Environmental & Agricultural Research Summaries (with Biographical Sketches): Volume 10

Part I -- Researcher Biographical Sketches; Part 2 -- Sustainable Rangeland Management: An Ecological & Economic Imperative; On the Failure to Control Overgrazing & Land Degradation in Chinas Pastoral Lands: Implications for Policy & for the Research Agenda; Small Holders, the Key to Successful Implementation of Integrated Ecosystem Management: A Case Study from North West Chinas Pastoral Zone; Comparative Sustainability Assessment of Extensive Beef Cattle Farms in a High Nature Value Agroforestry System; Changes in Vegetation & in the Organic Soil Fractions Related with Grazing & Fire Histories in the Patagonian Monte, Argentina; Working with Land Users in Mongolia to Arrest & Reverse Desertification & Capture Conservation Benefits; Pastureland Management in Tajikistans Rural Regions for Ecological Sustainability, Economic Profit & Social Equity; Preliminary Investigation of the Decomposition of Feral Camel Carcasses in Central Australia; Resilience Management of Alpine Rangeland Ecosystems under Climate Change in North-West China; Unifying Perspectives: Ensuring Conservation Benefits through Better Rangeland Management; Needs, Sustainable Development & Well-Being within a Social-Ecological Perspective of Resilience; Halting Deforestation to Advance Sustainable Development: Progress, Prospects & Challenges of REDD+ Readiness in Ghana; Renewed Consideration on Natural Rubber Yielding Plants: A Sustainable Development Standpoint; Sustainable Management as a Key to Sustainable Development; Sustainable Energy Action Plan for the Covenant Signatories: The Choice of Emission Factors; New Perspectives towards Ergonomics in Sustainable Development; Embarking on Second Green Revolution by Vermiculture for Production of Chemical-free Organic Foods, Protection of Crops & Farm Soils & Elimination of Deadly Agrochemicals from Earth: Meeting the Challenges of Food Security of 21st Century by Earthworms - Sir Charles Darwins Friends of Farmers; Effect of Organic Sources of Insect Pest Management Strategies & Nutrients on Cotton Insect Pests; In Vitro Culture Techniques: A Tool for the Development of New Genetic Architecture in Vegetatively Propagated; Nanoscience Applied in Agriculture for Food Production; Retrosynthetic Strategies for the Preparation of Heterocyclic Rings Present in Pesticides; Application of Soil & Water Assessment Modeling Tools in Agricultural Research; Potato Peels in the Treatment of Burn Wounds; Enzymatic Saccharification of Lemon Peel & Antioxidative Ability of Saccharified Peel Solution; Sustainable Agricultural Development & the Environment: New Perspectives & Policy Proposals An Assessment; Impacts Assessment of Success Stories in Natural Resources Management in Togo; Cultural Predictors of Perceived Environmental Responsibility & Sustainable Behavior: A Country Analysis; Degraded Karst Relief: Waste-filled Dolines; Erosion Dynamics in Lateritic Santiniketan Badland, West Bengal, India; Study of Oil Recovery in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs Considering Impact of Parameters Included in Performance of Spontaneous Imbibition Mechanism; Prevalence of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Chile & Potential Use of Antagonistic Bacterial Strains for Its Control in Aquaculture; The Environmental Perception amongst the Inhabitants of Tapero, an Urban Area in the State of Paraiba; Ecosystems Role in Empowering Communities to Face Global Environmental Change: Community-Based Ecological Mangrove Restoration in Thailand; Bowalization: Its Impact on Soil, Biodiversity, & Human Livelihoods in West Africa; Evaluation of Comfort in Indoor Spaces; The Impact of Forest Canopy Structure on Simulations of Atmosphere-Biosphere NOX Exchange; Numerical Simulation of CO2 Sequestration in Saline Aquifer Influenced by Heterogeneous Capillary Pressure & Wettability; Estimation of Riverine Nutrient Fluxes from an Urban Watershed in New Jersey; Residual Environmental Impacts in Post-Mining Site: A Field Survey on the Iberian Peninsula; Pollution Characteristics & Potential Ecological Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in River Sediments Based on Calculation of Pollution Indices; Rainfall Patterns & the Relation to Atmospheric Circulation in Northern Patagonia; Forest Management to Prevent Crown Fires: A Case Study of a Dry Deciduous Forest in Kratie, Cambodia; Stakeholder Inclusion in Design & Planning - A Case Study on Wastewater Management in Nepal; Methane Interactions with an Atmospheric Moisture; Lanthanides & Actinides in Soils of Khibiny-Lovozero Province; Safer Irrigation Technology Adoption under Uncertainty Perception in Ghana; Nano Biomaterial for Decontamination of Carcinogenic Metal from Waste Water; Coastal Wetlands & Their Role in Human Health; Electro-Kinetic Enhanced Phytoremediation for the Restoration of Multi-Metal(loid) Contaminated Soils; French Neotropical Solanum Genus; Advances in Production of Value-Added Products from Sugarcane Straw Ash; Influence of Organic Load, Fill Time & Cycle Length on Biohydrogen Production in an AnSBBR Treating Glucose-Based Wastewater; AnSBBR Operated in Batch & Fed-Batch Modes Applied to Biohydrogen Production Treating Lactose-Based Wastewater; Impact Assessment of Mining & Metallurgical Activities on the Distribution of Trace Elements in the Stavnja Valley, Bosnia & Herzegovina; Authenticity of Cheeses Concerning Differentiation of Milk Species & Recognition of Geographical Origin by Physicochemical Analysis; Smart Utilisation of Enzymatic Reactions in Wellness Food Product Development; Polymorphic Behavior & Industrial Applications As Trans Fat Alternatives of Two Stearins Coming from a New Sunflower Oil Variety; The Effects of Food Processing & Canning Technologies on the Nutritional Value of Foods; Physicochemical & Gelling Properties of Ferulated Arabinoxylans from Different Maize Cultivars; Seeds from Mesquite; Advances in Research on Tropical Horticulture in Sugarcane Crop Fields from Veracruz, Mexico; Growing Scarcity of Water for Irrigation in World: Earthworms As a Natures Bio-filter; Learning to Co-Exist with Environmental Hazards: Community & Societal Perspectives & Strategies; Biomonitoring & Bioindicators for Environmental Pollution with Heavy Metals; Impact of Climate Change on Urban Water Demand in Future Decades: An Australian Case Study; Application of Renewable Energy in Buildings; An Evaluation of SRCs as a Potential Carbon Neutral Source of Biomass for Energy & Chemicals; Variability Assessment for Lithogenic & Anthropogenic Distribution of Trace & Macroelements in Water, Sediment & Soil Samples (Case Study: Bregalnica River Basin, Republic of Macedonia); Dynamic Linear Modeling of Homogenized Monthly Temperature in Lisbon; Economics of Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Measures in Canada; An Assessment of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Co-Grazing Sheep & Beef in Western Canadian Rangeland; Agricultural Practices to Improve Energy Input & Resource Efficiency in Cropping Systems; Agricultural Practices to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Cropping Systems; A Rural Bioeconomic Strategy to Redefine Primary Production Systems within the Australian Innovation System: Productivity, Management, & Impact of Climate Change; A Statistical Approach to Evaluating Crop Switching as a Response to Climate Change; Co-Production of High-Protein Feed & Bio-oil for Poultry Protein Productivity & Fuel Switching in Mozambique: Avoiding Transesterification & Food Insecurity; A PV-Battery-Powered 12V Gas Membrane with Wood Desiccants for Postharvest Hermetic Grain Storage; Waste Rice Husk Continuous Carbonizers for Carbon Sequestration & Energy in Rural Philippine Regions; Index Based Agricultural Insurance As a Tool for Adaptation to Climate Change by Smallholder Farmers in Africa.; Mitigation & Adaptation Strategies for Reducing Canadas Agricultural Greenhouse Gases - A Review; Numerical Simulation of Chemical Spills & Assessment of Environmental Impacts; Making Room for Policy Research in EJ Movement: Some Ontological Reflections on Current Environmental Justice Research; Nudges As an Alternative to Economic Market-Based Instruments in Environmental Regulation Policies; Potentialities of Biochars from Different Biomasses for Climate Change Abatement by Carbon Capture & Soil Amelioration; Electrospun Nanofibers Affinity Membranes for Water Hazards Remediation; Hydrogeochemical & Stable Isotope Monitoring & Numerical Modelling of Groundwater Resource in Eastern Georgia to Secure Stability & Quality of Water Supply; Gully Erosion in the Cold Environment: Risks & Hazards; Wheat Rusts in Azerbaijan: Effective Genes for Resistance; Nanostructured Porous Semiconductors As Emerging Materials in Environmental Technology: Synthesis, Property & Applications; Contrasting Fish Assemblages in Free-Flowing & Impounded Tributaries to the Upper Delaware River: Implications for Conserving Biodiversity; When Cultivation of a Religious Sacrament Equals Manufacturing a Controlled Substance: Effects of the Absence of Adequate Regulatory Structure on the Conservation of Peyote; Iridium, the New & More Recent Polluting Metal Linked to Vehicular Traffic. Its Determination in Airborne Particulate Matter, Superficial Waters, Soils/Sediments, Vegetables, Mussels, Clams & Algae by voltammetry & Spectroscopy: Critical Comparison; Combustion of Oil Layer on the Surface of Water; Weathering Effects on the Structure & Thermal Behavior of Bituminous Coal; The Use of Lignite for the Thermal Treatment of Waste-Tyre on a Commercial Scale; Cadmium Uptake & Distribution in Tissues of Sea Bream with Different Cadmium Exposure Histories: Correlation with Metallothionein Levels; Mine Closure Aspects of Balanda Opencast Mine of Jagannath Area, Mahanadi Coal Field - A Case Study; Bogots Urban Wetlands: Biodiversity, Policy, Threats & Ecotourism; Endophytic Microorganisms from Amazonia: Diversity & Biological Activities; Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in the Amazon: An Agronomic Approach; Daily Activity & Substrate Selection by the Gastropod Pomacea amazonica; Desiccation Tolerance of Two Apple Snails from the Amazon Basin, Pomacea Amazonica & Pomacea Bridgesii; Tadpoles of Central Amazonia: Current Knowledge & Perspectives; Meat Quality of Freshwater Prawns Macrobrachium amazonicum; Plant-Inhabiting Mites; Amazon Flora Identification Through Machine Learning Models; Aromatic Plants of the Amazon; Vermicompost-Derived Liquid Humus in Low-Input & Small-Scale Farming; The Production of Liquid Organic Fertilizers Enriched with Humic Substances from Mature Alperujo; Mechanisms of Protective Action of the HUMI Preparation on Wheat Plant Response to Toxic Ions; Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering & Fluorescence Spectroscopy on Silver Plasmonic Nanoparticles As Innovative Techniques to Study Humic Substances; Influence of Humus Substances Functional Characteristics on the Speciation of Metals in Natural Waters; Evaluation of Vermicomposts for Decontaminating Aqueous Media Containing Metallic Ions & Synthetic Dyes; Natural Organic Matter in Drinking Water: Characterization Methods; State of Land Use, Land Use Change & Forestry in South Asia; Evaluating Biodiversity Values with Choice Experiments: An Application in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam; Carbon Sequestration Model Using STELLA for a Forest Ecosystem in Tyrol; Carbon Sequestration in Agricultural Soils: An Integrated Analysis of Economic-Environmental Trade-Off; The Potential of Synthetic Aperture Radar; Above & Below-Ground Carbon Storage & Sequestration in Acacia Fallows of Ngitiri & Rotational Woodlots in Meatu, Tanzania; Improved Arid/Semi-Arid Ruminant Survival for Southern & Eastern Sub-Saharan Pastoralists: Biochar/High-Tannin Fodder, Bioenergy, & Carbon Sequestration; Enabling Landscape Interventions: Climate Change Programs The Case of Ethiopia & Zambia; Land Use Change from Subsistence to Commercial Farmers in Mozambique; Agricultural Land Use Changes through Inter-Sectoral & International Engagement: The Interface of Mining & Agriculture in Mozambique; Weighted Vector Method for Real-Time Indoor Obstacle Avoidance in Fire Environments; Legal Instrument for Climate Change: Challenges & Perspectives; Cellular Level Defense Mechanisms in Plants against Toxic Metals; Sustainable Development Framework for Mining Industry in India: A Pragmatic Approach; Fuzzy Mathematical Modeling in Agricultural Planning; Interdisciplinary Assessment of Species & Ecosystems Biodiversity in a High Nature Value Low Input Farming Region of Central Hungary; Assessment of Indoor Environment Quality & Schoolwork Performance in University Buildings; Mobility, Sustainable Development & Safety: Stakes to Be Reconciled; Industrial Wastewater Purification by Means of Ion Exchange Technology: Olive Mill Effluents Like Case of Study; The Environmental Challenge of the Effluents By-Produced in Olive Oil Industries: A Treatment Solution by the Use of Membrane Technology; The Challenge of Vehicular Emission & Atmospheric Deposition: From Air to Water; Challenge to Enhance the Value of Eco-Friendly Products Biodegraded from Fishery Waste; ; An Update on Environmental Stressors & Their Effects on Oxidative Parameters in Limpets; The Dialog between Rhizosphere Microbes & Plant Root System; Comparative Study on Gamma Attenuation Coefficients of Soil Samples by MCNP Simulation, XCOM & Experiment Results; Heavy Metals Export from Plough Layer to Subsoil Strata by Downwash & Clay Migration: True Natural Attenuation Effects in Metalliferous Soils; The Influence of Shifting Habitat Heterogeneity & Environmental Stressors over Space & Time on Macroinvertebrate Communities in the Upper Olifants River, South Africa; Biomacromolecules As Effective Green Flame Retardants for Textiles: An Overview; Intercropping Systems: Principles, Production Practices & Agronomic Benefits; Hyperspectral Imaging - A Novel Green Chemistry Technology for the Oenological & Viticultural Sectors; Non-Destructive Prediction of Hardness & Carotenoid Content of Carrots Using Hyperspectral Imaging; Hydroxycinnamic Acids in Barley Seed & Barley Hull as Feeds: Interrelationship among Structure, Biodegration, & Nutrition in Ruminants; Near-Infrared Spectroscopy in the Assessment of Cotton Fiber Qualities; Volatile Composition of Distillates Produced by Solid-State Fermentation of Five Fruits of the Forest & Subsequent Distillation of the Fermented Pulps; Milk Naturally Enriched with Bioactive Lipids: Opportunities & Challenges; Bamboo: A New-Old Culture for Construction & Food Industry; Diseases of Sugar Beet in Kazakhstan; Cover Crops in Different Production Systems of Southern Africa: Their Roles, Benefits & Constraints; Cover Crops Affecting Soil Phosphorus Dynamics in Brazilian Highly Weathered Soils; Soil Penetration Resistance in Three Oxisols under Different Cover Crops in the West of So Paulo State, Brazil; Plant Strips As a Sustainable Strategy in Reducing Soil Erosion in Rainfed-Tree Crops; Vulnerability Analysis of Mangroves in the West Coast of Baja California Sur, Mxico: An Approach To Identify Local Adaptation Measures; Genetic Analysis for Red Mangrove Reforestation; The Link between Critical Habitat for Bottlenose Dolphins; Coastal Lagoons of Baja California Sur: An Oceanographic Overview; The Contribution of Mangroves Ecosystems to the Replenishment of Reef Fish Populations & Fisheries in the Gulf of California: The Effects of Mangrove Areas & Their Structure; Historical Trends of Mangrove Forest at Two Coastal Lagoons of the Pacific, Baja California Sur; Invasive Species Associated to the Mangrove Forest; Integrated Environmental Assessment & Scenarios of Mangrove Community in the Gulf of California Case Study Manglar Enfermera; Spatial Variation in Marine Meiofaunal Communities Along a Contamination Gradient in Bahia Magdalena, Mexico; Macronutrients of the Main Diet Items of Green Turtles; Crop Productivity & Environment Impact in a Maize-Legume Rotation System: A Review; Crop Rotation Trends: Past, Present & Future Benefits & Drivers; Legume-Cereal Crop Rotation Systems in China; Rotation of Peanut & Cotton with Bahiagrass to Improve Soil Quality & Crop Productivity; Land Use Practices, Cropping Systems & Climate Change Vulnerability to Mountain Agro-Ecosystems of Nepal; Crop Rotation Systems & Their Ecological Impacts in the Loess Plateau of China; Crop Rotation & Cover Crop in Pest & Disease Management in Sustainable Agriculture; Carbon Footprints in Crop Rotation Systems.