ABSTRACT Chitosan is a poly (1, 4)-2-amino-2-deoxy-β-D glucose, a de-acetylation product
of chitin, found in exoskeleton of shellfish, shrimp, lobster or crabs and cell wall of fungi. It …

Depleting aquifers, lack of planning and low socioeconomic status of Pakistani farmers have
led them to use wastewater (WW) for irrigating their crops causing food contamination with …

Hydrophilic polymers are highly desirable in agriculture, particularly when growing plants on
drylands, because they act as soil conditioners and nutrient carriers, improving the usability …

Crop irrigation with untreated wastewater is a routine practice in developing countries that
causes multiple human health consequences. A comparative study was performed to …

Ecological and human health risks associated with Ni-affected soils are one of the major
attention seeking issues nowadays. The current investigation is based on the usage of …

The aim of this research was evaluation of the influence of distance between zwitterionic
monomer ions on the performance of superabsorbents. For this purpose, two zwitterionic …

Here, copolymerization of acrylic acid (AA) and acrylamide (AM) onto chitosan (CTS) was
performed using 2, 2'-azobis [2-(2-imidazolin-2-yl) propane] dihydrochloride (VA-044) as the …

Recently exposure of olive trees to many stresses particularly oil varieties led to decline in
the olive yield. The target of the study is to improve vegetative growth and increase olive …

A semi‐interpenetrating polymer network superabsorbent polymer based on sodium
lignosulfonate‐graft‐poly (acrylic acid‐acrylamide)/potassium dihydrogen phosphate and …

Aim: Saliva is a significant hindrance to most dental procedures (eg, root canal treatment) as
the flow of saliva increases in patients undergoing dental treatment due to anxiety. Saliva …