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  • Open Access
30 Citations
6,623 Views
16 Pages

Hydroponic Lettuce Production Using Treated Post-Hydrothermal Liquefaction Wastewater (PHW)

  • Samuel D. Jesse,
  • Yuanhui Zhang,
  • Andrew J. Margenot and
  • Paul C. Davidson

30 June 2019

Post-hydrothermal liquefaction wastewater (PHW) is a byproduct of the hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) process. Previous research indicates that PHW is free of pathogens and contains nutrients needed for crop growth, but may contain metal(loid)s. This...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,373 Views
13 Pages

29 August 2022

A hyphenated pressurized hot water—aqueous two-phase extraction (PHW-ATPE) method was applied to extract solasodine from Solanum mauritianum (S. mauritianum). A central composite design (CCD) was applied to determine the optimal conditions for...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,588 Views
16 Pages

Factors Associated with the Competencies of Public Health Workers in Township Hospitals: A Cross-Sectional Survey in Chongqing Municipality, China

  • Zhifei He,
  • Zhaohui Cheng,
  • Hang Fu,
  • Shangfeng Tang,
  • Qian Fu,
  • Haiqing Fang,
  • Yue Xian,
  • Hui Ming and
  • Zhanchun Feng

Purpose: This study aimed to explore the competencies of public health workers (PHWs) of township hospitals in Chongqing Municipality (China), and determine the related impact factors of the competencies of PHWs; Methods: A cross-sectional research w...

  • Review
  • Open Access
14 Citations
7,673 Views
24 Pages

A Systematic Review on Professional Regulation and Credentialing of Public Health Workforce

  • Olga Gershuni,
  • Jason M. Orr,
  • Abby Vogel,
  • Kyeongki Park,
  • Jonathon P. Leider,
  • Beth A. Resnick and
  • Katarzyna Czabanowska

The public health workforce (PHW) counts a great variety of professionals, and how services are delivered differs in every country. The complexity and the diversity of PHW professions also reflect structural problems of supply and demand of PHW in va...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,541 Views
19 Pages

2 December 2021

The WHO recommended pictorial health warnings (PHWs) on cigarette packs in 2003 to educate and warn the public of smoking effects. Malaysia too has implemented this policy since 2009. This study explored the public’s understanding of the gazett...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,576 Views
18 Pages

5 October 2021

Herba Patriniae (HP) are medicinal plants commonly used in colorectal cancer (CRC) patients. In this study, network pharmacology was used to predict the active components and key signaling pathways of HP in CRC. Patrinia heterophylla, one type of HP,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
6,898 Views
12 Pages

Background: Vaccine-preventable diseases cause more than one million deaths among children under 5 years of age every year. Public Health Workers (PHWs) are needed to provide immunization services, but the role of human resources for public health as...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,344 Views
14 Pages

Factors Associated with Intention of Serbian Public Health Workers to Leave the Job: A Cross-Sectional, Population-Based Study

  • Katica Tripković,
  • Milena Šantrić-Milićević,
  • Milena Vasić,
  • Mirjana Živković-Šulović,
  • Marina Odalović,
  • Vesna Mijatović-Jovanović and
  • Zoran Bukumirić

Recruitment and retention of public health workers (PHWs) is crucial for the optimal functioning of the public health system at a time of budget cuts and the threat of a pandemic. Individual and job-related variables were examined by univariate and m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,312 Views
15 Pages

29 November 2019

Loess and PHW (post-harvest waste) are easily accessible in the Chinese Loess Plateau and have been widely applied to construction of residential houses that have been inhabited for decades under the effect of freeze-thaw cycles. Although many resear...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,762 Views
18 Pages

Assessing Spatial and Temporal Variability for Some Edaphic Characteristics of Mediterranean Rainfed and Irrigated Soils

  • José Telo da Gama,
  • José Rato Nunes,
  • Luís Loures,
  • António Lopez Piñeiro and
  • Paulo Vivas

12 March 2019

Mediterranean soils are particularly threatened by salinization and low levels of organic matter content. In order to assess an edaphic sustainable use, we need to study its characteristics and better understand the temporal and spatial evolution. In...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,035 Views
13 Pages

Aligning Best Practices: A Guiding Framework as a Valuable Tool for Public Health Workforce Development with the Example of Ukraine

  • Olga Gershuni,
  • Katarzyna Czabanowska,
  • Genc Burazeri,
  • Vesna Bjegovic-Mikanovic,
  • Grzegorz Juszczyk,
  • Anna Cichowska Myrup and
  • Volodymyr Kurpita

Background: At present, in Ukraine, there is an insufficient capacity for up-to-date surveillance of the health status of the general population; public health (PH) promotion and disease prevention activities are scarce. Additionally, there is an urg...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
3,259 Views
14 Pages

How do Vaccinators Experience the Pandemic? Lifestyle Behaviors in a Sample of Italian Public Health Workers during the COVID-19 Era

  • Francesca Gallé,
  • Alessia Quaranta,
  • Christian Napoli,
  • Giusy Diella,
  • Osvalda De Giglio,
  • Giuseppina Caggiano,
  • Marco Di Muzio,
  • Pasquale Stefanizzi,
  • Giovanni Battista Orsi and
  • Maria Teresa Montagna
  • + 1 author

6 February 2022

Public health workers (PHWs) have experienced substantial workload changes because of their role in managing measures to limit the spread of COVID-19. The study’s aim was to assess lifestyle changes in Italian PHWs during the pandemic. PHWs att...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,732 Views
19 Pages

Combining Ability of Sixteen USA Maize Inbred Lines and Their Outbreeding Prospects in China

  • Ji-ying Sun,
  • Ju-lin Gao,
  • Xiao-fang Yu,
  • Jian Liu,
  • Zhi-jun Su,
  • Ye Feng and
  • Dong Wang

27 November 2018

In China, there is an increasing need for greater genetic diversity in maize (Zea mays L.) germplasm and hybrids appropriate for mechanical harvesting. In order to test and distinguish American maize inbred lines with exceptional combining ability, f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
4,950 Views
10 Pages

Raman Spectroscopy for the Competition of Hydrogen Bonds in Ternary (H2O–THF–DMSO) Aqueous Solutions

  • Shiliang Liu,
  • Mingzhe Zhang,
  • Baokun Huang,
  • Nannan Wu and
  • Shunli Ouyang

11 October 2019

The effects of hydrogen bonds on the molecular structure of water-tetrahydrofuran (H2O–THF), water-dimethyl sulfoxide (H2O–DMSO), and water-tetrahydrofuran-dimethyl sulfoxide (H2O–THF–DMSO) in binary aqueous solutions and tern...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,540 Views
15 Pages

Multi-Factor Diagnostic and Recommendation System for Boron in Neutral and Acidic Soils

  • Richardly Lenz Clove Dupré,
  • Lotfi Khiari,
  • Jacques Gallichand and
  • Claude Alla Joseph

Despite its inconveniences, the most recognized method to extract boron from soils is that of hot water extraction (BHW), which is used for diagnostics and recommendations. However, the Mehlich-3 (M3) method is widely used to extract and diagnose sev...

  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
809 Views
11 Pages

23 September 2025

Background/Objectives: There is a paucity of research evaluating factors associated with healthy eating behaviors in reproductive-age, non-pregnant women. This study aims to examine the association between sociodemographic, perceived health, and envi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,576 Views
20 Pages

Role of Field Epidemiology in Environmental and Climate Change-Related Health Incidents in Wales: A Qualitative Analysis Through Expert Interviews

  • Omer Faruk Sonmez,
  • Behrooz Behbod,
  • Christopher Roberts,
  • Marco Barracchia,
  • Astghik Baghinyan,
  • Lichita Indra and
  • Katarzyna Czabanowska

Climate change and environmental degradation pose significant challenges to public health globally, intensifying the frequency and severity of related health incidents. Field epidemiology, traditionally focused on infectious disease outbreaks, is now...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,376 Views
15 Pages

Green Extraction of Antioxidant Fractions from Humulus lupulus Varieties and Microparticle Production via Spray-Drying

  • Tania Ferreira-Anta,
  • María Dolores Torres,
  • Jose Manuel Vilarino,
  • Herminia Dominguez and
  • Noelia Flórez-Fernández

23 October 2023

The formulation of polymeric microparticles to encapsulate bioactive compounds from two hop varieties (Nugget and Perle) using sequential green extraction processes was performed. The technologies used were ultrasound-assisted extraction (UAE) and pr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,201 Views
15 Pages

Unravelling the Clinical Co-Morbidity and Risk Factors Associated with Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum

  • Callum J. Smith,
  • Zoey G. Smith,
  • Hania Rasool,
  • Katie Cullen,
  • Meghana Ghosh,
  • Thomas E. Woolley,
  • Orhan Uzun,
  • Ne Ron Loh,
  • David Tucker and
  • Yasir Ahmed Syed

23 May 2023

Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum (ACC) can result in multiple neurological deficits including social and behavioural issues. However, the underlying aetiology, clinical co-morbidity and the contributing risk factors remain elusive, resulting in inaccu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,366 Views
19 Pages

Rapid Response Indicators for Predicting Changes in Soil Properties Due to Solarization or Biosolarization on an Intensive Horticultural Crop in Semiarid Regions

  • Antonio Sánchez-Navarro,
  • Raimundo Jiménez-Ballesta,
  • Aldara Girona-Ruiz,
  • Iris Alarcón-Vera and
  • María José Delgado-Iniesta

2 January 2022

Agriculture practices developed since the middle of the last century have led to the degradation of different resources and made it necessary to promote agricultural models that are less aggressive towards nature. Sustainable agricultural growth requ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,866 Views
13 Pages

Sugarcane cultivation is suitable for the exploitation of organic waste products. However, minimum complementary mineral input is necessary for optimal fertilisation. Control mineral fertilisation treatments with mulch (MCM) or without mulch (MC) wer...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,001 Views
17 Pages

Medium-Term Effect of Organic Amendments on the Chemical Properties of a Soil Used for Vegetable Cultivation with Cereal and Legume Rotation in a Semiarid Climate

  • Antonio Sánchez-Navarro,
  • Maria del Carmen Salas-Sanjuan,
  • María Arantzazu Blanco-Bernardeau,
  • Juan Antonio Sánchez-Romero and
  • María José Delgado-Iniesta

17 April 2023

The response of a Petrocalcic Palexeroll dedicated to the cultivation of vegetables (Apium graveolens L.) with a rotation of a mixture of cereals and legumes when organic amendments are added has been studied; specifically, three fertilization treatm...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,863 Views
16 Pages

Establishment of a Reverse Genetic System from a Bovine Derived Influenza D Virus Isolate

  • Melle Holwerda,
  • Laura Laloli,
  • Manon Wider,
  • Lutz Schönecker,
  • Jens Becker,
  • Mireille Meylan and
  • Ronald Dijkman

18 March 2021

The ruminant-associated influenza D virus (IDV) has a broad host tropism and was shown to have zoonotic potential. To identify and characterize molecular viral determinants influencing the host spectrum of IDV, a reverse genetic system is required. F...