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The present data was prepared according to the methodology of the SERENA Soil erosion and soil erosion control cookbook.\u00a0 Soil loss was used as an indicator for soil erosion (ST). The map of soil mass not eroded was based on the RUSLE model. Soil erosion control was calculated as the difference between potential and actual soil erosion (SES, ecosystem service of soil erosion protection, i.e. soil eroded mass retained by vegetation, Mg/ha/y). For Italy, the cookbook was applied in the Tuscany region. \u00a0     To create the soil loss map we used:\u00a0       for R-factor, not freely available database of meteorological parameters spatialized at 250 m (minimum and maximum daily air temperature; cumulate daily precipitation) over Tuscany region (period 1990\u20132022, Lamma Consortium)\u00a0 and a local linear equation between R and mean annual precipitation (P);   for C -factor, Regional Land use map 1:10.000 (2018, freely available at:\u00a0https://www502.regione.toscana.it/geoscopio/usocoperturasuolo.html) and ESDAC method (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.05.021) ; \u00a0  for K-factor, sand, silt, clay, and O.C. (%) maps (built from 4.000 soil profiles, following FAO\u2019s methodology in GSP-GSOC map, Lamma Consortium), and Torri et al. (1997) function;   for LS-factor, DEM 10 m of Tuscany, (freely available at\u00a0https://www502.regione.toscana.it/geoscopio/cartoteca.html99) and Desmet & Govers (1996) SAGA tool (applied at 10 m and upscaled);   for P-factor, not freely available database 1:10.00 of terraced areas (Lamma Consortium, 2020) (for terraced areas a multiplication factor of\u00a0 0.5\u00a0 was considered, based on expert evaluation)   for P-factor, not freely available database 1:10.00 of terraced areas (Lamma Consortium, 2020) (for terraced areas a multiplication factor\u00a0of\u00a0 0.5\u00a0 was considered, based on expert evaluation)\u00a0      Maps was delivered in the GeoTIFF format in the resolution of 100m. \u00a0     Delivered data will be validated by stakeholders from Italy (scientist) in October, 2024.", "keywords": ["Italy", "Tuscany", "SERENA project", "Soil-based ecosystem service", "RUSLE", "soil erosion control", "Grant n. 862695", "EJP-Soil"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13952097"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.5281/zenodo.13952097", "name": "item", "description": "10.5281/zenodo.13952097", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.5281/zenodo.13952097"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-10-18T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1002/ecs2.1804", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-09-21T16:14:12Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2017-05-10", "title": "Non-Target Impacts Of Weed Control On Birds, Mammals, And Reptiles", "description": "Abstract<p>The impacts of invasive plant control on native animals are rarely evaluated. Using data from an eight\uffe2\uff80\uff90year study in southeastern Australia, we quantified the effects on native bird, mammal, and reptile species of (1) the abundance of the invasive Bitou Bush, Chrysanthemoides monilifera ssp. rotundata, and (2) a Bitou Bush control program, which involved repeated herbicide spraying interspersed with prescribed burning. We found that overall species richness of birds, mammals, and reptiles and the majority of individual vertebrate species were unresponsive to Bitou Bush cover and the number of plants. Two species including the nationally endangered Eastern Bristlebird (Dasyurus brachypterus) responded positively to measures of native vegetation cover following the control of Bitou Bush. Analyses of the effects of different components of the treatment protocol employed to control Bitou Bush revealed (1) no negative effects of spraying on vertebrate species richness; (2) negative effects of spraying on only one individual species (Scarlet Honeyeater); and (3) lower bird species richness but higher reptile species richness after fire. The occupancy of most individual vertebrates species was unaffected by burning; four species responded negatively and one positively to fire. Our study indicated that actions to remove Bitou Bush generally have few negative impacts on native vertebrates. We therefore suggest that controlling this highly invasive exotic plant species has only very limited negative impacts on vertebrate biota.</p>", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "weed control", "570", "Secondary effects", "off-target impacts", "animal response to weed control", "Indirect impacts", "Fire management", "590", "Non-target impacts", "herbicide impact on animals", "Herbicide impact on animals", "01 natural sciences", "invasive alien plant management", "fire management", "indirect impacts", "14. Life underwater", "non-target impacts", "Invasive alien plant management", "weed management impacts", "Animal response to weed control", "Bitou Bush", "580", "secondary effects", "Weed management impacts", "15. Life on land", "Weed control", "Off-target impacts", "3. Good health", "13. 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Estimating the production of these weed resources in the landscape is however not trivial as large-scale surveys of weed communities are usually conducted once in the season with a timing that may not coincide with the flowering and fruiting stages of all weed species. More, intraspecific variation in the mortality and phenology of individual weed species may arise from differences in the quality of the growing environment of each plant. In this study, we monitored the phenology of 30 common weed species in the field core and the field edge of 64 commercial fields grown with 6 crop types. Our hypothesis was that the production of resources by an individual plant would be modulated by its within-field location and by the crop type where it grows. We quantified floral (proportion, starting date and duration of flowering, dry biomass at flowering as a proxy for the amount of flowers) and seed resource production (proportion and starting date of fruiting). For most species, flowering and fruiting success were higher in field edges than in field cores and were lower in cereal crops than in other crops. Weeds flowered and fruited earlier and the flowering period was longer in field edges, except those of cereal crops. Dry biomass at flowering varied with field location either way, depending on the weed species, but tended to be lower in cereal crops than in other crops. This important intraspecific phenological variability in the production of seed and/or flower or resources should be considered when evaluating the contribution of weed communities to ecosystem services. It also suggests that within an agricultural landscape, the amount, timing and duration of provision of services by weeds could be enhanced by maintaining sufficient lengths of field edges and by growing a diversity of crop types.", "keywords": ["580", "[SDE] Environmental Sciences", "0106 biological sciences", "2. 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The biochar was added to soils at 0%, 0.5% and 1.0% (w/w) and the herbicides were applied to those soil-biochar mixes at nil, half, full, two times, and four times, the recommended dosage (H(4)). Annual ryegrass (Lolium rigidum) was grown in biochar amended soils for 1 month. Biochar had a positive impact on ryegrass survival rate and above-ground biomass at most of the application rates, and particularly at H(4). Within any given biochar treatment, increasing herbicide application decreased the survival rate and fresh weight of above-ground biomass. Biomass production across the biochar treatment gradient significantly differed (p<0.01) and was more pronounced in the case of atrazine than trifluralin. For example, the dose-response analysis showed that in the presence of 1% biochar in soil, the value of GR(50) (i.e. the dose required to reduce weed biomass by 50%) for atrazine increased by 3.5 times, whereas it increased only by a factor of 1.6 in the case of trifluralin. The combination of the chemical properties and the mode of action governed the extent of biochar-induced reduction in bioavailability of herbicides. The greater biomass of ryegrass in the soil containing the highest biochar (despite having the highest herbicide residues) demonstrates decreased bioavailability of the chemicals caused by the wheat straw biochar. This work clearly demonstrates decreased efficacy of herbicides in biochar amended soils. The role played by herbicide chemistry and mode of action will have major implications in choosing the appropriate application rates for biochar amended soils.", "keywords": ["Carbon sequestration", "2. Zero hunger", "Bioavailability", "Herbicides", "Bound residue", "Weed control", "01 natural sciences", "630", "Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry", "6. 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Despite the importance of the microbial CUE for the terrestrial C cycle, very little is known about how it is affected by nutrient availability. Therefore, we studied microbial CUE and microbial biomass turnover time in soils of a long-term fertilization experiment in a temperate grassland comprising five treatments (control, PK, NK, NP, NPK). Microbial CUE and the turnover of microbial biomass were determined using a novel substrate-independent method based on incorporation of <sup>18</sup>O from labeled water into microbial DNA. Microbial respiration was 28-37% smaller in all three N treatments (NK, NP, and NPK) compared to the control, whereas the PK treatment did not affect microbial respiration. N-fertilization decreased microbial C uptake, while the microbial growth rate was not affected. Microbial CUE ranged between 0.31 and 0.45, and was 1.3- to 1.4-fold higher in the N-fertilized soils than in the control. The turnover time ranged between 80 and 113 days and was not significantly affected by fertilization. Net primary production (NPP) and the abundance of legumes differed strongly across the treatments, and the fungal:bacterial ratio was very low in all treatments. Structural equation modeling revealed that microbial CUE was exclusively controlled by N fertilization and that neither the abundance of legumes (as a proxy for the quality of the organic matter inputs) nor NPP (as a proxy for C inputs) had an effect on microbial CUE. Our results show that N fertilization did not only decrease microbial respiration, but also microbial C uptake, indicating that less C was intracellularly processed in the N fertilized soils. The reason for reduced C uptake and increased CUE in the N-fertilization treatments is likely an inhibition of oxidative enzymes involved in the degradation of aromatic compounds by N in combination with a reduced energy requirement for microbial N acquisition in the fertilized soils. In conclusion, the study shows that N availability can control soil C cycling by affecting microbial CUE, while plant community-mediated changes in organic matter inputs and P and K availability played no important role for C partitioning of the microbial community in this temperate grassland. </p>", "keywords": ["FUNGAL", "2. Zero hunger", "106022 Mikrobiologie", "Nitrogen addition", "BACTERIAL", "NITROGEN DEPOSITION", "GROWTH EFFICIENCY", "FOREST FLOOR", "Nutrients", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Stoichiometry", "ORGANIC-MATTER", "RESPIRATION", "106026 \u00d6kosystemforschung", "13. 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Treatments of citrus fruits with Wickerhamomyces anomalus BS91 have been previously reported as effective measures to reduce the incidence of green mold caused by Penicillium digitatum. On the opposite, the knowledge of the antifungal activity of cultivated cardoon (Cynara cardunculus L. var. altilis DC.) leaf extract, vegetable widespread in some Mediterranean areas, is still very limited. In this study, experimental trials were conducted to evaluate the effectiveness in vitro of leaf aqueous, methanolic and ethanolic extracts of C. cardunculus against seven fungal pathogens responsible for considerable food losses in the postharvest stage. In addition, biocontrol yeast W. anomalus BS91 and the three C. cardunculus extracts were tested in vivo both as a single treatment and in mixture, against Penicillium digitatum on 'Tarocco' oranges and 'Femminello' lemons. The combination of W. anomalus BS91 and leaf ethanolic extract reduced with the highest efficacy the incidence and severity of green mold on orange and lemon fruits with respect to the control, and was more effective than treatment with antagonistic yeast or leaf extracts applied alone. Incidence and severity of citrus decay were more consistently reduced when mixtures were applied 24\u00a0h before the inoculation of the pathogen, thus suggesting the relevance of preventive treatments. The mixtures of antagonistic W. anomalus BS91 and ethanolic leaf extract were more effective in controlling green mold decay on oranges than on lemons. These results indicate that biocontrol agents and leaf extracts, used in appropriate combination, can provide a stronger protection than when used singularly. However, compatibility between microbial antagonist and antimicrobial extract should be preliminary verified.", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "2. 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To assess the risk and benefits arising from livestock production, transparent and robust indicators are required, such as those offered by life cycle assessment. A central question in such approaches is how environmental burden is allocated to livestock products and to manure that is re-used for agricultural production. To incentivize sustainable use of manure, it should be considered as a co-product as long as it is not disposed of, or wasted, or applied in excess of crop nutrient needs, in which case it should be treated as a waste. This paper proposes a theoretical approach to define nutrient requirements based on nutrient response curves to economic and physical optima and a pragmatic approach based on crop nutrient yield adjusted for nutrient losses to atmosphere and water. Allocation of environmental burden to manure and other livestock products is then based on the nutrient value from manure for crop production using the price of fertilizer nutrients. We illustrate and discuss the proposed method with two case studies.", "keywords": ["[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]", "assessment", "resource", "01 natural sciences", "630", "nitrogen", "Fertilizer", "allocation", "life cycle", "manures", "Feeds and feeding. Animal nutrition", "farmyard manure", "Housing and environmental control", "2. Zero hunger", "ta412", "Agriculture and the environment", "Agriculture", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "fertilizer", "Crop Production", "[SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio]", "Livestock supply chains", "green manures", "Fertilisers", "performance", "energy", "Livestock", "330", "fertilizers", "Allocation", "ta1172", "Environmental Sciences & Ecology", "333", "Article", "soil", "12. Responsible consumption", "nutrient use", "Life cycle assessment", "life cycle assessment", "livestock supply chains", "nutrients", "Animals", "livestock production", "alocation", "Fertilizers", "Rangelands. Range management. 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It has only very recently been adopted in Europe and is underutilized compared to other continents where this method has been successfully implemented for over a century. This is in sharp contrast to the BC of invertebrate pests, which has been taken up widely within Europe. It has been suggested that this is related to the risk-adverse attitude of Europeans towards weed BC. Scientific and public perception have a major influence on environmental policy actions. Public perception and knowledge regarding BC is an understudied subject despite its relevance for the application of this management alternative. We aimed to assess the knowledge and perception of BC of IAP among European professionals compared with their peers from other continents. To this end we conducted an online survey including multiple choice and open questions among over 700 people professionally engaged with managing the natural environment, of which approximately half were from Europe (EU) and the others from outside (non-EU). We assessed relationships between the geographical location of the respondents and their knowledge, and perceptions of BC of weeds versus BC of invertebrate pests. We found that respondents' location influenced both perceptions and knowledge of BC for weeds. Compared to non-EU respondents, EU professionals showed less appreciation for BC (e.g., regarding safety, sustainability, and cost-effectiveness), and perceived it as a riskier method, particularly in the case of practitioners and researchers. More profoundly insect pest BC tended to be considered less safe than weed BC for non-EU respondents. Confidence in weed BC as a method, as well as in the validity of the associated pre-release risk assessments, strongly increased with the level of expertise in weed BC. While a much higher proportion of non-EU respondents were correctly aware of the presence/absence of BC in their own countries and identified successful examples of BC accurately, both groups of respondents were similarly aware of unsuccessful BC examples, including BC agents against animals, stressing the bias of EU respondents towards examples of BC failure. The appreciation of weed BC in Europe could be elevated by a combination of increasing knowledge of the technique and pre-release risk assessment and promoting successful examples of weed BC, which may bring major benefits for the management of IAP across the region.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0106 biological sciences", "Public perception", "Weed Control", "Plant Weeds", "Environment", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "Europe", "Attitude", "13. 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Schemes to manipulate it are revisited with the emergence of metasurfaces, which have brought multi\uffe2\uff80\uff90functionalities straightforwardly. However, this has come at the expense of design complexity that relies strongly on field theory. Here, an ingenious strategy of modular design is proposed to construct subwavelength multifunctional polarization control devices. Chiral metasurfaces with different handedness are first proposed and regarded as modules. The versatile polarization controller can thus be obtained with the combination of different modules. These experiments demonstrate that the well\uffe2\uff80\uff90designed polarization controller possesses reconfigurable functionality, and various broadband polarization and amplitude regulation functions with high efficiency including arbitrary linear polarization rotation, asymmetric transmission effect, neutral\uffe2\uff80\uff90density\uffe2\uff80\uff90like filter, polarization beam splitter, etc., can be readily realized just by changing the cascaded modules. The physical mechanisms of the versatile polarization controller and chiral metasurface modules are both guaranteed by the Fabry\uffe2\uff80\uff93P\uffc3\uffa9rot\uffe2\uff80\uff90like resonances, which are theoretically verified via the transfer matrix method. 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Because of practical sensing and measurement constraints, we consider in this paper distance measurements in their quantized forms. We show that under gradient\uffe2\uff80\uff90based formation control, in the case of uniform quantization, the distance errors converge locally to a bounded set whose size depends on the quantization error, while in the case of logarithmic quantization, all distance errors converge locally to zero. A special quantizer involving the signum function is then considered with which all agents can only measure coarse distances in terms of binary information. In this case, the formation converges locally to a target formation within a finite time. Lastly, we discuss the effect of asymmetric uniform quantization on rigid formation control.</p", "keywords": ["0209 industrial biotechnology", "0203 mechanical engineering", "Quantization", "FOS: Electrical engineering", " electronic engineering", " information engineering", "formation control", "Systems and Control (eess.SY)", "02 engineering and technology", "quantization effect", "rigid formation control", "Electrical Engineering and Systems Science - Systems and Control", "binary measurement"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/202815/5/01_Sun_Quantization_effects_and_2018.pdf.jpg"}, {"href": "https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/202815/8/quantization-effects-convergence.pdf.jpg"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1002/rnc.4288"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/International%20Journal%20of%20Robust%20and%20Nonlinear%20Control", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1002/rnc.4288", "name": "item", "description": "10.1002/rnc.4288", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1002/rnc.4288"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2018-08-07T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/978-3-031-12786-1_33", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-09-21T16:14:20Z", "type": "Report", "created": "2023-01-01", "title": "MONARCH Regional Reanalysis of\u00a0Desert Dust Aerosols: An Initial Assessment", "description": "Open AccessWe acknowledge the DustClim project which is part of ERA4CS, an ERA-NET initiated by JPI Climate, and funded by FORMAS (SE), DLR (DE), BMWFW (AT), IFD (DK), MINECO (ES), ANR (FR) with co-funding by the European Union\u2019s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant n. 690462). BSC co-authors also acknowledge support from the European Research Council under the European Union\u2019s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant n. 773051; FRAGMENT), the AXA Research Fund, the 60 Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (grant n. RYC-2015-18690 and CGL2017-88911-R), the European Union\u2019s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant n. 792103; SOLWARIS). This work has been partially funded by the contribution agreement between AEMET and BSC to carry out development and improvement activities of the products and services supplied by the WMO Sand and Dust Storm Regional Centres. Jer\u00f3nimo Escribano and Martina Klose have received funding from the European Union\u2019s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, respectively, under the Marie Sk\u0142odowska-Curie grant agreements H2020-MSCA-COFUND-2016- 65 754433 and H2020-MSCA-IF-2017-789630. Martina Klose further acknowledges support through the Helmholtz Association\u2019s Initiative and Networking Fund (grant agreement n. VH-NG-1533). We acknowledge PRACE (eDUST, eFRAGMENT1, and eFRAGMENT2) and RES (AECT-2019-3-0001, AECT-2020-1-0007, AECT-2020-3-0013) for awarding access to MareNostrum at the BSC and for providing technical support.", "keywords": ["\u00c0rees tem\u00e0tiques de la UPC::Enginyeria mec\u00e0nica::Mec\u00e0nica de fluids", "info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/550", "Aerosol speciation", "550", "ddc:550", "Aerosol data assimilation", "Dust", "Aerosols atmosf\u00e8rics", "Atmospheric aerosols", "\u00c0rees tem\u00e0tiques de la UPC::Desenvolupament hum\u00e0 i sostenible::Enginyeria ambiental", "Earth sciences", "Aerosol regional reanalysis", "Pols -- Control", "13. 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Pouzar fungal treatment (dilutions 1:100, 1:200, 1:400) and control (cutting only) was studied for three\uffc2\uffa0years. The efficacy of the fungal treatment was defined as capability to prevent sprouting of birch (Betula pendula Roth. and B. pubescens Ehrh.). The fungal treatment resulted in higher stump mortality and lower number of sprouts but it did not have a clear effect on the maximum height of stump sprouts. However, mortalities obtained in this study (34.1%, 26.8%, and 25.6% for dilutions 1:100, 1:200, and 1:400, respectively) were notably lower compared to previous studies which indicate that the accuracy of the spreading mechanism was not satisfactory. We conclude that it is possible to decrease stump sprouting with the fully mechanized fungal treatment but putting this implementation into practice needs more testing to increase efficacy.</p>", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "vegetation management", "biological control", "stump sprouts", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "silviculture", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Betula spp", "ta4112", "01 natural sciences", "mechanization"]}, "links": [{"href": "http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10526-019-09971-z.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s10526-019-09971-z"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/BioControl", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s10526-019-09971-z", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s10526-019-09971-z", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s10526-019-09971-z"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2019-09-13T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s00466-018-1540-6", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-09-21T16:14:35Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2018-01-10", "title": "Toward transient finite element simulation of thermal deformation of machine tools in real-time", "description": "Finite element models without simplifying assumptions can accurately describe the spatial and temporal distribution of heat in machine tools as well as the resulting deformation. In principle, this allows to correct for displacements of the Tool Centre Point and enables high precision manufacturing. However, the computational cost of FEM models and restriction to generic algorithms in commercial tools like ANSYS prevents their operational use since simulations have to run faster than real-time. For the case where heat diffusion is slow compared to machine movement, we introduce a tailored implicit-explicit multi-rate time stepping method of higher order based on spectral deferred corrections. Using the open-source FEM library DUNE, we show that fully coupled simulations of the temperature field are possible in real-time for a machine consisting of a stock sliding up and down on rails attached to a stand.", "keywords": ["FOS: Computer and information sciences", "Machine tool", "Numerical Analysis (math.NA)", "Systems and Control (eess.SY)", "Electrical Engineering and Systems Science - Systems and Control", "Real-time simulation", "Computational Engineering", " Finance", " and Science (cs.CE)", "Numerical time-stepping", "Spectral deferred corrections", "FOS: Mathematics", "FOS: Electrical engineering", " electronic engineering", " information engineering", "Thermal error", "Mathematics - Numerical Analysis", "Computer Science - Computational Engineering", " Finance", " and Science"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/125537/1/paper.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s00466-018-1540-6"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Computational%20Mechanics", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s00466-018-1540-6", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s00466-018-1540-6", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s00466-018-1540-6"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2018-01-10T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s10533-012-9731-2", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-09-21T16:14:43Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2012-04-05", "title": "Soil Volume And Carbon Storage Shifts In Drained And Afforested Wetlands Of The Parana River Delta", "description": "Wetland ecosystems have a high carbon storage potential as a result of high primary productivity and low decomposition rates dictated by water saturation. In the herbaceous wetlands of the Parana River Delta, drainage and afforestation with poplars represents one of the dominant land uses. We explored the effects of these interventions on the volume and carbon storage of the young sedimentary soils of the region. At three sites we identified paired stands occupying similar landscape positions and soil types but subject to natural flooding and covered by natural herbaceous communities or drainage and flood control by dikes and covered by poplar plantations established 12, 17 and 19\u00a0years ago. Soil sampling at these sites revealed a reduction of the litter compartment (\u221286\u00a0%) and decreasing volume and porosity of its underlying mineral layer (0\u201310\u00a0cm in the wetland reduced to 0\u20134\u00a0cm in the plantation). Our comparisons of carbon storage accounted for these volumetric shifts by using accumulated mineral mass rather than depth as a reference, showing that tree plantations gained in the mineral soil (22\u00a0Mg\u00a0C\u00a0ha\u22121) almost as much as what they lost in the litter. These gains were particularly large at intermediate depths (4\u201343\u00a0cm in the plantations) were soil porosity remained unaffected and C was raised by 64\u00a0% explained by (1) the pulse of inputs from overlaying litter and organic layers subject to rapid decomposition and mobilization after drainage and (2) root colonization, since tree plantations had 75\u00a0% of their fine root biomass at these intermediate soil depths, whereas roots in the wetlands did not explore the mineral soil profile and were completely confined to the organic layer. A neutral C balance following wetland drainage and afforestation resulted from the opposing effects of aeration, favoring decomposition in the organic layer, root colonization and organic matter stabilization, favoring its accumulation in the mineral soil.", "keywords": ["FLOOD CONTROL", "ARGENTINA", "POPULUS DELTOIDES", "CARBON SEQUESTRATION", "https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5", "SOIL COMPACTION", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1", "6. 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Fuel reduction treatments have been effective where fires coincide with treated areas. Fuel treatments also have the potential to reduce drought-mortality if tree density is uncharacteristically\u00a0high, and to increase long-term carbon storage by reducing high-severity fire probability. Assess whether fuel treatments reduce fire intensity and spread\u00a0and increase carbon storage under climate change. We used a simulation modeling approach that couples a landscape model of forest disturbance and succession with an ecosystem model of carbon dynamics (Century), to quantify the interacting effects of climate change, fuel treatments and wildfire for carbon storage potential in a mixed-conifer forest in the western USA. Our results suggest that fuel treatments have the potential to \u2018bend the C curve\u2019, maintaining carbon resilience despite climate change and climate-related changes to the fire regime. Simulated fuel treatments resulted in reduced fire spread and severity. There was partial compensation of C lost during fuel treatments with increased growth of residual stock due to greater available soil water, as well as a shift in species composition to more drought- and fire-tolerant Pinus jeffreyi at the expense of shade-tolerant, fire-susceptible Abies concolor. Forest resilience to global change can be achieved through management that reduces drought stress and supports the establishment and dominance of tree species that are more fire- and drought-resistant, however, achieving a net C gain from fuel treatments may take decades.", "keywords": ["Carbon sequestration", "0106 biological sciences", "Environmental Indicators and Impact Assessment", "Forest fires -- West (U.S.) -- Prevention and control", "Environmental Studies", "Natural Resources Management and Policy", "Forest fires -- Effect of climate change on", "15. Life on land", "Forest fires -- Simulation modelling", "01 natural sciences", "6. 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Climate action", "Forest management -- Environmental aspects", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-016-0447-x"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Landscape%20Ecology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s10980-016-0447-x", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s10980-016-0447-x", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s10980-016-0447-x"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2016-10-04T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s42832-021-0114-2", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-09-21T16:15:04Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-08-25", "title": "Tire abrasion particles negatively affect plant growth even at low concentrations and alter soil biogeochemical cycling", "description": "Abstract<p>Tire particles (TPs) are a major source of microplastic on land, and considering their chemical composition, they represent a potential hazard for the terrestrial environment. We studied the effects of TPs at environmentally relevant concentrations along a wide concentration gradient (0\uffe2\uff80\uff93160 mg g\uffe2\uff88\uff921) and tested the effects on plant growth, soil pH and the key ecosystem process of litter decomposition and soil respiration. The addition of TPs negatively affected shoot and root growth already at low concentrations. Tea litter decomposition slightly increased with lower additions of TPs but decreased later on. Soil pH increased until a TP concentration of 80 mg g\uffe2\uff88\uff921 and leveled off afterwards. Soil respiration clearly increased with increasing concentration of added TPs. Plant growth was likely reduced with starting contamination and stopped when contamination reached a certain level in the soil. The presence of TPs altered a number of biogeochemical soil parameters that can have further effects on plant performance. Considering the quantities of yearly produced TPs, their persistence, and toxic potential, we assume that these particles will eventually have a significant impact on terrestrial ecosystems.</p>", "keywords": ["570", "Soil respiration ; Soil pH ; Litter decomposition ; Microplastic pollution ; Tire particles ; Soil Pollution", " Control", " and Remediation ; Research Article ; Plant growth", "Litter decomposition", "Soil respiration", "Soil pH", "500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Microplastic pollution", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "13. Climate action", "Tire particles", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Plant growth", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s42832-021-0114-2.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s42832-021-0114-2"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Soil%20Ecology%20Letters", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s42832-021-0114-2", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s42832-021-0114-2", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s42832-021-0114-2"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-04-20T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.still.2008.10.005", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-09-21T16:16:21Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2008-12-17", "title": "Assessment Of Tillage Erosion Rates On Steep Slopes In Northern Laos", "description": "Abstract   In the hills of south-east Asia shifting cultivation is developing towards more permanent cropping systems. In association with short fallow periods, fields suffer from weed pressure and this, in turn, leads to more frequent and deeper manual tillage. Due to steep slopes these operations induce tillage erosion. Measurements of such soil losses under on-farm conditions are still scarce. In this study tillage erosion was assessed and a predictive model of tillage erosion was established based on slope angle and contact cover, i.e. basal crop area and weed cover. The experiments were conducted in the Houay Pano, Northern Laos. The farmers cultivate annual crops in rotation with 1\u20133 year fallow periods without external inputs and using only hand tools. Tillage erosion was assessed using the tracer method across nine slope classes (0.30\u20131.10\u00a0m\u00a0m \u22121 ) for two crops, upland rice and Job's tears ( Coix lacryma-jobi  L.). Soil movement due to land preparation and weeding were assessed separately because different tools are used, a medium size hoe and a small curved hoe. A multivariate regression showed a highly significant relation ( R  2 \u00a0=\u00a00.83) between soil losses due to land preparation, slope gradient and contact cover. Predicting models of soil losses due to weeding were also highly significant ( R  2 \u00a0=\u00a00.79 for upland rice,  R  2 \u00a0=\u00a00.88 for Job's tears), confirming the importance of tillage erosion on steep slopes (4, 6 and 11\u00a0t\u00a0ha \u22121 \u00a0year \u22121  on slopes with gradients of 0.30, 0.60 and 0.90\u00a0m\u00a0m \u22121 , respectively). Tillage erosion has increased exponentially over the last 40 years because of weed invasion associated with short fallow periods; the initially no-till system has changed into a system heavily dependent on tillage to control weeds and this greatly contributes to soil degradation.", "keywords": ["subsistence farming", "2. 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The concept is applied to a representative two-span highway bridge, initially designed on conventional seismic isolation (CSI) bearings. An optimization process is developed and executed to design the EKDs, underscoring the importance of accounting for seismic motion variability. Compared to CSI, the incorporation of EKDs leads to a 40% to 70% reduction in deck drifts. In contrast to the CSI bridge, which may sustain excessive bearing shear strains when subjected to the most adverse seismic motions within the examined set, the bearings of the EKD bridge never exceed the 200% threshold. Through the use of nonlinear 3D time-history analyses, it is demonstrated that the nonlinearity of the EKD elements may result in residual deck drifts. The nonlinear EKDs exhibit a variation in maximum drifts and accelerations on the order of\u2009\u00b120% compared to the preliminary (linear elastic) design for the examined set of spectrum-compatible motions. The increased accelerations result from the stiffening of the negative stiffness elements (NSEs), being more pronounced for seismic motions that entail large displacement demands. With the aid of a fully nonlinear 3D model of the entire soil \u2013 foundation \u2013 structure system, the effects of soil-structure interaction (SSI) are explored and shown to significantly influence the seismic response of the system. Deck collision with the abutments restricts the movement of the deck and pier; however, it compromises the performance of the EKDs and leads to a substantial increase in deck accelerations. Overall, EKDs may facilitate a more economical design and enhanced seismic performance, particularly for displacement-sensitive structures like rail bridges.", "keywords": ["negative stiffness", "bridges", "Seismic isolation; bridges; KDamper; negative stiffness; earthquakes; vibration control", "KDamper", "vibration control", "Seismic isolation", "earthquakes"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/13632469.2023.2250463"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/20.500.11850/631801"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Earthquake%20Engineering", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "20.500.11850/631801", "name": "item", "description": "20.500.11850/631801", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/20.500.11850/631801"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2023-09-05T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.agwat.2004.04.001", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-09-21T16:15:14Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2004-07-06", "title": "Mechanical Control Of Shrubs In A Semiarid Region Of Argentina And Its Effect On Soil Water Content And Grassland Productivity", "description": "Abstract   Mechanical shrub control with roller choppers can be an inexpensive and non contaminant system for increasing grassland production in rangelands dry regions. A field experiment was carried out between October 1997 and October 2001 in the \u201cCaldenal-Jarillal\u201d botanic district of Argentina, a natural rangeland ecosystem with a high water deficit throughout much of the year. The trial was conducted on a Typic Ustortent and consisted of the following treatments: a control, the undisturbed natural condition (N), and rolled with (I) and without (R) interseeding of  Panicum coloratum . Results showed that I and R improved soil water content within the upper 100\u00a0cm, dry matter production of grasses, amount of litter and water use efficiency as compared to N. The positive effect of rolling on soil water content was detected only in autumn months when water balance was positive. In summer months, when a negative water balance occurred, soil water content of rolled treatments was not different from that of the unrolled one. Consumptive water use was similar in rolled and unrolled treatments, and equivalent to the rainfall, reflecting the low soil water-holding capacity. The higher efficiency of water use in rolled treatments indicated that grasses were more efficient in using the consumed water. The I and R treatments had similar values of soil water content within the upper 100\u00a0cm, grass dry matter production, amount of litter and water use efficiency. However, a higher grass dry matter production in R than in I was noticed in part of the last year of this study. Grass dry matter production increased at the same rate in all treatments after 4 years, but litter remained constant in the unrolled treatment and decreased in the rolled ones. Mechanical shrub control with a roller chopper decreased shrub competition, thereby increasing the productivity of the ecosystem.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "2. 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However, it is essential to ensure that microbial-based products, such as BCAs, are utilised in a manner that does not harm soil quality and fertility while decreasing reliance on synthetic pesticides. To accomplish this, it is crucial to monitor the fate and persistence of bioinoculants in the soil, which is essential for optimising their application over time, as well as for regulatory and commercial purposes and environmental risk assessment. A qPCR detection method utilising TaqMan chemistry is proposed, which has demonstrated high specificity and sensitivity in detecting Trichoderma asperellum, a common BCA species, in soil. The primers and probe were designed based on the \u03b2tubulin2 gene. The TaqMan-based assay was applied and validated on soils where tomatoes and strawberries were grown after a previous application of T. asperellum FC80 strain over three years. The TaqMan-based assay was able to detect the target strain accurately, meeting the stringent requirements for commercial and regulatory applications. Significance and impact of the study: The TaqMan assay developed here has the potential to impact the agricultural sector significantly. It can be used for regulatory, commercial, and scientific purposes to track, monitor, and determine the presence and fate of T. asperellum under field crop conditions, thereby contributing to adopting more sustainable and efficient agricultural practices.", "keywords": ["traceability qPCR", "Soil", "TaqMan Assay", "S", "QH301-705.5", "Fungi Trichoderma asperellum", "Agriculture", "Biology (General)", "Biological control agent"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2025.105723"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Biological%20Control", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.biocontrol.2025.105723", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.biocontrol.2025.105723", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2025.105723"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.108321", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-09-21T16:15:31Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-10-29", "title": "A framework to estimate the contribution of weeds to the delivery of ecosystem (dis)services in agricultural landscapes", "description": "There is a pressing need for indicators and methods to quantify the provision of ecosystem services as a prerequisite to identify management options that optimize trade-offs between services. Arable weeds provide multiple services and are thus a good model to evaluate such trade\u2013offs. This flora provides trophic resources (flowers or seeds) that support pollinators and pest natural enemies (pollination and pest control services) but can also be harmful for crop production (disservice). To date, few indicators are available to quantify the contribution of weeds to ecosystem services or their harmfulness, and no indicators account for intraspecific variability in weed traits that result from contrasting growing conditions, notably the location of weeds within fields (field edge vs field core) and crop type. Here, we developed nine proxies for potential weed harmfulness (competition, harvest difficulties and future weed infestations) and weed contributions to resources provision to pollinators (bees, bumblebees and hoverflies) and pest natural enemies (carabid beetles, birds and parasitoid wasps). These nine proxies accounted for individual weed plant response to growing conditions (combination of within-field location by crop type) for 155 weed species, resulting in 967 unique situations (combinations of species by within-field locations by crop types). Apart from harvest difficulties, all proxies were positively correlated, i.e. harmfulness increased when services increased. Weed plants located on field edges had greater contributions to all proxies than those located in field cores, especially in cereal crops. We identified that small weed species with short life cycles and low competitiveness, presented the optimum proxy combination, i.e. high services and low harmfulness. The development of these proxies and the proposed framework provide new avenues for assessing trade-offs between multiple ecosystem services at different temporal (crop sequence) and spatial scales (landscape).", "keywords": ["[SDE] Environmental Sciences", "0106 biological sciences", "2. 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The incremental formulation proposed is expressed in terms of strain and suction increments (i.e. strain-driven) and defines an initial value problem (IVP) that can be solved once the initial state and the pair of increments of the driven variables are known. The numerical integration of this IVP is carried out by extending to unsaturated condition, the well-known explicit substepping formulation with automatic error control widely used for saturated soils. A notable feature of the substepping integration scheme presented is that it integrates simultaneously the model equations for both mechanical and water retention responses. Hence, the estimate of the local truncation error to automatically adjust the size of the integration step is not only affected by the local error in stresses and mechanical hardening parameter (as in a saturated soil model) but, additionally, by the local error incurred in the integration of the water retention relations (i.e. degree of saturation and water retention hardening parameter). The correctness of the integration scheme is then verified by comparison of computational outcomes against analytical/reference solutions.", "keywords": ["Soil mechanics", "\u00c0rees tem\u00e0tiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Geot\u00e8cnia::Mec\u00e0nica de s\u00f2ls", "Unsaturated soils", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "02 engineering and technology", "01 natural sciences", "6. 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With Winter Cover Crops", "description": "Abstract   Weed control is a major constraint for organic production around the world. Field studies were conducted in pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) from 2004 to 2006 at the Black Sea Agricultural Research Institute experimental field in Turkey to determine the weed suppressive effects of winter cover crops. Treatments consisted of ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum L.), oat (Avena sativa L.), rye (Secale cereale L.), wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), gelemen clover (Trifolium meneghinianum Clem.), Egyptian clover (Trifolium alexsandrinum L.), common vetch (Vicia sativa L.), hairy vetch (Vicia villosa Roth.) and a bare fallow with no cover crop. Weed density and total weed dry biomass were assessed at 14, 28, and 56 days after incorporation to quantify effects of cover crops during a subsequent pepper crop. Cover crop establishment was similar in both growing seasons and individual species produced in the range of 1800\u20133500\u00a0kg/ha biomass. Ryegrass produced the greatest biomass compared with other species. Weed dry biomass production just before cover crop incorporation varied with year and cover crop species. Hairy vetch, ryegrass, oat and common vetch were the most competitive cover crops based on total weed dry biomass. Hairy vetch was the most promising cover crop and reduced weed density by 73% and 70% at 28 and 56 DAI, respectively. Pepper yields were higher following all cover crops except Egyptian clover. The highest yield was obtained from hairy vetch plots in both years. This research indicates that cover crops such as hairy vetch, ryegrass, oat and common vetch could be used in integrated weed management programs to reduce weed infestation in organic pepper.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "CDA", "Hairy vetch", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Vegetable", "15. Life on land", "Ryegrass", "Oat", "Weed control"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2008.12.002"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Crop%20Protection", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.cropro.2008.12.002", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.cropro.2008.12.002", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.cropro.2008.12.002"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2009-04-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.foodchem.2012.09.056", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-09-21T16:15:40Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2012-09-28", "title": "Impacts Of Temperature Increase And Change In Precipitation Pattern On Crop Yield And Yield Quality Of Barley", "description": "Spring barley was grown in a field experiment under moderately elevated soil temperature and changed summer precipitation (amount and frequency). Elevated temperature affected the performance and grain quality characteristics more significant than changes in rainfall. Except for the decrease in thousand grain weight, warming had no impacts on aboveground biomass and grain yield traits. In grains, several proteinogenic amino acids concentrations were increased, whereas their composition was only slightly altered. Concentration and yield of total protein remained unaffected under warming. The concentrations of total non-structural carbohydrates, starch, fructose and raffinose were lower in plants grown at high temperatures, whereas maltose was higher. Crude fibre remained unaffected by warming, whereas concentrations of lipids and aluminium were reduced. Manipulation of precipitation only marginally affected barley grains: amount reduction increased the concentrations of several minerals (sodium, copper) and amino acids (leucine). The projected climate changes may most likely affect grain quality traits of interest for different markets and utilisation requirements.", "keywords": ["Quality Control", "2. Zero hunger", "0106 biological sciences", "Plant Extracts", "Climate", "Rain", "Temperature", "Hordeum", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "13. 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Our ultimate goal is to provide scientific guidance for the acquisition of relevant population exposure information for epidemiological studies tackling the short and long term health effects of desert dust. We first describe the source regions and the typical levels of dust particles in regions close and far away from the source areas, along with their size, composition, and bio-aerosol load. We then describe the processes by which dust may become mixed with anthropogenic particulate matter (PM) and/or alter its load in receptor areas. Short term health effects are found during desert dust episodes in different regions of the world, but in a number of cases the results differ when it comes to associate the effects to the bulk PM, the desert dust-PM, or non-desert dust-PM. These differences are likely due to the different monitoring strategies applied in the epidemiological studies, and to the differences on atmospheric and emission (natural and anthropogenic) patterns of desert dust around the world. We finally propose methods to allow the discrimination of health effects by PM fraction during dust outbreaks, and a strategy to implement desert dust alert and monitoring systems for health studies and air quality management.", "keywords": ["Aerosols", "Air Movements", "Epidemiological studies", "Air Pollutants", "Pols mineral -- Tesis doctorals", "Epidemiology", ":Energies [\u00c0rees tem\u00e0tiques de la UPC]", "Atmospheric particulate matter", "Dust", "15. Life on land", "Mineral dust", "01 natural sciences", "Article", "3. Good health", "Environmental sciences", "13. Climate action", "\u00c0rees tem\u00e0tiques de la UPC::Energies", "Air Pollution", "11. 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These lockdowns have led to temporal improvements in air quality. Here, we evaluate the changes in NO2 and O3 levels along with the associated impact upon premature mortality during the COVID-19 lockdown and deconfinement periods along the first epidemic wave across the provincial capital cities of Spain. We first quantify the change in pollutants solely due to the lockdown as the difference between business-as-usual (BAU) pollution levels, estimated with a machine learning-based meteorological normalization technique, and observed concentrations. Second, instead of using exposure-response functions between the pollutants and mortality reported in the literature, we fit conditional quasi-Poisson regression models to estimate city-specific associations between daily pollutant levels and non-accidental mortality during the period 2010-2018. Significant relative risk values are observed at lag 1 for NO2 (1.0047 [95% CI: 1.0014 to 1.0081]) and at lag 0 for O3 (1.0039 [1.0013 to 1.0065]). On average NO2 changed by -51% (intercity range -65.7 to -30.9%) and -36.4% (-53.7 to -11.6%), and O3 by -1.1% (-20.2 to 23.8%) and 0.6% (-12.4 to 23.0%), during the lockdown (57 days) and deconfinement (42 days) periods, respectively. We obtain a reduction in attributable mortality associated with NO2 changes of -119 (95% CI: -273 to -24) deaths over the lockdown, and of -53 (-114 to -10) deaths over the deconfinement. This was partially compensated by an increase in the attributable number of deaths, 14 (-72 to 99) during the lockdown, and 8 (-27 to 50) during the deconfinement, associated with the rise in O3 levels in the most populous cities during the analysed period, despite the overall small average reductions. Our study shows that the potential trade-offs between multiple air pollutants should be taken into account when evaluating the health impacts of environmental exposures.", "keywords": ["Air Pollutants", "SARS-CoV-2", "Nitrogen Dioxide", "COVID-19", "01 natural sciences", "Article", "3. Good health", "03 medical and health sciences", "0302 clinical medicine", "13. 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A computational analysis in Finland", "description": "Spatial patterns of land-cover and agricultural operations have clear impacts on soil erosion. Allocating a portion of cultivated area for grass is a widely applied strategy to control erosion. However, it is still unclear how much and where grassed area should be spatially targeted in different landscapes to control erosion efficiently. To address this challenge, we estimate the potential of high-resolution RUSLE-based spatial targeting of grassed areas to improve erosion mitigation in two topographically different catchments in southern Finland. Erosion reductions of 1) policy-based targeting (buffer strips along main streams according to current CAP strategy) were compared with 2) RUSLE-targeted grassed areas (based on the highest computed erosion values within field parcels and sub-catchments). Furthermore, we computationally explored 3) how different rates of optimally located grass areas affected erosion and 4) how the areas could be computationally processed to continuous entities. The erosion reductions were estimated with 2 \u00d7 2 m2 resolution RUSLE computations in all the scenarios. The RUSLE-targeted grassed areas demonstrated greater erosion reductions compared to the policy-based siting of grass areas along riparian fields. With optimal targeting, erosion risks could potentially be reduced up to 24 percentage points (up to 46 % erosion reduction), compared to the buffer strips. Increasing optimally targeted grassed area gradually from 0 to 100 % decreased erosion non-linearly. The largest share of erosion was generated in disproportionally small land areas (\u223c20 % of the land area). The location of the hotspots in relation to the streams varied between the sub-catchments and field parcels. These quantifications demonstrate the potential value of models for targeted landscape scale spatial erosion management. A more comprehensive assessment of erosion mitigation could benefit of improved empirical validation and consideration of other aspects of erosion and sediment transport, such as local drainage ...", "keywords": ["550", "erosion control", "RUSLE", "erosion", "targeting", "siting"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geodrs.2024.e00904"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Geoderma%20Regional", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.geodrs.2024.e00904", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.geodrs.2024.e00904", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.geodrs.2024.e00904"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2025-03-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.landurbplan.2022.104589", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-09-21T16:15:59Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2022-09-30", "title": "Enhancing weed multifunctionality at a landscape scale: a simulation study", "description": "There is a pressing need for research guiding the design and management of multifunctional landscapes that combine the delivery of production services and that of other ecosystem services. Arable weeds are an interesting model as they can impact negatively crop production but also contribute to maintain pollination and pest control services. Here, we assessed weed multifunctionality using weed data recorded within a small landscape, in the field edge and field core of 97 fields over six consecutive years. We detected a general positive correlation between harmfulness and services provision, at the field-scale and at the landscape scale. At the field scale, the flora of field edges strongly contributed to the delivery of (dis)services; some fields delivered interesting trade-offs, and this was only weakly explained by the crop management strategy. At the landscape scale, we explored through scenarii the impact of changes in the composition (proportional cover of the different crop management strategies) and structure (field size, i.e. length of field edges) of the land-use mosaics on weed multifunctionality. Land\u2013use mosaics offering interesting trade-offs were for the most part characterised by an even representation of the different crop management strategies. Small-grained landscapes did not offer better trade\u2013offs than the current landscape structure, but slightly improved the inter-annual stability of services. Our results support the idea that promoting the co-existence of various cropping strategies within landscape is a good option to reconcile the positive and negative impacts of weeds.", "keywords": ["[SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio]", "0106 biological sciences", "pollination", "multifunctionality", "[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]", "biological control", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "crop yield loss", "simulation", "01 natural sciences", "630", "pareto frontier"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2022.104589"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Landscape%20and%20Urban%20Planning", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.landurbplan.2022.104589", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.landurbplan.2022.104589", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2022.104589"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2022-12-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.sandf.2023.101332", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-09-21T16:16:04Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2023-06-20", "title": "Addressing the challenges of homogeneity, quality control and waste handling in soil bio-cementation: A large-scale experiment", "description": "In an attempt to go beyond the conventional laboratory experiments widely reported in literature around the emerging technique of soil bio-cementation, this work addresses key challenges related to its large-scale application. Precisely, a state-of-the-art installation with a draining bottom boundary is introduced and a novel treatment strategy, based on ex-situ hydrolysis within a 1000 L bioreactor, is described. Hydrolyzed solutions are injected in a tank filled with 0\u20134\u00a0mm sand, via a system of eight injection tubes to treat a total surface of 40\u00a0m2 across a depth of 2\u00a0m. A multilevel, spatial and temporal quality control system is used to monitor the injection processes across several cycles via chemical and hydraulic means. In total, 20.8\u00a0m3 of reactant solutions are supplied to the targeted zone, equal to one pore volume and over 120 chemical analyses are carried-out. Reaction efficiencies overall exceeded 80%, while by increasing the number of treatment cycles, and thus calcification levels, a gradual increase in the recorded pressure at the injection inlet was captured, that reached up to 75\u00a0kPa. Zones where the injection pressure increased the most are found to yield better resistance in the vicinity of the corresponding injection tube. A dynamic penetrometer campaign reveals that increase in the tip resistance, is found to exceed 5\u00a0MPa and yields more homogenous response across the bottom 0.5\u00a0m of the tank, which is believed to reflect the effect of initial confinement on the deposition of calcite. For the zones with the highest cementation, correlated \u03c6\u2019 values yield a 5\u00b0 increase, while the oedometric modulus is found to double. The results suggest that ex-situ bio-cementation, where hydrolysis occurs in bioreactors instead of inside the soil mass, is capable of yielding similar precipitation efficiencies and mechanical improvement compared to traditional bio-cementation, where bacteria are injected directly into the soil. Finally, the monitoring of MICP at the scale of typical geotechnical works is discussed along with the problematic of residual ammonium, which in this study is found to reach absorded quantities of 4\u00a0mol/L.", "keywords": ["MICP", "Upscaling", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "Quality control", "Dynamic penetrometer", "TA703-712", "Engineering geology. Rock mechanics. Soil mechanics. Underground construction", "02 engineering and technology", "Field testing", "6. 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Therefore, it reduces the amount of energy converted by the semiconductor solar cells. This work focuses on the effect of soiling on the spectral performance of multi-junction (MJ) cells, widely used in concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) applications. Novel indexes, useful to quantify the spectral impact of soiling are introduced, and their meanings are discussed. The results of a one-year experimental investigation conducted in Spain are presented and are used to discuss how soiling impacts each of the subcells of a MJ cell, as well as the cell current-matching. Results show that soiling affects the current balance among the junctions, i.e. the transmittance losses have found to be around 4% higher in the top than in the middle subcell. The spectral nature of soiling has demonstrated to increase the annual spectral losses of around 2%. Ideal conditions for the mitigation of soiling are also discussed and found to be in blue-rich environments, where the higher light intensity at the shorter wavelengths can limit the impact of soiling on the overall production of the CPV system.", "keywords": ["concentrator photovoltaics; multi-junction solar cells; outdoor performance; soiling transmittance; spectral effects", "Multi-junction solar cells", "Spectral effects", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "Systems and Control (eess.SY)", "02 engineering and technology", "Electrical Engineering and Systems Science - Systems and Control", "7. Clean energy", "Outdoor performance", "Concentrator photovoltaics", "13. 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Our findings derive from a total of 1108 soil cores sampled over 14 permanent plots. The observed pattern in SOC stocks reflects the very different climatic conditions and contrasting soil properties existing along the latitudinal transect. The combined effects of these factors strongly influence vegetation structure. SOC stocks in the first 2\uffc2\uffa0m of soil ranged from 20\uffc2\uffa0Mg\uffc2\uffa0C\uffc2\uffa0ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921 for a Sahelian savanna in Mali to over 120\uffc2\uffa0Mg\uffc2\uffa0C\uffc2\uffa0ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921 for a transitional forest in Ghana. The degree of interdependence between soil bulk density (SBD) and soil properties is highlighted by the strong negative relationships observed between SBD and SOC (r2\uffc2\uffa0&gt;\uffc2\uffa00.84). A simple predictive function capable of encompassing the effect of climate, soil properties and vegetation type on SOC stocks showed that available water and sand content taken together could explain 0.84 and 0.86 of the total variability in SOC stocks observed to 0.3 and 1.0\uffc2\uffa0m depth respectively. Used in combination with a suitable climatic parameter, sand content is a good predictor of SOC stored in highly weathered dry tropical ecosystems with arguably less confounding effects than provided by clay content. There was an increased contribution of resistant SOC to the total SOC pool for lower rainfall soils, this likely being the result of more frequent fire events in the grassier savannas of the more arid regions. This work provides new insights into the mechanisms determining the distribution of carbon storage in tropical soils and should contribute significantly to the development of robust predictive models of biogeochemical cycling and vegetation dynamics in tropical regions.</p>", "keywords": ["550", "Tropical ecosystems", "biotic controls", "West africa", "01 natural sciences", "forest soils", "land-use change", "Precipitation gradient", "Soil bulk density", "senegal", "cycle feedback", "Life Science", "Resistant organic carbon", "organic-matter", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/550", "savanna soils", "ddc:550", "Soil organic carbon", "sequestration", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "stabilization", "Earth sciences", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "texture", "Soil carbon stocks"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02657.x"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Global%20Change%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02657.x", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02657.x", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02657.x"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2012-03-02T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1038/ismej.2016.169", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-09-21T16:16:44Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2017-01-03", "title": "The Pseudomonas putida T6SS is a plant warden against phytopathogens", "description": "Abstract                <p>Bacterial type VI secretion systems (T6SSs) are molecular weapons designed to deliver toxic effectors into prey cells. These nanomachines have an important role in inter-bacterial competition and provide advantages to T6SS active strains in polymicrobial environments. Here we analyze the genome of the biocontrol agent Pseudomonas putida KT2440 and identify three T6SS gene clusters (K1-, K2- and K3-T6SS). Besides, 10 T6SS effector\uffe2\uff80\uff93immunity pairs were found, including putative nucleases and pore-forming colicins. We show that the K1-T6SS is a potent antibacterial device, which secretes a toxic Rhs-type effector Tke2. Remarkably, P. putida eradicates a broad range of bacteria in a K1-T6SS-dependent manner, including resilient phytopathogens, which demonstrates that the T6SS is instrumental to empower P. putida to fight against competitors. Furthermore, we observed a drastically reduced necrosis on the leaves of Nicotiana benthamiana during co-infection with P. putida and Xanthomonas campestris. Such protection is dependent on the activity of the P. putida T6SS. Many routes have been explored to develop biocontrol agents capable of manipulating the microbial composition of the rhizosphere and phyllosphere. Here we unveil a novel mechanism for plant biocontrol, which needs to be considered for the selection of plant wardens whose mission is to prevent phytopathogen infections.</p>", "keywords": ["PROTEIN SECRETION", "Nicotiana", "0301 basic medicine", "570", "INTESTINAL INFLAMMATION", "05 Environmental Sciences", "VIBRIO-CHOLERAE", "Environmental Sciences & Ecology", "VI SECRETION SYSTEM", "Xanthomonas campestris", "Microbiology", "03 medical and health sciences", "Bacterial Proteins", "10 Technology", "Plant Diseases", "0303 health sciences", "Science & Technology", "Ecology", "Pseudomonas putida", "ROOT MICROBIOME", "Gene Expression Regulation", " Bacterial", "06 Biological Sciences", "Type VI Secretion Systems", "GENOMIC ANALYSIS", "Biological Control Agents", "ESCHERICHIA-COLI", "EFFECTORS", "IMMUNITY PROTEINS", "Original Article", "HOST-RANGE", "Life Sciences & Biomedicine"]}, "links": [{"href": "http://www.nature.com/articles/ismej2016169.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2016.169"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/The%20ISME%20Journal", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1038/ismej.2016.169", "name": "item", "description": "10.1038/ismej.2016.169", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1038/ismej.2016.169"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2017-01-03T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1038/s41467-020-15586-1", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-09-21T16:16:46Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-04-21", "title": "Biological weed control to relieve millions from Ambrosia allergies in Europe", "description": "Abstract<p>Invasive alien species (IAS) can substantially affect ecosystem services and human well-being. However, quantitative assessments of their impact on human health are rare and the benefits of implementing IAS management likely to be underestimated. Here we report the effects of the allergenic plant Ambrosia artemisiifolia on public health in Europe and the potential impact of the accidentally introduced leaf beetle Ophraella communa on the number of patients and healthcare costs. We find that, prior to the establishment of O. communa, some 13.5 million persons suffered from Ambrosia-induced allergies in Europe, causing costs of Euro 7.4 billion annually. Our projections reveal that biological control of A. artemisiifolia will reduce the number of patients by approximately 2.3 million and the health costs by Euro 1.1 billion per year. Our conservative calculations indicate that the currently discussed economic costs of IAS underestimate the real costs and thus also the benefits from biological control.</p>", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "Science", "Weed Control", "Q", "Plant Weeds", "Rhinitis", " Allergic", " Seasonal", "15. Life on land", "Q1", "01 natural sciences", "Article", "3. Good health", "Coleoptera", "Europe", "Biological Control Agents", "13. Climate action", "Animals", "Humans", "Public Health", "Ambrosia"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://eprints.worc.ac.uk/9268/15/Skj%C3%B8th-9268-VoR-Biological-Weed-Control-to-relieve-millions-from-Ambrosia-allergies-in-Europe.pdf"}, {"href": "https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-15586-1.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15586-1"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Nature%20Communications", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1038/s41467-020-15586-1", "name": "item", "description": "10.1038/s41467-020-15586-1", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1038/s41467-020-15586-1"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-04-21T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1080/13632469.2023.2226227", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-09-21T16:17:11Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2023-06-26", "title": "Performance Evaluation of Distributed Extended KDamper Devices for Seismic Protection of Mid-Rise Building Structures", "description": "Open AccessJournal of Earthquake Engineering, 28 (4)", "keywords": ["seismic protection", "KDamper", "vibration control mechanism", "Negative stiffness", "Negative stiffness; seismic protection; KDamper; multiple tuned mass dampers; vibration control mechanism", "multiple tuned mass dampers"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/13632469.2023.2226227"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1080/13632469.2023.2226227"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Earthquake%20Engineering", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1080/13632469.2023.2226227", "name": "item", "description": "10.1080/13632469.2023.2226227", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1080/13632469.2023.2226227"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2023-06-25T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1080/13632469.2023.2250463", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-09-21T16:17:11Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2023-09-05", "title": "Application of the \u0395xtended KDamper to the Seismic Protection of Bridges: Design Optimization, Nonlinear Response, SSI and Pounding Effects", "description": "Open AccessThe paper investigates the seismic performance of a novel passive vibration isolation and damping device termed Extended KDamper (EKD). The concept is applied to a representative two-span highway bridge, initially designed on conventional seismic isolation (CSI) bearings. An optimization process is developed and executed to design the EKDs, underscoring the importance of accounting for seismic motion variability. Compared to CSI, the incorporation of EKDs leads to a 40% to 70% reduction in deck drifts. In contrast to the CSI bridge, which may sustain excessive bearing shear strains when subjected to the most adverse seismic motions within the examined set, the bearings of the EKD bridge never exceed the 200% threshold. Through the use of nonlinear 3D time-history analyses, it is demonstrated that the nonlinearity of the EKD elements may result in residual deck drifts. The nonlinear EKDs exhibit a variation in maximum drifts and accelerations on the order of\u2009\u00b120% compared to the preliminary (linear elastic) design for the examined set of spectrum-compatible motions. The increased accelerations result from the stiffening of the negative stiffness elements (NSEs), being more pronounced for seismic motions that entail large displacement demands. With the aid of a fully nonlinear 3D model of the entire soil \u2013 foundation \u2013 structure system, the effects of soil-structure interaction (SSI) are explored and shown to significantly influence the seismic response of the system. Deck collision with the abutments restricts the movement of the deck and pier; however, it compromises the performance of the EKDs and leads to a substantial increase in deck accelerations. Overall, EKDs may facilitate a more economical design and enhanced seismic performance, particularly for displacement-sensitive structures like rail bridges.", "keywords": ["negative stiffness", "bridges", "Seismic isolation; bridges; KDamper; negative stiffness; earthquakes; vibration control", "KDamper", "vibration control", "Seismic isolation", "earthquakes"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/13632469.2023.2250463"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1080/13632469.2023.2250463"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Earthquake%20Engineering", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1080/13632469.2023.2250463", "name": "item", "description": "10.1080/13632469.2023.2250463", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1080/13632469.2023.2250463"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2023-09-05T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1080/0020739X.2023.2254314", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-09-21T16:17:05Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2023-09-15", "title": "An optimal control problem for resource utilisation by microorganisms", "description": "Decomposition of organic matter controls the flow of carbon and nutrients in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Several kinetic laws have been proposed to describe decomposition rates, but they neglect adaptation of the microbial decomposer to environmental conditions. Here we formalise decomposition as an optimal control problem by assuming that microorganisms regulate the uptake rate of a substrate to maximise their growth over the period of decomposition. The result is an optimal control problem consisting of two differential equations and auxiliary conditions that determine the optimal value of the control variable (the uptake rate), the remaining substrate at any given time, and the optimal completion time. This problem serves as a case study to illustrate the solution of differential equations and optimal control problems for students in undergraduate courses. The mathematical analysis of the problem requires rewriting the differential equations in reverse time along with the solution of a nonhomogeneous linear first order differential equation. We then return to modelling with some biologically motivated questions about how the parameters of the model representing environmental conditions and microbial functional traits affect the outcome. Finally, we discuss alternative ways to use the material with students.", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "03 medical and health sciences", "Annan matematik", "05 social sciences", "resource utilisation", "Didactics", "microbial decomposition", "Didaktik", "Other Mathematics", "0503 education", "6. 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Several kinetic laws have been proposed to describe decomposition rates, but they neglect adaptation of the microbial decomposer to environmental conditions. Here we formalise decomposition as an optimal control problem by assuming that microorganisms regulate the uptake rate of a substrate to maximise their growth over the period of decomposition. The result is an optimal control problem consisting of two differential equations and auxiliary conditions that determine the optimal value of the control variable (the uptake rate), the remaining substrate at any given time, and the optimal completion time. This problem serves as a case study to illustrate the solution of differential equations and optimal control problems for students in undergraduate courses. The mathematical analysis of the problem requires rewriting the differential equations in reverse time along with the solution of a nonhomogeneous linear first order differential equation. We then return to modelling with some biologically motivated questions about how the parameters of the model representing environmental conditions and microbial functional traits affect the outcome. Finally, we discuss alternative ways to use the material with students.", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "03 medical and health sciences", "Annan matematik", "05 social sciences", "resource utilisation", "Didactics", "microbial decomposition", "Didaktik", "Other Mathematics", "0503 education", "6. Clean water", "Optimal control"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/0020739X.2023.2254314"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1080/0020739x.2023.2254314"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/International%20Journal%20of%20Mathematical%20Education%20in%20Science%20and%20Technology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1080/0020739x.2023.2254314", "name": "item", "description": "10.1080/0020739x.2023.2254314", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1080/0020739x.2023.2254314"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2023-09-15T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1094/PHYTO-07-17-0255-R", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-09-21T16:17:19Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2018-01-31", "title": "Characterization of Argentinian Endemic Aspergillus flavus Isolates and Their Potential Use as Biocontrol Agents for Mycotoxins in Maize", "description": "<p>Maize (Zea mays L.) is a highly valuable crop in Argentina, frequently contaminated with the mycotoxins produced by Aspergillus flavus. Biocontrol products formulated with atoxigenic (nontoxic) strains of this fungal species are well known as an effective method to reduce this contamination. In the present study, 83 A. flavus isolates from two maize regions of Argentina were characterized and evaluated for their ability to produce or lack of producing mycotoxins in order to select atoxigenic strains to be used as potential biocontrol agents (BCA). All of the isolates were tested for aflatoxin and cyclopiazonic acid (CPA) production in maize kernels and a liquid culture medium. Genetic diversity of the nonaflatoxigenic isolates was evaluated by analysis of vegetative compatibility groups (VCG) and confirmation of deletions in the aflatoxin biosynthesis cluster. Eight atoxigenic isolates were compared for their ability to reduce aflatoxin and CPA contamination in maize kernels in coinoculation tests. The A. flavus population was composed of 32% aflatoxin and CPA producers and 52% CPA producers, and 16% was determined as atoxigenic. All of the aflatoxin producer isolates also produced CPA. Aflatoxin and CPA production was significantly higher in maize kernels than in liquid medium. The 57 nonaflatoxigenic strains formed six VCG, with AM1 and AM5 being the dominant groups, with a frequency of 58 and 35%, respectively. In coinoculation experiments, all of the atoxigenic strains reduced aflatoxin from 54 to 83% and CPA from 60 to 97%. Members of group AM1 showed a greater aflatoxin reduction than members of AM5 (72 versus 66%) but no differences were detected in CPA production. Here, we described for the first time atoxigenic isolates of A. flavus that show promise to be used as BCA in maize crops in Argentina. This innovating biological control approach should be considered, developed further, and used by the maize industry to preserve the quality properties and food safety of maize kernels in Argentina.</p>", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "2. Zero hunger", "Micotoxinas", "0303 health sciences", "Argentina", "Biocontrol", "Genetic Variation", "Mycotoxins", "maize", "Zea mays", "Maize", "03 medical and health sciences", "https://purl.org/becyt/ford/4.5", "Biological Control Agents", "13. 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Aiming to provide suggestions for the construction and implementation of CWs, this paper proposes and discusses key parameters of CW design and operation. In order to verify the effect of these features, different case studies were reviewed, focusing on the performance of CWs that are treating agricultural drainage water. The findings showed that design and operational factors (e.g., the application of simple hydraulic structures and vegetation establishment) can improve pollutant removal efficiencies by increasing hydraulic retention time. Hydraulic efficiency of CWs can also be enhanced through certain shape characteristics (e.g., adoption of a high aspect ratio and creation of a long and narrow CW shape). The careful consideration of these parameters before and during CW implementation can therefore help these systems to achieve their full potential. However, further study is recommended to assess the effects of some parameters (e.g., flow direction and the application of deep zones).</p", "keywords": ["13. Climate action", "Nature-based solutions; Constructed wetland; Agricultural drainage water; Design and operational factors; Long-term operation; Agricultural pollution control.", "15. Life on land", "6. 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Intercropping maize with legumes such as lablab, Lablab purpurens (L.), is one of the effective systems to control stem borers. Sole culture maize and maize/lablab intercrop system of different lablab densities were planted at two locations to investigate the effects of intercrop system on incidence and severity of stem borers with particular reference to Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Stem borer infestation was found to be more severe in sole culture maize than maize in maize/lablab intercrop. There was a significantly negative relationship between lablab densities and maize grain yields, suggesting a possible competition for resources between the two crops. It was concluded that density of lablab and date of planting of lablab in maize/lablab intercropping have significant affects on stem borer populations and maize grain yields.", "keywords": ["Lepidoptera", "Population Density", "0106 biological sciences", "2. 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Biocontrol products formulated with atoxigenic (nontoxic) strains of this fungal species are well known as an effective method to reduce this contamination. In the present study, 83 A. flavus isolates from two maize regions of Argentina were characterized and evaluated for their ability to produce or lack of producing mycotoxins in order to select atoxigenic strains to be used as potential biocontrol agents (BCA). All of the isolates were tested for aflatoxin and cyclopiazonic acid (CPA) production in maize kernels and a liquid culture medium. Genetic diversity of the nonaflatoxigenic isolates was evaluated by analysis of vegetative compatibility groups (VCG) and confirmation of deletions in the aflatoxin biosynthesis cluster. Eight atoxigenic isolates were compared for their ability to reduce aflatoxin and CPA contamination in maize kernels in coinoculation tests. The A. flavus population was composed of 32% aflatoxin and CPA producers and 52% CPA producers, and 16% was determined as atoxigenic. All of the aflatoxin producer isolates also produced CPA. Aflatoxin and CPA production was significantly higher in maize kernels than in liquid medium. The 57 nonaflatoxigenic strains formed six VCG, with AM1 and AM5 being the dominant groups, with a frequency of 58 and 35%, respectively. In coinoculation experiments, all of the atoxigenic strains reduced aflatoxin from 54 to 83% and CPA from 60 to 97%. Members of group AM1 showed a greater aflatoxin reduction than members of AM5 (72 versus 66%) but no differences were detected in CPA production. Here, we described for the first time atoxigenic isolates of A. flavus that show promise to be used as BCA in maize crops in Argentina. This innovating biological control approach should be considered, developed further, and used by the maize industry to preserve the quality properties and food safety of maize kernels in Argentina.</p></article>", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "2. Zero hunger", "Micotoxinas", "0303 health sciences", "Argentina", "Biocontrol", "Genetic Variation", "Mycotoxins", "maize", "Zea mays", "Maize", "03 medical and health sciences", "https://purl.org/becyt/ford/4.5", "Biological Control Agents", "13. 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The leitmotif of the structural design is the implementation of a strut characterized by a bifurcation occurring at either vanishing tensile or compressive load. It is shown that buckling at null load leads to a mechanical equivalence with a unilateral constraint formulation, introducing shocks in dynamics. Towards a future analysis of the latter, the nonlinear quasi-static response is investigated, showing the multistable character of the structure, which may appear as bistable or tetrastable.</p>           <p>This article is part of the theme issue \u2018Wave generation and transmission in multi-scale complex media and structured metamaterials (part 1)\u2019.</p></article>", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "03 medical and health sciences", "metamaterials", "buckling; metamaterials; nonlinear motion; unilateral constraint; vibration control", "vibration control", "Classical Physics (physics.class-ph)", "FOS: Physical sciences", "buckling", "unilateral constraint", "Physics - Classical Physics", "02 engineering and technology", "0210 nano-technology", "nonlinear motion"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://iris.unitn.it/bitstream/11572/356728/1/RSTA20220021.pdf"}, {"href": "https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsta.2022.0021"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2022.0021"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Philosophical%20Transactions%20of%20the%20Royal%20Society%20A%3A%20Mathematical%2C%20Physical%20and%20Engineering%20Sciences", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1098/rsta.2022.0021", "name": "item", "description": "10.1098/rsta.2022.0021", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1098/rsta.2022.0021"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2022-07-18T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/ele.13648", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-09-21T16:17:32Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-11-30", "title": "Soil element coupling is driven by ecological context and atomic mass", "description": "Abstract<p>The biogeochemical cycling of multiple soil elements is fundamental for life on Earth. Here, we conducted a global field survey across 16 chronosequences from contrasting biomes with soil ages ranging from centuries to millions of years. For this, we collected and analysed 435 topsoil samples (0\uffe2\uff80\uff9310\uffc2\uffa0cm) from 87 locations. We showed that high levels of topsoil element coupling, defined as the average correlation among nineteen soil elements, are maintained over geological timescales globally. Cross\uffe2\uff80\uff90biome changes in plant biodiversity, soil microbial structure, weathering, soil pH and texture, and mineral\uffe2\uff80\uff90free unprotected organic matter content largely controlled multi\uffe2\uff80\uff90element coupling. Moreover, elements with heavier atomic mass were naturally more decoupled and unpredictable in space than those with lighter mass. Only the coupling of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus, which are essential to life on Earth, deviated from this predictable pattern, suggesting that this anomaly may be an undeniable fingerprint of life in terrestrial soils.</p", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0301 basic medicine", "Pedogenesis", "0303 health sciences", "Nitrogen", "Phosphorus", "Biodiversity", "15. Life on land", "Coupled biogeochemical cycles", "Carbon", "Atomic properties", "Soil", "03 medical and health sciences", "Biotic controllers", "Elementalcycles", "13. 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Despite marked geological heterogeneity, the role of soil variation has not been rigorously examined.</p>  <p>We modelled the compositional turnover of trees and ferns in the Panama Canal watershed as a function of soil chemistry, climate and geographical separation, using generalized dissimilarity models (GDMs).</p>  <p>Predictability in both plant groups was strong, with 74% of turnover explained in trees and 49% in ferns. Major trends in the two plant groups were strikingly similar. The independent effects of soils, and of climate for trees, were sizeable, but those of geographical distance were minor. In both plant groups, distance and climatic effects on species turnover covaried strongly.</p>  <p>Including floristic dissimilarity of the other taxon as a predictor increased explained deviance to 81% in trees and 59% in ferns. Controlling for differences in plant density among plots reduced deviance explained by climate and distance, while soil effects remained strong. Limiting the analyses to soils of volcanic origin increased deviance explained by climate, soils and distance, but their effects covaried strongly. Independent soil effects on tree turnover were reduced, but their effects on fern turnover remained pronounced.</p>  <p>Dry season length was the most important climatic predictor for both taxa, and P and pH were the most important soil predictors. Particularly, rapid species turnover was associated with the driest end of the seasonality gradient, linked to declining individual densities and species richness, and with the low end of the phosphorus gradient.</p>  <p>Synthesis. While changes in rainfall and seasonality undoubtedly limit plant distributions in this region, soil effects are at least as important, and interactions between the two are sizeable. This is likely to hold elsewhere in the Caribbean region, where mosaics of marine and volcanic soils combined with pronounced rainfall gradients are common. Strong congruence between our focal taxa suggests that our results can be extrapolated to other plant groups, particularly as trees and ferns are distantly related and represent different life\uffe2\uff80\uff90forms.</p>  </p>", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "biotic interactions", " determinants of plant community diversity and structure", " edaphic variation", " environmental control", " matrix regression", " precipitation", " Pteridophyta", " seed and spore dispersal", " tropical forests", " turnover rates", "15. 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