Abida Aziz¹, Shafiqa Bano¹, Mubshar Hussain², Muhammad Farooq Azhar³, Ghulam Yasin³, Naila Hadayat⁴, Iqra Arooj⁵, Abeer Hashem⁶, Ajay Kumar⁷, Elsayed Fathi Abd_Allah⁸, Qamar uz Zaman^9,10,*

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.93, No.7, pp. 1647-1665, 2024, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2024.050974

Abstract Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) exhibits a greater capacity for cadmium (Cd) absorption compared to other cereal crops, leading to elevated daily Cd intake, and posing a significant threat to public health. For the mitigation of Cd stress in sustainable and environmentally friendly way, a pot study was designed by using exogenous application of various biostimulants, i.e., Nigella sativa and Ocimum sanctum extracts: 0%, 10%, and 20% in combination with the chelating agent ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) using 0 and 5 mg kg under various levels of Cd stress (i.e., 0, 5, 10, and 15 mg kg soil). Results revealed… More > Graphic Abstract

Samijan Samijan, Endah Nurwahyuni, Sri Minarsih^*, Agus Supriyo, Sodiq Jauhari, Yulis Hindarwati, Meinarti Norma Setiapermas, Raden Heru Praptana, Endah Winarni, Vina Eka Aristya

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.93, No.7, pp. 1403-1420, 2024, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2024.048339

Abstract Sorghum is the fifth most required cereal crop globally. Sorghum bicolor has the advantage of being adaptive to both lowland and dryland, with drought-tolerant and wide adaptability. The low nutrient availability in dryland requires additional effective fertilizers to increase sorghum productivity. The research aimed to assess the application of organic, inorganic, and biofertilizers for sorghum productivity on dryland. Research in Central Java, Indonesia as dryland sorghum areas, from November 2022 to February 2023. The experiment cooperates with the farmers in a split-plot design, the main plot was two varieties and subplots of four fertilizers. The enhanced… More >

Ali Abdullah Abbas Baiee, Sasan Asiaei^*, Sayed Mostafa Hosseinalipour^*

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.22, No.3, pp. 955-976, 2024, DOI:10.32604/fhmt.2024.051532

Abstract Globally, potable water scarcity is pervasive problem. The solar distillation device is a straightforward apparatus that has been purposefully engineered to convert non-potable water into potable water. The experimental study is distinctive due to the implementation of a rotational mechanism within the pyramidal solar still (PSS), which serves to enhance the evaporation and condensation processes. The objective of this research study is to examine the impact of integrating rotational motion into pyramidal solar stills on various processes: water distillation, evaporation, condensation, heat transfer, and energy waste reduction, shadow effects, and low water temperature in saline… More >

Huiyan Zhao¹, Xuezhong Chen¹, Zhijian Hu^2,*, Man Chen¹, Bo Xiong³, Jianying Yang¹

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.20, No.6, pp. 1313-1330, 2024, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2024.048840

Abstract Using the typical characteristics of multi-layered marine and continental transitional gas reservoirs as a basis, a model is developed to predict the related well production rate. This model relies on the fractal theory of tortuous capillary bundles and can take into account multiple gas flow mechanisms at the micrometer and nanometer scales, as well as the flow characteristics in different types of thin layers (tight sandstone gas, shale gas, and coalbed gas). Moreover, a source-sink function concept and a pressure drop superposition principle are utilized to introduce a coupled flow model in the reservoir. A… More > Graphic Abstract

Kristamtini¹, Sugeng Widodo², Heni Purwaningsih³, Arlyna Budi Pustika¹, Setyorini Widyayanti¹, Arif Muazam¹, Arini Putri Hanifa^1,*, Joko Triastono², Dewi Sahara², Heni Sulistyawati Purwaning Rahayu², Pandu Laksono², Diah Arina Fahmi², Sutardi¹, Joko Pramono⁴, Rachmiwati Yusuf¹

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.93, No.5, pp. 1007-1021, 2024, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2024.048770

Abstract Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) is an essential food crop for more than 750 million people in tropical and sub-tropical dry climates of Africa, India, and Latin America. The domestic sorghum market in Indonesia is still limited to the eastern region (East Nusa Tenggara, West Nusa Tenggara, Java, and South Sulawesi). Therefore, it is crucial to carry out sorghum research on drylands. This research aimed to investigate the effect of sorghum genotype and planting distance and their interaction toward growth and sorghum’s productivity in the Gunungkidul dryland, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. In addition, the farm business analysis, including… More >

Shuangshuang Zhang^1,*, Kangliang Guo¹, Xinchen Gao¹, Haoran Yang¹, Jinfeng Zhang², Xing Han³

Energy Engineering, Vol.121, No.1, pp. 59-75, 2024, DOI:10.32604/ee.2023.041709

Abstract To improve the productivity of oil wells, perforation technology is usually used to improve the productivity of horizontal wells in oilfield exploitation. After the perforation operation, the perforation channel around the wellbore will form a near-well high-permeability reservoir area with the penetration depth as the radius, that is, the formation has different permeability characteristics with the perforation depth as the dividing line. Generally, the permeability is measured by the permeability tester, but this approach has a high workload and limited application. In this paper, according to the reservoir characteristics of perforated horizontal wells, the reservoir… More >

Md Nahin Mahmood^*, Boyun Guo

Energy Engineering, Vol.120, No.12, pp. 2707-2720, 2023, DOI:10.32604/ee.2023.042996

Abstract The energy industry faces a significant challenge in extracting natural gas from offshore natural gas hydrate (NGH) reservoirs, primarily due to the low productivity of wells and the high operational costs involved. The present study offers an assessment of the feasibility of utilizing geothermal energy to augment the production of natural gas from offshore gas hydrate reservoirs through the implementation of the methane-CO₂ swapping technique. The present study expands the research scope of the authors beyond their previous publication, which exclusively examined the generation of methane from marine gas hydrates. Specifically, the current investigation explores the… More >

Bin Li^*

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.19, No.10, pp. 2729-2748, 2023, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2023.029649

Abstract In order to overcome the deficiencies of current methods for the prediction of the productivity of shale gas horizontal wells after fracturing, a new sophisticated approach is proposed in this study. This new model stems from the combination several techniques, namely, artificial neural network (ANN), particle swarm optimization (PSO), Imperialist Competitive Algorithms (ICA), and Ant Clony Optimization (ACO). These are properly implemented by using the geological and engineering parameters collected from 317 wells. The results show that the optimum PSO-ANN model has a high accuracy, obtaining a R² of 0.847 on the testing. The partial dependence More >

R. Hariharan^1,*, G. Komarasamy², S. Daniel Madan Raja³

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.46, No.1, pp. 873-882, 2023, DOI:10.32604/csse.2023.029899

Abstract Cloud storage has gained increasing popularity, as it helps cloud users arbitrarily store and access the related outsourced data. Numerous public audit buildings have been presented to ensure data transparency. However, modern developments have mostly been constructed on the public key infrastructure. To achieve data integrity, the auditor must first authenticate the legality of the public key certificate, which adds to an immense workload for the auditor, in order to ensure that data integrity is accomplished. The data facilities anticipate that the storage data quality should be regularly tracked to minimize disruption to the saved… More >

Muhammad Zafar¹, Siraj Ahmed¹, Muhammad Kashif Munir¹, Nawal Zafar¹, Muhammad Saqib¹, Muhammad Aleem Sarwar², Saba Iqbal¹, Baber Ali³, Naveed Akhtar¹, Basharat Ali^4,*, Sadam Hussain^5,*, Muhammad Saeed⁶, Mohammad Khalid Al-Sadoon⁷, Aneela Gulnaz⁸

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.92, No.4, pp. 983-999, 2023, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2023.025813

Abstract Deficiencies of essential vitamins, iron (Fe), and zinc (Zn) affect over one-half of the world’s population. A significant progress has been made to control micronutrient deficiencies through supplementation, but new approaches are needed, especially to reach the rural poor. Agronomic biofortification of pulses with Zn, Fe, and boron (B) offers a pragmatic solution to combat hidden hunger instead of food fortification and supplementation. Moreover, it also has positive effects on crop production as well. Therefore, we conducted three separate field experiments for two consecutive years to evaluate the impact of soil and foliar application of… More >