Eman Alhomaidi¹, Aisha Umar^2,*, Mustansar Mubeen³, Laurent Dufossé⁴, Yasir Iftikhar^3,*, Arpita Das⁵, Soumya Ghosh⁶, Muhammad Sibt-e-Abbas⁷

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.94, No.2, pp. 407-420, 2025, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2025.058035 - 06 March 2025

Abstract Aspergillus species produce aflatoxins and raise concerns about food safety in departmental stores and manufacturing mills. To address the risks posed by aflatoxins, and to advise the public on the highest quality rice that serves as a nutritious food source, an inquiry following the guidelines outlined in both local and international standards of food safety for the presence of aflatoxins is an essential requirement. Therefore, 16 white rice samples were selected randomly from low/high socio-economic departmental stores from 16 different localities. Grind powdered rice filtrate was extracted using chloroform. The filtrate applied on TLC plates and… More > Graphic Abstract

Abdul Ghafoor¹, Maria Latif², Shafaqat Ali^2,3,*, Muhammad Munir^4,*, Muhammad Naeem Sattar⁵, Mohammed Ali Alshehri⁶

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.93, No.11, pp. 2683-2705, 2024, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2024.055898 - 30 November 2024

Abstract Heavy metal pollution in agricultural soils is a significant challenge for global food production and human health with the increasing industrialization and urbanization. There is a concern about introducing innovative techniques that are eco-friendly, cost-effective, and have the potential to alleviate metals, enhance crop growth, and protect plants against various environmental threats. For this, nanotechnology is one of the promising solutions having various applications in almost every field of life. This review explores various nano-based strategies that use nanoparticles (NPs) to lessen the harmful effects that heavy metals have on plants. Incorporated literature including published… More >

Xuefei Chen¹, Wenhui Tan², Qiulan Wu^1,*, Feng Zhang¹, Xiumei Guo¹, Zixin Zhu¹

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.37, No.3, pp. 3143-3157, 2023, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2023.040903 - 11 September 2023

Abstract In order to improve the accuracy and efficiency of Lentinula edodes logs contamination identification, an improved YOLOv5s contamination identification model for Lentinula edodes logs (YOLOv5s-CGGS) is proposed in this paper. Firstly, a CA (coordinate attention) mechanism is introduced in the feature extraction network of YOLOv5s to improve the identifiability of Lentinula edodes logs contamination and the accuracy of target localization. Then, the CIoU (Complete-IOU) loss function is replaced by an SIoU (SCYLLA-IoU) loss function to improve the model’s convergence speed and inference accuracy. Finally, the GSConv and GhostConv modules are used to improve and optimize More >

Liefei Pei^1,2, Xiangyun Zhang¹, Zizhou Yuan^1,*

Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.11, No.6, pp. 2969-2983, 2023, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2023.025760 - 27 April 2023

Abstract Iron-based amorphous crystalline powder Fe₇₈Si₉B₁₃^AP is used as a permeability reaction barrier (PRB) combined with an electrokinetic method (EK-PRB) to study the removal rate of Cu in contaminated soil. After treating Cucontaminated soil for 5 days under different voltage gradients and soil water content, the soil pH is between 3.1 and 7.2. The increase of voltage gradient and soil water content can effectively promote the movement of Cu²⁺ to the cathode. The voltage gradient is 3 V/cm, and the water content of 40% is considered to be an optional experimental condition. Therefore, under this condition, the More >

Yukun Lv, Zeze Chen^*, Quanzhi Ge, Qian Wang, Yazhao Zhang

Energy Engineering, Vol.120, No.2, pp. 483-499, 2023, DOI:10.32604/ee.2023.023649 - 29 November 2022

Abstract To investigate the fouling characteristics of the composite insulator surface under the salt fog environment, the FXBW-110/120-2 composite insulator was taken as the research object. Based on the field-induced charge mechanism, the multi-physical field coupling software COMSOL was used to numerically simulate the fouling characteristics, explored the calculation method of ESDD, and demonstrated its rationality. Based on this method, the pollution characteristics of the composite insulator under the pollution fog environment were studied, and the influence of wind speed, droplet size, and voltage type on the pollution characteristics of the composite insulator was analyzed. The More > Graphic Abstract

Kandasamy Sellamuthu^*, Vishnu Kumar Kaliappan

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.45, No.1, pp. 715-736, 2023, DOI:10.32604/csse.2023.029017 - 16 August 2022

Abstract Pesticides have become more necessary in modern agricultural production. However, these pesticides have an unforeseeable long-term impact on people's wellbeing as well as the ecosystem. Due to a shortage of basic pesticide exposure awareness, farmers typically utilize pesticides extremely close to harvesting. Pesticide residues within foods, particularly fruits as well as veggies, are a significant issue among farmers, merchants, and particularly consumers. The residual concentrations were far lower than these maximal allowable limits, with only a few surpassing the restrictions for such pesticides in food. There is an obligation to provide a warning about this… More >

Xuan Liu^1,2,3, Xiangyun Yang^1,2, Pengchong Wang^1,2, Zhanjiang Li^1,2,*

International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.24, No.6, pp. 843-854, 2022, DOI:10.32604/ijmhp.2022.021009 - 28 September 2022

Abstract Background: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a clinically heterogeneous condition without a conclusive subtype dimension. This study will focus on the meta-analysis of the clinical responses of OCD subtypes to cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), which might clarify this issue. Methods: We performed a systematic search and a meta-analysis for the studies of OCD subtypes and the response to CBT in PubMed, ScienceDirect, Embase, Web of Science, and Scopus databases. The selective criteria were the OCD without significant medical or psychiatric co-morbidities and pre-and post-treatment changes in scores of OCD dimension. In addition, different subtypes of OCD… More >

Shahid Hussain^*

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.91, No.12, pp. 2687-2697, 2022, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2022.021158 - 29 August 2022

Abstract Heavy metal(loid) accumulation in agricultural soils is a threat to the soil capacity, quality, and productivity. It also increases human exposure to heavy metal(loid)s via consumption of contaminated plant-based foods. The detrimental effects of soil contamination also deteriorate the environment of plants and animals. For sustainable agriculture, therefore, the soil must be protected from toxic levels of heavy metal(loid)s. Studies on heavy metal(loid) balances in agricultural soils are important in predicting future risks to sustainable production from agro-ecological zones and human exposure to heavy metal(loid)s. The latest and continuous indexing of the problem seems a More >

Xukun Zhang¹, Wei Song^1,2,3,*, Ganghua Lin^2,4, Yuxi Shi⁵

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.73, No.3, pp. 6181-6193, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.027215 - 28 July 2022

Abstract In ground-based observations of the Sun, solar images are often affected by appearance of thin clouds, which contaminate the images and affect the scientific results from data analysis. In this paper, the improved Pixel to Pixel Network (Pix2Pix) network is used to convert polluted images to clear images to remove the cloud shadow in the solar images. By adding attention module to the model, the hidden layer of Pix2Pix model can infer the attention map of the input feature vector according to the input feature vector. And then, the attention map is multiplied by the… More >

K. R. Chairma Lakshmi^*, Geetha Ramadas

Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.10, No.8, pp. 2133-2153, 2022, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2022.019649 - 25 April 2022

Abstract A solar PV panel works with maximum efficiency only when it is operated around its optimum operating point or maximum power point. Unfortunately, the performance of the solar cell is affected by several factors like sun direction, solar irradiance, dust accumulation, module temperature, as well as the load on the system. Dust deposition is one of the most prominent factors that influence the performance of solar panels. Because the solar panel is exposed to the atmosphere, dust will accumulate on its surface, reducing the quantity of sunlight reaching the solar cell and diminishing output. In… More >