soil health and ecosystem functioning.
Beatriz S. Vanolli, Nariane de Andrade, Lucas Pecci Canisares, André. L. C. Franco, Arthur P. A. Pereira, Maurício R. Cherubin   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Agar‐Based Optical Sensing System With a Phosphorescent Grid Pattern for Measuring Stress Distributions of Root Growth Using the Sampling Moiré Method

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This paper presents an agar medium with a phosphorescent grid pattern that measures the stress distribution generated by growing plant roots. Using phosphorescence, the system optically separates the grid pattern from the root and extracts the grid deformation.
Gakuto Kagawa, Hidetoshi Takahashi
wiley   +1 more source

Quantifying Damages to Soil Health and Emissions from Land Development in the State of Illinois (USA)

, 2023
The concept of soil health is increasingly being used as an indicator for sustainable soil management and even includes legislative actions. Current applications of soil health often lack geospatial and monetary analyses of damages (e.g., land ...
Dixon, Renee M., Lili Lin, George B. Shepherd, Elena A. Mikhailova, Schlautman, Mark A., Renee M. Dixon, Gregory C. Post, Christopher J. Post, Mikhailova, Elena A., Hamdi A. Zurqani, Post, Christopher C., Shepherd, George B., Zhenbang Hao, Post, Gregory C., Mark A. Schlautman, Hao, Zhenbang, Zurqani, Hamdi A.   +16 more
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Biodegradable Wireless Soil Urea Sensor Using Metamaterial Perfect Absorber for Distributed Deployment in Precision Agriculture

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
In this study, we propose a biodegradable wireless soil urea sensor for precision agriculture. The sensor's electromagnetic response varies depending on the urea concentration, allowing the measurement of relative soil urea concentrations by analyzing the time‐transient electromagnetic response.
Yu Tanaami, Ken Sakabe, Tetsuya Yarimizo, Yasutaka Murakami, Tetsuo Kan, Hiroaki Onoe   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health education and the control of intestinal worm infections in China : a new vision [PDF]

, 2014
The transmission of soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) is associated with poverty, poor hygiene behaviour, lack of clean water and inadequate waste disposal and sanitation.
Stewart, Donald, Allen G Ross, Kate Halton, Yang Henglin, Ross, Allen G., Yuan, Li-Ping, McManus, Donald, Clements, Archie A., Olveda, Remigio M, Archie CA Clements, Yue-Sheng Li, Yap, Peiling, Xiao-Nong Zhou, Gray, Darren J, Williams, Gail M., Olveda, Remigio, Gray, Darren J., Li, Yue-Sheng, Zhou, Xiao-Nong, Remigio M Olveda, Gray, Darren, Du, Zun-Wei, Soares Magalhaes, Ricardo J., Ross, Allen, Darren J Gray, Steinmann, Peter, Tallo, Veronica, Williams, Gail M, Gail M Williams, Bieri, Franziska A., Clements, Archie Ca, Henglin, Yang, Ricardo J Magalhães, Peter Steinmann, Ross, Allen G, Clements, Archie C.A., Li-Ping Yuan, McManus, Donald P, Magalhaes, Ricardo J Soares, Veronica Tallo, Zun-Wei Du, Clements, Archie C. A., Franziska A Bieri, Magalhães, Ricardo J, Giovanna Raso, Zun-Wei, Du, McManus, Donald P., Raso, Giovanna, Donald P McManus, Li, Yue-Sheng., Yang, Henglin, Magalhães, Ricardo J. Soares, Bieri, Franziska A, Peiling Yap, Olveda, Remigio M., Donald Stewart, Bieri, Franziska, Halton, Kate   +57 more
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3D Printing of Soft Robotic Systems: Advances in Fabrication Strategies and Future Trends

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Collectively, this review systematically examines 3D‐printed soft robotics, encompassing material selections, function integration, and manufacturing methodologies. Meanwhile, fabrication strategies are analyzed in order of increasing complexity, highlighting persistent challenges with proposed solutions.
Changjiang Liu, Bin Cui, Xumin Huang, Xiaoyu (Rayne) Zheng, T. Thang Vo‐Doan, Ruirui Qiao   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative analysis of soil quality indexing techniques for various tree based land use systems in semi-arid India

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
Inappropriate management of land use systems is one of the main factors that leads to soil quality degradation and its quantification is crucial to their sustainable utilization planning.
A. R. Uthappa, A. R. Uthappa, A. R. Uthappa, A. S. Devakumar, Bappa Das, G. R. Mahajan, S. B. Chavan, Dinesh Jinger, Prakash Kumar Jha, Parveen Kumar, A. Kokila, R. Krishnamurthy, N. V. Mounesh, C. Dhanush, Iftikhar Ali, Iftikhar Ali, Sayed M. Eldin, Ibrahim Al-Ashkar, Mohamed S. Elshikh, Shah Fahad   +19 more
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Edible Pouch Motors

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Edible robotics is an emerging field that leverages edible materials to construct robotic systems. This study presents a method to create thin, lightweight, yet powerful edible soft actuators, namely edible pouch motors. The successful operation of these edible actuators and grippers renders their potential to advance future developments in edible ...
Keigo Takahashi, Kazuma Takai, Ryuma Niiyama, Jun Shintake   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source