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Handwashing and Ebola virus disease outbreaks: A randomized comparison of soap, hand sanitizer, and 0.05% chlorine solutions on the inactivation and removal of model organisms Phi6 and E. coli from hands and persistence in rinse water. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
To prevent Ebola transmission, frequent handwashing is recommended in Ebola Treatment Units and communities. However, little is known about which handwashing protocol is most efficacious.
Marlene K Wolfe, Karin Gallandat, Kyle Daniels, Anne Marie Desmarais, Pamela Scheinman, Daniele Lantagne   +5 more
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Design of Smart Weed Control System with Consideration of Herbicide Persistence Using Supervised Learning

Chemical Engineering Transactions, 2023
One of the factors that affect the quality and quantity of crops is due to stress factors caused by weeds. The presence of weeds in a field of crop is always stressful for the crop plant due to the competition for nutrients, light and moisture ...
Mae M. Garcillanosa, Noela Jean S. Bunag, Diann Claire L. Elazegui, James Bryan E. Natulan   +3 more
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Persistent Activities of Extracellular Enzymes Adsorbed to Soil Minerals

Microorganisms, 2020
Adsorption of extracellular enzymes to soil minerals is assumed to protect them against degradation, while modifying their activities at the same time. However, the persistence of the activity of adsorbed enzymes remains poorly understood.
Folasade K. Olagoke, Klaus Kaiser, Robert Mikutta, Karsten Kalbitz, Cordula Vogel   +4 more
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Effect of Particle Size on Droplet Infiltration into Hydrophobic Porous Media As a Model of Water Repellent Soil [PDF]

, 2011
The wettability of soil is of great importance for plants and soil biota, and in determining the risk for preferential flow, surface runoff, flooding,and soil erosion. The molarity of ethanol droplet (MED) test is widely used for quantifying the severity
Bryant, R, Newton, MI, Doerr, SH, Shirtcliffe, NJ, Stefan Doerr, McHale, Glen, Ahn, Sujung, Ahn, S, Christopher A. E. Hamlett, Robert Bryant, Stefan H. Doerr, Doerr, Stefan, Sujung Ahn, Rob Bryant, Newton, Michael, Neil J. Shirtcliffe, Glen McHale, Hamlett, Christopher, Michael I. Newton., Shirtcliffe, Neil, McHale, G, Bryant, Robert, Hamlett, CAE   +22 more
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Direct and Indirect Effects of a Glyphosate-Based Herbicide on Spodoptera frugiperda Multiple Nucleopolyhedrovirus (Baculoviridae) on Diet, Maize Plants and Soil

Insects
Glyphosate is a broad-spectrum, systemic herbicide that has attracted concern over its non-target effects, environmental persistence, and the presence of residues in food.
Juan S. Gómez-Díaz, Arely Y. Cubas, Mara J. Arias-Robledo, Trevor Williams   +3 more
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Persistence of microbial extracellular enzymes in soils under different temperatures and water availabilities

Ecology and Evolution, 2020
Microbial extracellular enzyme activity (EEA) is critical for the decomposition of organic matter in soils. Generally, EEA represents the limiting step governing soil organic matter mineralization.
Enrique J. Gómez, Jose A. Delgado, Juan M. González   +2 more
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Karl Popper and the Mechanisms of Hydrogen Embrittlement

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
Representation of the beginning of loss of ductility rather than embrittlement. Small concentrations of hydrogen in a diffusible form within iron are well‐established to harm the mechanical integrity of steels. There are theories that attempt to explain the pernicious role of hydrogen.
H. K. D. H. Bhadeshia
wiley   +1 more source

Composted Sewage Sludge Influences the Microbiome and Persistence of Human Pathogens in Soil

Microorganisms, 2020
Composted sewage sludge (CSS) gained attention as a potential fertilizer in agriculture. Application of CSS increases soil microbial activity and microbial biomass, however, it can also lead to increased chemical and microbiological risks. In this study,
Nikola Major, Jasper Schierstaedt, Sven Jechalke, Joseph Nesme, Smiljana Goreta Ban, Marko Černe, Søren J. Sørensen, Dean Ban, Adam Schikora   +8 more
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Assessing the soil moisture-precipitation feedback in Australia: CYGNSS observations

Environmental Research Letters, 2023
Previous modelling and case studies highlight the impacts of antecedent soil moisture on precipitation, showing the connection between the anomalous land surface and atmospheric conditions.
Hien X Bui, Yi-Xian Li, Steven C Sherwood, Kimberley J Reid, Dietmar Dommenget   +4 more
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Controls on timescales of soil organic carbon persistence across sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]

Given the importance of soil for the global carbon cycle, it is essential to understand not only how much carbon soil stores but also how long this carbon persists.
Tamene, L., Fromm, S. F. V., Haefele, S. M., Tondoh, E. J., Trumbore, S. E., Doetterl, S., Berhe, A. A., Butler, B. M., Aynekulu, E., Shepherd, K. D., Winowiecki, L. A., McGrath, S. P., Six, J., Vagen, T., Hoyt, A. M.   +14 more
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