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    • Pre-activated biochar by fertilizers mitigates nutrient leaching and stimulates soil microbial activity 

      Brtnický, Martin; Mustafa, Adnan; Hammerschmiedt, Tereza; Kintl, Antonín; Trakal, Lukas; Beesley, Luke; Ryant, Pavel; Omara-Ojungu, Carol; Baltazár, Tivadar; Holátko, Jiří (Springer International Publishing AG, 2023)
      Background: Previous studies have suggested that the targeted application of biochars in agricultural soils may benefit soil health and crop production. Physico-chemical properties of soils after biochar addition have been ...

    • Multi-perspective quality of life index for urban development analysis, example of the city of Brno, Czech Republic 

      Floková, Ludmila; Hübelová, Dana; Kozumplíková, Alice; Caha, Jan; Janošíková, Lenka (Elsevier Science Ltd., 2023)
      Urban system present dynamic systems, where many interactions take place and revealing deeper spatial relations of the urban system and the quality of life is a necessary part of decision-making process in sustainable urban ...

    • Recent advancements in nanotechnology application on wood and bamboo materials: A review 

      Paul, Dabosmita; Gaff, Milan; Tesařová, Daniela; Hui, David; Haitao, Li (Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2023)
      Wood and bamboo are the greenest renewable materials used for construction, furniture, and decor from the ancient ages. However, wood and bamboo have intrinsic faults like durability, ductility, physical and mechanical ...

    • Consumers' perceptions of health and factors influencing fulfilment of the need for healthcare in eu countries 

      Antošová, Irena; Hazuchová, Naďa; Stávková, Jana (Technická univerzita v Liberci, 2022)
      The paper deals with subjective perceptions of health by individuals. The research aimed at understanding socioeconomic and demographic factors influencing the fulfilment of healthcare needs and at finding out categories ...

    • Dual Infection of an Open Fracture Caused by Mycobacterium setense and Clostridium celerecrescens 

      Ryskova, Lenka; Zahradnicek, Jan; Kukla, Rudolf; Bolehovska, Radka; Vajda, Milan; Pavlík, Ivo; Bostik, Pavel; Ryska, Pavel (MDPI AG (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute-MDPI), 2022)
      Infections caused by Mycobacterium setense or Clostridium celerecrescens are extremely rare. In this report, for the first time a dual infection with these two pathogens is described. An 18-year-old female suffered multiple ...

    • A Comparative Cross-Platform Analysis to Identify Potential Biomarker Genes for Evaluation of Teratozoospermia and Azoospermia 

      Das, Suchismita; Guha, Pokhraj; Nath, Monika; Das, Sandipan; Sen, Surojit; Sahu, Jagajjit; Kopanska, Marta; Dutta, Sulagna; Jamal, Qazi Mohammad Sajid; Kesari, Kavindra Kumar; Sengupta, Pallav; Sláma, Petr; Roychoudhury, Shubhadeep (MDPI AG (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute-MDPI), 2022)
      Male infertility is a global public health concern. Teratozoospermia is a qualitative anomaly of spermatozoa morphology, contributing significantly to male infertility, whereas azoospermia is the complete absence of ...

    • Evaluation of yield and alpha acid content in selected hop varieties 

      Nesvadba, Vladimír; Olšovská, Jana; Straková, Lenka; Charvátová, Jitka; Fritschová, Gabriela (Výzkumný ústav pivovarský a sladařský a.s., 2022)
      The stability of the agricultural and technological properties of hop varieties over the course of time and under changing climate is essential for both growers and brewers. This study is a typical case of monitoring 12 ...

    • Solar Park: Opportunity or Threat for Vegetation and Ecosystem 

      Uldrijan, Dan; Černý, Martin; Winkler, Jan (Polish Society of Ecological Engineering, 2022)
      Solar parks are currently considered a new source of energy generation and one of the methods for reducing the usage of fossil fuels. The studies related to the influence of solar parks on vegetation structure are not yet ...

    • The Effect of Selected Factors on the Strength of Stitches of Upholstery Faux Leather 

      Vilhanová, Anna; Langová, Nadežda; Kłos, Robert; Máchová, Eliška (MDPI AG (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute-MDPI), 2022)
      With their properties, upholstery covering materials significantly influence the quality of upholstered products. These materials form the surface layer of upholstered furniture; any damage to this material is immediately ...

    • Epigenetic factors in breast cancer therapy 

      Mathur, Runjhun; Jha, Niraj Kumar; Saini, Gaurav; Jha, Saurabh Kumar; Shukla, Sheo Prasad; Filipejová, Zita; Kesari, Kavindra Kumar; Iqbal, Danish; Nand, Parma; Upadhye, Vijay Jagdish; Jha, Abhimanyu Kumar; Roychoudhury, Shubhadeep; Sláma, Petr (Frontiers Media SA, 2022)
      Epigenetic modifications are inherited differences in cellular phenotypes, such as cell gene expression alterations, that occur during somatic cell divisions (also, in rare circumstances, in germ line transmission), but ...

    • Effect of storage and preincubation on hatching egg quality and hatchability in meat type chicken 

      Pešanová Tesařová, Martina; Lichovníková, Martina; Foltyn, Marian (Mendelova univerzita v Brně, 2021)
      The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of hatching eggs storage and their preincubation on eggs quality, hatchability and one-day old chick weight in young meat-type ROSS 308 parent stock, 31 weeks of age. Total ...

    • Effect of Norway Spruce Forest Dieback on Soil Water Balance: The Examples from Upland Areas of the Czech Republic 

      Vichta, Tomáš; Neubauer, Štěpán; Valtera, Martin; Holík, Ladislav; Fidler, Ondřej; Samec, Pavel; Tomášová, Gabriela; Volánek, Jiří; Kučera, Aleš; Šlachetka, Miroslav; Žižlavská, Nikola; Balková, Marie (Slovenská poľnohospodárska univerzita v Nitre, 2022)
      This study focuses on the description of soil water balance under three different spruce monoculture conditions, nemaly living forest, disturbed forest with dead trees and after forest clear-cutting. Analysis was based on ...

    • Effects of Wood Particles from Deadwood on the Properties and Formaldehyde Emission of Particleboards 

      Bekhta, Pavlo; Kozak, Ruslan; Gryc, Vladimír; Sebera, Václav; Tippner, Jan (MDPI AG (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute-MDPI), 2022)
      The volume of deadwood increases annually because of changes in environmental, climatic, and hydrological conditions. On the other hand, during the last decade, manufacturers of wood-based boards have been facing an acute ...

    • Non-Indigenous Cladocera (Crustacea: Branchiopoda): From a Few Notorious Cases to a Potential Global Faunal Mixing in Aquatic Ecosystems 

      Kotov, Alexey A.; Karabanov, Dmitry P.; Van Damme, Kay Patrick S (MDPI AG (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute-MDPI), 2022)
      Non-indigenous species may pose a threat to native ecosystems worldwide. In aquatic environments, invasives may have a negative impact on human food security and livelihoods. Several water fleas (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: ...

    • Small industrial towns in Moravia: a comparison of the production and post-productive eras 

      Vaishar, Antonín; Šťastná, Milada; Zapletalová, Jana (Taylor & Francis Ltd., 2023)
      The paper focuses on the changes to the industrial structure of small Moravian towns as these towns are part of the settlement structure that connects urban and rural systems. Small towns (of up to 15,000 inhabitants) are ...

    • Alternative mechanical pre-treatment methods of hot-dip galvanising surface to increase of the organic coatings adhesion 

      Lozrt, Jaroslav; Votava, Jiří; Šmak, Radim (Mendelova univerzita v Brně, 2021)
      The content of this contribution is an evaluation of research on various mechanical pre-treatments of inorganic coating, which is part of the so-called duplex system applied to a steel sheet. In order to coating adhesion ...

    • Determining the phytotoxicity of rubber granulate from waste tires 

      Šourková, Markéta; Adamcová, Dana (Mendelova univerzita v Brně, 2021)
      The annually increasing global production of tires ranges around 1 billion and the number of waste tires is growing too. A question comes to the fore how to handle the waste to prevent environmental risks. The most advanced ...

    • Determination of optimal insemination time in sheep by assessing cervical mucus arborization 

      Pešan, Vojtěch; Hošek, Martin; Filipčík, Radek; Soušková, Katarína; Pešanová Tesařová, Martina (Mendelova univerzita v Brně, 2021)
      Insemination and estrus synchronization are one of the most used biotechnological reproductive methods used in sheep breeding, but also in most other livestock species. Subsequent insemination values are influenced by ...

    • Stability of intemetallic phases in the heat affected zone depending on shielding gases 

      Šmak, Radim; Votava, Jiří; Lozrt, Jaroslav; Polcar, Adam (Mendelova univerzita v Brně, 2021)
      This contribution deals with the influence of shielding gases on the parameters of MIG and MAG welds. For the experiment purposes, steels S 235 JRG1 and C45 were chosen. In the research part, welding parameters and welding ...

    • Reactive Nitrogen Species and Male Reproduction: Physiological and Pathological Aspects 

      Dutta, Sulagna; Sengupta, Pallav; Das, Sanghamitra; Sláma, Petr; Roychoudhury, Shubhadeep (MDPI AG (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute-MDPI), 2022)
      Reactive nitrogen species (RNS), like reactive oxygen species (ROS), are useful for sustaining reproductive processes such as cell signaling, the regulation of hormonal biosynthesis, sperm capacitation, hyperactivation, ...