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Open AccessPublished: 27 October 2022

Recent Advances in Self-Healing Green Composites for Structural Applications

Sher Wali Khan, Muhammad Tariq

New Environmentally-Friendly Materials · 65-82 · 10.55121/nefm.v1i1.861

The development of self-healing green composites offers a sustainable pathway to extend the lifespan of structural materials while reducing environmental impact. This review takes a look at developments in the three principal techniques of self-healing considered namely use of bio-based healing agents, use of microcapsule system

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Open AccessPublished: 25 October 2022

Identification of the Discrepancy between Farmers’ Practices and Good Agricultural Practices in Crop Husbandry

Mouri Khan Mim, Md. Matiul Islam

New Countryside · 1-15 · 10.55121/nc.v1i2.30

Good agricultural practices (GAP) are important for producing safe food minimizing health risks. The study was conducted at Dumuria upazila of Khulna district in Bangladesh to identify the discrepancy between farmers’ practices and GAP. Data were collected from purposively selected 100 respondents. Majority (63%) of the farmers

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Open AccessPublished: 21 October 2022

Next-Generation Biodegradable Polymers: From Synthesis to Industrial Applications

Ismat Ullah Khan

New Environmentally-Friendly Materials · 42-64 · 10.55121/nefm.v1i1.860

Biodegradable polymers of the next generation have become a hopeful move towards reducing the increasing environmental issues regarding the problem of plastic pollution. Being made out of renewable bio-based feedstock, these polymers also possess the option of naturally degrading within the environment, minimizing plastic waste

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Open AccessPublished: 19 October 2022

MOFs as Environmentally Friendly Photocatalysts for Organic Pollutants Degradation

Sajad Hussain, Muhammad Anis Aslam

New Environmentally-Friendly Materials · 24-41 · 10.55121/nefm.v1i1.859

Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have gained significant attention as advanced photocatalysts for the degradation of organic pollutants due to their unique structural versatility, high surface area, tunable porosity, and customizable metal–ligand coordination. This review highlights the environmental challenges posed by persisten

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Review

Open AccessPublished: 18 October 2022

Music, Culture and Society: Ideal Environments for Adults

Ana M. Vernia-Carrasco

Cultural Arts Research and Development · 88-95 · 10.55121/card.v2i2.49

Music, as the backbone of artistic projects, can provide ideal spaces for adults, improving their quality of life. This proposal is part of a larger investigation, from a research stay. This research, of a synchronous and descriptive nature, used the narrative and descriptive perspective, but from the lived artistic experiences.

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Open AccessPublished: 17 October 2022

Comparison of the Antibacterial Effect of Different Biological Silver Nanoparticles Synthetized and Integrated with Honeys

Victor Hugo Clebis, Sara Scandorieiro, Wilma Aparecida Spinosa, Viviane Lopes Leite da Costa, Isabella Martins Lourenço, Amedea Barozzi Seabra, Renata Katsuko Takayama Kobayashi, Gerson Nakazato

New Environmentally-Friendly Materials · 1-23 · 10.55121/nefm.v1i1.46

This study compares the morphologies, zeta potentials, and antibacterial effects a total 12 different microcompounds containing honey and silver nanoparticles, in a novel study of the difference between honey samples in nanoparticle synthesis, as well as the antibacterial interaction that those honey samples can have with the si

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Review

Open AccessPublished: 22 August 2022

Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre in Danish: An Analysis of Translators’ Practice

Ebbe Klitgård

Cultural Arts Research and Development · 57-60 · 10.55121/card.v2i2.35

In this article the Danish translations of Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre (1847) are discussed, focusing on the two most often reprinted Danish translations from respectively 1850 and 1944, while treating in less detail the remaining five translations of Jane Eyre. The approach is analytical, and the aim is to provide original res

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Open AccessPublished: 29 July 2022

Precipitation Effectiveness and Yam Production in Kwara State, Nigeria

R.M. Olanrewaju, S.L. Tilakasiri, A.A. Salami

New Countryside · 28-33 · 10.55121/nc.v1i1.34

Insufficiency in the production of food crops in Nigeria has been linked with variation in rainfall features. This paper examined the impacts of variation in rainfall onsets, cessations and length of growing season on yam yield in Kwara State, Nigeria to proffer a solution to the problem of fo

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Open AccessPublished: 27 July 2022

Management of Globisporangium ultimum Infecting Groundnut and Bambara Groundnut Pods Using Diverse Methods

Ndifon Elias Mjaika

New Countryside · 13-20 · 10.55121/nc.v1i1.27

Bambara groundnut and groundnut are leguminous crops of immense importance globally. However, these crops are exceedingly susceptible to Globisporangium ultimum groundnut pod rot disease which constitute foremost constraints to their production. The objective of proffering solutions to this pod rot disease was set and achieved u

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Open AccessPublished: 21 July 2022

Productivity of Tithonia diversifolia under Edaphoclimatic Conditions of Eastern Cuba

M. Paumier, R.C. Herrera-Herrera, E.O. Toapanta-Mendoza, D.A. González-Aguilera, D.M. Verdecia, J.L. Ramírez, R.S. Herrera

New Countryside · 21-27 · 10.55121/nc.v1i1.24

Livestock in the tropics is characterized by the use of production systems based on low quality pastures, Tithonia diversifolia; due to its productive potential and adequate nutritional value, stands as an alternative for the supplementation of grazing animals. With the objective of evaluating the productive behavior of T. diver

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