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Manuel López-Vicente and Gao-Lin Wu
This special issue includes six articles that cover a variety of issues about the topic of soil and water conservation in agricultural systems, including the following: a bibliometric analysis of soil and water conservation in the Loess Region of China; ...
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M.H.J.P. Gunarathna, Kazuhito Sakai, Tamotsu Nakandakari, Kazuro Momii and M.K.N. Kumari
Poor data availability on soil hydraulic properties in tropical regions hampers many studies, including crop and environmental modeling. The high cost and effort of measurement and the increasing demand for such data have driven researchers to search for...
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Xiaogai Wang, Luming Wang, Zhenhua Yu, Yinping Tian, Yu Xu, Lianfu Wu, He Wang, Kai Guo and Xinzhen Wang
Soil amelioration in coastal saline areas plays an important role in alleviating land resource shortages, improving regional ecological environments, ensuring food security, and promoting economic development. Plastic mulching (M) and the combination of ...
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Partha S. Biswas, R. Santelices, Rhulyx Mendoza, Vitaliano Lopena, Juan D. Arbelaez, Norvie L. Manigbas, Joshua N. Cobb, Bertrand Collard and Mohammad Rafiqul Islam
The pedigree, bulk, and single-seed descent-based rapid generation advance methods are commonly practiced breeding methods in rice. But the efficiency of these breeding methods in enhancing genetic gain has not been investigated yet. In this study, we co...
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Marko Motaln and Tone Lerher
Numerical simulations play a vital role in the modern engineering industry, especially when faced with interconnected challenges such as particle interactions and the structural integrity of conveyor systems. This article focuses on the handling of mater...
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Agnieszka Wiszniewska-Laszczych, Joanna Szteyn, Marta Soltysiuk, Jaroslaw Kowalik and Monika Modzelewska-Kapitula
The prevalence of staphylococci in the environment of humans, including food, may lead to the production of toxins and food poisoning in consumers. Additionally, staphylococci constitute a reservoir of genes determining antibiotic resistance. The study a...
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Hafizul Islam and Md. Mashiur Rahaman
The paper explores the propulsive power requirements and manoeuvring capabilities of a popular class of inland bulk carriers in Bangladesh. After the initial verification study, model-scale CFD simulations are performed in calm, open waters at different ...
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Xin Zhou, Chenglin Tao, Xi Liang, Zeliang Liu and Huijian Li
The aim of topology optimisation is to determine the optimal distribution of material phases within the periodic cells of a microstructure. In this paper, the density of grid points under element volume fraction is constructed to replace the finite eleme...
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Rita Leogrande, Carolina Vitti, Mirko Castellini, Pasquale Garofalo, Ignazio Samarelli, Giovanni Lacolla, Francesco Fabiano Montesano, Matteo Spagnuolo, Marcello Mastrangelo and Anna Maria Stellacci
The residual effect of compost and biochar amendment on soil properties and durum wheat response was evaluated under field conditions in a Mediterranean environment. The treatments compared in a randomized complete block experimental design with three re...
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Lihua Niu, Rui Chen, Yi Li, Yamei Chen, Wenlong Zhang, Huanjun Zhang and Longfei Wang
Turbidity has been one of the most typical problems in urban rivers, accompanied by eutrophication. Though the colloid is a nonnegligible factor associated with turbidity and nutrient enrichment in urban rivers, the characteristics of nitrogen enrichment...
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