Perceptions and attitudes of tertiary level students towards wood and non-wood furniture and energy fuels in Bangladesh by Tarit Kumar Baul, Mahin Ahmed Khan, Anirban Sarker, Anashuwa Chowdhury Atri, Mohammed Jashimuddin, Ashraful Alam

“…About 59% and 90% of students opined that wood or bamboo-based fuels and furniture can be used as a substitute for fossil fuels and non-wood furniture, respectively, while 96, 54 and 71% of students commented on storing carbon, lowering CO2 emissions, and reducing deforestation, respectively, by the use of wood and residues. …”
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The nearly complete assembly of the Cercis chinensis genome and Fabaceae phylogenomic studies provide insights into new gene evolution by Jinglong Li, Jingting Shen, Rui Wang, Yamao Chen, Taikui Zhang, Haifeng Wang, Chunce Guo, Ji Qi

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Effects of the Root System Architecture of <i>Pinus taeda</i> and <i>Phyllostachys edulis</i> on the Index of Hydrological Connectivity in Subtropical Forest Ecosystems by Wenqi Zhang, Lu Wang, Zhiying Tang, Yinghu Zhang

“…In this study, we evaluated the index of the hydrological connectivity (<i>IHC</i>) below the soil surface using a field dye tracing method and compared the difference in the index of hydrological connectivity in two subtropical forest stands (i.e., pine trees [SS] and bamboo [ZL]). We analyzed the interactions between the parameters of root system architecture and the index of hydrological connectivity. …”
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Nesting Biology and Ecology of a Resin Bee, <i>Megachile cephalotes</i> (Megachilidae: Hymenoptera) by Waseem Akram, Asif Sajjad, Hamed A. Ghramh, Mudssar Ali, Khalid Ali Khan

“…We report the nesting biology and ecology of <i>Megachile cephalotes</i> Smith, 1853 for the first time in Pakistan. Wooden and bamboo trap nests were deployed at three different locations in Bahawalpur district, Pakistan, from January 2020 to May 2021. …”
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Machine Learning: Using Xception, a Deep Convolutional Neural Network Architecture, to Implement Pectus Excavatum Diagnostic Tool from Frontal-View Chest X-rays by Yu-Jiun Fan, I-Shiang Tzeng, Yao-Sian Huang, Yuan-Yu Hsu, Bo-Chun Wei, Shuo-Ting Hung, Yeung-Leung Cheng

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A Novel Kunitzin-Like Trypsin Inhibitor Isolated from Defensive Skin Secretion of <i>Odorrana versabilis</i> by Yanjing Dong, Daning Shi, Yuan Ying, Xinping Xi, Xiaoling Chen, Lei Wang, Mei Zhou, Qinan Wu, Chengbang Ma, Tianbao Chen

“…Here, a novel peptide with trypsin inhibitory activity was found in the skin secretion of the Chinese bamboo leaf odorous frog, <i>Odorrana versabilis</i>. …”
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Increasing the Bearing Capacity of Shallow Foundations on Soft Soil After the Installation of Micro-Piles by Isnaniati, Indrasurya B. Mochtar

“…The micro-pile material in the form of apus bamboo was installed, varying in diameter (d) 0.2 cm (0.027 B), 0.3 cm (0.04 B), and 0.5 cm (0.07 B); sum (n) 4, 9, 16, and 25; and length (L) 10 cm (1.33B), 13 cm (1.73B), and 16 cm (2.13B) micro-piles. …”
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Utilization of Biomass Waste at Water Treatment by Isabel Pestana da Paixão Cansado, Pedro Francisco Geraldo, Paulo Alexandre Mira Mourão, José Eduardo Castanheiro, Elisabete Palma Carreiro, Suhas

“…The efficacy of agricultural waste such as stubble, sawdust from Teak (<i>Tectona Grandis</i>), fibers from Imbondeiro (<i>Adansonia digitata</i> L.), bamboo flowers, and other regional plants were tested on methylene blue (MB) removal from the aqueous phase. …”
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Burned area mapping in Different Data Products for the Southwest of the Brazilian Amazon by Débora Joana Dutra, Philip Martin Fearnside, Aurora Miho Yanai, Paulo Maurício Lima de Alencastro Graça, Ricardo Dalagnol, Ana Carolina Moreira Pessôa, Beatriz Figueiredo Cabral, Chantelle Burton, Christopher Jones, Richard Betts, Poliana Domingos Ferro, Daniel Alves Braga, Luiz Eduardo Oliveira e Cruz de Aragão, Liana Oighenstein Anderson

“…Factors that influence the mapping of burned areas include cloud shadow, the spatial resolution of sensors, and external noises (drought and decomposition of bamboo forests). We highlight the importance of field validation when mapping imagery to differentiate the truly burned areas from targets with similar spectral behavior. …”
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Effective Used of Oncom Tofu By-Product as a Broiler Chicken Feedstuff by LD Mahfudz

“…The house was divided on 20 pen with bamboo stick by 1 x 0.75 x 0.75 m3 per pen. House was comleted by feeder and waterer, brooder and scale triple-beam “O Haust”. …”
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KUAT LEKAT TULANGAN BAMBU PETUNG DAN BAMBU TALI DALAM BETON NORMAL by I Ketut Sudarsana, Dharma Putra, I Gusti Ayu Putu Wegie Puryandhari

“…Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk memperoleh nilai kuat lekat antara bambu yang dicoating vernis dalam beton dengan variasi panjang tulangan tertanam dalam beton dan jenis bamboo yang dipakai. Bambu yang digunakan adalah bambu Petung yang berasal dari Desa Sidemen, Karangasem dan bambu Tali yang berasal dari Desa Manggisari, Negara. …”
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Composition of Species and Spatial Patterns of <i>Phyllostachys edulis</i> Mixed Forests in a Succession after Enclosure by Jiaying Liu, Suyun Zheng, Yuwei Lin, Yirong Zhang, Jundong Rong, Tianyou He, Junming Zheng, Liguang Chen, Yushan Zheng

“…This paper investigates the changes in species diversity and the spatial pattern of the population of a moso bamboo (<i>Phyllostachys edulis</i>) forest community in the Wuyi Mountain Nature Reserve in Fujian Province, China. …”
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Ultra-lightweight living structural material for enhanced stiffness and environmental sensing by Heechul Park, Alan F. Schwartzman, Tzu-Chieh Tang, Lei Wang, Timothy K. Lu

“…Natural materials such as bone, wood, and bamboo can inspire the fabrication of stiff, lightweight structural materials. …”
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Nanotubes as polymer composite reinforcing additive materials – A comparative study by László Vanyorek, Emőke Sikora, Tamás Balogh, Krisztina Román, Kálmán Marossy, Péter Pekker, Tamás J. Szabó, Béla Viskolcz, Béla Fiser

“…Nitrogen-doped bamboo-shaped carbon nanotubes (N-BCNTs) and their non-doped conventional counterparts, multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were compared as polymer reinforcing additives in polyvinyl chloride (PVC) matrix. …”
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Cellulase production and efficient saccharification of biomass by a new mutant Trichoderma afroharzianum MEA-12 by Zhi-Qing Peng, Chuang Li, Yi Lin, Sheng-Shan Wu, Li-Hui Gan, Jian Liu, Shu-Liang Yang, Xian-Hai Zeng, Lu Lin

“…Interestingly, crude enzyme from MEA-12 showed high enzymatic hydrolysis efficiency against three different biomasses (cornstalk, bamboo and reed), when combined with cellulase from T. reesei Rut-C30. …”
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Research activity induces change in nest position but does not affect nest success in a vulnerable babbler by Lanlan Zhang, Yufeng Wang, Benping Chen, Wenbo Liao, Zhengwang Zhang, Yiqiang Fu

“…While some pairs adopted a different strategy, placing their nests in Rosaceae plants with thorns instead of the bamboo Chimonobambusa szechuanensis (the favored nesting plant of the Emei Shan Liocichla) under high interference pressure, which made it more difficult for researchers to approach their nests. …”
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Automatic High-Resolution Land Cover Production in Madagascar Using Sentinel-2 Time Series, Tile-Based Image Classification and Google Earth Engine by Meinan Zhang, Huabing Huang, Zhichao Li, Kwame Oppong Hackman, Chong Liu, Roger Lala Andriamiarisoa, Tahiry Ny Aina Nomenjanahary Raherivelo, Yanxia Li, Peng Gong

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Synergistic effect of carbon nanotubes and carbon black as nanofillers of silicone rubber pressure sensors by Mohammed Nabeel, László Kuzsella, Béla Viskolcz, Mariann Kollar, Béla Fiser, László Vanyorek

“…Pressure sensors based on nitrogen-doped bamboo-shaped carbon nanotubes (N-BCNT) and carbon black (CB) as nanofillers, polyurethane foam (PU) as supporting substrate, and silicone rubber (SR) as a matrix were prepared. …”
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How to control nitrogen and phosphorus loss during runoff process? – A case study at Fushi Reservoir in Anji County (China) by Rongjia Wang, Jianfeng Zhang, Chunju Cai, Huiping Zhang

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Multi-locus phylogenetic analyses reveal eight novel species of Distoseptispora from southern China by Ya-Fen Hu, Jing-Wen Liu, Xing-Xing Luo, Zhao-Huan Xu, Ji-Wen Xia, Xiu-Guo Zhang, Rafael F. Castañeda-Ruíz, Jian Ma

“…Members of this genus occur mainly as asexual morphs, forming effuse, hairy colonies on decaying wood, plant stems, bamboo culms, and fallen leaves and shafts in terrestrial and freshwater habitats. …”
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