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  Coronavirus Pandemic 2019: Histological Similarities to Precursors, Repercussions of Politicizing an Intricate Medical Event and the Anticipated Induced Damage to Societal Fabric Authored by Cyril Baradaeus Introduction As organic chemists, it is our contention Covid-19 will stay with us. Thus, it is more conceivable to expedite means to find a safe medication to the afflicted and a vaccine to protect the healthy individuals, specifically the children and the elderly vis-à-vis the exaggerated politicization of this intricate issue by medical science illiterates. Covid-19 became a Freudian-allusion of toxic self-praise, e.g., the bombastic claim of a chemistry illiterate pointing to his head “the metrics are right here”. Not very surprisingly, earlier in a pseudo Messianic communication; the trials of the FDA-unproven drugs on humans-rodents with last stage diseases à la J Mengele was suggested. That is indicative of an urgent drafting of an in-depth Freudian counselling. Alas,...

Achieving Soil Security through Biobased Residues Authored by Maren Oelbermann Introduction The degradation of soil and the concurrent generation of organic waste is increasing as the world’s population is equally on the rise. Annually, ~12 billion hectares of land are lost to soil erosion and degradation with an approximate cost of $2.3US trillion (USD) [1]. This startling rate of soil degradation and soil erosion has resulted in short- and long-term sustainability concerns for food, energy, and water [2-4]. To address these challenges, the water-energy-food (WEF) nexus was developed. The WEF nexus addresses resource and development challenges that improve our understanding of the complex interactions among multiple resource systems [5- 7]. However, the adoption of the WEF nexus has aggravated the degradation of soil [8] and there is no evidence that the WEF nexus is sufficient to address concerns surrounding sustainability [7]. Also, the WEF nexus does not to support future resour...

  Use of Salt-Tolerant Plants and Halophytes as Potential Crops in Saline Soils in China Authored by Faisal M El Hag Introduction As one of the major abiotic stresses, salinity severely inhibits plant growth and development, leads to crop yield loss and plant ecosystem deterioration worldwide [1,2]. Sodium chloride is considered to be the most component that causing salinization and is the widespread salt that existing in saline soils [3]. UP to now, almost 10% of the land area and 50% of the irrigated soils area was affected by salinity presence [1,4]. In addition, the degree of soil salinization is still intensified due to natural and human factors such as irrational irrigation. Simultaneously, the agricultural land has declined due to the industrialization, the urban development, and the habitat need with the rapid increase of population [5]. Therefore, developing strategies to make use of saline land will be crucial for addressing the problem of insufficient farmland and mee...

Growth Response of Heterobranchus Longifilis Fingerlings Fed Diets Supplemented with Moringa Oleifera Leaf Meal as Replacement of Soybean Meal Authored by Ibiyo Lenient MO Aquaculture is the fastest growing sector of the world‘s animal production with an annual increase of about 10% [1]. To sustain such high rates of increase in production, a matching increase in fish feed production is imperative. Because fish meal is a limited primary source and plants are widely available and reasonably priced, the use of plant protein sources in aqua feeds should be considered [2]. Therefore, in order to attain more economically sustainable, environmentally friendly and viable production, research interest has been directed towards the evaluation and use of non-conventional sources of plant and animal protein. Soybean meal is one of the most nutritious of all plant protein sources because of its high protein content, high digestibility, and relatively well-balanced ami no acid profile [3]. Owing t...

  Suitability Evaluation of Urban Soils underline by Asu River Parent Material forCassava Manihotesculenta and Bambara groundnut (Vignasubterranea (L.) Verdc) Production in Ebonyi, Southeastern Nigeria Authored by Chris-Emenyonu Nigeria is the most populous black nation in the World and in sub Saharan Africa [1]. Nigeria’s population 202,363,773 million [2], which is 61% of the World’s Population. 51.2 % of this population lives in urban area. Increase in population, especially in urban area means more persons to be fed and yet less available food in these areas due to insufficient food production as a result of unplanned land uses resulting to land degradation of urban landscape, Inadequate information on soil suitability prior to land use and lastly, Inadequate Information on urban and peri-urban soils for crop cultivation. Land suitability evaluation is used to ascertain the compatibility of the land for a specific type of use [3]. Cassava deserves special recognition as a cr...