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The Burning Question: Frequencies of Tobacco Consumption in Postmedieval (16th–19th c. ce) England and the Netherlands

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The frequency of tobacco use during the postmedieval period is widely underexplored; this has repercussions for our understanding of the intoxicant's health impacts during this time. Our study assesses the frequency rates of tobacco consumption in different social groups in England and the Netherlands, two countries in which tobacco use became
Anna M. Davies‐Barrett, Sarah A. Inskip   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Determinants of rooftop gardening knowledge among gardeners: A case study from Dhaka, Bangladesh

Acta Scientiarum Polonorum. Administratio Locorum
Motives: Urban farming is gaining much popularity in recent years in the form of rooftop gardening in densely populated cities. Gardening knowledge is an integral part for employing the practice with other socio-economic factors.
Sk. Md. Nur-E-Alam, Marcin Feltynowski, Md. Sekender Ali, Mohummed Shofi Ullah Mazumder, Fida Al Hasan   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Banal Utopia: urban gardening as a practice for materialising utopic city spaces [PDF]

This thesis explores urban gardening as a banal practice that underpins the manifestation of utopian spaces within cities. Growing in Oxford on allotments and guerrilla gardening sites has increased both in practice and significance.
Niala, JC
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A plant–pollinator invasional meltdown: the Japanese pagoda tree Styphnolobium japonicum facilitates the invasion of the giant resin bee Megachile sculpturalis

Oikos, EarlyView.
An invasional meltdown can occur when a non‐native species facilitates the spread of another non‐native species in the invaded area, increasing its likelihood of survival or its ecological impact. Plant–pollinator systems pose an exceptional study system to test this concept, which remains poorly known.
Daniel Echeandía, Jordi Margalef‐Marrasé, Marc Riera, Jordina Belmonte, Julia Lanner, Sonja Mader, David Navarro, Ricardo Caliari Oliveira, Rut Puigdemunt, Carlos Hernández‐ Castellano   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Urban Gardening in Graz : political gardening from an ethical perspective

, 2015
In vielen Städten der Welt gibt es Urban Gardening Initiativen. Der urbane Gartenbau ist ein heterogenes Phänomen, denn sowohl die einzelnen Projekte als auch die Beweggründe für die gärtnerischen Initiativen sind sehr unterschiedlich.
Göschl, Claudia Amadea
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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi enhance nitrogen assimilation and drought adaptability in tea plants by promoting amino acid accumulation

Frontiers in Plant Science
The development and quality of tea plants (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Ktze.) are greatly hampered by drought stress (DS), which affects them in a number of ways, including by interfering with their metabolism of nitrogen (N). Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (
Xiao-Long Wu, Yong Hao, Wei Lu, Chun-Yan Liu, Jia-Dong He   +4 more
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Reducing Ammonia Emission during Food Waste Composting and Enhancing Compost Quality Using Different Additives

ChemistryOpen, EarlyView.
This research successfully reduces the ammonia emission by 45% and achieves good quality compost using additives (lactic acid or acetic acid) and bulking agents (mature compost or sawdust). The study supports Sustainable Development Goals 12 and 13 by promoting waste‐to‐resource option.
Hafiz Muhammad Sarfraz, Abdul Ghafoor, Shoaib Ahmad, Muhammad Farhan, Khadija Zahra, Amina Kanwal, Qaiser Farid Khan, Abdulrahman Alasmari, Muhammad Afzaal, Muhammad Munir, Shafaqat Ali   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Windowsills to Rooftops: The Cultural History and Modern Uses of Domestic Plant Cultivation in Estonia

Yearbook of Balkan and Baltic Studies
This study examines the historical development, cultural meanings, and contemporary practices of indoor, balcony, and rooftop gardening in Estonia. Combining historical sources, folkloric data, horticultural literature, and qualitative interviews, the ...
Mare Kõiva
doaj   +1 more source

Growing Green: Urban Gardening

, 2017
Children can get back to their roots with Carol Hand’s Growing Green: Urban Gardening. Hand weaves a history of gardening with practical application, inviting readers of all ages to introduce gardens into their lifestyles. Global gardening traditions are
Bell, Emilee
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Green pathways to mental health: Relationships between treescapes and well‐being and distress

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract We aimed to evaluate the mental health benefits and possible mechanisms of objective and subjective treescape exposures whilst also accounting for relationships with residential area greenspace in general. Independent variables were objective measures of residential neighbourhood tree cover density and woody linear features, and a subjective ...
Ian Alcock, David Sheffield, Piran C. L. White, Peter A. Coventry, Merryn L. Hunt, Miles Richardson   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source