Comprehensive chemical profiling with UHPLC-MS, in-vitro, in-silico, and in-vivo antidiabetic potential of Typha domingensis Pers; A novel source of bioactive compounds - Rizwana Dilshad; Kashif-ur-Rehman Khan; Rihana Dilshad; Saeed Ahmad; Huma Rao; Umair Khurshid; Sultan Ahmad; Maqsood Ahmad; Hafiz Muhammad Usman Abid; Muhammad Kashif Zaman; Rabia Nisar; Saharish Khaliq; et al. (South African Journal of Botany, 2024)

Synthesis of a highly efficient ternary Heterostructure for synergistic charge migration: Dual-functional enhancement in photocatalytic ciprofloxacin degradation and hydrogen production - Abdelfattah Amari; Hakim S. Sultan Aljibori; Noureddine Elboughdiri; Zaina Algarni; Mohamed A. Ismail; Abdul Amir H. Kadhum; Ibrahim Mahariq (Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2024)

Green immobilization: Enhancing enzyme stability and reusability on eco-friendly support - Vesen Atiroğlu; Atheer Atiroğlu; Ahmed Atiroğlu; Ali Sultan Al-Hajri; Mahmut Özacar (Food Chemistry, 2024)

Semi-batch and batch low-salt-rejection reverse osmosis for brine concentration - Ali Naderi Beni; Sultan M. Alnajdi; Jose Garcia-Bravo; David M. Warsinger (Desalination, 2024)

Detection of Heterobasidion Root Rot on Pinus brutia Ten. Using Different Vegetation Indices Generated from Sentinel-2 A Satellite Imagery - Tunahan Çınar; R. Ceyda Beram; Abdurrahim Aydın; Sultan Akyol; Nurzhan Tashigul; H. Tuğba Lehtijärvi; Steve Woodward (Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 2024)

Impact of stained- and cemented-type sandstone natural fractures on stress-weathered cracking behavior - Kausar Sultan Shah; Mohd Hazizan bin Mohd Hashim; Hafeezur Rehman; Kamar Shah bin Ariffin; Naeem Abbas (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2024)

A protocol for harvesting biodiversity data from Facebook - Shawan Chowdhury; Sultan Ahmed; Shofiul Alam; Corey T. Callaghan; Priyanka Das; Moreno Di Marco; Enrico Di Minin; Ivan Jarić; Mahzabin Muzahid Labi; Md. Rokonuzzaman; Uri Roll; Valerio Sbragaglia; et al. (Conservation Biology, 2024)
The expanding use of community science platforms has led to an exponential increase in biodiversity data in global repositories. Yet, understanding of species distributions remains patchy. Biodiversity data from social media can potentially reduce the global biodiversity knowledge gap. However, practical guidelines and standardized methods for harvesting such data are nonexistent. Following data privacy and protection safeguards, we devised a standardized method for extracting species distribution records from Facebook groups that allow access to their data. It involves 3 steps: group selection, data extraction, and georeferencing the record location. We present how to structure keywords, search for species photographs, and georeference localities for such records. We further highlight some challenges users might face when extracting species distribution data from Facebook and suggest solutions. Following our proposed framework, we present a case study on Bangladesh's biodiversity—a tropical megadiverse South Asian country. We scraped nearly 45,000 unique georeferenced records across 967 species and found a median of 27 records per species. About 12% of the distribution data were for threatened species, representing 27% of all species. We also obtained data for 56 DataDeficient species for Bangladesh. If carefully harvested, social media data can significantly reduce global biodiversity knowledge gaps. Consequently, developing an automated tool to extract and interpret social media biodiversity data is a research priority.

Multisensor satellite data for deciphering buried lineament anomalies in Aorounga impact structure, Chad, Africa - Mohammed Sultan Alshayef; A P Pradeepkumar (Journal of Earth System Science, 2024)

Formulation and Evaluation of Meloxicam Hybrid nano Particles - Mohammed Asif; Kaneez Fatima; Syed Sarim Imam; Sultan Alshehri; Wael A. Mahdi (AAPS PharmSciTech, 2024)

Exploring the variability of root system architecture under drought stress in heat-tolerant spring-wheat lines - Asadullah; Shahmir Ali Kalhoro; Wajid Farhad; Azhar Iqbal; Sultan; Abdul Waheed; Muhammad Rashid; Syed Rehmat Ullah Shah (Plant and Soil, 2024)
Background and aims Global wheat production is under threat due to climate change, specifically heat and drought and their combination. This study aims to address the root trait responses of heat-tolerant wheat genotypes to drought. Methods The variability in root traits of CIMMYT wheat lines, which were previously developed for heat stress tolerance (HTWL), was evaluated alongside 10 Pakistani-approved varieties under three cultivation conditions and soil moisture levels. Results Our findings revealed that the plasticity of the wheat root system is highly pronounced, with rhizosphere conditions exerting a more substantial influence (5–49%) than the genotypic response (1–14%). Furthermore, in the hydroponic and pot system, we noted higher maximum-root length (1.5–1.8 fold) and root-to-shoot ratio (3.4–10.6 fold) as compared to field condition, while the root biomass was substantially higher in the field trial (3-57 fold). Nonetheless, persistent drought conditions exerted contrasting impact with reduction in most of the traits except specific root length and harvest index which were increased under drought. Conclusions The variation in root traits against drought indicates the potential for the development of improved genotypes that can withstand multiple stresses. Furthermore, it is crucial to consider rhizosphere conditions when selecting genotypes, as the plasticity of wheat roots may lead to misinterpretations if rhizosphere conditions are disregarded. Root dry weight and root-to-shoot ratio are more stable traits as compared to maximum root length and specific root length. It is recommended to evaluate a broader range of rhizosphere conditions to select tolerant genotypes.

Effects of dietary nano-selenium concentration on growth, proximate chemical composition and antioxidant enzymes, and physiological responses to stressors by juvenile Catla catla - Iqra Sultan; Mahroze Fatima; Syed Zakir Hussain Shah; Noor Khan; Hafsa Nadeem; Wazir Ali (Aquaculture, 2024)

An innovative perovskite oxide enabling improved efficiency for low-temperature ceramic electrochemical cells - Yuzheng Lu; M. A. K. Yousaf Shah; Naveed Mushtaq; Muhammad Yousaf; Nabeela Akbar; Naila Arshad; Sultan Irshad (Fuel, 2024)

Plastic-related endocrine disrupting chemicals significantly related to the increased risk of estrogen-dependent diseases in women - Natasha Chitakwa; Mohammed Alqudaimi; Mazhar Sultan; Di Wu (Environmental Research, 2024)

Age-specific analysis of anti-müllerian hormone and liver biochemical parameters in freemartin holstein calves and heifers: A pilot study - Gokhan Bozkurt; Feyyaz Kaya; Mehmet Yildiz; Sultan Sengul; Ismail Ilker Kocaer; Halil Erkan Sarıbas; Orsan Gungor; Ibrahim Tasal; Yigit Can Aslan; Serdar Dursun Ak; Afsin Koker (Domestic Animal Endocrinology, 2024)

Integrating Passive Biomonitoring and Active Monitoring: Spider Web Silk and Portable Instruments for Air Quality in Urban Areas - Amina Muzamil; Khawar Sultan; Abeer Hashem; Graciela Dolores Avila-Quezada; Elsayed Fathi Abd-Allah; Qamar uz Zaman (Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2024)
Urban areas worldwide face significant challenges from increasing air pollution, posing health risks and environmental concerns. Lahore, a major city in Pakistan, is particularly affected by severe air pollution due to rapid industrial growth, high vehicle emissions, and various human activities. Traditional air quality monitoring methods, while effective, are often costly and complex, limiting their widespread use. This study investigates a dual monitoring system combining passive biomonitoring with spider web silk and active measurements using portable instruments to assess airborne pollutants in urban environments. Spider webs, collected from various sites in Lahore, were analyzed for heavy metals, while portable instruments simultaneously measured PM 2.5 , PM 10 , total volatile organic contents, formaldehyde, and carbon monoxide at the same locations. A spatial distribution analysis using GIS and statistical analysis revealed a pattern with significant changes as per land use in the urban environment related to anthropogenic activities. The Principal Component Analysis revealed three distinct clusters of pollutants origins consisting of: I) effluent drains and landfills, II) construction sites, and III) residential areas. The concentrations of Hg in spider silk (average ~ 2.66 mg/kg) were found to be significantly higher in the northeastern part of Lahore, with a similar trend observed in Cd, Cu, Ni, and As levels (average ~ 15.45, 102.87, 31.72, and 6.64, respectively). Several-fold changes in levels and spatial distribution of Pb (15.12 to 356.41 mg/kg) showed a higher concentration in the northern and northeastern parts of Lahore. The spatial variation pattern of Cr (average~ 57.04 mg/kg) registered a higher concentration in southwestern Lahore. Ambient air levels of measured pollutants followed almost similar patterns in spatial distribution. PM 2.5 and PM 10 measured higher levels (195 and 226 μg/m 3 , respectively) in the southwestern and northwestern areas, with a similar pattern of variation observed in TVOC (average ~ 0.14 μg/m 3 ). The concentration of HCHO (average ~ 0.003 μg/m 3 ) was higher in the southwest of Lahore. All measured pollutants registered higher values than air quality standards. Particulate matter is the most dominant pollutant contributing to air pollution (up to 20x higher than WHO guidelines). The findings support the use of a dual monitoring system, integrating passive spider web silk biomonitoring and active portable instruments, as a scalable and sustainable solution for air quality management. This approach holds potential for global application in diverse urban environments, with future research focusing on further validation and integration with advanced remote sensing technologies to enhance air quality monitoring and contribute to improved public health and environmental management worldwide. Hence, this research work points to the potential use of spider silk as a biomonitoring tool in combination with instrumental measurement of ambient air pollutants.

Advanced Molecular Approaches for Improving Crop Yield and Quality: A Review - Asif Ali Khan; Babar Iqbal; Abdul Jalal; Khalid Ali Khan; Abeer Al-Andal; Ismail Khan; Sultan Suboktagin; Abdul Qayum; Noureddine Elboughdiri (Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 2024)

The overall fractions of coronary heart diseases and depression attributable to multiple dependent psychosocial work factors in Europe - Isabelle Niedhammer; Hélène Sultan-Taïeb; Jean-François Chastang (International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, 2024)
Objectives The literature is nonexistent on the assessment of overall fractions of diseases attributable to multiple dependent psychosocial work factors. The objectives of the study were to calculate the overall fractions of coronary heart diseases (CHD) and depression attributable to multiple dependent psychosocial work factors in 35 European countries. Methods We used already published fractions of CHD and depression attributable to each of the following psychosocial work factors: job strain, effort-reward imbalance, job insecurity, long working hours, and workplace bullying. We took all exposures and their correlations into account to calculate overall attributable fractions. Wald tests were performed to test differences in these overall attributable fractions between genders and between countries. Results The overall fractions of CHD and depression attributable to all studied psychosocial work factors together were found to be 8.1% [95% CI: 2.0-13.9] and 26.3% [95% CI: 16.2–35.5] respectively in the 35 European countries. There was no difference between genders and between countries. Conclusion Our study showed that the overall fractions attributable to all studied psychosocial work factors were substantial especially for depression. These overall attributable fractions may be particularly useful to evaluate the burden and costs attributable to psychosocial work factors, and also to inform policies makers at European level.

Advances in the targeted theragnostics of osteomyelitis caused by Staphylococcus aureus - Tahir Abdulrehman; Shahnaz Qadri; Yousef Haik; Ali Sultan; Sini Skariah; Shourya Kumar; Zachary Mendoza; Kamlesh K Yadav; Anoop Titus; Shameer Khader (Archives of Microbiology, 2024)

Towards sustainable tourism energy practices: evaluating fuelwood consumption in the North-West Himalayas - Mohd Saleem Wani; M. Sultan Bhat; Akhtar Alam; Shafkat Ahsan; Sajad Ahmad Mir (Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2024)

Synthesis of a New Schiff Base: Nonlinear Optical Properties Investigations - Luma Taher Tuma Albaaj; Qusay M. A. Hassan; Adil Muala Dhumad; H. A. Sultan; C. A. Emshary (Journal of Fluorescence, 2024)

Alleviating binary toxicity of polystyrene nanoplastics and atrazine to Chlorella vulgaris through humic acid interaction: Long-term toxicity using environmentally relevant concentrations - Mehdi Khoshnamvand; Dongmei You; Yafang Xie; Yixiao Feng; Marriya Sultan; De-Sheng Pei; Ailing Fu (Chemosphere, 2024)

Presence of humic acid in the environment holds promise as a potential mitigating factor for the joint toxicity of polystyrene nanoplastics and herbicide atrazine to Chlorella vulgaris: 96-H acute toxicity - Mehdi Khoshnamvand; Dongmei You; Yafang Xie; Yixiao Feng; Marriya Sultan; Xingyi Wei; Jingli Li; Ailing Fu; De-Sheng Pei (Chemosphere, 2024)

A highly sensitive micelle-sensitized spectrofluorimetric approach for analysis of montelukast in dosage forms and human plasma: Greenness assessment and application to content uniformity testing - Aya Saad Radwan; Mohamed A. El Hamd; Mahmoud El-Maghrabey; Fotouh R. Mansour; Lateefa A. Al-Khateeb; Faten M. Ali Zainy; Wael A. Mahdi; Sultan Alshehri; Wejdan T. Alsaggaf; Galal Magdy (Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy, 2024)

Particle characterization in commercial buildings: A cross-sectional study in 40 offices in Singapore - Zuraimi Sultan; Jiayu Li; Jovan Pantelic; Stefano Schiavon (Science of The Total Environment, 2024)

Organic UV filters: Occurrence, risks and (anti-)progestogenic activities in samples from the Czech aquatic environment and their bioaccumulation in fish - Beatrice Kyei Amankwah; Pavel Šauer; Kateřina Grabicová; Peter C. von der Ohe; Nurhan Sultan Ayıkol; Hana Kocour Kroupová (Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2024)

Dissemination, virulence characteristic, antibiotic resistance determinants of emerging linezolid and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus spp. in fish and crustacean - Sherief M. Abdel-Raheem; Sherin M. Khodier; Faisal Almathen; Al-Shaimaa T. Hanafy; Sarah M. Abbas; Salah Abdulaziz Al-Shami; Saad Ibrahim Al-Sultan; Ahmed Alfifi; Reham M. El-Tarabili (International Journal of Food Microbiology, 2024)

I'm a traditionalist, I Don't like pizza and street food: The relationship between cultural consumption habits and food preferences - Gizem Sultan Kaman; İrfan Yazicioğlu (International Journal of Gastronomy and Food Science, 2024)

Sensing the invisible: Ultrasensitive and selective colorimetric detection of E. coli O157:H7 based on masking the peroxidase-mimetic activity of aptamer-modified Au/Fe3O4 - Ramadan Ali; Abdullah Alattar; Reem Alshaman; Abduallh Ghabban; Sultan Alanazi; Hazem Al-Brahimi; Mohammed Alatwi; Abdullah Jlawi; Abdulmohsen Albalawi; Ahmed Moutair Awad Alatawi; Budor Al balawi; Afnan Al-Marwani; et al. (Food Chemistry, 2024)

Malondialdehyde levels and bioaccessibility in healthy diet bars: A gastrointestinal digestion model - Kübra Demir; Sultan Aslanhan; Jale Çatak; Elif Ede Çintesun; Mustafa Yaman; Ömer Faruk Mızrak (Food and Chemical Toxicology, 2024)

Passive cooling and thermal comfort performance of Passive Downdraught Evaporative Cooling (PDEC) towers in a Saudi library: An on-site study - Mohammad A. Alshenaifi; Abdelhakim Mesloub; Sultan Alfraidi; Emad Noaime; Atef Ahriz; Steve Sharples (Building and Environment, 2024)

Investigation of resistance against to flumethrin using against Varroa destructor in Türkiye - Ender Yarsan; Fatih Yilmaz; Sedat Sevin; Gökhan Akdeniz; Bekir Celebi; Seyit Hasan Ozturk; Sultan Nurhan Ayikol; Umit Karatas; Hasan Ese; Nuri Fidan; Bayram Agacdiken; Cahit Babur; et al. (Veterinary Research Communications, 2024)
The honeybee ectoparasite Varroa destructor is a major threat to apiculture when evaluating bee diseases and pests. While attempting to control this mite, beekeepers often depend on a small selection of authorized synthetic acaricides, such as flumethrin, which is widely used in Türkiye and globally. However, resistance to flumethrin develops due to incorrect and excessive use. In this study conducted at Ordu Beekeeping Research Institute, trial group were established including an untreated control group and group where flumethrin-based pesticides were applied. Dead varroas collected from pollen traps and live varroas collected from bees were obtained from these trial groups for molecular analysis as positive-negative controls. Varroa samples were collected from provinces representing different regions with intensive beekeeping activities such as Adana, Ankara, Bingöl, Muğla, Ordu, Şanlıurfa, Tekirdağ. Molecular methods were employed to investigate the resistance gene region for pyrethroids (specifically flumethrin) against V. destructor . In our study, individual DNA extractions were performed on dead parasites from colonies subjected to pyrethroid application (resistance negative control) and live parasites (resistance positive control). The DNA samples obtained were used in PCR reactions targeting the region encoding the 925th amino acid of the voltage-gated sodium channel (VGSC) gene, which is responsible for resistance formation. The DNA samples were subjected to gel electrophoresis to observe the amplification products of the expected target region. To examine the nucleotide sequence changes that encode leucine at the 925th amino acid, which is associated with resistance, DNA sequence analysis was applied to the amplification products. Out of 332 V. destructor parasites obtained from different provinces, 279 were analysed using molecular methods. It was observed that 31% of the samples showed sensitivity to flumethrin while 69% exhibited resistance to it. Among the resistant samples: 27% had homozygous isoleucine mutation; 28% had homozygous valine mutation; 2.8% had heterozygous isoleucine mutation; 8.5% had heterozygous valine mutation; and 2.8% had heterozygous methionine mutation, all of which were associated with flumethrin resistance. As a result, the rate of flumethrin resistance in parasites varied between 51% and 94% among different provinces.

Long-Term Follow-Up of Cerebral Aneurysms Completely Occluded at 6 Months After Intervention with the Woven EndoBridge (WEB) Device: a Retrospective Multicenter Observational Study - Kareem El Naamani; Panagiotis Mastorakos; Nimer Adeeb; Mathews Lan; James Castiglione; Omaditya Khanna; Jose Danilo Bengzon Diestro; Rachel M. McLellan; Mahmoud Dibas; Justin E. Vranic; Assala Aslan; Hugo H. Cuellar-Saenz; et al. (Translational Stroke Research, 2024)

Recent synthetic approaches towards thienothiophenes: a potential template for biologically active compounds - Ayesha Rafiq; Sana Aslam; Matloob Ahmad; Muhammad Shahid Nazir; Ambar Farooq; Sadia Sultan (Molecular Diversity, 2024)

Analysis of genetic diversity, population structure and phylogenetic relationships of rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivars using simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers - Khaled F. M. Salem; Fatmah Ahmed Safhi; Khairiah Mubarak Alwutayd; Mahmoud S. Abozahra; Ibrahim A. A. Almohisen; Sultan F. Alsharari; Priyanka Gangwar; Asmaa M. S. Rady; Marwa F. A. Hendawy; Amira A. Ibrahim (Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 2024)

High Efficacy of Green Synthesized Silver Nanoparticles for Treatment of Toxoplasma Gondii Infection Through Their Immunomodulatory, Anti-Inflammatory, and Antioxidant Potency - Qais A.H. Majeed; Sultan F. Alnomasy; Abdullah F. Shater; Abdullah D. Alanazi (Acta Parasitologica, 2024)

In vitro propagation of Bergenia stracheyi: an alternative approach for higher production of valuable bioactive compounds - Awzia Amin; Nancy Sharma; Phalisteen Sultan; Sumit G. Gandhi; Kota Srinivas; Qazi Parvaiz Hassan; Zabeer Ahmed (Vegetos, 2024)

Preparation of La-doped ZnFe LDH immobilized on polydimethylsiloxane sponge for the peroxymonosulfate-assisted photocatalytic degradation of rifampicin - Sultan Akdağ Türkay; Alireza Khataee; Nevin Atalay Gengec; Tannaz Sadeghi Rad (Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 2024)

Active coating film based on gelatin/trans-cinnamic acid for cold preservation of peach fruits (Prunus persica L. Bastch) - Maha Sultan; Omaima M. Hafez; Malaka A. Saleh (Journal of Stored Products Research, 2024)

Effect of bread ingredients and baking techniques on Bacillus coagulans GBI-30 viability during baking and in vitro digestion - Gökçe Cinbaş; Sultan Arslan Tontul; Nihat Akin (Journal of Cereal Science, 2024)

Impact assessment of geohazards triggered by 6 February 2023 Kahramanmaras Earthquakes (Mw 7.7 and Mw 7.6) on the natural gas pipelines - Erdinc Orsan Unal; Sultan Kocaman; Candan Gokceoglu (Engineering Geology, 2024)

Heated stone powder substitute for metakaolin-based geopolymer - Mehmet Akturk; Furkan Turk; Ilker Bekir Topcu; Ulku Sultan Keskin (European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering, 2024)

Roadmap for Recommended Guidelines of Leak Detection of Subsea Pipelines - Ahmed Reda; Ramy Magdy A. Mahmoud; Mohamed A. Shahin; Chiemela Victor Amaechi; Ibrahim A. Sultan (Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2024)
The leak of hydrocarbon-carrying pipelines represents a serious incident, and if it is in a gas line, the economic exposure would be significant due to the high cost of lost or deferred hydrocarbon production. In addition, the leakage of hydrocarbon could pose risks to human life, have an impact on the environment, and could cause an image loss for the operating company. Pipelines are designed to operate at full capacity under steady-state flow conditions. Normal operations may involve day-to-day transients such as the operations of pumps, valves, and changes in production/delivery rates. The basic leak detection problem is to distinguish between the normal operational transients and the occurrence of non-typical process conditions that would indicate a leak. To date, the industry has concentrated on a single-phase flow, primarily of oil, gas, and ethylene. The application of a leak-monitoring system to a particular pipeline system depends on environmental issues, regulatory imperatives, loss prevention of the operating company, and safety policy rather than pipe size and configuration. This paper provides a review of the recommended guidance for leak detection of subsea pipelines in the context of pipeline integrity management. The paper also presents a review of the capability and application of various leak detection techniques that can be used to offer a roadmap to potential users of the leak detection systems.

An evaluation of a hepatotoxicity risk induced by the microplastic polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) using HepG2/THP-1 co-culture model - Tugce Boran; Ozge Sultan Zengin; Zehra Seker; Aysenur Gunaydin Akyildiz; Mehtap Kara; Ezgi Oztas; Gül Özhan (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2024)
Inappropriate disposal of plastic wastes and their durability in nature cause uncontrolled accumulation of plastic in land/marine ecosystems, also causing destructive effects by bioaccumulating along the food chain. Microplastics may cause chronic inflammation in relation to their permanent structures, especially through oxidative stress and cytotoxic cellular damage, which could increase the risk of cancer development. The accumulation of microplastics in the liver is a major concern, and therefore, the identification of the mechanisms of their hepatotoxic effects is of great importance. Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) is a widely used thermoplastic. It has been determined that PMMA disrupts lipid metabolism in the liver in various aquatic organisms and causes reproductive and developmental toxicity. PMMA-induced hepatotoxic effects in humans have not yet been clarified. In our study, the toxic effects of PMMA (in the range of 3–10 μm) on the human liver were investigated using the HepG2/THP-1 macrophage co-culture model, which is a sensitive immune-mediated liver injury model. Cellular uptake of micro-sized PMMA in the cells was done by transmission electron microscopy. Determination of its effects on cell viability and inflammatory response, oxidative stress, along with gene and protein expression levels that play a role in the mechanism pathways underlying the effects were investigated. The results concluded that inflammation, oxidative stress, and disruptions in lipid metabolism should be the focus of attention as important underlying causes of PMMA-induced hepatotoxicity. Our study, which points out the potential adverse effects of microplastics on human health, supports the literature information on the subject.

Waste to sustainable energy based on TENG technology: A comprehensive review - Anas A. Ahmed; Talal F. Qahtan; Taoreed O. Owolabi; Ayomide O. Agunloye; Marzaini Rashid; Mohamed Sultan Mohamed Ali (Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024)

Adsorption of Cr(VI) ions onto fluorine-free niobium carbide (MXene) and machine learning prediction with high precision - Rehan Ishtiaq; Nallain Zahra; Sara Iftikhar; Fazila Rubab; Khawar Sultan; Ather Abbas; Sze-Mun Lam; Zeeshan Haider Jaffari; Ki Young Park (Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2024)

Geochronology and petrogenesis of the Miocene S-type Sumayar granite in the Karakoram Block, north Pakistan: Implications for post-collisional magmatism - Amjad Hussain; Kui-Dong Zhao; Hafiz U. Rehman; Izhar Sadiq; Qian Li; Sher Sultan Baig; Syed Asim Hussain; Inayat Ullah (Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2024)

Influence of process conditions of alkalization on quality of cocoa powder - Sultan Demirci; Ceren Elmaci; İlyas Atalar; Omer Said Toker; Ibrahim Palabiyik; Nevzat Konar (Food Research International, 2024)

Structural and thermal investigation of lignocellulosic biomass conversion for enhancing sustainable imperative in progressive organic refinery paradigm for waste-to-energy applications - Tayyab Qureshi; Muhammad Farooq; Shahid Imran; Muhammad Adeel Munir; Muhammad Asad Javed; Ihsanullah Sohoo; Muhammad Sultan; Ateekh Ur Rehman; Muhammad Farhan; Muhammad Asim; John M. Andresen (Environmental Research, 2024)

Pressure exchanger batch reverse osmosis with zero downtime operation - Abhimanyu Das; Akshay K. Rao; Sultan Alnajdi; David M. Warsinger (Desalination, 2024)

Envisioning spatial justice in health geographies and groundwater governance of Kashmir Himalayas using socio-geospatial approach - Sajad A. Mir; M. Sultan Bhat; Durdanah Mattoo; G. M. Rather; M. Saleem Wani (Sustainable Water Resources Management, 2024)

Modulating spectral response of raw photosynthetic pigments via ternary cadmium chalcogenide quantum dots: simultaneous enhancement at green spectrum and inhibition at UV region - Sümeyye Aykut; Nida Ük; İbrahim Yağız Coşkun; Sultan Şahin Keskin; Ilgın Nar; Levent Trabzon; Caner Ünlü (Photosynthesis Research, 2024)
Photosynthesis relies on the absorption of sunlight by photosynthetic pigments (PPs) such as chlorophylls and carotenoids. While these pigments are outstanding at harvesting light, their natural structure restricts their ability to harvest light at specific wavelengths. In this study, Oleic acid-capped CdSeS and CdTeS ternary quantum dots (QDs) were synthesized using a novel two-phase synthesis method. Then, these QDs were used to interact with raw PPs, a mixture of chlorophylls and carotenoids isolated from spinach. Our findings revealed the following: (1) Interacting QDs with raw PPs effectively inhibited the chlorophyll fluorescence of the pigments upon excitation in UV light region (250–400 nm) without causing any damage to their structure. (2) By forming an interaction with QDs, the chlorophyll fluorescence of raw PPs could be induced through excitation with green-light spectrum. (3) The composition of the QDs played a fundamental role in their interaction with PPs. Our study demonstrated that the photophysical properties of isolated PPs could be modified by using cadmium-based QDs by preserving the structure of the pigments themselves.

Building Detection from SkySat Images with Transfer Learning: a Case Study over Ankara - Kanako Sawa; Ilyas Yalcin; Sultan Kocaman (PFG – Journal of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Geoinformation Science, 2024)
The detection and continuous updating of buildings in geodatabases has long been a major research area in geographic information science and is an important theme for national mapping agencies. Advancements in machine learning techniques, particularly state-of-the-art deep learning (DL) models, offer promising solutions for extracting and modeling building rooftops from images. However, tasks such as automatic labelling of learning data and the generalizability of models remain challenging. In this study, we assessed the sensor and geographic area adaptation capabilities of a pretrained DL model implemented in the ArcGIS environment using very-high-resolution (50 cm) SkySat imagery. The model was trained for digitizing building footprints via Mask R‑CNN with a ResNet50 backbone using aerial and satellite images from parts of the USA. Here, we utilized images from three different SkySat satellites with various acquisition dates and off-nadir angles and refined the pretrained model using small numbers of buildings as training data (5–53 buildings) over Ankara. We evaluated the buildings in areas with different characteristics, such as urban transformation, slums, regular, and obtained high accuracies with F‑1 scores of 0.92, 0.94, and 0.96 from SkySat 4, 7, and 17, respectively. The study findings showed that the DL model has high transfer learning capability for Ankara using only a few buildings and that the recent SkySat satellites demonstrate superior image quality.

Spectroscopic, crystal structure and DFT-assisted studies of some nickel(II) chelates of a heterocyclic-based NNO donor aroylhydrazone: in vitro DNA binding and docking studies - Yamuna Nair; Francis Joy; T. P. Vinod; M. C. Vineetha; M. R. Prathapachandra Kurup; Savaş Kaya; Goncagül Serdaroğlu; Sultan Erkan (Molecular Diversity, 2024)

Geochemical processes, salinity sources and utility characterization of groundwater in a semi-arid region of Iraq through geostatistical and isotopic techniques - Ali Al Maliki; U. Saravana Kumar; Ali Hasan Falih; M.A Sultan; Amer Al-Naemi; Dalal Alshamsi; Hasan Arman; Alaa Ahmed; Chidambaram Sabarathinam (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2024)

Association of Reproductive Phenology with Air Temperature in Almond (Prunus dulcis [Mill.] D.A. Webb) Cultivars Under Northwestern Himalayan Conditions - Kishan Lal Kumawat; Susheel Kumar Raina; Dinesh Kumar; Mahendra Kumar Verma; Deshbeer Singh; Javid Iqbal Mir; Sheikh M. Sultan; Om Chand Sharma (Applied Fruit Science, 2024)

An insight into the role of experimental parameters in advanced oxidation process applied for pharmaceutical degradation - Mohammad Qutob; Sultan Alshehri; Faiyaz Shakeel; Prawez Alam; Mohd Rafatullah (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2024)

Understanding sustainable growth in the face of economic policy uncertainties - Xiang Tiange; Sultan Sikandar Mirza; Chengwei Zhang; ChengMing Huang (Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2024)
This paper investigates the impact of economic policy uncertainty (EPU) in China, measured by a news-based index, on the sustainable growth of 2771 Chinese non-financial A-share firms (including 1674 SMEs and 1097 non-SMEs) from 2010 to 2022. We also analyze how green business practices moderate the impact of EPU on firms' sustainable growth. After implying various econometric models, this study finds that EPU has a significant negative effect on the sustainable growth of Chinese firms, which is more pronounced among non-SMEs. Heterogeneity analysis reveals that the negative impact of EPU on CSG is more pronounced in big firms, highly leveraged firms, firms with low liquidity and low financialization in China. We further reveal that this negative impact of EPU stems from trade policy uncertainties. Furthermore, findings reveal that green business activities positively moderate the association between EPU and sustainable growth, and that this moderating impact is more pronounced among SMEs. These findings are consistent with various robustness approaches. This paper provides useful insights for enterprises to improve their sustainable growth in the context of economic policy uncertainties by adjusting their number of employees, board of directors, average age of staffs, financialization level and debt flexibility.

Analysis of landslide susceptibility prediction accuracy with an event-based inventory: The 6 February 2023 Turkiye earthquakes - Gizem Karakas; Erdinc Orsan Unal; Sinem Cetinkaya; Nazli Tunar Ozcan; Veysel Emre Karakas; Recep Can; Candan Gokceoglu; Sultan Kocaman (Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2024)

A meta-analysis highlighting the increasing relevance of the hair matrix in exposure assessment to organic pollutants - Muhammad Junaid; Marriya Sultan; Shulin Liu; Naima Hamid; Qiang Yue; De-Sheng Pei; Jun Wang; Brice M.R. Appenzeller (Science of The Total Environment, 2024)

Biochar and nano biochar: Enhancing salt resilience in plants and soil while mitigating greenhouse gas emissions: A comprehensive review - Haider Sultan; Yusheng Li; Waqas Ahmed; Mu yixue; Asad Shah; Mohammad Faizan; Aqeel Ahmad; Hafiz Muhammad Mazhar Abbas; Lixiao Nie; Mohammad Nauman Khan (Journal of Environmental Management, 2024)

Evaluation of refractance window-dried type 3 sourdough as an alternative to liquid sourdough in bread production - Sultan Arslan-Tontul; Hümeyra Çetin-Babaoğlu; Mine Aslan; Ismail Tontul (Journal of Cereal Science, 2024)

Empirical analysis of cost-effective and equitable solid waste management systems: Environmental and economic perspectives - Asif Iqbal; Abdullah Yasar; Abdul-Sattar Nizami; Rafia Haider; Imran Ali Sultan; Aman Anwer Kedwaii; Muhammad Murtaza Chaudhary; Muhammad Hassan Javed; Anees Ahmad; Khadija Sajid; Muhammad Naqvi; Muhammad Usman Ghori (Environmental Research, 2024)

Experimental investigation of thermal performance of three configurations evaporative cooling systems (ECS) using synthetic grass wet media materials - Sultan Alfraidi; Abdelhakim Mesloub; Mohammad Alshenaifi; Emad Noaime; Atef Ahriz; R. Boukhanouf (Energy and Buildings, 2024)

Thermal and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Sudan III - Amir Hussein Ali; H. A. Sultan; Qusay M. A. Hassan; C. A. Emshary (Journal of Fluorescence, 2024)

Effect of seawater intrusion on water quality of coastal aquifer of Bagerhat district, Bangladesh - I. Hossain; S. Reza; S. M. Shafiuzzaman; M. Sultan-Ul-Islam (International Journal of Energy and Water Resources, 2024)

Genome-wide screening and evolutionary analysis of ZIP (ZRT–IRT like proteins) family in cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) - Arif Ullah; Zamarud Shah; Iqbal Munir; Hamza Iqbal; Muhammad Zulfiqar Ahmad; Warda Sultan; Afrasyab Khan (Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 2024)

Insilico-based genome-wide identification and structural characterization of heat shock proteins 70 (HSP70) in cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) - Zamarud Shah; Safwan Ahmad; Arif Ullah; Iqbal Munir; Umair Munir; Afrasyab Khan; Warda Sultan (Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 2024)

Characteristics of IDL and Es layers and the impact of increasing solar activity on their descent at the Arabian Peninsula - Muhammad Mubasshir Shaikh; Manar Anwer Khaleel Abusirdaneh; Sultan Suhail Halawa; Ilias Fernini (Advances in Space Research, 2024)

Uptake and bioaccumulation of iron oxide nanoparticles (Fe3O4) in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.): effect of particle-size - Guzin Tombuloglu; Anwar Aldahnem; Huseyin Tombuloglu; Yassine Slimani; Sultan Akhtar; Khalid Rehman Hakeem; Munirah A. Almessiere; Abdulhadi Baykal; Ismail Ercan; Ayyar Manikandan (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2024)

Synthesis, Physicochemical and Third Order Nonlinear Optical Properties of Bis-Chalcone (BBDP) as Donor-pi Acceptor Chromophore in Organize Medium - Abdul Mujeeb; Md. Zafer Alam; Sultan; H. Aleem Basha; Salman A. Khan; S. M. Afzal (Journal of Fluorescence, 2024)

Emerging contaminants and their potential impacts on estuarine ecosystems: Are we aware of it? - Maisha Binte Sultan; Amit Hasan Anik; Md. Mostafizur Rahman (Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2024)

The untold story of PFAS alternatives: Insights into the occurrence, ecotoxicological impacts, and removal strategies in the aquatic environment - Naima Hamid; Muhammad Junaid; Marriya Sultan; Suman Thodhal Yoganandham; Ong Meng Chuan (Water Research, 2024)

Cytotoxic and genotoxic effects of triphenyl phosphate on root tip cells of Allium cepa L. - Özlem Sultan Aslantürk (Toxicology in Vitro, 2024)

Combined passivators regulate physiological, antioxidant potential and metals accumulation in potato grown in metals contaminated soil - Hongyang Wang; Hao Liu; Junhua Li; Shengnan Chen; Qamar uz Zaman; Khawar Sultan; Muzammal Rehman; Shah Saud; Khaled El-Kahtany; Shah Fahad; Gang Deng; Aie Chen (Science of The Total Environment, 2024)

Adverse effects of fenpropathrin on the intestine of common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) and the mechanism involved - Wenyao Xiu; Weikai Ding; Shaoyu Mou; Yuanyuan Li; Yousef Sultan; Junguo Ma; Xiaoyu Li (Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology, 2024)

Comparison of hermetic and conventional bags for maize seed preservation in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan - Ehsan Khalid; Irfan Afzal; Sultan Habib Ullah Khan; Shahid Iqbal Awan (Journal of Stored Products Research, 2024)

Simultaneous synthesis and application of TiO2 nanoparticles using mulberry leaves for functionalization of organic cotton fabric - Wasim Akram; Rony Mia; Sultan Ullah; Mohammed A. Assiri; Jian Fang (Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024)

An Evaluation of Radon Concentrations in Arin Lake, Bitlis - Şule Karatepe Çelik; Sultan Şahin Bal (Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2024)
Arin Lake, situated in the Bitlis province, is a soda lake that holds significant ecological importance as a habitat for migratory bird species such as flamingos and white-headed ducks. In order to investigate the potential radiation exposure to the environment and living organisms in the area, radon concentration levels and dose calculations were determined for water samples collected from 27 different points in Arin Lake. The radon levels were determined using the AlphaGUARD PQ2000 PRO radon monitoring system, which has the range of 2–2.10 6 Bqm −3 . The results of the radon concentration measurements are between 0.06 and 0.39 Bq/L, with a mean of value of 0.17 Bq/L. The annual effective doses for ingestion ( D eff-ing ) and inhalation ( D eff-inh ) were calculated at values ranging from 0.14 to 0.99 µSv/year. The radon levels were found to be lower than international standard values. Furthermore, the outcomes of this research were subjected to comparison with other studies in the literature.

Nickel uptake in leafy greens from contaminated soil: an investigation into phytoavailability and health risk assessment using in vitro digestion model - Sumbal Ammara; Muhammad Tariq Rafiq; Rukhsanda Aziz; Ying Feng; Sultan Mehmood; Mehwish Taneez; Muhammad Suhaib; Fatima Asif (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2024)

Improvement of photosynthesis in changing environment: approaches, achievements and prospects - Sultan Suboktagin; Ghazal Khurshid; Misbah Bilal; Anum Zeb Abbassi; Suk-Yoon Kwon; Raza Ahmad (Plant Biotechnology Reports, 2024)

Using social media records to inform conservation planning - Shawan Chowdhury; Richard A. Fuller; Sultan Ahmed; Shofiul Alam; Corey T. Callaghan; Priyanka Das; Ricardo A. Correia; Moreno Di Marco; Enrico Di Minin; Ivan Jarić; Mahzabin Muzahid Labi; Richard J. Ladle; et al. (Conservation Biology, 2024)
Citizen science plays a crucial role in helping monitor biodiversity and inform conservation. With the widespread use of smartphones, many people share biodiversity information on social media, but this information is still not widely used in conservation. Focusing on Bangladesh, a tropical megadiverse and mega‐populated country, we examined the importance of social media records in conservation decision‐making. We collated species distribution records for birds and butterflies from Facebook and Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), grouped them into GBIF‐only and combined GBIF and Facebook data, and investigated the differences in identifying critical conservation areas. Adding Facebook data to GBIF data improved the accuracy of systematic conservation planning assessments by identifying additional important conservation areas in the northwest, southeast, and central parts of Bangladesh, extending priority conservation areas by 4,000–10,000 km 2 . Community efforts are needed to drive the implementation of the ambitious Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework targets, especially in megadiverse tropical countries with a lack of reliable and up‐to‐date species distribution data. We highlight that conservation planning can be enhanced by including available data gathered from social media platforms.

Development of long-term primary cell culture of Macrobrachium rosenbergii: morphology, metabolic activity, and cell-cycle analysis - Gurucharan Sudarshan; Simy Weil; Rivka Manor; Oron Goldstein; Eliya Sultan; Eliahu D. Aflalo; Rivka Ofir; Sean V. Zimin; Benyamin Rosental; Amir Sagi (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2024)
This study describes our attempts to generate a sustainable cell culture of Macrobrachium rosenbergii . We present here a continuous longitudinal study on the embryonic primary cell culture of freshwater prawn M. rosenbergii that was uniquely monitored for up to 90 days with regard to its morphology, metabolic activity, and cell-cycle parameters. The daily monitoring of cells’ wellbeing and morphology showed seeded cells to be changing from attached singular diverse-sized cells after days 4–10 to interconnected clusters of cells, which apparently increased in number as detected by their density in the well. Moreover, the cultures demonstrated an autonomous transition during days 7–10, from completely two-dimensional (2D) morphology to a combination of 2D and three-dimensional (3D) growing structures, leading to the formation of multilayered spheroid-like cell masses. The metabolic activity of cultures showed a non-linear elevated pattern peaking on day 26, demonstrating proliferation and increment in the number of cells, retaining statistically significant elevated metabolic activity up to 40 days, and thereafter gradually declining. In parallel, cell-cycle analyses performed through florescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) showed that the G0/G1 and S phases were inversely proportional to each other. Proliferation, based on metabolic activity, in the cultures was sustained by a significant increase in the portion of cells arrested in the S phase, from day 4 up to day 24, and then a decrease between days 45 and 90. Sorting the populations in the M. rosenbergii primary embryonic cell culture on days 3 and 24 revealed eight seeded populations, most of them expressing the putative proliferation markers MrMYC and MrPCNA , while six of them expressed also the putative stem-cell markers MrOct-4 and MrSox-2/3 . Therefore, assuming the increment in cell density and metabolic activity and the reduction in G0/G1 distribution toward S, as well as the increment in G2/M, all pointing toward proliferation, we further hypothesized that splitting the cultures along the experiment at the high-proliferating mitotic ratio peaks would enable successful passages. Indeed, in prawn embryonic primary cell culture, we succeeded in executing two consecutive passages: the first after 8 days in culture and the second 4 days following the first passage. Cells after both passages expressed the species-specific Mr18S , along with the proliferative markers MrMYC and MrPCNA and the stem-cell markers MrOct-4 and MrSox-2/3 . After several decades of research efforts to establish a crustacean cell line—with no published success—here, we present M. rosenbergii cultures composed of putative proliferating/stem-cell subpopulations or appearing like clones. These mix-population prawn embryonic primary cell cultures could serve as a basic platform for immortalization and contribute to the long-term goal of establishing sustainable cell-culture lines.

Self-assembling Organogels Loaded with Tenoxicam for Local Intensive Pain and Inflammation Cure: In Vitro and In Vivo Correlation - Shaaban K. Osman; Taher M. Yassin; Arafat Abdelzaher; Fatma Ahmed; Ahmed M. Mohammed; Ahmed A. H. Abdellatif; Khalid I. Saleh; Wael A. Mahdi; Sultan Alshehri; Mohamed A. El Hamd; Hatem Sarhan (AAPS PharmSciTech, 2024)

Managing CEO duality and economic uncertainty: strategies for aligning corporate sustainability and innovation in China’s energy market - Sultan Sikandar Mirza; Chengming Huang; Adnan Khan (Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2024)

Contribution to the pollen morphology of Astragalus L. section Aegacantha Bunge (Galegeae-Fabaceae) and its systematic significance - Amjad Khan; Mushtaq Ahmad; Amir Sultan; Zakir Ullah; Khawar Majeed; Tariq Ullah; Muhammad Zafar (Palynology, 2024)

The cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor abemaciclib-induced hepatotoxicity: Insight on the molecular mechanisms in HepG2/THP-1 co-culture model - Tugce Boran; Ozge Sultan Zengin; Zehra Seker; Aysenur Gunaydin Akyildiz; Ezgi Oztas; Gül Özhan (Toxicology Letters, 2024)

A quantitative innovation perspective on synergism and selectivity mechanism of mixed collectors in flotation - Ya Gao; Xinzhuang Fu; Sultan Ahmed Khoso; Zujiang Pan; Haisheng Han; Wei Sun; Tong Yue (Minerals Engineering, 2024)

Non-methane hydrocarbons from integrated semiconductor manufacturing processes: Assessments of chemical footprints, emissions factors, and treatment efficiency - Sultan F.I. Abdillah; Tzu-Chun Kao; Sheng-Jie You; Ya-Fen Wang (Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024)

Thermal performance of a solar heat collection and storage wall with night insulation in winter: A numerical study - Yafen Sun; Nan Zhang; Zhaoli Zhang; Muhammad Sultan; Yanping Yuan (Energy and Buildings, 2024)

Correction to: Trends and climate change analysis for common climate variables in Gelgel Belese Watershed, Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia - Kasye Shitu; Adibar Hymiro; Dagnenet Sultan; Solomon Addisu (Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2024)

Establishing the landslide-triggering rainfall thresholds for the Kashmir Himalaya - Bilquis Shah; M. Sultan Bhat; Akhtar Alam; Umar Farooq Malik; Noureen Ali; Hilal Ahmad Sheikh (Natural Hazards, 2024)

Nonlinear Optical Properties and All Optical Switching of Curcumin Derivatives - Alaa M. Al-Roumy; F. A. Al-Saymari; H. A. Sultan; Qusay M.A. Hassan; Rita S. Elias; Tahseen A. Alsalim; Bahjat A. Saeed; C. A. Emshary; M. A. Mahdi (Journal of Fluorescence, 2024)

Earth observation satellite data–based assessment of wetland dynamics in the Kashmir Himalaya - Akhtar Alam; M. Sultan Bhat; Shafkat Ahsan; Ajay K. Taloor; Hakim Farooq (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2024)

Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Significant Role in Poultry and Novel Toxicological Mechanisms - Arjmand Fatima; Tean Zaheer; Kaushik Pal; Rao Zahid Abbas; Tayyaba Akhtar; Sultan Ali; Muhammad Shahid Mahmood (Biological Trace Element Research, 2024)

Assessment of pesticide residues in the highly consumable vegetable samples grown in Oman - Yahya Bin Abdullah Alrashdi; Zainab Hussein Mohammedali Al-Nidawi; Mohammad Sohail Akhtar; Mohammad Amzad Hossain; Afaf Mohammed Weli; Ghanim Salim Said Al-Thani; Hussain Said Mohammed Abdul Baqi; Afrah Darwish Alharrasi; Iman Sultan Saif Albahri; Jokha Salim Al Abbadia; Salem Said Jaroof Al-Touby (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2024)

Aquatic plant Nymphaea mexicana as a viable feedstock for second-generation biofuel production - Nazima Rashid; Shahid Ahmad Ganiee; M. Sultan Bhat; Bashir Ahmad Ganai (Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2023)

Guideline for the Decommissioning/Abandonment of Subsea Pipelines - Ahmed Reda; Chiemela Victor Amaechi; Luis Fernando Diaz Jimenez; Ibrahim A. Sultan; Andrew Rawlinson (Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2023)
The operating lifespan of pipelines is limited, defined by their specific design codes and specifications, with the economic justification for this being determined primarily by the pipeline owner. During its operational lifespan, a pipeline’s integrity is affected mainly by the quality of the hydrocarbons being transported. The integrity of a pipeline can be maintained with regular inspections and maintenance/cleaning programmes followed from installation to commissioning. As production matures and declines, operators face several decisions concerning the pipeline’s future. There are several potential scenarios, and each should be assessed on a case-by-case basis for any specific pipeline in question. The industry best practices outline the minimum requirements for the safe decommissioning of pipelines. However, there currently need to be international specifications to be followed for the decommissioning of disused offshore pipelines. This paper aims to provide insight into the decommissioning and abandonment of offshore pipelines. Also, this article provides case studies for the decommissioning of subsea pipelines.

Very high early strength calcium aluminate based binary and ternary cementitious systems: properties, hydration and microstructure - Murat Saydan; Ülkü Sultan Keskin; Burak Uzal (European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering, 2023)

Pathological effects of feeding aflatoxin-contaminated feed on immune status and reproductive performance of juvenile white leghorn males and its mitigation with ∝-tocopherol and Moringa oleifera - Muhammad Kashif Saleemi; Ahmad Raza; Aisha Khatoon; Muhammad Zubair; Shafia Tehseen Gul; Xu Yongping; Bilal Murtaza; Faqir Muhammad; Bushra Akhtar; Farhat Jubeen; Farzana Rizvi; Khawar Zubair; et al. (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2023)

Nanosized core-shell (NiFe2O4/TiO2) heterostructure for enhanced photodegradation against polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons - Sultan Alomairy; Lalitha Gnanasekaran; Saravanan Rajendran; Walaa F. Alsanie (Chemosphere, 2023)

The widely disregarded health risks posed by phthalates - A global call for action - Wania Sultan; Fatima Hizbullah Arain; Sakina Mansoor; Ayesha Amir (Toxicology in Vitro, 2023)

Anticancer effect of umbelliferone on MKN-45 and MIA PaCa-2 cell lines - Özlem Sultan Aslantürk; Tülay Aşkin Çelik (Toxicology in Vitro, 2023)

Remediation potential of biochar and selenium for mitigating chromium-induced stress in spinach to minimize human health risk - Hira Sami; Kamran Ashraf; Khawar Sultan; Saud Alamri; Moneeza Abbas; Sabiha Javied; Qamar uz Zaman (South African Journal of Botany, 2023)

Integrative AQbD, up-to-date greenness, and whiteness tools for evaluation of a sustainable RP-HPLC method used for simultaneous separation of triple antihypertensive combination therapy as a model - Kanaka Parvathi Kannaiah; Hemanth Kumar Chanduluru; Hayam M. Lotfy; Reem H. Obaydo; Mohamed A. El Hamd; Sultan Alshehri; Wael A. Mahdi; Christine K. Nessim (Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy, 2023)

Roth's switch-on fluoremetric probe for green tracking and quantifying of 1.4-dihydropyridine medication: Evaluation of greenness, whiteness, and blueness - Mohamed A. El Hamd; Osama M. Soltan; Kamal S. Abdelrahman; Ali Fouad; Safaa F. Saleh; Reem H. Obaydo; Sahar Sallam; Sultan Alshehri; Wael A. Mahdi; Ahmed Abdulhafez Hamad (Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy, 2023)

Environmental impacts of chlorpyrifos: Transgenerational toxic effects on aquatic organisms cannot be ignored - Junguo Ma; Penglin Zhu; Wenhua Wang; Xiaodan Zhang; Panliang Wang; Yousef Sultan; Yuanyuan Li; Weikai Ding; Xiaoyu Li (Science of The Total Environment, 2023)

An integrated assessment of ecological and human health risks of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances through toxicity prediction approaches - Naima Hamid; Muhammad Junaid; Rakia Manzoor; Marriya Sultan; Ong Meng Chuan; Jun Wang (Science of The Total Environment, 2023)

Underground geological sequestration of carbon dioxide (CO2) and its effect on possible enhanced gas and oil recovery in a fractured reservoir of Eastern Potwar Basin, Pakistan - Anaiz Gul Fareed; Asif Hussain Khoja; Fabio De Felice; Antonella Petrillo; Muhammad Arsalan Sultan; Zafar Khan Jalalzai; Syed Sheraz Daood (Science of The Total Environment, 2023)

Toxic trespassers: Uncovering phthalates and organophosphate flame retardants in children's rooms and their health implications - Nadeem Ali; Iqbal M.I. Ismail; Sultan H. Alamri; Nabil A. Alhakamy; Ahmed Summan; Mohammad Rehan; Balqees Sulaiman Alshareef; Nisreen Rajeh; Syed Ali Musstjab Akber Shah Eqani (Science of The Total Environment, 2023)

Fenpropathrin induces neurotoxic effects in common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) - Junguo Ma; Wenyao Xiu; Chunyu Diao; Yumeng Miao; Yiyi Feng; Weikai Ding; Yuanyuan Li; Yousef Sultan; Xiaoyu Li (Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology, 2023)

Definition of thermal indicators for the study of thermoregulation alterations in the foot of people living within diabetic peripheral neuropathy: A proof of concept - Vincent Serantoni; Franck Jourdan; Hervé Louche; Antoine Avignon; Ariane Sultan (Journal of Thermal Biology, 2023)

Comparative techno-economic assessment and minimization of the levelized cost of electricity for increasing capacity wind power plants by row and angle layout optimization - Ali J. Sultan; Derek B. Ingham; Lin Ma; Kevin J. Hughes; Mohamed Pourkashanian (Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023)

Synthesis of N-doped TiO2 nanoparticles with enhanced photocatalytic activity for 2,4-dichlorophenol degradation and H2 production - Javed Ali Khan; Murtaza Sayed; Noor S. Shah; Sanaullah Khan; Ashfaq Ahmad Khan; Muhammad Sultan; Ammar M. Tighezza; Jibran Iqbal; Grzegorz Boczkaj (Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2023)

A curious case of monsoon low frequency reverberations from the mighty Himalayas - Mohammad Salam; Imran Khan; Samia Faiz Gurmani; Amir Sultan; Talat Iqbal (Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 2023)

Potential effect of citrate nanocellulose on barrier, sorption, thermal and mechanical properties of chitosan/Arabic gum packaging film - Maha Sultan; Hamed Elsayed; Ghada Taha (Food Bioscience, 2023)

Sous vide processing for food quality enhancement: A review - Poornima Singh; Zainab Sultan; Vinay Kumar Pandey; Rahul Singh (Food and Humanity, 2023)

Sustainable intensification of sorghum-based cropping systems in semi-arid sub-Saharan Africa: The role of improved varieties, mineral fertilizer, and legume integration - Amadou Traore; Gatien N. Falconnier; Antoine Couëdel; Benjamin Sultan; Vimbayi G.P. Chimonyo; Myriam Adam; François Affholder (Field Crops Research, 2023)

Biochar supported nano core-shell (TiO2/CoFe2O4) for wastewater treatment - Sultan Alomairy; Lalitha Gnanasekaran; Saravanan Rajendran; Walaa F. Alsanie (Environmental Research, 2023)

ZnO nanoparticles mediated by Azadirachta indica as nano fertilizer: Improvement in physiological and biochemical indices of Zea mays grown in Cr-contaminated soil - Sajid Mehmood; Wenjie Ou; Waqas Ahmed; Jochen Bundschuh; Muhammad Rizwan; Mohsin Mahmood; Haider Sultan; Juha M. Alatalo; Ahmed S.M. Elnahal; Wenjie Liu; Weidong Li (Environmental Pollution, 2023)

Enhancing solar steam generation in hydrogel evaporator by bio-based microfluidic component - Changyuan Song; Muhammad Sultan Irshad; Zhengtong Li; Junhua Hu; Guosheng Shao; Wentao Liu; Xingtao Xu (Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023)

Revisiting the timing of Saginaw lobe ice retreat and implications for drainage adjustments across southern Michigan, USA - Nathan R. Erber; Alan E. Kehew; Randall J. Schaetzl; Robb Gillespie; Mohamed E. Sultan; John Esch; John Yellich; B. Brandon Curry; Sebastien Huot; Abotalib Z. Abotalib (CATENA, 2023)

Advancements in Water Desalination Through Artificial Intelligence: a Comprehensive Review of AI-Based Methods for Reverse Osmosis Membrane Processes - A.R. Habieeb; Abd Elnaby Kabeel; G.I. Sultan; Mohamed M. Abdelsalam (Water Conservation Science and Engineering, 2023)

Correction to: The Woven EndoBridge (WEB) Device for the Treatment of Intracranial Aneurysms: Ten Years of Lessons Learned and Adjustments in Practice from the WorldWideWEB Consortium - Adam A. Dmytriw; Mahmoud Dibas; Sherief Ghozy; Nimer Adeeb; Jose Danilo Bengzon Diestro; Kevin Phan; Hugo H. Cuellar-Saenz; Ahmad Sweid; Sovann V. Lay; Adrien Guenego; Leonardo Renieri; Ali Al Balushi; et al. (Translational Stroke Research, 2023)

Insight into Photodegradation of Diclofenac: Mechanism, Efficiency, Role of Parameters, Toxicity Assessment and Catalyst Stability - Mohammad Qutob; Sultan Alshehri; Faiyaz Shakeel; Prawez Alam; Mohd Rafatullah (Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2023)

Co-production opportunities seized and missed in decision-support frameworks for climate-change adaptation in agriculture – How do we practice the “best practice”? - Aleksandra Dolinska; Emeline Hassenforder; Ana Maria Loboguerrero; Benjamin Sultan; Jérôme Bossuet; Jeanne Cottenceau; Michelle Bonatti; Jon Hellin; Insaf Mekki; Alexis Drogoul; Vincent Vadez (Agricultural Systems, 2023)

National strategy for climate change adaptability: a case study of extreme climate-vulnerable countries - Noman Arshed; Muhammad Ibrahim Saeed; Sultan Salem; Uzma Hanif; Manzir Abbas (Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2023)

The degradation of bisphenol-A organic pollutant using the dispersal of TiO2 nanorods onto the partial reduction of graphene oxide nanosheets - Sultan Alomairy; Lalitha Gnanasekaran; Saravanan Rajendran; Walaa F. Alsanie (Chemosphere, 2023)

Maize straw biochar can alleviate heavy metals stress in potato by improving soil health - Hongyang Wang; Shengnan Chen; Hao Liu; Junhua Li; Qamar uz Zaman; Khawar Sultan; Muzammal Rehman; Mouna Jeridi; Sazada Siddiqui; Shah Fahad; Gang Deng; Aie Chen (South African Journal of Botany, 2023)

Mineralogy, geochemistry and genesis of the polymetallic crusts from the Chagos-Laccadive Ridge, Arabian Sea, India - Saju Varghese; H. Angeshri Manohar; Sharika Mathew; K.N. Noufal; Rachna Pillai; C.V. Gopalan; Pankaj Kumar; Prem Chand Kisku; R.V. Vairavan; Smitha Joseph; Kalarani; Soumya Vijayan; et al. (Marine Geology, 2023)

A critical review on efficient thermal environment controls in indoor vertical farming - Md Shamim Ahamed; Muhammad Sultan; Danielle Monfet; Md Sazan Rahman; Ying Zhang; Azlan Zahid; Muhammad Bilal; T.M. Abir Ahsan; Yasmine Achour (Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023)

Evaluation of genotoxicity, oxidative stress and immune parameters of auto-paint workers - Sultan Pınar Cetintepe; Merve Hazar; Izem Bilinmiş; Sevtap Aydin Dilsiz; Nursen Basaran (Environmental Research, 2023)

An integrated framework for improving watershed management planning - Ayele Almaw Fenta; Atsushi Tsunekawa; Nigussie Haregeweyn; Mitsuru Tsubo; Hiroshi Yasuda; Takayuki Kawai; Mulatu Liyew Berihun; Kindiye Ebabu; Dagnenet Sultan; Shigdaf Mekuriaw (Environmental Research, 2023)

Evidence for neurotoxicity and oxidative stress in zebrafish embryos/larvae treated with HFPO-DA ammonium salt (GenX) - Emma Ivantsova; Victoria Lopez-Scarim; Amany Sultan; Cole English; Angel Biju; Christopher L. Souders; Natalia E. Padillo-Anthemides; Isaac Konig; Christopher J. Martyniuk (Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology, 2023)

Exploring perovskite oxide for advancing salt-resistant photothermal membranes and reliable thermoelectric generators - Naila Arshad; Muhammad Sultan Irshad; Muneerah Alomar; Jinming Guo; M. Sohail Asghar; Naveed Mushtaq; M.A.K. Yousaf; Uzma Ghazanfar; Matiullah Shah; Xianbao Wang; Yabin Hao; Lien Thi Do; et al. (Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023)

A review of the health benefits, functional properties, and ultrasound-assisted dietary fiber extraction - Hina Siddiqui; Zainab Sultan; Owais Yousuf; Mudasir Malik; Kaiser Younis (Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary Fibre, 2023)

Simulation of temperature swing adsorption process to purify hydrogen for fuel cell uses by SAPO34 as adsorbent - Marwan Kheimi; Sultan K. Salamah (Chemosphere, 2023)

Soil applied vermicompost improves morpho-physio-biochemical and quality attributes of lettuce under saline conditions - Rehmana Juleel; Kamran Ashraf; Khawar Sultan; Gang Deng; Muzammal Rehman; Manzer H. Siddiqui; Qamar uz Zaman (South African Journal of Botany, 2023)

Glycolysis in human cancers: Emphasis circRNA/glycolysis axis and nanoparticles in glycolysis regulation in cancer therapy - Ali G. Alkhathami; Ameer S. Sahib; Majed Saad Al Fayi; Ali Abdulhussain Fadhil; Mohammed Abed Jawad; Sahar Ahmad Shafik; Safwan Jassim Sultan; Abbas F. Almulla; Min Shen (Environmental Research, 2023)

Trends and climate change analysis for common climate variables in Gelgel Belese Watershed, Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia - Kasye Shitu; Adibar Hymiro; Dagnenet Sultan; Solomon Addisu (Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2023)

In situ infiltration-precipitation processes in some rock systems - Zahraa Ibrahim; Rabih Sultan (Acta Geochimica, 2023)

Investigation of the effect of Ni and Cu variant MOF-74 in the Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)-based Mixed Matrix Membranes (MMMs) for efficient gas separation applications - Subhan Ali; Sarah Farrukh; Syed Shujaat Karim; Tayyaba Noor; Sidra Liaquat; Ayesha Sultan (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2023)

Thermal design and zeotropic working fluids mixture selection optimization for a solar waste heat driven combined cooling and power system - Marwan Kheimi; Sultan K. Salamah; Hisham A. Maddah; Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri Abdullah (Chemosphere, 2023)

Data requirements and availabilities for material passports: A digitally enabled framework for improving the circularity of existing buildings - Sultan Çetin; Deepika Raghu; Meliha Honic; Ad Straub; Vincent Gruis (Sustainable Production and Consumption, 2023)

First record of plastiglomerate and pyroplastic pollution in the world's longest natural beach - Md. Refat Jahan Rakib; Gabriel Enrique De-la-Torre; Yeasmin N. Jolly; Sultan Al Nahian; Nazrul Islam Khan; Abubakr M. Idris (Science of The Total Environment, 2023)

Does financial stability inspire environmental innovation? Empirical insights from China - Sultan Alzakri (Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023)

Solvents and detergents compatible with enzyme kinetic studies of cholinesterases - Dane Sands; Andrew Davis; Scott Banfield; Ian R. Pottie; Sultan Darvesh (Chemico-Biological Interactions, 2023)

Energy savings and thermal comfort in a zero energy office building with fans in Singapore - Michael G. Kent; Nam Khoa Huynh; Asit Kumar Mishra; Federico Tartarini; Aleksandra Lipczynska; Jiayu Li; Zurami Sultan; Edwin Goh; Giridharan Karunagaran; Arulmani Natarajan; Asiri Indrajith; Ivanna Hendri; et al. (Building and Environment, 2023)

Metabolomic and antioxidant potential analyses of the rhizome and leaves of Podophyllum hexandrum Royle: A comparative account - Aamir Sultan Lone; Mohd Shahnawaz; Neha Singh; Shamsh Pervez; K.C. Ravindran (Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, 2023)

Identification of KASP markers and candidate genes for drought tolerance in wheat using 90K SNP array genotyping of near-isogenic lines targeting a 4BS quantitative trait locus - Guannan Liu; Dongcheng Liu; Aimin Zhang; Hui Liu; Md Sultan Mia; Daniel Mullan; Guijun Yan (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2023)
Key message This study identified a novel SNP and developed a highly efficient KASP marker for drought tolerance in wheat by genotyping NILs targeting a major QTL for drought tolerance using an SNP array and validation with commercial varieties. Abstract Common wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) is an important winter crop worldwide and a typical allopolyploid with a large and complex genome. With global warming, the environmental volatility and incidence of drought in wheat-producing areas will increase. Molecular markers for drought tolerance are urgently needed to enhance drought tolerance breeding. Here, we genotyped four near-isogenic line (NIL) pairs targeting a major QTL qDSI.4B.1 on wheat chromosome arm 4BS for drought tolerance using the 90K SNP Illumina iSelect array and discovered a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) (Excalibur_c100336_106) with consistent genotype–phenotype associations among all four NIL pairs and their parents. Then, we converted the SNP into a Kompetitive Allele-Specific PCR (KASP) marker, with an accuracy of 100% for the four NIL pairs and their parents and as high as 81.8% for the 44 tested wheat lines with known phenotypes collected from Australia and China. Two genes near this SNP were suggested as candidate genes for drought tolerance in wheat after checking the Chinese Spring reference genome annotation version 1.1. One gene, TraesCS4B02G085300, encodes an F-box protein reportedly related to the ABA network, a main pathway for drought tolerance, and another gene, TraesCS4B02G085400, encodes a calcineurin-like metallophos-phoesterase transmembrane protein, which participates in Ca 2+ -dependent phosphorylation regulatory system. Based on this work and previous research on pre-harvest sprouting, we established a quick and efficient general SQV-based approach for KASP marker development, integrating genotyping by SNP arrays (S) using NILs targeting major QTL for a specific trait (Q) and validating them with commercial varieties (V). The identified SNP and developed KASP marker could be applied to marker-assisted selection in drought breeding, and further study of the candidate genes may improve our understanding of drought tolerance in wheat.

Artisanal fishers in small island developing states and their perception of environmental change: the case study of Mauritius - Chandani Appadoo; Riad Sultan; Monique Simier; Verena Tandrayen-Ragoobur; Manuela Capello (Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 2023)

The Preparation and Nonlinear Properties Study of a Mixture of Polyurethane and Neutral Red Dye Solution - Kh. A. Al-Timimy; H. A. Sultan; Qusay M. A. Hassan; C. A. Emshary; Ali Qassim Abdullah; Emad Abdul Reaz Arebi (Journal of Fluorescence, 2023)

Evaluating the drivers of groundwater spring discharge in Sindh basin of Kashmir Himalaya - Hilal Ahmad Sheikh; M. Sultan Bhat; Akhtar Alam; Shafkat Ahsan; Bilquis Shah (Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2023)

Dietary per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) exposure in adolescents: The HOME study - Harry Sultan; Jessie P. Buckley; Heidi J. Kalkwarf; Kim M. Cecil; Aimin Chen; Bruce P. Lanphear; Kimberly Yolton; Joseph M. Braun (Environmental Research, 2023)

Evaluation of Various Physicochemical Properties and Their Seasonal Variation in Wulur Lake of Kashmir Himalayas - Seerat Sultan; Shruti Singh; Rajesh Kumar; Showkat A. Malik; Jagvir Singh (Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2023)

Effect of phased reduction of dietary digestible lysine density on growth performance, thigh meat, and biomechanical characteristics of tibia in broiler chickens - Umair Ahsan; Eren Kuter; Komal Khan; Ifrah Raza; Ali Çalık; Hande Sultan Şahiner; Özcan Cengiz (Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2023)

The Woven EndoBridge (WEB) Device for the Treatment of Intracranial Aneurysms: Ten Years of Lessons Learned and Adjustments in Practice from the WorldWideWEB Consortium - Adam A. Dmytriw; Mahmoud Dibas; Sherief Ghozy; Nimer Adeeb; Jose Danilo Bengzon Diestro; Kevin Phan; Hugo H. Cuellar-Saenz; Ahmad Sweid; Sovann V. Lay; Adrien Guenego; Leonardo Renieri; Ali Al Balushi; et al. (Translational Stroke Research, 2023)

Modeling runoff responses to 1.5 °C and 2 °C rise in temperature in snow-fed basin of western Himalayas - Hilal Ahmad Sheikh; M. Sultan Bhat; Akhtar Alam; Shafkat Ahsan; Bilquis Shah (Sustainable Water Resources Management, 2023)

Geostatistics in the Presence of Multivariate Complexities: Comparison of Multi-Gaussian Transforms - Sultan Abulkhair; Peter A. Dowd; Chaoshui Xu (Mathematical Geosciences, 2023)
One of the most challenging aspects of multivariate geostatistics is dealing with complex relationships between variables. Geostatistical co-simulation and spatial decorrelation methods, commonly used for modelling multiple variables, are ineffective in the presence of multivariate complexities. On the other hand, multi-Gaussian transforms are designed to deal with complex multivariate relationships, such as non-linearity, heteroscedasticity and geological constraints. These methods transform the variables into independent multi-Gaussian factors that can be individually simulated. This study compares the performance of the following multi-Gaussian transforms: rotation based iterative Gaussianisation, projection pursuit multivariate transform and flow transformation. Case studies with bivariate complexities are used to evaluate and compare the realisations of the transformed values. For this purpose, commonly used geostatistical validation metrics are applied, including multivariate normality tests, reproduction of bivariate relationships, and histogram and variogram validation. Based on most of the metrics, all three methods produced results of similar quality. The most obvious difference is the execution speed for forward and back transformation, for which flow transformation is much slower.

Essential oils affect the development of apricot brown rot during post-harvest storage - Qaiser Ali Sultan; Said Wahab (Horticulture, Environment, and Biotechnology, 2023)

Extreme precipitation events and landslide activity in the Kashmir Himalaya - Bilquis Shah; Akhtar Alam; M. Sultan Bhat; Shafkat Ahsan; Noureen Ali; Hilal Ahmad Sheikh (Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 2023)

Application of teleseismic receiver functions and gravity for Moho depth mapping: a case study of the Western Himalayas - Mohammad Salam; Jamil Ahmad; Waqar Ali Zafar; Muhammad Tahir Iqbal; Imran Khan; Amir Sultan; Talat Iqbal (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2023)

An integrative GC–MS and LC–MS metabolomics platform determination of the metabolite profile of Bombax ceiba L. root, and in silico & in vitro evaluation of its antibacterial & antidiabetic activities - Ali Alrabie; Nabeel Abdullah Alrabie; Mohammed AlSaeedy; Arwa Al-Adhreai; Inas Al-Qadsy; Sultan A. Al-Horaibi; ZabnAllah M. Alaizeri; Hisham A. Alhadlaq; Maqusood Ahamed; Mazahar Farooqui (Natural Product Research, 2023)

RETRACTED: Awareness raising and dealing with methanol poisoning based on effective strategies - Ali Jangjou; Mostafa Moqadas; Leila Mohsenian; Hesam Kamyab; Shreeshivadasan Chelliapan; Sultan Alshehery; Mohammed Azam Ali; Farbod Dehbozorgi; Krishna Kumar Yadav; Masoud Khorami; Najmeh Zarei Jelyani (Environmental Research, 2023)

Binder-free Three-dimensional (3D) printing of Cellulose-ZIF8 (CelloZIF-8) for water treatment and carbon dioxide (CO2) adsorption - Hani Nasser Abdelhamid; Sahar Sultan; Aji P. Mathew (Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023)

Retraction Note: Fluvastatin-Loaded Emulsomes Exhibit Improved Cytotoxic and Apoptosis in Prostate Cancer Cells - Nabil A. Alhakamy; Shaimaa M. Badr-Eldin; Hibah M. Aldawsari; Anas Alfarsi; Thikryat Neamatallah; Solomon Z. Okbazghi; Usama A. Fahmy; Osama A. A. Ahmad; Basma G. Eid; Wael Ali Mahdi; Adel F. Alghaith; Sultan Alshehri; et al. (AAPS PharmSciTech, 2023)

Detection and infected area segmentation of apple fire blight using image processing and deep transfer learning for site-specific management - Md Sultan Mahmud; Long He; Azlan Zahid; Paul Heinemann; Daeun Choi; Grzegorz Krawczyk; Heping Zhu (Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2023)

Why PV panels must be recycled at the end of their economic life span? A case study on recycling together with the global situation - Sultan Büşra Artaş; Emrullah Kocaman; Hasan Hüseyin Bilgiç; Hakan Tutumlu; Hüseyin Yağlı; Recep Yumrutaş (Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 2023)

ν -gap metric based multi-model predictive control of an ocean current turbine system with blade pitch failures - E. Baris Ondes; Cornel Sultan; Arezoo Hasankhani; James H. VanZwieten; Nikolaos I. Xiros (Ocean Engineering, 2023)

Assessing high conservation value areas for rare, endemic and threatened (RET) species: A study in high altitude Changthang landscape of India - Mehebub Sahana; Gopala Areendran; Akhil Sivadas; Krishna Raj; Diwakar Sharma; Md. Sajid Sultan; Abhishek Ghoshal; Siddharth Parameswaran (Journal for Nature Conservation, 2023)

Random Forest–based gully erosion susceptibility assessment across different agro-ecologies of the Upper Blue Nile basin, Ethiopia - Tadesual Asamin Setargie; Atsushi Tsunekawa; Nigussie Haregeweyn; Mitsuru Tsubo; Ayele Almaw Fenta; Mulatu Liyew Berihun; Dagnenet Sultan; Mesenbet Yibeltal; Kindiye Ebabu; Benedict Nzioki; Taye Minichil Meshesha (Geomorphology, 2023)

Metabolite profiling and Ameliorative effect of quince (Cydonia oblonga) leaves against doxorubicin induced cardiotoxicity in Wistar rats - Entesar Hanan; Nazeer Hasan; Sultan Zahiruddin; Sayeed Ahmad; Vasudha Sharma; Farhan J. Ahmad (Food Bioscience, 2023)

A Comparative Study of the Influence of Volumetric Joint Counts (Jv) and Resistivity on Rock Quality Designation (RQD) Using Multiple Linear Regression - Muhammad Junaid; Rini Asnida Abdullah; Radzuan Sa’ari; Kausar Sultan Shah; Rafi Ullah (Pure and Applied Geophysics, 2023)

First Terbinafine-Resistant Trichophyton indotineae Isolates with Phe397Leu and/or Thr414His Mutations in Turkey - Murat Durdu; Hazal Kandemir; Ayşe Sultan Karakoyun; Macit Ilkit; Chao Tang; Sybren de Hoog (Mycopathologia, 2023)

Composted Melia azedarach L. (Chinaberry tree) Sawdust Mixtures Regulate the Sprouting and Growth of Single Bud Node Seedlings of Sugarcane - Mehwish Sultan Ahmed; Muhammad Yasin; Muhammad Usman Zia; Muhammad Ather Nadeem; Sher Muhammad; Athar Mahmood (Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 2023)

The changing landscape of agriculture: role of precision breeding in developing smart crops - Amna Chaudhry; Ahtsham Ul Hassan; Sultan Habibullah Khan; Asim Abbasi; Aiman Hina; Muhammad Tajammal Khan; Nader R. Abdelsalam (Functional & Integrative Genomics, 2023)

Loading rate-induced failure characteristics and fracture classification of various weathering grade sandstone - Kausar Sultan Shah; Mohd Hazizan bin Mohd Hashim; Hafeezur Rehman; Kamar Shah Bin Ariffin (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2023)

A comprehensive review of phytochemistry, pharmacology and toxicology of the genus Aconitum L. - Sabeena Ali; Rekha Chouhan; Phalisteen Sultan; Qazi Parvaiz Hassan; Sumit G. Gandhi (Advances in Traditional Medicine, 2023)

Ripretinib induced skeletal muscle toxicity through mitochondrial impairment in C2C12 myotubes - Tugce Boran; Ozge Sultan Zengin; Zehra Seker; Aysenur Gunaydin Akyildiz; Ezgi Oztas; Gül Özhan (Toxicology, 2023)

Performance and environmental improvements of a geothermal power plant by using structural and operational modification techniques - Ceyhun Baydar; Hüseyin Yağlı; Yıldız Koç; Ali Koç; Sultan Büşra Artaş (Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 2023)

Improving satellite-based global rainfall erosivity estimates through merging with gauge data - Ayele Almaw Fenta; Atsushi Tsunekawa; Nigussie Haregeweyn; Hiroshi Yasuda; Mitsuru Tsubo; Pasquale Borrelli; Takayuki Kawai; Ashebir Sewale Belay; Kindiye Ebabu; Mulatu Liyew Berihun; Dagnenet Sultan; Tadesaul Asamin Setargie; et al. (Journal of Hydrology, 2023)

Standard and Quasi Oppositional bonobo optimizers for parameter extraction of PEM fuel cell stacks - Hamdy M. Sultan; Ahmed S. Menesy; M.S. Hassan; Francisco Jurado; Salah Kamel (Fuel, 2023)

High internal phase-phase change composites for customized thermal management and anti-counterfeiting - Zhuoya Jia; Chao Chen; Youshuang Zhou; Muhammad Sultan Irshad; Qunchao Zhang; Tao Jiang; Dean Shi; Jun You (Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023)

Correction: Update of the fractions of cardiovascular diseases and mental disorders attributable to psychosocial work factors in Europe - Isabelle Niedhammer; Hélène Sultan-Taïeb; Agnès Parent-Thirion; Jean-François Chastang (International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, 2023)

Biofertilizer effect of some zinc dissolving bacteria free and encapsulated on Zea mays growth - Asmaa Ahmed Yassen Ahmed Sultan; Hassan Mahmoud Gebreel; HebatAllah Ibrahim AbdElazeim Youssef (Archives of Microbiology, 2023)
Crop nutrition depends on zinc for enzymatic, oxidative, and metabolic processes. In the current study 20 different bacteria were isolated from five soil samples collected from different fields in Egypt. Bacterial isolates were screened for their ability to solubilize insoluble zinc oxide and zinc carbonate. The ability of selected isolates to tolerate soluble zinc was determined using different concentrations of (ZnSO 4 ). Three bacterial isolates were selected with efficiency in solubilizing zinc oxide and zinc carbonate while tolerating high levels of soluble zinc. Molecular identification by 16S rRNA sequencing of the chosen isolates identified them as B3 ( Acinetobacter calcoaceticus ), B5 ( Bacillus proteolyticus ) and C6 ( Stenotrophomonas pavanii ). Sodium alginate beads formulated with the isolated bacteria were tested for stability under different storage conditions for 3 months. A pot experiment was conducted to study and compare the effect of using chosen isolates as an in vivo Zn solubilizer with amended ZnCO 3 either alone or embedded in beads as carrier in the soil and its effect on growth parameters of Zea mays after 2 months. There was an increase in Zn uptake in all treatments compared to the control. However, plants grown in a pot treated with ZnCO 3 and Acinetobacter calcoaceticus showed the highest zinc content and plant dry weight as compared to the control. Finally, selected isolates in both free and encapsulated forms showed improved plant growth parameters and higher zinc content and can be applied as biofertilizers to enhance soil fertility.

Data quality control considerations in multivariate environmental monitoring: experience of the French coastal network SOMLIT - Elsa Breton; Nicolas Savoye; Peggy Rimmelin-Maury; Benoit Sautour; Eric Goberville; Arnaud Lheureux; Thierry Cariou; Sophie Ferreira; Hélène Agogué; Samir Alliouane; Fabien Aubert; Sébastien Aubin; et al. (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023)
Introduction While crucial to ensuring the production of accurate and high-quality data—and to avoid erroneous conclusions—data quality control (QC) in environmental monitoring datasets is still poorly documented. Methods With a focus on annual inter-laboratory comparison (ILC) exercises performed in the context of the French coastal monitoring SOMLIT network, we share here a pragmatic approach to QC, which allows the calculation of systematic and random errors, measurement uncertainty, and individual performance. After an overview of the different QC actions applied to fulfill requirements for quality and competence, we report equipment, accommodation, design of the ILC exercises, and statistical methodology specially adapted to small environmental networks (<20 laboratories) and multivariate datasets. Finally, the expanded uncertainty of measurement for 20 environmental variables routinely measured by SOMLIT from discrete sampling—including Essential Ocean Variables—is provided. Results, Discussion, Conclusion The examination of the temporal variations (2001–2021) in the repeatability, reproducibility, and trueness of the SOMLIT network over time confirms the essential role of ILC exercises as a tool for the continuous improvement of data quality in environmental monitoring datasets.

Environmentally friendly viscosity-modifying agent for self-compacting mortar: Cladophora sp. cellulose nanofibres - Furkan Türk; Murat Kaya; Murat Saydan; Ülkü Sultan Keskin (European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering, 2023)

The impact of climate change on water resources and associated health risks in Bangladesh: A review - Amit Hasan Anik; Maisha Binte Sultan; Mahbub Alam; Fahmida Parvin; Mir Mohammad Ali; Shafi M. Tareq (Water Security, 2023)

A new flavonoid isolated from the aerial parts of Ajuga orientalis from Jordan - Abdulrahman G. Alhamzani; Zahra M. Al-Smadi; Hala I. Al-Jaber; Hasan I. Tashtoush; Sultan T. Abu Orabi; Mahmoud A. Al-Qudah (Phytochemistry Letters, 2023)

Assessing the hydrological controls on spatio-temporal patterns of streamwater in glacierized mountainous Upper Indus River Basin (UIRB), western Himalayas - Suhail A. Lone; Gh. Jeelani; R.D. Deshpande; M. Sultan Bhat; Virendra Padhya (Journal of Hydrology, 2023)

Fabrication of agro by-product derived green polyurea coatings with zero-VOC to combat corrosion and bacterial growth: A clean approach - Afroz Jahan; Shumaila Masood; Shaily; Insha Sultan; Fahmina Zafar; Manawwer Alam; Anujit Ghosal; Qazi Mohd Rizwanul Haq; Nahid Nishat (Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023)

Unravelling the sanitization potential of slightly acidic electrolyzed water combined Thymus vulgaris based nanoemulsion against foodborne pathogens and its safety assessment - Ramachandran Chelliah; Kyoung-hee Jo; Pianpian Yan; Xiuqin Chen; Hyeon-Yeong Jo; Inamul Hasan Madar; Ghazala Sultan; Deog-Hwan Oh (Food Control, 2023)

Utilization of some industrial wastes and bitumen for the fabrication of waterproofing and anti-radiation membranes - Abdallah Mohamed Saber; Rabie S. Farag; Mahmoud Gharieb; Mohamed E. Sultan; Esmat M. A. Hamzawy (Innovative Infrastructure Solutions, 2023)

β-glucosidase production by recombinant Pichia pastoris strain Y1433 under optimal feed profiles of fed-batch cultivation - Sirirat Changming; Prachumporn Kongsaree; Imrana Niaz Sultan; Afrasiab Khan Tareen; Wirat Vanichsriratana; Sarote Sirisansaneeyakul; Pramuk Parakulsuksatid (Folia Microbiologica, 2023)

Predicting crop yields in Senegal using machine learning methods - Alioune Badara Sarr; Benjamin Sultan (International Journal of Climatology, 2023)
Agriculture plays an important role in Senegalese economy and annual early warning predictions of crop yields are highly relevant in the context of climate change. In this study, we used three main machine learning methods (support vector machine, random forest, neural network) and one multiple linear regression method, namely Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator (LASSO), to predict yields of the main food staple crops (peanut, maize, millet and sorghum) in 24 departments of Senegal. Three combination of predictors (climate data, vegetation data or a combination of both) are used to compare the respective contribution of statistical methods and inputs in the predictive skill. Our results showed that the combination of climate and vegetation with the machine learning methods gives the best performance. The best prediction skill is obtained for peanut yield likely due to its high sensitivity to interannual climate variability. Although more research is needed to integrate the results of this study into an operational framework, this paper provides evidence of the promising performance machine learning methods. The development and operationalization of such prediction and their integration into operational early warning systems could increase resilience of Senegal to climate change and contribute to food security.

Fungal biotransformation of carvone and camphor by Aspergillus flavus and investigation of cytotoxic activities of naturally obtained essential oils - Isil Gazioglu; Ozge Sultan Zengin; Aysenur Gunaydin Akyildiz; Belma Zengin Kurt (Natural Product Research, 2023)

Isolation and characterisation of pharmaceutically versatile molecules from Rumex dentatus and evaluation of their cytotoxic activity against human cancer cell lines - Tahirah Khaliq; Malik A. Waseem; Sameer A. Mir; Phalisteen Sultan; Fayaz A. Malik; Qazi Parvaiz Hassan (Natural Product Research, 2023)

Integrated approach for enhanced crude bio-oil yield from microalgae cultivated on the aqueous phase of hydrothermal co-liquefaction with agar-free seaweed residues - Mohamed E. El-Hefnawy; Sultan Alhayyani; Ali Ismail; Mohsen El-Sherbiny; Mamdouh Al-Harbi; Abdelfatah Abomohra; Mohamed Sakran; Nahla Zidan (Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023)

Uniformly dispersed flowery EuZrSe3 derived from the europium-based metal–organic framework for energy storage devices - Abdul Ghafoor Abid; Soumaya Gouadria; Sumaira Manzoor; Khadijah Mohammed Saleh Katubi; Karam Jabbour; Muhammad Abdullah; Mehar Un Nisa; Salma Aman; Mohammed Sultan Al-Buriahi; Muhammad Naeem Ashiq (Fuel, 2023)

Antioxidant activities of novel peptides from Limosilactobacillus reuteri fermented brown rice: A combined in vitro and in silico study - Akanksha Tyagi; Ramachandran Chelliah; Eric Banan-Mwine Daliri; Ghazala Sultan; Inamul Hasan Madar; Nam-Hyeon Kim; Umair Shabbir; Deog-Hwan Oh (Food Chemistry, 2023)

Genomic and comparative clinico-pathological assessment of two Pakistani pigeon-derived newcastle disease virus sub-genotypes XXI.1.1 and XXI.1.2 isolated in 2017 - Safa Ather; Abdul Wajid; Andleeb Batool; Aasma Noureen; Quratul Ain; Goher Ayub; Aidin Molouki; Imrana Niaz Sultan; Sara Mahmood; Atif Hanif; Nazeer Ahmed (Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2023)