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Soils treated with biochar\u2013wood vinegar mixture showed the lowest glyphosate leaching, both with and without plants. Biochar, wood vinegar or plants, alone, had no effect on the degradation of glyphosate in soil. When the plants were present the degradation of glyphosate was highest in soils treated with biochar\u2013wood vinegar mixture. Our results imply that biochar in particular can be applied as a soil improving agent to reduce the potential environmental risks to aquatic environments caused by glyphosate", "keywords": ["maanparannus", "herbisidit", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "nitrogen", "6. 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We evaluated geographical pattern of the structure of soil bacterial and fungal communities at 32 sites distributed over 8000\u00a0km 2  in northern Japan, to examine (1) relative contribution of environmental factors and geographical distance (2) roles of land use types and soil properties, and (3) differences in spatial pattern between bacterial and fungal communities. The abundance and composition of soil bacterial and fungal communities were evaluated by phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) profiling and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) method with 16S rDNA and 18S rDNA. PLFA profiling and DNA fingerprinting revealed that geographical distance did not significantly affect geographical patterns of microbial communities, while land use and soil chemical properties had large significant effects. The four land use types (bare ground, agricultural land, grassland, and forest) explained about 30.0% of the total variation in bacterial PLFA abundance, mostly because of their differing soil properties. Correlations with soil properties suggest that litter input from aboveground vegetation determines the bacterial abundance in bare ground and agricultural land, whereas soil pH regulates the bacterial abundance in grassland and forests. DGGE results suggest that fungal community structure is sensitive to human disturbance because agricultural land showed significantly different fungal community structure from other types.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. 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However, these interactions are largely unclear in the fragile Karst ecosystems. This study therefore investigated the bulk soils from five vegetation stages representing the dominant vegetation succession of subtropical Karst ecosystems. The results of this study indicated that, along the vegetation succession steps from arable farming, tussock, shrub, to secondary and primary forest, the contents of organic carbon (OC) and total nitrogen (TN), cation exchange capacity (CEC), water stability index (WSI), the amounts of microbial biomass carbon (Cmb) and biomass nitrogen (Nmb), Nmb:TN ratio, and Shannon indexes of fungal phylogenetic diversity (H\u2032pf) and bacterial phylogenetic and catabolic diversities (referred as H\u2032pb and H\u2032cb, respectively) increased significantly (p", "keywords": ["13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. 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In this study, C cycling was evaluated in soils along a gradient of land use, from native forest (NF), reforested sites (secondary forest \u2013 SF,  Araucaria angustifolia  \u2013 AR,  Pinus elliottii  \u2013 PI), clear-cut  P.\u00a0elliottii  stands (CT) to farmland (AG). NF, AR, and SF sites had lower litter C:N ratios than PI, CT, and AG sites. Soils under forests had more organic C than CT and AG soils, whereas soils with native species had more microbial biomass C than PI, CT and AG soils. Both metabolic quotient ( q CO 2 ) and dehydrogenase activity increased with land use. Multivariate analysis revealed that soils of AR and SF were similar to NF and differed from CT and AG, which had higher  q CO 2  and dehydrogenase activity, suggesting microbial stress. Litter C:N ratios and soil microbial biomass C, moisture, CO 2  evolution, and cellulase activity discriminated most effectively between land uses. Reforestation with native species restored soil properties to levels similar to those in NF, being more sustainable, whereas reforestation with the exotic  P.\u00a0elliottii  made soils more similar to AG soils.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. 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Management strategies that deliberately include the native shrub  Piliostigma reticulatum  in Senegalese cropping systems result in soil functioning enhancement that benefits to the associated cereal. The objective of this work was to evaluate shrub effect on soil nematode communities. Soil samples were collected from an experimental design where pearl millet ( Pennisetum glaucum ) was cultivated alone or with  P. reticulatum  stands and mulch. Soil nematofauna characteristics were determined and compared with results from soil under pure shrub stands and from bare soil. The analysis of soil nematofauna, characterized by the abundance of different trophic groups and related indices (MI, maturity index; EI and SI, enrichment and structure indices), allowed discrimination between treatments with or without shrub presence. The soil nematode community in millet cultivation was dominated by plant feeding nematodes, mainly from the Hoplolaimidae family, but their abundance decreased when  P. reticulatum  was associated to the cereal. The shrub also impacted other nematode trophic groups. The abundance of opportunistic bacterial feeders (mainly Cephalobidae) was increased in shrub treatments. Further research should explore consequences on cereal nutrition and nematicidal properties of  P. reticulatum .", "keywords": ["580", "2. Zero hunger", "0106 biological sciences", "Ecological indices", "Soil nematodes", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. 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The work focuses on the entrapment of particles inside a confined cavity and the particle dynamics after entrapment. A close examination of the particle motions reveals three distinct dynamic behaviours: i) resuspension, ii) circulation in the central vortex and iii) deposition to the rear edge of the cavity. The effects of fluid inertia, particle density and cavity size on the infiltration and resuspension behaviours are systematically investigated. The results show that decreasing the Reynolds number, and increasing the length and depth of the cavity all lead to an increase in the trap efficiency. Three distinctive regimes with respect to the trap efficiency were then identified by deriving an empirical dimensionless trap number Tp: a resuspension regime when Tp\u00a0 \u00a02.5.", "keywords": ["0103 physical sciences", "0202 electrical engineering", " electronic engineering", " information engineering", "02 engineering and technology", "01 natural sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Chao Zheng, Wenwei Liu, Wenwei Liu, Chuan-Yu Wu,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2021.09.066"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Powder%20Technology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.powtec.2021.09.066", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.powtec.2021.09.066", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.powtec.2021.09.066"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2022-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2013.07.005", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:35Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-08-14", "title": "Microbial Biomass, Activity, And Community Structure In Horticultural Soils Under Conventional And Organic Management Strategies", "description": "Abstract   Maintaining a diverse functional and taxonomic microbial community in central to preserving soil quality and for ensuring food security. Growing evidence suggests that organic farming systems possess higher quality soils with robust microbial activity in comparison to conventionally managed systems. Although plastic tunnel greenhouses are widely used, their effects on microbial communities are largely unknown. We examined how four treatments impacted soils and their microbial communities: (1) organic management in greenhouses (Or-Gr) and (2) open fields (Or-Op), and (3) conventional management in greenhouses (Co-Gr) and (4) open fields (Co-Op). We measured physicochemical and microbiological parameters, community-level physiological profiles, and phospholipid fatty acid (PLFAs) contents of soils (0\u201320\u00a0cm depth). Both organic and greenhouse management significantly increased total organic C (SOC), total N, microbial biomass C (MBC) and N (MBN), and basal- and substrate-induced respiration ( P  P  \u00a0Or-Op\u00a0>\u00a0Co-Gr\u00a0>\u00a0Co-Op. MBC, MBN, and PLFA concentrations were positively correlated ( r \u00a0>\u00a00.90,  P", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "6. 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This study tested the effects of soil amendment with two loads of wood-derived biochar (30 and 60 t ha(-1)) in a wheat crop in Tuscany (Italy). Soil samples were collected 3 and 14 months after treatments over two successive growing seasons, and analysed for pH, total organic C (C-org), extractable C (C-ext), microbial biomass-C (C-mic), 25 specific microbial activities, mean substrate-induced respiration (mSIR) for 25 substrates, functional microbial diversity and bacterial genetic diversity. No significant effect of biochar treatment was observed on C-org, C-ext, C-mic, microbial quotient (C-mic % C-org) or genetic diversity. An increase in mSIR, some specific microbial activities and soil pH, and a significant change in functional diversity were observed 3 months after treatment. In contrast, no effect of biochar was detected 14 months after treatment for the parameters considered, except for a small but significant increase in pH. Our data suggest that biochar addition stimulated soil microbial activity without causing any apparent disturbance, but this positive effect was very short-lived. (C) 2013 Published by Elsevier Masson SAS.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Soil management", "Wood-derived biochar", "Soil bacterial diversity; Soil management; Soil microbial activity; Soil microbial functional diversity; Wheat crop; Wood-derived biochar;", "Soil microbial functional diversity", "Wheat crop", "Soil microbial activity", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Soil bacterial diversity", "15. Life on land", "6. 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In the past two decades, numerous attempts have been made to promote recovery of the degraded soil using afforestation and natural regeneration approaches. A better understanding of the effects of vegetation types on the chemical and biological properties of the soil is very important for both reforestation approaches. Five vegetation types, namely, natural old-growth forest (>80 years old), grassland (15\u201325 years old), natural regeneration (20\u201325 years old), bamboo plantation (23 years old) and pine plantation (22 years old), were investigated in the Maolan karst area of Guizhou Province. The soil quality index (SQI) was evaluated with a cluster analysis and a principal components analysis to compare soil quality classes among the vegetation types. The results indicated that soil organic matter, the MBC/TOC ratio and soil basal respiration were the most important factors reflecting the general chemical and biological properties of the soil. Based on the SQI values, the soil quality under the selected vegetation types could be divided into three groups: low soil quality (pine plantation with SQI\u00a0=\u00a00.26 and grassland with SQI\u00a0=\u00a00.29), intermediate soil quality (bamboo plantation with SQI\u00a0=\u00a00.41 and natural regeneration forest with SQI\u00a0=\u00a00.46) and high soil quality (natural old\u2013growth forest with SQI\u00a0=\u00a00.63). The results of this study suggested that the pure plantation of Pinus massoniana had a negative impact on soil quality and that natural restoration may represent a more effective approach to the improvement of soil quality in degraded karst areas. These results also showed a strong interaction between soil quality, nutrient dynamics and vegetation types.", "keywords": ["11. Sustainability", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2013.12.007"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Soil%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2013.12.007", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2013.12.007", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2013.12.007"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2014-03-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2014.03.001", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "unspecified", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:35Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2014-04-16", "title": "Soil Microbiological Properties Affected By Land Use, Management, And Time Since Deforestations And Crop Establishment", "description": "Abstract   Deforestation is a common practice worldwide in order to gain agricultural land. In Filyria, Kilkis, Greece, three major deforestations took place in 1933, 1971 and 1980. Cultivation effects, referring to soil microbial properties are studied, in deforested fields, using the adjacent remaining oak forest as reference. The soils are cultivated with cotton (conventional tillage and irrigation, alternation with wheat every two years) or wheat (reduced tillage and no irrigation). The estimation and interpretation of the microbial properties were based on the analyses of soil organic carbon (SOC), microbial biomass carbon (MBC), the MBC/SOC ratio, potential soil respiration (SR), and the metabolic quotient (qCO 2 ). The forest ecosystem appears to provide better conditions for microbial growth and activity, having significantly greater SOC (31.8\u00a0g\u00a0C\u00a0kg \u22121  soil in forest versus 9.6\u00a0g\u00a0C\u00a0kg \u22121  soil in crop plots), MBC (1080\u00a0mg\u00a0C\u00a0kg \u22121  soil in forest versus 492\u00a0mg\u00a0C\u00a0kg \u22121  soil in crop plots) and SR (4.78\u00a0mg\u00a0C\u00a0CO 2 \u00a0kg \u22121 \u00a0soil\u00a0d \u22121  in forest versus 2.99\u00a0mg\u00a0C\u00a0CO 2 \u00a0kg \u22121 \u00a0soil\u00a0d \u22121  in crop plots), and significantly lower qCO 2  rates than the crop plots although its organic matter quality results to a lower MBC/SOC ratio. The number of years since deforestation played a major role for most of the parameters analyzed, although after many years the equilibrium reached by the ecosystem appeared to moderate the differences. Disturbance through cultivation decreases soil quality. Reduced tillage without irrigation of the wheat crops leads to more suitable conditions for the microbial populations (as expressed by the microbiological properties) than conventional tillage with irrigation of the cotton crops.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. 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The effect of fertilization on soil viral community has not been well explored. In this study, a Haplic Acrisol soil, which is the soil type for 13 provinces in Southern China, was analyzed after 22 years different fertilization regimes for their viral composition. The soil responded to organic fertilizations with an increased amount of soil organic matter (SOM) and pH (increased from 5.7 to 6.6), while with the decreased SOM and pH for chemical fertilization, especially for single nitrogen fertilization. The combined effects of SOM and pH caused by long-term different fertilization regimes on soil viral communities were investigated by direct calculation of virus-like particles (VLPs) through epifluorescence microscopy. The highest VLP abundance (13.1\u00a0\u00d7\u00a0107 per gram dry soil) was detected in soil applied with chemical and organic fertilizers. The viral and bacterial abundances of organic soil were 4 and 5 times higher than those of inorganic soil respectively. Transmission electron microscopy observation revealed a higher frequency of Myoviridae viruses in soil with organic amendments than without organic amendments, and vice versa for Podoviridae viruses. These results demonstrate that organic fertilizer could increase viral abundance and morphological diversity through suppressing soil acidification and improving soil organic matter.", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "2. Zero hunger", "0303 health sciences", "03 medical and health sciences", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2014.03.006"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Soil%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2014.03.006", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2014.03.006", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2014.03.006"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2014-05-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2013.11.009", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:35Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-12-16", "title": "Effects Of 15 Years Of Manure And Mineral Fertilizers On Enzyme Activities In Particle-Size Fractions In A North China Plain Soil", "description": "Soil organic matter (SOM) and enzymes are essential for nutrient cycling, and are considered as important indicators of soil quality. The effects of organic and mineral fertilization on soil organic carbon (SOC), total nitrogen (TN) and enzyme activities in bulk soil and particle-size fractions were investigated under a winter wheat/maize cropping system in the North China Plain. The experiment established in 1993 includes three treatments: (1) unfertilized control (CK); (2) mineral fertilizers (MF); and (3) farmyard manure (FYM). Application of FYM significantly increased SOC and TN contents and activities of six enzymes: invertase, \u03b2-glucosidase, urease, acid and alkaline phosphatases and dehydrogenase in bulk soil and in all particle-size fractions as compared to those in MF and CK. Highest contents of SOC and TN were found in coarse sand and lowest in the silt fraction. The C/N ratios decreased with decreasing particle-size fractions. \u03b2-Glucosidase and acid phosphatase activities predominated in coarse sand fraction, reflecting high substrate availability. The urease activity was highest in clay-size fractions, depending on mineral sorption processes. The SOM and enzyme activities in the coarse sand were the most sensitive to fertilization. The smallest response of SOM in the clay fraction to fertilization confirmed that SOM on clay is the most stable C pool. The 15-year fertilization experiment clearly showed that FYM represented the best management practice for improving soil quality and microbial activity.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2013.11.009"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Soil%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2013.11.009", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2013.11.009", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2013.11.009"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2014-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2014.02.015", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:35Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2014-03-19", "title": "Glucose Decomposition And Its Incorporation Into Soil Microbial Biomass Depending On Land Use In Mt. Kilimanjaro Ecosystems", "description": "Land use change can affect terrestrial C stocks, resulting in increased CO2 flux from soil to the atmosphere. In Africa, conversion of natural ecosystems to agricultural lands is the most common land use change. This study investigated the effects of six land use types occurring in Mt. Kilimanjaro ecosystems i.e. (1) lower montane forest (2) grassland and (3) savannah (natural ecosystems) (4) Chagga homegardens (semi-natural ecosystem) and (5) maize fields and (6) coffee plantation (agroecosystems) on microbial biomass carbon (MBC) and dynamics of 14 C labelled glucose added into soil. Decomposition of 14 C labelled glucose and its incorporation into microbial biomass in surface soils (0e10 and 10e20 cm) were determined. MBC decreased significantly with increased intensity of land use. Mineralization of the 14 C labelled glucose occurred in two phases with contrasting rates: 0e10 days (6e18% of 14 Cd \ufffd 1 ) and 15 e65 days (<0.1% of 14 Cd \ufffd 1 ). Land use intensification in agroecosystems led to an average increase of glucose decomposition of 14%. The decay rates of the labile C pool in intensively used agricultural lands were up to three times higher compared to natural ecosystems. The incorporation of 14 C glucose into microorganisms ranged between 1 and 7% of 14 C input in all soils, and was highest in savannah. Agricultural intensification decreased C content in soil through increased mineralization of organic substances and negatively impacted the upper soil layer more compared to the lower one. Based on these results we conclude that semi-natural ecosystems (e.g. Chagga homegardens) are more sustainable in Mt. Kilimanjaro ecosystems compared to intensive agroecosystems.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. 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This study aimed to quantify the rate of spread of Aporrectodea longa, and their influence on the amount of C stored, in two contrasting soils where this earthworm was introduced in the 1980s. The rate of spread of A.\u00a0longa at both sites (5.3\u201312.5\u00a0m/y) is similar to endogeic species. Over several decades there was a decrease in soil C in the presence of A.\u00a0longa in the Pallic soil (78\u00a0912 vs. 85\u00a0796\u00a0kg C/ha for 0\u2013300\u00a0mm) while soil C tended to increase in the Allophanic soil (141\u00a0845 vs. 111\u00a0076\u00a0kg\u00a0C/ha at 0\u2013300\u00a0mm). In the Pallic soil, bulk density tended to be lower in the presence of anecic earthworms at 150\u2013300\u00a0mm depths and may have encouraged the decomposition of more stable C. Further, the interaction with higher abundances of endogeic earthworms and lower organic matter inputs in the Pallic soil than the Allophanic soil may help explain the lower soil C in the Pallic soil. The conflicting results in the two soils highlight the influence of the earthworm community and soil properties on C dynamics.", "keywords": ["0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. 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The results showed that with secondary forest succession organic carbon (Corg), total nitrogen (TN), microbial biomass carbon (MBC) and N (MBN) in soil increased quickly, and tended to be the highest contents under SF17 (17-year secondary forest), after that they decreased and gradually remained at quite a constant level, suggesting that accumulations of organic C, total N, MBC and MBN in soil occurred mainly at the early succession stages (before SF17). Soil microbial biomass was markedly correlated with the organic carbon and total nitrogen content of soil ( p", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. 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The purpose was to find a promising farming practice for improving the soil fertility and microbial communities of the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain of central China. Surface soils were sampled from a long-term field experimental site. The soil organic carbon (SOC), microbial biomass carbon (MBC), total nitrogen (TN), and bacterial and fungal abundance and diversity were analyzed by chemical and molecular methods. No-tillage treatment had positive effects on MBC, MBC/SOC, bacterial abundance and soil bacterial and fungal diversity and inhibited the pathogens such as  Cochliobolus lunatus  as compared with the conventional tillage. 100% residue incorporation had positive effects on SOC, C/N ratio, pH, bacterial abundance and soil bacterial and fungal diversity, and benefited  Filobasidium floriforme . The interaction of no tillage and 100% residue incorporation could increase bacterial abundance and diversity and fungal diversity. The treatment of no tillage with 100% residue incorporation may be a promising farming practice for improving the soil fertility and microbial communities of the fluvo-aquic soil in Huang-Huai-Hai Plain of central China.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "3. Good health"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2014.10.003"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Soil%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2014.10.003", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2014.10.003", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2014.10.003"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2014-11-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.eml.2021.101564", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:37Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-12-08", "title": "Cloaking strategy for Love waves", "description": "Love waves are antiplane elastic waves which propagate along the surface of a heterogeneous medium. Under time-harmonic regime, they are governed by a scalar equation of the Helmholtz type. We exploit the invariance of this governing equation under an in-plane arbitrary coordinate transformation to design broadband cloaks for surface defects. In particular, we apply transformation elastodynamics to determine the anisotropic, position dependent, mechanical properties of ideal cloaks able to hide triangular and parabolic-shaped defects. Dispersion analysis and time-harmonic numerical simulations are employed to validate the proposed strategy. Next, we utilize layered monoclinic materials, with homogenized properties matching those of ideal cloaks, to design feasible cloaks. The performance of the layered cloaks is validated via time-harmonic numerical simulations which show a significant reduction of the defect-generated scattered fields.", "keywords": ["Love waves; Cloaking; Transformation elastodynamics; Layered media; Homogenization; Metamaterials", "0103 physical sciences", "FOS: Physical sciences", "Physics - Applied Physics", "Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)", "01 natural sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eml.2021.101564"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Extreme%20Mechanics%20Letters", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.eml.2021.101564", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.eml.2021.101564", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.eml.2021.101564"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2022-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2015.03.008", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:36Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2015-03-27", "title": "Effects Of Monoculture And Mixed Culture Of Grass And Legume Forage Species On Soil Microbial Community Structure Under Different Levels Of Nitrogen Fertilization", "description": "Abstract   We used PLFA analysis to monitor the soil microbial community structure in a gramineous\u2013legume forage field under different inorganic nitrogen (N) fertilization regimes in Southwest China. The gramineous\u2013legume forage system included one grass ( Paspalum wetsfeteini ) and one legume ( Medicago sativa ) in three planting systems:  P.\u00a0wetsfeteini  monoculture,  M.\u00a0sativa  monoculture, and  P.\u00a0wetsfeteini  and  M.\u00a0sativa  mixed culture. The fertilization treatments included three N levels: 338 (low), 450 (moderate), and 675 (high) kg\u00a0N\u00a0ha \u22121 \u00a0yr \u22121 . The results showed that biomasses of total microbes, bacteria, fungi, and green alga were significantly greater and protozoan biomass tended to be greater under legume monoculture than that under grass monoculture; and fungal biomass was significantly greater under grass-legume mixed culture than under grass monoculture in wet season. However, principal component analysis (PCA) only revealed a tendency that the microbial PLFA composition under legume monoculture differed from that under grass monoculture in the wet season. In addition, the soil microbial community structures were not significantly different among the three planting systems in the dry season. The PCA results showed that the microbial PLFA composition under low N fertilization was apparently different from that under moderate and high N fertilization in the wet season. Particularly, the biomasses of total microbes, bacteria, and green algae were significantly greater under moderate N fertilization than under low N fertilization and the green algal biomass was significantly greater under high N fertilization than under low N fertilization in the wet season. Additionally, PCA also revealed that the microbial PLFA compositions were different under the low and moderate N fertilizations in the dry season. However, the biomass and diversity of microbial community had no significant difference among the three levels of N fertilization. The results suggest that legume cultivation increased the biomasses of soil microbial community.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "7. Clean energy", "6. Clean water"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2015.03.008"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Soil%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2015.03.008", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2015.03.008", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2015.03.008"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2015-05-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2015.06.002", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:36Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2015-06-26", "title": "Responses Of Microbial Community Structure To Land-Use Conversion And Fertilization In Southern China", "description": "A short-term experiment was carried out in southern China to investigate the effects of land-use conversion from rice paddies to vegetable fields and fertilization on soil microbial community structure by analyzing soil phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) profiles. A split-plot design with four replicates was adopted, in which land use (paddy and vegetable field) was the first-level treatment and fertilization (conventional fertilization and no fertilization) was nested as the second level. Our results showed that both land-use conversion and fertilization had significant effects on microbial community structure. After 2 years of land-use conversion, the total amount of PLFAs were 3.54 and 2.97 nmol g(-1) for fertilized (V-F) and unfertilized (V-NF) vegetable fields, respectively, and 3.19 and 2.32 nmol g(-1) for fertilized (R -F) and unfertilized (R-NF) rice paddies, respectively. Soil fungal PLFAs were 1.04 and 0.87 nmol g(-1) for V-F and V-NF, respectively, which were significantly increased by 13.9 and 11.4 times compared with those of R F and R-NF, respectively. The ratio of fungal to bacterial PLFAs significantly increased in vegetable fields compared with rice paddies. No significant differences were found in the total, bacterial, and actinomycetic PLFAs between vegetable fields and rice paddies. The application of fertilizer significantly increased the amount of total PLFAs and bacterial PLFAs. With land-use conversion and fertilization, soil physicochemical properties also changed, and microbial community structure showed a significant relationship with soil water content, NH4+-N, and pH, which explained the land-use conversion and fertilization effects on soil microbial community composition. (C) 2015 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2015.06.002"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Soil%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2015.06.002", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2015.06.002", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2015.06.002"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2015-09-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.envpol.2005.03.013", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:39Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2005-07-06", "title": "Effect Of Soil Characteristics On Cd Uptake By The Hyperaccumulator Thlaspi Caerulescens", "description": "The influence of soil characteristics on the phytoremediation potential of Thlaspi caerulescens is not well understood. We investigated the effect of soil pH and Cd concentration on plant Cd uptake on one soil type, and the variation in Cd uptake using a range of field contaminated soils. On soils with total Cd concentrations of 0.6-3.7 mg kg(-1), T. caerulescens (the Ganges ecotype) produced greater biomass in the pH range 5.1-7.6 than at pH 4.4. The highest plant Cd concentration (236 mg kg(-1)) and Cd uptake (228 microg pot(-1)) were observed at pH 5.1. On soils with total Cd concentrations of 2.6-314.8 mg kg(-1), shoot Cd concentrations were 10.9-1,196 mg kg(-1). Multiple regression analysis indicated that higher Cd in soil, low pH (within the range of >5) and coarser texture were associated with higher Cd concentration and Cd uptake by T. caerulescens.", "keywords": ["04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Hydrogen-Ion Concentration", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "Carbon", "6. Clean water", "Thlaspi", "Soil", "Zinc", "Clay", "Soil Pollutants", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Aluminum Silicates", "Biomass", "Plant Shoots", "Cadmium", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2005.03.013"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Environmental%20Pollution", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.envpol.2005.03.013", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.envpol.2005.03.013", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.envpol.2005.03.013"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2006-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2015.06.005", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:36Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2015-07-02", "title": "Effects Of Living Mulches On The Soil Nutrient Contents, Enzyme Activities, And Bacterial Community Diversities Of Apple Orchard Soils", "description": "Abstract   Living mulches are used widely for soil management in apple orchards on the Loess Plateau of China. However, little information is available on the impact of living mulches on the soil enzyme activities and the soil micro-ecological environment. We compared three commonly used living mulch treatments: living mulch with white clover ( Trifolium repens L. ), living mulch with crown vetch ( Coronilla varia L. ), living mulch with perennial ryegrass ( Lolium perenne L. ) and a no mulch treatment, and analyzed their effects on the soil nutrient contents, enzyme activities, and bacterial community function, structure and diversity. Total organic carbon (TOC) in the soil under the living mulch treatments was 16\u201344% greater than with no mulch, while total nitrogen (TN) under white clover and crown vetch was 50% greater than with no mulch. TN under perennial ryegrass was not significantly different from the no mulch treatment. The white clover and crown vetch significantly improved the soil invertase, urease, and alkaline phosphatase activity levels, whereas the perennial ryegrass only improved the soil alkaline phosphatase activity. All living mulches significantly increased the soil bacterial carbon metabolic activity and the bacterial community diversity. Principal component analysis (PCA) of the Biolog and terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) showed that living mulch significantly altered the soil bacterial community structure and function, and different types of living mulch have various impacts on that. Our results indicate that the living mulch application benefits the development of soil micro-ecology and soil quality, and the long-term influences of living mulch on soil biological status should be considered when selecting the types of living mulch to be used. According to this study, living mulch with crown vetch is recommended in apple orchards on the Loess plateau.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2015.06.005"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Soil%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2015.06.005", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2015.06.005", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2015.06.005"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2015-09-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2015.12.006", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:36Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2015-12-20", "title": "Long-Term Fertilization Of P Coupled With N Greatly Improved Microbial Activities In A Paddy Soil Ecosystem Derived From Infertile Land", "description": "Abstract   Microcalorimetry was used to study the effects of long-term (20 years) fertilization regimes on microbial activities in a paddy soil in southern China derived from infertile land. Managements of phosphorus fertilizer coupled with nitrogen fertilizer significantly promoted the contents of total and available P, mineral N and microbial biomass C (MBC) ( P  Q  T /MBC) showed that fertilization of P coupled with N, P-deficient fertilization and non-fertilized control significantly separated from each other. Redundancy analysis plot showed that rate of heat output ( Q  T /t), peak power ( P  max ) and constant of growth rate ( k ) were significantly correlated with soil total and available P, total and mineral N, which were greatly increased by the P fertilizer coupled with N fertilizer. In contrast,  Q  T /MBC and peak time ( t  max ) were greatly increased by the P-deficient treatments. In addition,  Q  T /t as a new introduced parameter was negatively correlated well with  Q  T /MBC (R 2 \u00a0=\u00a00.93,  P  Q  T /MBC,  Q  T /t and  t  max  are useful to assess soil microbial activity. The higher  Q  T /t, lower  Q  T /MBC and  t  max  indicate higher microbial activity and soil quality. In conclusion, long-term fertilization of P coupled with N, especially combined organic fertilizer greatly improved soil fertility and microbial activity; in contrast, deficiency of soil P had lower microbial activity in the paddy soil derived from infertile land.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Shixue Zheng, Haichuan Cao, Xiangui Lin, Zhongpei Li, Ming Liu, Qiaoyun Huang,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2015.12.006"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Soil%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2015.12.006", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2015.12.006", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2015.12.006"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2016-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2015.03.010", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:36Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2015-04-02", "title": "Responses Of Soil Acid Phosphatase And Beta-Glucosidase To Nitrogen And Phosphorus Addition In Two Subtropical Forests In Southern China", "description": "Abstract   Elevated nitrogen (N) deposition has dramatically altered soil phosphorus (P) and carbon (C) cycles in forests and altered extracellular enzyme activity. However, the effects of N addition and the interactive effects of combined N and P additions on soil enzyme (e.g. phosphatase and glucosidase) activity in different types of forests (young vs. old-growth) remain unclear. To better understand this, a long-term N\u2013P fertilization experiment was initiated in January 2007 in two subtropical forests (an old-growth monsoon evergreen broadleaf forest (MEBF) and a young Masson pine forest (MPF)) in southern China. Four treatments were established, including control (no nutrient addition), N addition (150\u00a0kg\u00a0N\u00a0ha\u22121\u00a0yr\u22121), P addition (150\u00a0kg\u00a0P\u00a0ha\u22121\u00a0yr\u22121) and NP addition (150\u00a0kg\u00a0N\u00a0ha\u22121\u00a0yr\u22121 plus 150\u00a0kg\u00a0P\u00a0ha\u22121\u00a0yr\u22121). Soil physicochemical properties, acid phosphatase (APA-s) and \u03b2-glucosidase (BGA-s) activity per soil were measured in July 2012 and July 2013. Both APA-s and BGA-s were higher in MEBF than in MPF. N addition significantly stimulated APA-s in MEBF and BGA-s in MPF. P addition significantly suppressed APA-s in both forests and BGA-s in MEBF. Moreover, P addition decreased the stimulating effect of N addition on APA-s in MEBF and on BGA-s in MPF. Our results suggest that (1) N addition may exacerbate soil P limitation in old-growth forests and result in the deficiency of easily available C in young forests and (2) P addition may mitigate these negative effects of N addition in both forest types. Our findings suggest that P fertilization may be an effective practice to improve soil P availability in old-growth forests and soil C availability in young forests under N deposition condition.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2015.03.010"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Soil%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2015.03.010", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2015.03.010", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2015.03.010"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2015-05-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2016.03.007", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:36Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2016-03-29", "title": "Do Warming-Induced Changes In Quantity And Stoichiometry Of Root Exudation Promote Soil N Transformations Via Stimulation Of Soil Nitrifiers, Denitrifiers And Ammonifiers?", "description": "Abstract   Despite the recognized importance of root exudation to soil biogeochemical processes and soil function in forest ecosystems, few studies have investigated the impact of quantity and stoichiometry of root exudation on soil nitrogen (N) transformations. In addition, the potential mechanism of how climate warming influences soil N cycling via root-soil interactions remains unclear. We performed an experiment in which in situ root exudates were collected from  Picea asperata  seedling to examine the response of root carbon (C) & N exudation rates and the C: N ratio stoichiometry along with the soil N transformation rates to warming using infrared heaters in the Eastern Tibetan Plateau. The results showed that warming enhanced root C exudation rates (ug C\u00a0g \u22121 \u00a0root biomass\u00a0h \u22121 ), with higher C: N ratio stoichiometry simultaneously. Experimental warming also significantly increased the soil net mineralization rates, net nitrification rates, and denitrification rates. Then, we conducted an in\u00a0vitro experiment in which three bacterial strains ( Bacillus subtilis ,  Nitrobacter hamburgensis , and  Brachymonas denitrificans ) representing ammonifiers, nitrifiers, and denitrifiers, respectively, were cultured with exudates as the culture media. The results indicated that root exudates collected in warmed plots significantly stimulated the growth of the three soil N transformation bacteria, compared with the treatments in control plots. Collectively, our results, to some degree, evidence a linkage that climate warming-induced changes in C fluxes and C: N ratio stoichiometry of root exudation stimulated the growth and reproduction of soil N transformation bacteria, consequently accelerating the soil organic matter decomposition and soil N transformations.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2016.03.007"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Soil%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2016.03.007", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2016.03.007", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2016.03.007"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2016-05-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2015.06.003", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:36Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2015-06-26", "title": "Urea Addition And Litter Manipulation Alter Plant Community And Soil Microbial Community Composition In A Kobresia Humilis Meadow", "description": "Overgrazing and climate change strongly affect alpine meadows by decreasing the plant community biomass and deteriorating the soil environment. To understand how the plant community and soil microbial community structure respond to grazing and N deposition, we conducted an experiment to remove or maintain the plant litter under the chronic addition of N in the Haibei Alpine Meadow in 2005. The experiment included four treatments: added N (+N, 20 g m(-2)) with the litter removed (LR), +N with the litter left intact (LI), LI without N addition (N), and LR with N. Soil samples were collected at depths of 0-10 and 10-20 cm, and the following parameters were measured: 1) aboveground biomass (AGB) and litter biomass and 2) microbial community composition and content. Overall, the AGB and litter biomass significantly increased by 45.85% and 50.42% in response to N addition, whereas litter removal increased the AGB by 52.96%. The addition of urea N significantly decreased the PLFA content of the bacterial, gram-positive (G(+)), gram-negative (G(-)) at a soil of 0-10 cm in the LI and LR treatments by 64.87%, 61.82%, 76.07% and 64.86%, 53.02%, 51.44%, respectively. However, the PLFA content of the bacterial increased from 37.09 to 53.54 nmol g(-1) and from 37.09 to 62.05 nmol g(-1) at a depth of 10-20 cm for the +N + LI and +N + LR treatments compare to the LR+(-)N treatment, respectively. In addition, the total PLFAs in the LR+(-)N treatment significantly increased by 50.61% at a depth of 0-10 cm but decreased from 121.62 to 4231 nmol g(-1) at a depth of 10-20 cm relative to the LI+(-)N treatment. Using PLFA as a biomarker, we detected that G(-) bacteria and total PLFA generally increased with increasing soil depth in the +N plots. However, the content of G(-) was the highest at a depth of 0-10 cm and the lowest at a depth of 10-20 cm in the LR plots. The modification of soil microbial biomass at a depth of 0-10 cm was induced by the bottom-up effect of changes in soil nutrient contents and using ability, which were driven by N addition and litter manipulation. Thus, different soil depths with different soil nutrient conditions resulted in a strong microbial community composition gradient. (C) 2015 Published by Elsevier Masson SAS.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "11. Sustainability", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2015.06.003"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Soil%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2015.06.003", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2015.06.003", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2015.06.003"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2015-09-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2015.07.005", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:36Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2015-08-04", "title": "Changes In Soil Microbial Community Structure And Enzyme Activity With Amendment Of Biochar-Manure Compost And Pyroligneous Solution In A Saline Soil From Central China", "description": "Abstract   Salt stress has been increasingly constraining crop productivity in arid and semiarid lands of the world. In a previous study, salt stress was alleviated and maize productivity improved remarkably with soil amendment with biochar poultry-manure compost (BPC) in conjunction with pyroligneous solution (PS) in a saline soil from Central China Plain. In 2010, before maize sowing, BPC was incorporated into topsoil at 12\u00a0t\u00a0ha \u22121  following surface spray of diluted PS solution at 0.15\u00a0t\u00a0ha \u22121  one week in advance (BPC-PS2). Such an experiment was repeated in adjacent fields in 2011 (BPC-PS1). Both bulk and rhizosphere samples of these experiment plots were collected at the vegetative growth stage of maize in 2012. Microbial biomass carbon (C mic ) and nitrogen (N mic ), and soil enzyme activity were measured. Based on 16S rRNA and 18S rRNA gene, bacterial and fungal community structure and abundance were respectively characterized using denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) and quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR). With the amendment, C mic  and N mic , and bacterial gene abundance were significantly and greatly increased in both bulk and rhizosphere samples, being greater under BPC-PS2 than under BPC-PS1. On contrast, smaller increase in fungal gene abundance was observed, along with a significant reduction in fungal diversity under BPC-PS2. In addition, two single bands belonging respectively to  Alphaproteobacteria  and  Deltaproteobacteria  emerged in the amended soil. Meanwhile, activities of urease, invertase and phosphatase in both bulk soils and rhizosphere soils were increased by 19\u201344% with the amendment except of urease in rhizosphere soils. Therefore, with the great enhancement of microbial growth and enzyme activities, combined use of biochar and poultry manure with pyroligneous solution could be a practical option to alleviate salt stresses on plant and soil microbial community in order to improve crop production in saline soils.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2015.07.005"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Soil%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2015.07.005", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2015.07.005", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2015.07.005"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2015-09-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2015.12.008", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:36Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2015-12-22", "title": "Effects Of Biochar On Soil Microbial Community Composition And Activity In Drip-Irrigated Desert Soil", "description": "Abstract   Application of biochar changes the soil microenvironment and affects the structure of the soil microbial community. The objective of this field study was to determine the effects of cotton straw biochar (0, 2.25, or 4.5\u00a0t\u00a0ha\u22121) on soil microbial community composition and activity in drip-irrigated desert soil planted to cotton. Specially, we measured (i) the activity of five soil enzymes involved in C and N cycling, (ii) microbial functional diversity, and (iii) phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) concentrations. The 4.5\u00a0t\u00a0ha\u22121 treatment increased microbial biomass C by 32%, microbial biomass N by 58%, and basal respiration by 13% compared with the control. The 2.25 and 4.5\u00a0t\u00a0ha\u22121 treatments both increased the activities of three key enzymes related to C cycling. The 4.5\u00a0t\u00a0ha\u22121 treatment increased enzyme activities related to N cycling. C substrate utilization and substrate diversity were both greater in the biochar amended treatments than in the control. Application of 4.5\u00a0t\u00a0ha\u22121 biochar increased total PLFA by 27% compared with the control, and shifted the microbial community toward bacteria (both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria) and actinomycetes. In addition, there was high positive correlation between C substrate utilization and the biomass of actinomycetes and total bacteria. In conclusion, addition of 4.5\u00a0t\u00a0ha\u22121cotton straw biochar shifted the microbial community composition in the drip-irrigated desert soil and increased soil microbial biomass, C substrate utilization, and enzyme activity related to C and N transformation.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "6. Clean water"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2015.12.008"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Soil%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2015.12.008", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2015.12.008", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2015.12.008"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2016-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2016.04.005", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:36Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2016-05-11", "title": "The Secondary Compost Products Enhances Soil Suppressive Capacity Against Bacterial Wilt Of Tomato Caused By Ralstonia Solanacearum", "description": "Abstract   Composting crop residues and animal manures for CO2 fertilization of vegetable crops is popular in China, but its rapid adoption in greenhouses faces a roadblock: the public concern over the disposition of much large amounts of compost products. In the present study, we used a secondary compost process to re-use the compost products, and evaluated the effect of secondary compost products (SCP) on tomato bacterial wilt in three field trials. The results showed that SCP application had great potential for the control of tomato bacterial wilt. Compared with the control (local conventional cultivation), SCP application decreased the disease incidence by 32\u201381% and increased fruit yields by 59\u201395% across the three trials. Irrespective of treatment, significant correlations were found between Ralstonia solanacearum populations and total nitrogen, soil organic carbon and NO3\u2212-N contents. Moreover, the severity of bacterial wilt negatively associated with the activity of phosphomonoesterase and \u03b2- d -glucosidase, FDA hydrolysis, soil respiration, microbial biomass carbon and bacterial community diversity, whereas positively related with fungal community diversity. The results indicate that the enhancement of soil suppressiveness against R.\u00a0solanacearum by SCP application was likely due to the alteration of microbial community structure and increased competitive ability of beneficial microorganisms with pathogens. We concluded that SCP application, as a way of re-utilization of compost products have the ability to increase soil suppressive capacity against bacterial wilt.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "3. Good health"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Lijuan Liu, Xiao Lin He, Hao Wu, Miao Liu, Xingxing Liu, Yongsong Zhang, Caixian Tang, Chengliang Sun,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2016.04.005"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Soil%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2016.04.005", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2016.04.005", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2016.04.005"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2016-07-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2016.07.001", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:36Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2016-08-09", "title": "Long-Term Management Effects On Soil P, Microbial Biomass P, And Phosphatase Activities In Prairie Soils", "description": "Abstract   Understanding factors that regulate P cycling and dynamics in soil ecosystems is important in developing management practices that sustain and enhance ecosystem function. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the effect of long-term (more than 30 years) land management practices on the P pool sizes and phosphatase activities in semiarid prairie soils of Oklahoma, USA. The treatments included undisturbed, abandoned from cultivation, heavily grazed, moderately grazed, and winter wheat ( Triticum aestivum  L.). Total, organic, labile, and microbial P were quantified as well as activities of acid and alkaline phosphomonoesterase, phosphodiesterase, and inorganic pyrophosphatase. Neither cultivation nor grazing lead to a significant change in soil total P. Phosphatase activities were affected more by wheat cultivation than by grazing. When compared to the undisturbed treatment, grazing did not alter the size and composition of the tested P pools or lessen the capacity of the soil to cycle P. On the contrary, continuous wheat cultivation reduced the capacity of soil to cycle P and led to accumulation of organic and plant available P. Overall, cultivation led to the development of a microbial community with significantly reduced P use efficiency, grazing maintained a soil microbial community with relatively high P use efficiency, and removal from cultivation allowed the soil ecosystem to evolve towards the P cycling capacity of the native soil.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2016.07.001"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Soil%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2016.07.001", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2016.07.001", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2016.07.001"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2016-09-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2017.03.003", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:36Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2017-03-18", "title": "Intercropping Maize And Common Bean Enhances Microbial Carbon And Nitrogen Availability In Low Phosphorus Soil Under Mediterranean Conditions", "description": "Abstract   The beneficial effect of intercropping system under low phosphorus (P) conditions has already been reported in previous works. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that intercropping (common bean - maize) in P-deficient soil can enhance the carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) stocks from the microbial biomass (MB). The field experiment was conducted in Setif province in a northern Algerian agroecosystem with a Mediterranean climate. The nodule N storage in intercropped common bean was 60% higher than for sole crops and was highest in a P-deficient soil in the second year. The carbon stock from the microbial biomass of the soil (MBC) was higher with intercropping than for sole crops and fallow and was even higher in P-deficient (23%) soils as compared to P sufficient (17%) conditions. There was a strong correlation between C stock from nodule (NC) and MBC stock for intercropping in either P-deficient (r 2 \u00a0=\u00a00.80***;  p  2 \u00a0=\u00a00.69**;  p  2  m \u22122  days \u22121 ) and the lowest MB C:N ratio (10.3 and 12.2 for common bean and maize, respectively) in intercrops system. This study showed that, in a P-deficient soil, intercropping is a good solution for increasing the rhizosphere MB through C and N partitioning between root nodules and rhizosphere microbial community, which is responsible for improving soil fertility and recycle mineral elements.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2017.03.003"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Soil%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2017.03.003", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2017.03.003", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2017.03.003"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2017-05-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2018.05.008", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:36Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2018-06-11", "title": "Archaea Are The Predominant And Responsive Ammonia Oxidizing Prokaryotes In A Red Paddy Soil Receiving Green Manures", "description": "Abstract   Application of green manures is an effective approach to optimizing N management in paddy soils. Nitrification is a key process in the N cycle and ammonia oxidization is the first and typically limiting step in nitrification. In this study, we investigated the changes of ammonium oxidizing prokaryotes after the application of green manure in a red paddy soil using pot experiments. The experiment included four treatments; milk vetch-rice, radish-rice, ryegrass-rice and winter fallow-rice. The nitrification potential was measured, and the abundance and community of amoA genes from ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) and bacteria (AOB) were quantified. The results showed that the AOA to AOB ratios ranged from 7 to 80, and that the milk vetch treatment increased the abundances of AOA and AOB. The abundance of AOA showed negative correlations with nitrification potential and NH4+-N, and positive correlation with soil pH in the acidic red paddy soil. DNA sequence analyses revealed that the Nitrososphaera and Nitrosospira were the dominant clusters of AOA and AOB, respectively. The dominant clusters of AOA were significantly changed by utilization of green manures, especially radish. Partial least squares path modeling analysis showed that green manures exerted larger effects on the abundances of AOA than on AOB, and the community structure of AOA had the strongest effect on nitrification potential. The high abundance of AOA found in this study and their responsiveness to green manuring suggests that AOA are critically important for soil ammonia oxidation in these soils and more sensitive to green manuring than AOB.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Driving factors", "Green manure", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Nitrification potential", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water", "Ammonia-oxidizing archaea", "Red paddy soil"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2018.05.008"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Soil%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2018.05.008", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2018.05.008", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2018.05.008"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2018-07-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.enggeo.2020.105977", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:37Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-12-17", "title": "Chasing a complete understanding of the failure mechanisms and potential hazards of the slow moving Liangshuijing landslide", "description": "Abstract   Landslides in the vicinity of reservoirs are prone to generate deadly waves as in the infamous Vajont case. There are more than 3800 landslides in the Three Gorges Reservoir area through detailed geological investigations, which constitutes a serious tsunami threat to the population and properties nearby. The Liangshuijing landslide, a very large creeping landslide located in the region and characterized by a complex morphology of multiple time varying failure mechanisms, is here investigated. Currently comprehensive measurements taken by ground monitoring network, inclinometric readings, in situ and laboratory geotechnical tests were analyzed to build a conceptual model for the landslide's drivers and its kinematics. The cumulative displacement time series were decomposed into trend and periodic components to reliably establish the relationship between displacements and reservoir behavior. A series of numerical slope stability analyses employing finite element limit analysis was performed to identify the material properties compatible with the observed landslide kinematics. Our results shed light on how reservoir behaviors drive landslide development, on how the identified failure mechanisms affect the observed terrain displacements and on which failure mechanism turns out to be dominant as reservoir conditions change. Our findings provide new insight for hazard assessment and mitigation of landslides near reservoirs: considerably smaller local failure mechanisms may cause a tsunami almost severe. Therefore, a single stability analysis may not be adequate but a full suite of analyses probing the range of possible conditions is required.", "keywords": ["13. Climate action", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "02 engineering and technology", "01 natural sciences", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://eprints.ncl.ac.uk/fulltext.aspx?url=272370/603EED53-C3B0-401D-B2B4-66882CFB163A.pdf&pub_id=272370"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2020.105977"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Engineering%20Geology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.enggeo.2020.105977", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.enggeo.2020.105977", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.enggeo.2020.105977"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-02-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2017.10.009", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:36Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2017-11-09", "title": "Influence Of A Tropical Grass ( Brachiaria Brizantha Cv. 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Microbial activity was measured as basal respiration and microbial biomass C and N were determined by fumigation extraction. Microbial abundance was determined by gene copy numbers from bacterial and archaeal specific 16S rRNA genes and the fungal ITS2 region with quantitative PCR. Microbial community composition for soil bacteria and fungi, including arbuscular mycorrhiza, were conducted by amplicon sequencing with richness assessed from OTU reads. We detected changes in both bacterial and fungal community composition between the farming systems. Microbial activity and biomass C and N were higher in the organic system for cereal crop rotation compared to the respective conventional system. In the autumn, organic systems had higher microbial richness. As fungi were more abundant in the autumn, they may be responsible for both higher microbial activity and C sequestration in their biomass after harvesting, especially in the organic system for cereal crop rotation. Also, crop type and cow manure explained changes in fungal community composition. The typical bacterial community of the organic system for cereal crop rotation included many soil and plant health promoting bacterial groups. Fungi benefiting from organic farming practices, other than manure, may include endophytic taxa with a variety of functions as well as pathogenic and mycotoxin producing species. Overall, the results suggest that farming practices typical of organic farming, such as use of green manure and continuous plant cover have induced changes in the soil microbiome.", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "2. Zero hunger", "0303 health sciences", "03 medical and health sciences", "330", "Soil biology", "13. Climate action", "ta1181", "microbiome", "organic farms", "15. Life on land", "630", "Farming Systems"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2021.103314"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Soil%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2021.103314", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2021.103314", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2021.103314"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-05-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.electacta.2015.11.110", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:36Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2015-12-12", "title": "Bismuth film electrode for anodic stripping voltammetric measurement of silver nanoparticle dissolution", "description": "Abstract   A straightforward protocol for measuring low concentration levels of Ag(I) using bismuth film electrode (BiFE) in combination with anodic stripping voltammetry was developed and studied as a suitable alternative to current methods for detecting the dissolution of silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs). The BiFE was prepared in-situ on the surface of a supporting glassy carbon electrode. Several key operational parameters were examined and optimized, e.g. accumulation potential, accumulation time and concentration of Bi(III). The BiFE revealed good linear operation in the examined concentration range of 10\u201390\u00a0\u03bcg\u00a0L \u22121  Ag(I) with r 2  of 0.998, calculated limit of detection (3\u03c3) of 2.1\u00a0\u03bcg\u00a0L \u22121  obtained after 60\u00a0s accumulation, and favorable repeatability with RSD of 3.6% (50\u00a0\u03bcg\u00a0L \u22121 , n\u00a0=\u00a010). The method was successfully tested through measuring Ag(I) in the supernatant of a commercial Ag NP suspension and the performance was superior to the potentiometric measurement using silver ion-selective electrode.", "keywords": ["01 natural sciences", "3. Good health", "0104 chemical sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2015.11.110"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Electrochimica%20Acta", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.electacta.2015.11.110", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.electacta.2015.11.110", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.electacta.2015.11.110"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2016-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.quaint.2020.03.001", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:17:24Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-03-09", "title": "Revisiting the chronostratigraphy of Late Pleistocene loess-paleosol sequences in southwestern Ukraine: OSL dating of Kurortne section", "description": "Due to the general lack of other high-resolution paleoclimate records, loess-paleosol sequences are crucial archives for disentangling past climate variability in southeastern Europe. Here we present results of a multi proxy sedimentological and geochemical investigation of Kurortne loess-paleosol section from southwestern Ukraine, coupled with detailed optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating. OSL investigations were carried out on quartz grains of different grain sizes (4-11 \u03bcm, 63-90 \u03bcm and 90-125\u03bcm), using the single aliquot regenerative (SAR) protocol. The OSL dating results are in line with previous findings on dating loess-paleosol sequences along the Black Sea shore in Romania, as well as worldwide: (i) ages obtained on different grain sizes are in agreement for equivalent doses of less than 200 Gy, whereas for higher equivalent doses 4-11 \u03bcm ages underestimate the coarser fraction ages; and (ii) an inverse correlation between dated grain size fractions and saturation characteristics is reported. Our combined dating and sedimentological approach would confirm that the investigated uppermost 4.5 m at Kurortne cover the Last Glacial Cycle, adding important data in better constraining local and regional chronostratigraphic correlations. The application of the SAR protocol on 63-90 \u03bcm quartz grains on samples collected from the lower part of S1 soil (the Kaydaky unit) and from the Kaydaky/Pryluky units boundary produced ages of 123 \u00b1 10 ka and 85 \u00b1 6 ka, respectively. As the temporal range covered by these units in the Ukrainian Quaternary stratigraphic framework is still debatable, our results confirm the broad correlation of the Kaydaky-Pryluky paleosol units at Kurortne with the last interglacial (i.e., MIS 5). Dating the Uday and Bug loess units produced ages corresponding to MIS 4 and MIS 2, respectively, whereas the sample collected from the the Vytachiv unit provided an age of 37.7 \u00b1 2.4 ka, assigning this paleosol to MIS 3. On the basis of trends in the magnetic enhancement, the onset of pedogenetic processes likely commenced already around 20 ka, but the formation of the topmost S0 soil has begun after 13.8 \u00b1 1.0 ka.", "keywords": ["info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/550", "550", "loess chronostratigraphy", " OSL dating", " Last Glacial Cycle", " SE Europe", " Ukraine", "10. No inequality", "01 natural sciences", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2020.03.001"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Quaternary%20International", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.quaint.2020.03.001", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.quaint.2020.03.001", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.quaint.2020.03.001"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-03-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2023.103590", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:36Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-01-17", "title": "Testing the impacts of invasive jumping worms at their northern range limit", "description": "<p>Earthworms can act as ecosystem engineers by altering soil structure, which impacts other organisms and ecosystem functioning. Jumping worms (family Megascolecidae) originating in Asia have been spreading in North America, extending their northern range limits to Ontario, Canada in the last decade and to New Brunswick in 2021. At the northern limits of their current range, little research has been done to examine the effects of jumping worms in these new habitats since their recent establishment. Our objectives were to evaluate: (1) how jumping worms impact soil nitrogen and soil carbon; (2) how their presence impacts the abundance of non-native European earthworms (family Lumbricidae); and (3) whether two sampling methods (i.e., mustard solution and wooden discs) are equally effective at detecting jumping worms. We sampled a residential property in Oromocto, New Brunswick, which was the first location where jumping worms were found in the province. Jumping worms did not have significant impacts on the abundance and biomass of European earthworms or soil carbon content in the top 5 cm of the soil, but they did significantly affect soil nitrogen levels. Both sampling methods were equally effective at detecting the presence of jumping worms. Further research is needed in managed landscapes, urban areas, and forests to determine the ecosystem impacts and invasion dynamics of jumping worms in Canada as this invasion progresses.</p>", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "Ecosystem engineer", "13. Climate action", "Megascolecidae", "Non-native species", "European earthworm", "Citizen science", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "Lumbricidae", "Community science"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2023.103590"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Soil%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2023.103590", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.ejsobi.2023.103590", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2023.103590"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-03-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.electacta.2019.135136", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:36Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2019-10-23", "title": "Facile fabrication of Au@polyaniline core-shell nanocomposite as efficient anodic catalyst for microbial fuel cells", "description": "Abstract   Electrode modification with different catalytic nanoparticles or nanocomposites was promising for improving the performance of microbial fuel cells (MFCs). However, direct modification of electrode with metal nanoparticles encountered the drawback of low biocompability although these nanoparticles showed intriguing catalytic properties. In this work, conductive polymer encapsulation of metal nanoparticles was developed to improve the biocompability and then applied for anode modification in MFCs. The Au@polyaniline (Au@PANI) core-shell nanocomposite was simply synthesized with an aid of ionic liquid. Morphological, crystalline and structural properties were studied in details with SEM, TEM, XRD and FTIR analyses and an intact PANI shell covered on the sphere of Au nanoparticle was observed. Upon modification of this core-shell nanocomposite on carbon cloth electrode, significant improvement on bioelectrochemical activity was observed when compared with bare carbon cloth or carbon cloth modified with naked Au nanoparticles. As a result, the performance of MFCs was enhanced from 332\u202fmW/m2 to 804\u202f\u00b1\u202f73\u202fmW/m2 by Au@PANI modification. These results demonstrated that encapsulation of metal nanoparticle with biocompatible and conductive polymer is promising for bioelectrochemical applications.", "keywords": ["02 engineering and technology", "0210 nano-technology", "01 natural sciences", "7. Clean energy", "0104 chemical sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Kirubaharan, C. Joseph, Kumar, G. Gnana, Sha, Chong, Zhou, Dao, Yang, Haomin, Nahm, Kee Suk, Raj, B. Samuel, Zhang, Yunhai, Yong, Yang-Chun,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2019.135136"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Electrochimica%20Acta", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.electacta.2019.135136", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.electacta.2019.135136", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.electacta.2019.135136"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2019-12-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.electacta.2021.138636", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:37Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-05-22", "title": "Simultaneous removal of hydrocarbons and sulfate from groundwater using a \u201cbioelectric well\u201d", "description": "Abstract   Petroleum hydrocarbons (PHs) are often found in groundwater due to human activities like accidental spills, causing health and environmental risks, and requiring remediation. Microbial Electrochemical Technologies (METs) have emerged as a promising alternative to conventional bioremediation techniques for the treatment of PH-contaminated groundwater. However, the field-application of these promising sustainable as well as cost-effective technologies is still scarce. One major reason is the lack of scalable reactor configurations. Herein, an upgraded version of the \u201cbioelectric well\u201d, a novel tubular bioelectrochemical reactor that can be installed directly within a groundwater well, was tested for the simultaneous removal of oxidableoxidizable (i.e., toluene and other PH) and reducible (i.e., sulfate) compounds from a real contaminated groundwater.  After a proof-of-concept study in batch mode, the system was operated in continuous-flow mode for 48 days with the anode polarized at 0.2\u00a0V vs. SHE and a hydraulic retention time of 11\u00a0h. In these conditions, a steady-state removal rate of toluene as high as 31\u00a0\u00b1\u00a02\u00a0mg L\u22121 d\u22121 was achieved, which was more than double the value observed with the open circuit potential (OCP) control and one of the highest reported in literature. The electrode polarization went along with a higher abundance of key-functional genes involved in toluene degradation. This was not only showing its clear functional connection to the microbial metabolism, but further allowed to identify the involved electrogenic biodegradation pathway. In addition, the system simultaneously removed sulfate (30\u00a0\u00b1\u00a01\u00a0mg L\u22121 d\u22121), with bacteria likely using the H2 generated at the cathode as electron donor. Nevertheless, the apparent sulfate removal rate in the polarized and in the OCP runs was similar. The analysis of the microbial communities evidenced a high abundance of the genus Chlorobium in the effluent of the polarized run. These microorganisms were probably responsible for the continuous oxidative regeneration of sulfate from the sulfide produced at the cathode by sulfate-reducing bacteria. This phenomenon probably hindered the overall removal of sulfate by the bioelectrochemical system.", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "0303 health sciences", "03 medical and health sciences", "Microbial electrochemical technologies", "Groundwater remediation", "bioremediation; groundwater remediation; microbial electrochemical technologies; petroleum hydrocarbons; toluene", "Petroleum hydrocarbons", "Bioremediation", "6. 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To properly pair the anodic production of ozone and the cathodic production of hydrogen peroxide in the same cell, that is, with the same intensity in anode and cathode, an innovative composite 3-D gas diffusion cathode was used to decrease the current density (by increasing the effective cathode surface area) in the cathodic compartment, attaining soft operation conditions in this compartment. Meanwhile, a grid DIACHEM\u00ae lattice BDD was used in the anode to increase the harsh oxidative conditions in the anodic compartment. The results confirm the viability of pairing both processes. Current intensity positively affects the production of ozone and, less importantly, the production of hydrogen peroxide (because the current efficiency decreases with the intensity), with the contribution of electrolytes containing sulfate and bicarbonates being evaluated in the search of greener processes. The oxidants produced were dosed to solutions containing FLX confirming that the addition of both products (electro-peroxone process) attains a significant improvement in the removal of FLX, which was explained in terms of promoting radical mechanisms for ozone oxidation (peroxone reagent).", "keywords": ["Ozone", "Advanced oxidation processes", "Peroxone", "Electrochemical treatment", "Hydrogen peroxide", "Process integration"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2025.146049"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Electrochimica%20Acta", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.electacta.2025.146049", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.electacta.2025.146049", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.electacta.2025.146049"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2025-06-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.electacta.2020.137568", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:37Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-11-30", "title": "Modelling the influence of soil properties on performance and bioremediation ability of a pile of soil microbial fuel cells", "description": "Abstract   Worldwide, intense industrial and agricultural activities pose serious issues of land contamination. 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The information generated provides useful indications on optimal design and operational conditions for SMFCs and a guide to effective scale-up strategies for their use in bioremediation.", "keywords": ["Soil microbial fuel cell", "/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1500/1500; name=General Chemical Engineering", "13. Climate action", "Soil microbial fuel cell; Bioremediation; Modelling; Hexachlorobenzene", "Hexachlorobenzene", "/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1600/1603; name=Electrochemistry", "01 natural sciences", "7. Clean energy", "Bioremediation", "Modelling", "6. Clean water", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "12. 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Typically policy is informed by forward-looking analysis of potential for alternative energy technologies. But historical knowledge of energy and processing requirements and greenhouse effects is more reliable for engineering evaluation of biofuel production systems. This study calculates energy inputs and greenhouse gas emissions for the most efficient biomass feedstocks in New Zealand if the policy had been implemented to maximize liquid biofuel production in the year 2004/2005. The study uses existing processing technologies and agricultural statistics. Bioethanol production is calculated from putrescible wastes and starch crops, and biodiesel production from rapeseed, tallow, wood and waste paper. Each production system is further evaluated using measures of land use, energy input, crop production related to the energy product, plus relative measures of efficiency and renewability. The research findings are that maximum biofuel production in 2004/2005 would have provided only a few per cent of demand, and would not have reduced dependence on foreign imported oil or exposure to fuel price rise. Finally, we conclude that demand management and efficiency are more effective means of meeting policy objectives.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "670", "330", "ANZSRC::4407 Policy and administration", "02 engineering and technology", "sustainability", "renewable energy", "7. Clean energy", "ANZSRC::3304 Urban and regional planning", "12. Responsible consumption", "ANZSRC::4802 Environmental and resources law", "Field of Research::10 - Technology::1002 - Environmental Biotechnology::100299 - Environmental Biotechnology not elsewhere classified", "13. Climate action", "strategic analysis", "ANZSRC::070108 Sustainable Agricultural Development", "11. 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Both the Levelized Cost of Energy and the Net Present Value are used to compare the convenience of different mitigation strategies. It is found that also photovoltaic installations located in moderate regions, where the yearly soiling losses are limited to 3%, can suffer of a severe seasonal soiling, with power drops higher than 20%. In these conditions, an optimized cleaning schedule can be considerably beneficial from an economic perspective. For the given site, an optimal cleaning schedule generates a raise in profits up to 3.6% if one yearly cleaning is performed within a \u00b131-day window in summer. The convenience of one and multiple cleaning strategies is investigated by considering variable electricity prices and cleaning costs. In addition, the impact of the module efficiency on the cleaning strategy is analyzed. It is found that an optimized cleaning schedule can enhance the benefits of installing high efficiency modules, as it increases the amount of energy recovered through each cleaning and, therefore, the profits.", "keywords": ["General Energy", "13. Climate action", "Photovoltaic system", "11. Sustainability", "Environmental engineering", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "0202 electrical engineering", " electronic engineering", " information engineering", "Environmental science", "02 engineering and technology", "Pollution", "7. 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Recently, SOC also became an indicator for monitoring climate change mitigation policies in the agricultural sector. The availability of up-to-date SOC inventories is thus crucial in terms of supporting SOC\u2013related actions at country or sub-country scales. Currently, the National Monitoring System of the Agricultural Soils of Slovakia (CMS-P), whose network of 318 monitoring sites was last surveyed in 2018, is the only available source of up-to-date topsoil SOC data for agricultural land in Slovakia. Although very useful at the national scale, the number of CMS-P observations it contains is too limited for much needed sub-national SOC inventories. We hypothesized that with the aid of well-chosen macro-scale drivers of topsoil SOC accumulation in agricultural land in Slovakia, and by mapping those drivers geographically, we could upscale the CMS-P observations and produce a regional estimate of topsoil SOC. Altitude, land cover, topsoil texture, and soil type were assumed to be the key factors controlling topsoil SOC accumulation in Slovakia, and based on these, the country was classified into 14 macro-scale geographical regions. Typical ranges and mid-class values of 0\u201330cm topsoil SOC concentrations (%) and stocks (t ha\u22121) were calculated for each macro-scale region from CMS-P data. The average topsoil SOC content in agricultural land was estimated to be 2.13% (72.9 t ha\u22121). The highest topsoil SOC stock (> 90 t ha\u22121) was estimated for the lowlands of Slovakia, and the lowest (< 50 t ha\u22121) for the shallow and stony soils of mountain regions. When aggregated to 78 administrative regions at LAU1 level, the area-weighted averages ranged between 39.20 t ha\u22121 and 80.0 t ha\u22121, with the highest values (> 65 t ha\u22121) being in LAU1 regions in the south-west, south-east, and north of Slovakia where arable land is most prevalent. Total SOC storage in 0\u201330cm topsoil of agricultural land in Slovakia was estimated at 118.39 Mt, with two-thirds of this amount stored in arable soils in 33 south-west, south-east, and south LAU1 administrative regions. As there is no alternative and up-to-date dataset on topsoil SOC content in Slovakia, the upscaling algorithm presented in this study is an important step toward utilizing CMS-P data for sub-national SOC inventories. It may also offer a new way of providing inputs to help predict future or alternative regional topsoil SOC accumulation trajectories in Slovakian agricultural land using process-based or statistical models.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Multiple soil classes", "Geographical regionalization", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "630", "Environmental sciences", "13. Climate action", "Upscaling of point measurements", "Soil organic carbon inventory", "11. 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The transmittance of a glass coupon exposed to natural soiling outdoors in Ja\ufffd\ufffdn, southern Spain, has been measured weekly and used to estimate the soiling losses that various types of photovoltaic materials would experience if installed in the same location. The results suggest that measuring the hemispherical transmittance of the soiling accumulated on a PV glass coupon can give enough information to quantify the impact of soiling on energy production. Each PV technology is found to have a preferred spectral region, or a specific single wavelength, for which the transmittance through a PV glass coupon could be used for the best estimation of soiling losses. Overall, considering the average spectral transmittance between the extreme wavelengths of the material-specific absorption band, or the transmittance of soiling at a single wavelength between 500 and 600 nm yields the best estimations for different PV technologies. The results of this work can lead to innovative approaches to detect soiling in the field and to estimate the impact of spectral changes induced by soiling on PV energy production.", "keywords": ["13. Climate action", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "0202 electrical engineering", " electronic engineering", " information engineering", "FOS: Physical sciences", "Physics - Applied Physics", "Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)", "02 engineering and technology", "optical transmittance; photovoltaic; reliability; soiling; spectral losses", "7. 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However, the mechanical characteristics and consolidation mechanics of lime-treated slurry under vacuum loading is not fully understood, making it difficult to predict slurry settlement. In this study, we develop a laboratory model of lime-treated slurry and subject it to vacuum preloading to investigate the compression and consolidation behaviors. The results demonstrate the reduction of the risk of clogging around the prefabricated vertical drains, the increase in soil permeability, and the improvement of vacuum preloading upon lime treatment. log (1\u00a0+\u00a0e)-log p curves for soils with different percentages of lime content are obtained through a series of modified oedometer tests. Based on these curves, an analytical solution for lime-treated slurry settlement under vacuum preloading was derived and validated through laboratory tests. The solution can be used to predict lime-treated slurry settlement under vacuum pressure effectively.", "keywords": ["0211 other engineering and technologies", "02 engineering and technology", "01 natural sciences", "6. 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This article presents DYANAS, a MATHWORKS-MATLAB\u00ae-based graphical user interface that uses the OpenSees finite element platform to perform nonlinear dynamic analysis of single-degree-of-freedom (SDOF) oscillators. The scope of this open-source, freely distributed software is to serve as a tool for earthquake engineering research. The main advantages offered by the DYANAS interface are ease in the definition of the required analysis parameters and corresponding seismic input, efficient execution of the analyses themselves and availability of a suite of convenient, in-built post-processing tools for the management and organization of the structural responses. The types of dynamic analysis frameworks supported are incremental, multiple-stripe and cloud. Simultaneous consideration of pairs of uncoupled dynamic systems gives the possibility for intensity measures to refer to bidirectional ground motion. In the paper, an outline of the types of dynamic analysis frameworks typically used in performance-based earthquake engineering is provided, followed by a detailed description of the software and its capabilities, that include an array of post-processing tools. In order to properly place this software tool within its natural performance-based earthquake engineering habitat, some example applications are provided at the end of the paper.", "keywords": ["performance-based earthquake engineering", "pushover analysis", "multiple-stripe analysis", "performance-based earthquake engineering", " pushover analysis", " incremental dynamic analysis", " multiple-stripe analysis", " cloud method", "cloud method", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "02 engineering and technology", "incremental dynamic analysis", "0201 civil engineering"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2018.09.078"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Engineering%20Structures", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.engstruct.2018.09.078", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.engstruct.2018.09.078", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.engstruct.2018.09.078"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2018-12-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.enpol.2011.02.030", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:38Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2011-03-11", "title": "Life Cycle Ghg Emissions From Malaysian Oil Palm Bioenergy Development: The Impact On Transportation Sector'S Energy Security", "description": "Abstract   Malaysia's transportation sector accounts for 41% of the country's total energy use. The country is expected to become a net oil importer by the year 2011. To encourage renewable energy development and relieve the country's emerging oil dependence, in 2006 the government mandated blending 5% palm-oil biodiesel in petroleum diesel. Malaysia produced 16 million tonnes of palm oil in 2007, mainly for food use. This paper addresses maximizing bioenergy use from oil-palm to support Malaysia's energy initiative while minimizing greenhouse-gas emissions from land-use change. When converting primary and secondary forests to oil-palm plantations between 270\u2013530 and 120\u2013190\u00a0g CO2-equivalent per MJ of biodiesel produced, respectively, is released. However, converting degraded lands results in the capture of between 23 and 85\u00a0g CO2-equivalent per MJ of biodiesel produced. Using various combinations of land types, Malaysia could meet the 5% biodiesel target with a net GHG savings of about 1.03 million tonnes (4.9% of the transportation sector's diesel emissions) when accounting for the emissions savings from the diesel fuel displaced. These findings are used to recommend policies for mitigating GHG emissions impacts from the growth of palm oil use in the transportation sector.", "keywords": ["13. Climate action", "11. Sustainability", "0202 electrical engineering", " electronic engineering", " information engineering", "02 engineering and technology", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "7. Clean energy", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "12. 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