Chickens are kept in many parts of the world irrespective of climate, traditions, life standard, and there is no religious taboo related to consumption of eggs and chicken meat like those for pig meat [1]. To the poor majority people of rural areas, chickens serve as an immediate source of meat and income when money is needed for urgent family requirement [2]. It renders a significant contribut...

Wind erosion is considered as one of the main processes of land degradation in different parts of the world. Among the most effective ways to control wind erosion is to cover land surface with natural vegetation area. In this study, 3 replica soil samples were collected, at a depth of 0-3 cm, from various land uses in Dehloran, Ilam Province, Iran. Physical and chemical characteristics of soil ...

This study reports an efficient conversion route for prosopis juliflora (PJ) biomass into high-quality bio-oil through catalytic hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) process with systematically substituted hydrogen-rich plastic waste ‘polypropylene (PP)’, and using alumina supported metal oxide (Mo, Ni, W, Nb) catalysts. The HTL treatments of PJ PP (0-75 wt.%) were investigated in both sub supercrit...

OBJECTIVE To determine the pattern of skin prick test reactivity to aeroallergens in patients with asthma and rhinitis (airway allergy) residing in Riyadh region. METHODS This is a retrospective cross sectional study based on data analysis of skin prick test results of individuals with clinical diagnosis of airway allergy.Allergy skin prick test result data of 139 Saudi nationals from Riyadh ...

Sustainable land management (SLM) practices are key for achieving degradation neutrality, but their continued implementation lag behind the progression of various forms degradation. While many scholars have assessed drivers SLM uptake restoring affected by desertification, drought, and floods (SDG 15.3 partly SDG 2.4), little is known about implication on invasive alien species (IAS) management...

Assistant Research Scientist, Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A&I Univ., Kingsville, Texas; Staff Research Associate, Professor of Soil Physics, and Staff Research Associate, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California. Abstract: Eighty collections of Prosopis have been screened in field experiments for biomass production, frost tolerance, and heat/drought toler...