Aims: This study aimed to evaluate the effects of spontaneous fermentation on the proximate composition, mineral profiles and amino acid dynamics of pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan L.) flour to enhance its nutritional value for human and animal nutrition. Study Design: A controlled exp...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2026/v18i72093
During the first year of life, infants undergo rapid growth, and adequate complementary feeding is essential. Appropriate complementary feeding during early childhood is a major determinant of healthy growth and development. This study assessed complementary feeding practices amo...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2026/v18i72094
This study evaluated activated bentonites from the Navbahor and Nurota deposits in Navoiy Province, Uzbekistan, as locally sourced media for the finishing stage of kerosene demercaptanization. The materials were assessed as alternatives to imported ATTA PULGUS clay in the clay-fi...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2026/v35i41040
This study examined the production of NP fertilisers by incorporating Guliob phosphorite (GP) into molten ammonium nitrate (AN) at AN weight ratios ranging from 99.5:0.5 to 65:35. The phosphorite-nitrate melt was granulated by prilling, and the chemical composition and selected p...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2026/v35i41041
Lizeth Paola Batres-Morales, Alan Mejía-Ruíz, Edgar Ulises Morales-Moreno, Mariana Rivas-Arreola, Jonathan Elias Serrano-Martínez, Mario Trejo Perea & José Gabriel Ríos-Moreno·Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology·2026
Urbanisation in residential areas increases impervious surfaces, stormwater runoff, drainage overload, and the intensification of the urban heat island effect. Although nature-based solutions (NBS), such as rain gardens, are widely recognised in the literature for reducing runoff...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2026/v45i74721
Soil is one of the most functionally complex components of any terrestrial ecosystem, mediating nutrient cycling, water purification, carbon storage, and food production on a planetary scale. Yet soil health itself—understood here as the sustained capacity of soil to function as...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2026/v25i7971
Land use and land cover change (LULCC) is a major driver of environmental transformation, particularly in fragile mountainous ecosystems where increasing human pressures accelerate ecological degradation. In the Bamboutos Mountains of Cameroon, the Nduh Nkemlepè watershed has exp...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2026/v12i3515
The utilisation of alternative feed ingredients, particularly leaf meals, in broiler diets has gained increasing research attention because of their potential nutritional and economic benefits. Editan (Lasianthera africana) leaf meal is a novel feed ingredient that is rich in cru...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2026/v12i3516
Urban trees provide important ecosystem services, including carbon sequestration, air pollution mitigation, temperature regulation and biodiversity conservation, and they can support public health and urban climate adaptation. In rapidly urbanising cities such as Kano Metropolis,...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2026/v12i3517
Background: Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are important bacterial infections in diabetic patients because diabetes mellitus may promote bacterial growth and recurrent infection. This study aimed to isolate and identify bacterial species associated with UTIs in diabetic patients...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrru/2026/v9i1166
Antimicrobial resistance is increasingly shaped by connected microbial ecosystems rather than by isolated clinical, veterinary or environmental compartments. Intensive livestock systems in low- and middle-income countries occupy a particularly important position in this ecology b...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2026/v26i71148
The study was conducted in Tamil Nadu during 2025-2026 to identify the constraints perceived by dairy farmers in managing babesiosis and to determine the factors influencing the intensity of these constraints. A combination of purposive and multistage random sampling techniques w...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2026/v26i71150
Standard heterosis is an important criterion for identifying maize hybrids with practical breeding and commercial value. The present investigation evaluated standard heterosis for grain yield and associated quantitative traits in newly developed single-cross maize hybrids. Thirty...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2026/v48i74324
The present study was undertaken to develop and standardise a reliable and valid scale for measuring the disseminative behaviour of grassroots-level extension personnel. Disseminative behaviour was conceptualised as a composite of extension activities and competencies related to...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2026/v48i74325
The present study was conducted to optimise nutrient solution electrical conductivity (EC) to improve the growth and yield of red amaranths (Amaranthus cruentus) variety Arka Arunima under a vertical Nutrient Film Technique (NFT) hydroponic system. The experiment was carried out...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2026/v48i74326