Due to rapid urbanization, urban lands have been expanded into existing agricultural areas. With such spatial changes, in the expanding cities or peri-urban areas are easily exposed contaminants generated by anthropogenic activities as traffic. Therefore, this study aimed investigate heavy metal concentrations major roadside soils distance medium-sized cities, Jinju and Changwon, identify influ...

The objective of this study is to produce suitability maps for potential rainwater harvesting techniques (RWHT) in the West Bank (WB), Palestine. These aim reduce water scarcity, which a major problem conservation resources area. Based on literature reviews and expert recommendations, seven RWHts were selected (runoff basin system, contour ridges, cisterns, eyebrow terrace, check dam, on-farm p...

Abstract Mulches are materials applied in a soil surface for different roles and purposes. Plastic mulches with colour have been developed utilized crop production systems. Using coloured plastic is mainly focused modifying the radiation budget decreasing water loss. Besides, it helps to regulate temperature, use efficiency, plant growth, yield, quality weed insect infestation. In this review, ...

Hot-dip galvanizing is an efficient technique to control the corrosion of substrates. Producing blemish-free coatings a challenging task. Continuous work done on technology achieve excellent surfaces; thus, flaws are encountered at intervals in all continuous and galvannealed process. Most each very small galvanized defect can appear like draff particle, trapped actually tiny lot blemishes foun...

Adult butterflies are known to visit a wide variety of food substrates, but, with the exception of flower visitation, little is known about what substances are being sought or what determines substrate choice. This is especially true for the Riodinidae, a large family (c. 1300 spp.) of almost exclusively Neotropical butterflies. We present adult male feeding records for 124 species in 41 genera...