ESTIMATION OF NITRATE AND PHOSPHATE LEACHING FROM LYSIMETER SIMULATION OF RICE STRAW LANDFILL BIOREACTOR AND EVALUATION OF FERTILIZER QUALITY OF RESULTING COMPOST

Estimation of Nitrate and Phosphate Leaching from Lysimeter Simulation of Rice Straw Landfill Bioreactor and Evaluation of Fertilizer Quality of Resulting Compost

Rice is the staple food in Sri Lanka where more than 40% of the farmers are engaged in paddy cultivation producing approximately 4.1 million metric tons of paddies.Cultivation of paddy results in almost the same quantity of rice straw annually out of which a very high proportion is wasted.Hence, SHOVEL there is an enormous potential of utilizing pa

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Effect of High-Fat Diet and Lactiplantibacillus plantarum 299v on the Gut Microbiome of Adolescent and Adult Rats

Childhood and adolescent obesity and its associated morbidities are increasing in part due to the ingestion of diets high in fat (HFD).Changes in the gastrointestinal microbiome have been associated with these morbidities, including insulin resistance, cardiovascular disease, and inflammatory states.The use of dietary probiotics may mitigate these

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Using the phenomenon of electrical conduction of flame of non-homogeneous air-fuel mixture in design and development of combustion chamber

The use of ionization sensors for the study and diagnosis of the combustion Rope Reins process in gas-turbine power plants is substantiated in the paper.The review of literature data and in-house research show that thermionic emission of electrons from incandescent carbon particles plays a decisive role in the mechanism of ionization of flame spray

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