Field-Based Biochar, Pumice, and Mycorrhizae Application on Dryland Agriculture in Reducing Soil Erosion by Surya Sabda Nugraha, Junun Sartohadi, Makruf Nurudin

“…The study was conducted in areas where the soil material is dominated by clay (>40%) and steep slope angles (>60%). The cropping pattern at the research site is generally cassava in the dry season and corn in the rainy season. …”
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Slurry and Technology Optimization for Grouting Fissures in Earthen Sites with Quicklime by Kai Cui, Fei Feng, Wen-wu Chen, Dong-hua Wang, Xiao-hai Wang

“…In this study, quicklime was mixed with 1.5% SH binder, clay, and fly ash in different proportions to prepare nine different mixtures and water-cement ratios of SH-(CaO + C + F) slurry. …”
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Modeling of masonry infilled RC frames with different aspect ratios using plastic hinge and equivalent strut by Ahmed M. El-Kholy, Sayed M. Sayed, Mohamed M. El-Assaly, Mohamed K. Ismail

“…Subsequently, the presented approach was utilized to investigate the effect of the aspect ratio of clay masonry infill panels on the behavior of RC frames. …”
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Effect of oil palm bio-organic wastes on macro-propagation of some permanent crops’ seeds by Wasiu Lamidi, Janet Dada

“…A control experiment with normal sandy clay loam soil (NSCLS) medium, was also replicated thrice. …”
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Indirect Estimation of Swelling Pressure of Expansive Soil: GEP versus MEP Modelling by Fazal E. Jalal, Mudassir Iqbal, Mohsin Ali Khan, Babatunde A. Salami, Shahid Ullah, Hayat Khan, Marwa Nabil

“…A total of 200 datasets with ten input parameters (i.e., clay fraction CF, liquid limit wL, plastic limit wP, plasticity index IP, specific gravity Gs, swell percent Sp, sand content, silt content, maximum dry density ρdmax, and optimum water content wopt) and one output variable, i.e., Ps-ES are collected from the literature, which comprises 120 internationally publications. …”
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Effects of microplastics on microbial community and greenhouse gas emission in soil: A critical review by Guanlin Chen, Saisai Guo, Linan Liu, Wenzhu Zhang, Jingchun Tang

“…Finally, this article suggests strengthening research on rhizosphere and MPs surface microbial communities, exploring interactions with clay and minerals, and investigating GHG emission mechanisms to understand the ecological effects of MPs.…”
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Bioremediation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon contaminated Aqueous-Soil matrix: Effect of co-contamination by CN Owabor, OC Onwuemene, I Enaburekhan

“…This study investigates the effect of lead and chromium on the rate of bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) contaminated clay soil. Naphthalene was used as a target PAH. …”
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Artificial intelligence for the prediction of the physical and mechanical properties of a compressed earth reinforced by fibers by Bentegri Houcine, Rabehi Mohamed, Kherfane Samir, Boukansous Sarra

“…A group of data with eight influencing characteristics; cement, fiber, sand, fiber length, fiber tensile strength, clay, silt, age used for model formation and validation were collected from the literature. …”
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Correlation between Soil Organic Matter, Total Organic Matter and Water Content with Climate and Depths of Soil at Different Land use in Kelantan, Malaysia by A Azlan, ER Aweng, CO Ibrahim, A Noorhaidah

“…The relationships between SOM content, TOC content and clay + silt content, were also studied. The results showed that, SOM concentration was lower (P < 0.05) at Pengkalan Chepa area (1.96%) compared to Kota Bharu (2.06%), Banggu (2.77%) and Jeli (7.39%). …”
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Two-Phase Flow Model for Numerical Investigation of Impact of Water Retention on Shale Gas Production by Ershe Xu, Lingjie Yu, Ming Fan, Tianyu Chen, Zhejun Pan, Yuling Tan, Guanglei Cui

“…The proposed model considers the water flow in the fracture systems and clay minerals and the gas flow in the organic matter, inorganic pore, and fracture systems. …”
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A European Approach to Irritable Bowel Syndrome Management by Michel Delvaux, Jacques Frexinos

“…Consequently, antispasmodics and motility regulatory agents have been widely used, alone or in association with intestinal adsorbents (clay-derived preparations), and laxatives or antidiarrhetic agents. …”
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A Re-Designed Efficient Charcoal Stove. by Mwesigwa, Lourdel

“…The Re-designed efficient charcoal cooking stove was designed and fabricated using readily available materials like clay, ball bearings, and ceramic tiles. The performance standard and property of this stove showed a substantial improvement in technology and can lessen the pressure put on household incomes and forestry resources. …”
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Groundwater Aquifer Vulnerability Assessment using a Dar-Zarrouk Parameter in a Proposed Aboru Residential Estate, Lagos State, Nigeria by M.A. Ayuk

“…The VES delineated four (4) geo-electric layers namely; topsoil, pebbly/lateritic sand, clay/clayey/silty sand and sandstone. The depth to the sandstone aquifer ranges from 30.6 – 39.4 m with resistivity values ranging from 851 – 1437 Ωm. …”
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Oil-Based Drilling Fluid Plugging Method for Strengthening Wellbore Stability of Shale Gas by Pengcheng Wu, Chengxu Zhong, Zhengtao Li, Zhen Zhang, Zhiyuan Wang, Weian Huang

“…Its temperature resistance is 135°C and it has preferable contamination resistibility (10% NaCl, 1% CaCl2, and 8% poor clay). The bearing capacity of a 400 μm fracture is 5 MPa, and the filtration loss of 0.22 μm and 0.45 μm microporous membranes is zero. …”
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Soil Nutrient Availability, Plant Nutrient Uptake, and Wild Blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium Ait.) Yield in Response to N-Viro Biosolids and Irrigation Applications by Aitazaz A. Farooque, Farhat Abbas, Qamar U. Zaman, Ali Madani, David C. Percival, Muhammad Arshad

“…We compared the impact of surface broadcasted N-Viro biosolids and inorganic fertilizer (16.5% Ammonium sulphate, 34.5% Diammonium phosphate, 4.5% Potash, and 44.5% s and/or clay filler) applications on soil properties and nutrients, leaf nutrient concentration, and the fruit yield of lowbush blueberry under irrigated and nonirrigated conditions during 2008-2009 at Debert, NS, Canada. …”
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Fabrication of composite ceramic polymeric membranes for agricultural wastewater treatment by Neamatalla M. Azzam, Sahar S. Ali, Gehad G. Mohamed, Mohamed M. Omar, Shereen K. Amin

“…A ceramic supporting (CS) filter constructed from ball clay, kaolin, feldspar, and quartz using corn starch flour as a pore-developing agent. …”
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Soil Properties as Affected by Soil Conservation Practices and Soil Depths in Uwite Watershed, Hadero Tunto District, Southern Ethiopia by Mulugeta Hadaro, Tuma Ayele, Sharma Parshotam Datt, Rahel Teshome

“…Both practices, statistically similar to each other, indicated significant improvement in soil parameters compared to no conservation practice in higher content of clay, lower bulk density, higher total porosity, higher moisture content, higher pH, higher soil organic matter, higher percent base saturation, higher cation exchange capacity, and higher amounts of macro- (N, P, K, Ca, Mg, and S) and micronutrients (Fe, Zn, and Cu). …”
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Contrasting salinity effects of artificial seawater and sodium chloride on Carica papaya L. cultivar Red Lady physiology and growth by Edivan Rodrigues de Souza, Bruce Schaffer, Ana I. Vargas, Aline de Camargo Santos, Edwin Antonio Gutierrez Rodriguez

“…Methods This study compared plant growth, physiological, and nutritional responses, including leaf gas exchange, maximal potential quantum efficiency of photosystem II (the ratio of variable to maximum chlorophyll fluorescence; Fv/Fm), the leaf chlorophyll index (LCI), electrolyte leakage (EL), leaf relative water content (RWC), leaf water potential (Ψw), leaf osmotic potential (Ψo), leaf and root N, P, K, Ca, Mg, Na and Cl contents, and growth of potted ‘Red Lady’ papaya plants, in a calcined clay substrate, irrigated with NaCl or artificial seawater (Instant Ocean®) at six soil electrical conductivity (EC) levels (0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 6 dS m−1). …”
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Experimental Study of Water Transfer and Ice Accumulation in Freezing Soils under Different Conditions by Sihao Liang, Xinyan Ma, Qiang Li, Xinyu Ye, Jianlong Liu, Jian Zhang

“…The water (or ice) accumulated in the soils of calcareous sand, silty soil in Lanzhou (SSL), red clay in Changsha, and silty soil in Hohhot (SSH) under the top plate is 34.5%, 21.0%, 11.33%, and 26.7%, respectively. …”
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Stability analysis of three-dimensional slope reinforced by natural fiber include wheat straw and bamboo by Jiahua Zhang, Yunjun Wei, Yuanlei Zhu, Daobing Zhang, Biao Zhang

“…The results show that, the incorporation of wheat straw and bamboo into silty clay can significantly increase its shear strength as well as improve the stability of slopes. …”
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