Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 228: Identifying Suspect Bat Reservoirs of Emerging Infections Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8020228 Authors: Daniel Crowley Daniel Becker Alex Washburne Raina Plowright Bats host a number of pathogens that cause severe disease and onward transmission in humans and domestic animals. Some of these pathogens, including henipaviruses and filoviruses, are considered a concern for future pandemics. There has been substantial effort to identify these viruses...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 227: Is There Any Opportunity to Provide an HBV Vaccine Booster Dose Before Anti-Hbs Titer Vanishes? Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8020227 Authors: Papadopoli De Sarro Torti Pileggi Pavia Whether the primary Hepatitis B vaccination confers lifelong protection is debated. The aim of the study was to assess the effectiveness of booster doses in mounting a protective HBV immune response in subjects vaccinated 18–20 years earlier. The study...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 225: Uncovering Distinct Primary Vaccination-Dependent Profiles in Human Bordetella Pertussis Specific CD4+ T-Cell Responses Using a Novel Whole Blood Assay Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8020225 Authors: Eleonora E. Lambert Véronique Corbière Jacqueline A. M. van Gaans-van den van Gaans-van den Brink Maxime Duijst Prashanna Balaji Venkatasubramanian Elles Simonetti Martijn Huynen Dimitri D. Diavatopoulos Pauline Versteegen Guy A. M. Berbers...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 226: Pustulan Activates Chicken Bone Marrow-Derived Dendritic Cells In Vitro and Promotes Ex Vivo CD4+ T Cell Recall Response to Infectious Bronchitis Virus Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8020226 Authors: Frederik T. Larsen Bernt Guldbrandtsen Dennis Christensen Jacob Pitcovski Rikke B. Kjærup Tina S. Dalgaard Infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) is a highly contagious avian coronavirus. IBV causes substantial worldwide economic losses in the poultry...
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Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 7, Pages 66: Comparison of Real-Time PCR, Bacteriologic Culture and Fluorescent Antibody Test for the Detection of Leptospira borgpetersenii in Urine of Naturally Infected Cattle Veterinary Sciences doi: 10.3390/vetsci7020066 Authors: Jarlath E. Nally Ahmed A. A. Ahmed Ellie J. Putz Debra E. Palmquist Marga G. A. Goris Cattle are susceptible to infection with multiple serovars of pathogenic leptospires, resulting in abortion, stillbirth, premature...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 551: Substitution of the CD81 Binding Site and β-Sandwich Area in E2 of HCV in Cambodia Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12050551 Authors: Chikako Yamamoto Shintaro Nagashima Channarena Chuon Ko Ko Son Huy Do Oline Lim Sirany Hok Somana Svay Junko Matsuo Keiko Katayama Kazuaki Takahashi Junko Tanaka The high genetic variability of hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the main obstacle to developing a vaccine. E2 has attracted attention for vaccine...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 552: Phenotypic and Genotypic Comparison of a Live-Attenuated Genotype I Japanese Encephalitis Virus SD12-F120 Strain with Its Virulent Parental SD12 Strain Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12050552 Authors: Muhammad Naveed Anwar Xin Wang Muddassar Hameed Abdul Wahaab Chenxi Li Mona Sharma Linlin Pang Muhammad Irfan Malik Ke Liu Beibei Li Yafeng Qiu Jianchao Wei Zhiyong Ma The phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of a live-attenuated...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 550: External Quality Assessment for Next-Generation Sequencing-Based HIV Drug Resistance Testing: Unique Requirements and Challenges Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12050550 Authors: Lee Gao Sandstrom Ji Over the past decade, there has been an increase in the adoption of next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies for HIV drug resistance (HIVDR) testing. NGS far outweighs conventional Sanger sequencing as it has much higher throughput, lower cost when samples...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 548: The Interplay between HIV-1 Gag Binding to the Plasma Membrane and Env Incorporation Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12050548 Authors: R. Elliot Murphy Jamil S. Saad Advancement in drug therapies and patient care have drastically improved the mortality rates of HIV-1 infected individuals. Many of these therapies were developed or improved upon by using structure-based techniques, which underscore the importance of understanding essential mechanisms in the replication...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 549: Antiviral and Cytotoxic Activity of Different Plant Parts of Banana (Musa spp.) Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12050549 Authors: Panda Castro Jouneghani Leyssen Neyts Swennen Luyten Chikungunya and yellow fever virus cause vector-borne viral diseases in humans. There is currently no specific antiviral drug for either of these diseases. Banana plants are used in traditional medicine for treating viral diseases such as measles and chickenpox....
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 545: Antibiofilm Activity of a Broad-Range Recombinant Endolysin LysECD7: In Vitro and In Vivo Study Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12050545 Authors: Mikhail V. Fursov Radmila O. Abdrakhmanova Nataliia P. Antonova Daria V. Vasina Anastasia D. Kolchanova Olga A. Bashkina Oleg V. Rubalsky Marina A. Samotrueva Vasiliy D. Potapov Valentine V. Makarov Sergey M. Yudin Alexander L. Gintsburg Artem P. Tkachuk Vladimir A. Gushchin Evgenii O....
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 546: Measuring Alphavirus Fidelity Using Non-Infectious Virus Particles Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12050546 Authors: Edward I. Patterson Kamil Khanipov Daniele M. Swetnam Samantha Walsdorf Tiffany F. Kautz Saravanan Thangamani Yuriy Fofanov Naomi L. Forrester Mutations are incorporated into the genomes of RNA viruses at an optimal frequency and altering this precise frequency has been proposed as a strategy to create live-attenuated vaccines. However,...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 547: Modelling Degradation and Replication Kinetics of the Zika Virus In Vitro Infection Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12050547 Authors: Veronika Bernhauerová Veronica V. Rezelj Marco Vignuzzi Mathematical models of in vitro viral kinetics help us understand and quantify the main determinants underlying the virus–host cell interactions. We aimed to provide a numerical characterization of the Zika virus (ZIKV) in vitro infection kinetics, an arthropod-borne...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 544: Discovery of Three Toxic Proteins of Klebsiella Phage fHe-Kpn01 Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12050544 Authors: Cindy M. Spruit Anu Wicklund Xing Wan Mikael Skurnik Maria I. Pajunen The lytic phage, fHe-Kpn01 was isolated from sewage water using an extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae as a host. The genome is 43,329 bp in size and contains direct terminal repeats of 222 bp. The genome contains 56 predicted genes,...
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Vision, Vol. 4, Pages 27: Plasma Levels of Matrix Metalloprotease MMP-9 and Tissue Inhibitor TIMP-1 in Caucasian Patients with Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy Vision doi: 10.3390/vision4020027 Authors: Jakob Ø. Sørensen Yousif Subhi Christopher R. Molbech Marie Krogh Nielsen Torben L. Sørensen Background: Matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-9) and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases 1 (TIMP-1) are regulating enzymes of the extracellular matrix. A systemic imbalance of MMP-9...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1428: Health Evaluation and Risk Factor Identification of Urban Lakes—A Case Study of Lianshi Lake Water doi: 10.3390/w12051428 Authors: Su Wu Zhu Chen Peng Hu Health assessment and risk factor identification represent the premise and foundation of scientific management and ecological restoration of urban lakes. Based on in-depth understanding of the nature–society duality of urban lakes, a framework for evaluating urban lake health...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1429: Water Resources Management Strategies for Irrigated Agriculture in the Indus Basin of Pakistan Water doi: 10.3390/w12051429 Authors: Muhammad Muzammil Azlan Zahid Lutz Breuer Agriculture of Pakistan relies on the Indus basin, which is facing severe water scarcity conditions. Poor irrigation practices and lack of policy reforms are major threats for water and food security of the country. In this research, alternative water-saving strategies are evaluated...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1427: Hydrogeochemical Characterization of a Warm Spring System in a Carbonate Mountain Range of the Eastern Julian Alps, Slovenia Water doi: 10.3390/w12051427 Authors: Serianz Rman Brenčič The Alps represent an area where many deep groundwater circulations occur as thermal springs. In the Bled case study, the thermal water temperature, at it is discharged to the surface, is between 19–23 °C. In order to determine the extent (e.g., geometry)...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1426: Simulation of the Potential Impacts of Projected Climate Change on Streamflow in the Vakhsh River Basin in Central Asia under CMIP5 RCP Scenarios Water doi: 10.3390/w12051426 Authors: Gulakhmadov Chen Gulahmadov Liu Anjum Rizwan Millions of people in Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan are dependent on the freshwater supply of the Vakhsh River system. Sustainable management of the water resources of the Vakhsh River Basin...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1419: Nutrient Removal Efficiency and Growth of Watercress (Nasturtium officinale) under Different Harvesting Regimes in Integrated Recirculating Aquaponic Systems for Rearing Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio L) Water doi: 10.3390/w12051419 Authors: Irhayyim Fehér Lelesz Bercsényi Bársony The harvesting of plant biomass is usually implemented as an effective tool for plant management and removing the nutrients absorbed in plant tissues. Here, the influence...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1423: The Effect of Habitat Structure Boulder Spacing on Near-Bed Shear Stress and Turbulent Events in a Gravel Bed Channel Water doi: 10.3390/w12051423 Authors: Amir Golpira Fengbin Huang Abul B.M. Baki This study experimentally investigated the effect of boulder spacing and boulder submergence ratio on the near-bed shear stress in a single array of boulders in a gravel bed open channel flume. An acoustic Doppler velocimeter (ADV) was used to measure the...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1424: Comparing Rainfall Erosivity Estimation Methods Using Weather Radar Data for the State of Hesse (Germany) Water doi: 10.3390/w12051424 Authors: Jennifer Kreklow Bastian Steinhoff-Knopp Klaus Friedrich Björn Tetzlaff Rainfall erosivity exhibits a high spatiotemporal variability. Rain gauges are not capable of detecting small-scale erosive rainfall events comprehensively. Nonetheless, many operational instruments for assessing soil erosion risk, such...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1425: Effects of Diversity, Coverage and Biomass of Submerged Macrophytes on Nutrient Concentrations, Water Clarity and Phytoplankton Biomass in Two Restored Shallow Lakes Water doi: 10.3390/w12051425 Authors: Yiming Gao Chunyu Yin Yu Zhao Zhengwen Liu Pingping Liu Wei Zhen Yaohui Hu Jinlei Yu Zhaoxia Wang Baohua Guan Transplantation of submerged macrophytes to restore shallow lakes has been used as an effective measure to maintain a clear...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1422: Developing THMs’ Predictive Models in Two Water Supply Systems in Greece
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1422: Developing THMs’ Predictive Models in Two Water Supply Systems in Greece Water doi: 10.3390/w12051422 Authors: Stavroula Tsitsifli Vasilis Kanakoudis Disinfection is a very significant water treatment process for drinking water safety, as it inactivates pathogens from drinking water. However, disinfection-by-products (DBPs) are formed which are accused of contributing to cancer and reproductive/developmental effects. Research has provided many predictive...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1417: Analysis of a Large Maintenance Journal of the Sewer Networks of Three Apulian Provinces in Southern Italy Water doi: 10.3390/w12051417 Authors: Balacco Iacobellis Portincasa Ragno Totaro Piccinni Sewage systems play a crucial role in the framework of the water resources cycle. The detection of the causes and typologies of their malfunction is essential not only for guaranteeing correct hydraulic management of the network but also because...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1420: Comparison of Methods for Imputing Non-Wetting Storm Surge to Improve Hazard Characterization Water doi: 10.3390/w12051420 Authors: Shisler Johnson Joint probability methods for characterizing storm surge hazards involve the use of a collection of hydrodynamic storm simulations to fit a response surface function describing the relationship between storm surge and storm parameters. However, in areas with a sufficiently low probability of flooding, few...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1418: Remote-Sensing-Based Water Balance for Monitoring of Evapotranspiration and Water Stress of a Mediterranean Oak–Grass Savanna Water doi: 10.3390/w12051418 Authors: Carpintero Andreu Gómez-Giráldez Blázquez González-Dugo Mediterranean oak savannas (known as dehesas in Spain) are exposed to numerous threats from natural and economic causes. A close monitoring of the use of water resources and the status of the vegetation in these ecosystems...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1416: Detection and Attribution of Runoff Reduction of Weihe River over Different Periods during 1961–2016 Water doi: 10.3390/w12051416 Authors: Shuai Yang Tingting Kang Jingyi Bu Jiahao Chen Zhipeng Wang Yanchun Gao An obvious decline in runoff of the Weihe River has been detected during the last half-century. Climate change and human activity acted as two major factors inducing the reduction. However, little knowledge is acquired on how and to what...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1421: Calibration Procedure for Water Distribution Systems: Comparison among Hydraulic Models Water doi: 10.3390/w12051421 Authors: Ariele Zanfei Andrea Menapace Simone Santopietro Maurizio Righetti Proper hydraulic simulation models, which are fundamental to analyse a water distribution system, require a calibration procedure. This paper proposes a multi-objective procedure to calibrate water demands and pipe roughness distribution in the context of an...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1414: Sea-Level Rise and Shoreline Changes Along an Open Sandy Coast: Case Study of Gulf of Taranto, Italy Water doi: 10.3390/w12051414 Authors: Giovanni Scardino François Sabatier Giovanni Scicchitano Arcangelo Piscitelli Maurilio Milella Antonio Vecchio Marco Anzidei Giuseppe Mastronuzzi The dynamics of the sandy coast between Castellaneta and Taranto (Southern Italy) has been influenced by many natural and anthropogenic factors, resulting...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1413: Accurate Evaluation of Sea Surface Temperature Cooling Induced by Typhoons Based on Satellite Remote Sensing Observations Water doi: 10.3390/w12051413 Authors: Jiagen Li Liang Sun Yuanjian Yang Hao Cheng We introduce a novel method to accurately evaluate the satellite-observed sea surface temperature (SST) cooling induced by typhoons with complex tracks, which is widely used but only roughly calculated in previous studies. This method first records...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1415: Experimental Analysis of Velocity Distribution in a Coarse-Grained Debris Flow: A Modified Bagnold’s Equation Water doi: 10.3390/w12051415 Authors: Donatella Termini Antonio Fichera Today, Bagnold’s theory is still applied to gravity-driven flows under the assumption of uniform sediment concentration. This study presents findings of flume experiments conducted to investigate the velocity and concentration distributions within the debris body by...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1404: An Assessment of Hydropeaking Metrics of a Large-Sized Hydropower Plant Operating in a Lowland River, Lithuania Water doi: 10.3390/w12051404 Authors: Linas Šilinis Petras Punys Algirdas Radzevičius Egidijus Kasiulis Antanas Dumbrauskas Linas Jurevičius This paper discusses rapid flow and stage fluctuations in a large lowland river downstream from a large hydropower plant (HPP) in Lithuania. The main problem arises when the HPP is operating in...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1412: Evaluation and Application of Newly Designed Finite Volume Coastal Model FESOM-C, Effect of Variable Resolution in the Southeastern North Sea Water doi: 10.3390/w12051412 Authors: Ivan Kuznetsov Alexey Androsov Vera Fofonova Sergey Danilov Natalja Rakowsky Sven Harig Karen Helen Wiltshire A newly developed coastal model, FESOM-C, based on three-dimensional unstructured meshes and finite volume, is applied to simulate the dynamics of the southeastern...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1407: System Dynamics Modeling for Supporting Drought-Oriented Management of the Jucar River System, Spain Water doi: 10.3390/w12051407 Authors: Adria Rubio-Martin Manuel Pulido-Velazquez Hector Macian-Sorribes Alberto Garcia-Prats The management of water in systems where the balance between resources and demands is already precarious can pose a challenge and it can be easily disrupted by drought episodes. Anticipated drought management has proved to be...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1410: Seasonally Variant Stable Isotope Baseline Characterisation of Malawi’s Shire River Basin to Support Integrated Water Resources Management Water doi: 10.3390/w12051410 Authors: Limbikani C. C. Banda Michael O. Rivett Robert M. Kalin Anold S. K. Zavison Peaches Phiri Geoffrey Chavula Charles Kapachika Sydney Kamtukule Christina Fraser Muthi Nhlema Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) is vital to the future of Malawi and motivates...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1409: End-Of-Pipe Horticultural Reuse of Recirculating Aquaculture System Effluent: Comparing the Hydro-Economics of Two Horticulture Systems Water doi: 10.3390/w12051409 Authors: Eugene Moore James Ward Wilson Lennard To assist waste management decision-making, there is a need to assess the economics of commercial-scale reuse of recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) effluent in horticulture. This study compared the feasibility/viability of using two representative...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1406: Modelling the Temporal Dynamics of Groundwater Pollution Risks on the African Scale Water doi: 10.3390/w12051406 Authors: Issoufou Ouedraogo Arthur Girard Marnik Vanclooster François Jonard Groundwater pollution risk modelling is an important asset to improve groundwater management and protection. In this study, we assess the temporal dynamics of groundwater pollution risk on the continental scale, using the DRASTIC model. The approach was developed...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1408: The Urgent Need for River Health Biomonitoring Tools for Large Tropical Rivers in Developing Countries: Preliminary Development of a River Health Monitoring Tool for Myanmar Rivers Water doi: 10.3390/w12051408 Authors: Nyein Thandar Ko Phil Suter John Conallin Martine Rutten Thom Bogaard Anthropogenic pressures such as river infrastructure, agriculture and power generation are rapidly increasing in Southeast Asia, aimed at providing food security...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1411: Effects of Consecutive Extreme Weather Events on a Temperate Dystrophic Lake: A Detailed Insight into Physical, Chemical and Biological Responses Water doi: 10.3390/w12051411 Authors: Maria Calderó-Pascual Elvira de Eyto Eleanor Jennings Mary Dillane Mikkel René Andersen Sean Kelly Harriet Louise Wilson Valerie McCarthy Between May and July 2018, Ireland experienced an exceptional heat wave, which broke long-term temperature and drought...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1403: CFD Modelling of Particle-Driven Gravity Currents in Reservoirs Water doi: 10.3390/w12051403 Authors: Daniel Wildt Christoph Hauer Helmut Habersack Michael Tritthart Reservoir sedimentation results in ongoing loss of storage capacity all around the world. Thus, effective sediment management in reservoirs is becoming an increasingly important task requiring detailed process understanding. Computational fluid dynamics modelling can provide an efficient...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1402: Sensitivity of Hydrangea paniculata Plants to Residual Herbicides in Recycled Irrigation Varies with Plant Growth Stage Water doi: 10.3390/w12051402 Authors: Shital Poudyal James S. Owen R. Thomas Fernandez Bert Cregg Recycling irrigation return flow is a viable option to achieve sustainability in horticultural production systems, but residual herbicides present in recycled water may be phytotoxic. The sensitivity of plants to residual herbicides...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1405: Coastal Vulnerability Assessment Along the North-Eastern Sector of Gozo Island (Malta, Mediterranean Sea) Water doi: 10.3390/w12051405 Authors: Angela Rizzo Vittoria Vandelli George Buhagiar Anton S. Micallef Mauro Soldati The coastal landscape of the Maltese Islands is the result of long-term evolution, influenced by tectonics, geomorphological processes, and sea level oscillations. Due to their geological setting, the islands are particularly...
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