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At the cellular level, RZ2MS9-treated MT plants presented elongated root cortical cells with intensified mitotic activity. Altogether, these are the best characterized auxin-associated phenotypes. Besides that, no growth alteration was detected in the auxin-insensitive diageotropic (dgt) plants either with or without the RZ2MS9 inoculation. Our results suggest that auxins play an important role in the ability of B. thuringiensis RZ2MS9 to promote MT growth and provide a better understanding of the auxin production mechanism by a Bt strain.This study, which covered a set of leaching processes at a few stages, investigated the inclusion of iron found in mill scale, which is a waste of the iron-steel industry, in the solution as FeClx=2,3 in the presence of HCl and the conditions of using this solution with an oxidizing character in extraction of metals from chalcopyrite concentrate. Mill scale was treated with HCl, and an FeClx solution was obtained at a 100% Fe solubility and 83.43% Fe3+ conversion rate in the conditions of 60 min, 105 °C, 7 M HCl, and 1/10 solid-liquid ratio. This solution that was obtained was later used in copper extraction from a chalcopyrite concentrate. In the optimum conditions (120 min of leaching time, 105 °C of leaching temperature, 1/25 solid-liquid ratio, 400 rpm stirring speed), 95.04% of the copper was taken into the solution. In the leaching experiment in a medium containing mill scale + chalcopyrite and HCl at the same time, under the optimum conditions (120 min of leaching time, 105 °C of leaching temperature, 7 M HCl concentration, 1 g chalcopyrite concentrate, 1/25 solid-liquid ratio, 5 g mill scale, 400 rpm stirring speed), approximately 96% of copper was taken into the solution.The congener polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are one of the of persistent organic pollutant compounds that increase lifestyle-related diseases, such as diabetes, obesity, and cancer. So, 2,2',4,4',5,5'-hexachlorobiphenyl (PCB153), which is one of the most common PCB contaminants in nature, was selected as a model compound to study the photocatalytic degradation of Fe3O4@SiO2@TiO2 core-shell structure. In this work, Fe3O4@SiO2@TiO2 nanocomposite was synthesized and characterized using transmission electron microscopy (TEM), UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray (EDS), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) techniques. Then, the effect of parameters such as catalyst dosage, initial concentration of PCB 153, solution pH, amount of H2O2, and kind of co-solvent on photocatalytic degradation of PCB 153 by the synthesized nanocomposite was investigated. selleck compound The high degradation efficiency of Fe3O4@SiO2@TiO2 nanocomposite, which was 96.5%, was obtained at 4 g/l of the catalysts, 4 ppm of PCB 153, pH 5, 20 mM H2O2, 2 h of reaction time, and acetone as a cosolvent. Also, the rate of mineralization for Fe3O4@SiO2@TiO2 nanocomposite with H2O2 and UV-LED irradiation was 75.3% which had a significant efficiency compared to control experiments. Moreover, the mentioned photocatalysts are possible to be reused through exposing to external magnetic field, with insignificant decrease in the catalytic activity even after 6 cycles. The photocatalytic degradation process has an effective and environmental friendly effect on the degradation of organic pollutants.Many countries encounter environmental imbalance where the ecological footprint is higher than biocapacity due to natural resource-induced economic growth. This paper focuses on Saudi Arabia, a prominent oil exporter, to assess the dynamic impact of oil extraction on ecological footprint and biocapacity by applying the quantile on quantile (QQ) approach. This empirical investigation demonstrates that a higher quantile of oil extraction is negatively associated with a lower quantile of ecological footprint; conversely, a lower quantile of oil extraction and a higher quantile of ecological footprint are positively associated. Additionally, a lower quantile of oil extraction and lower quantile of biocapacity are negatively associated. The empirical analysis confirms that oil extraction is somewhat less responsible higher score of ecological footprint due to efficient management in oil extraction and refinery process. Several policy implications of these findings are highlighted.The exposure-effect study was conducted to evaluate the effect of Co3O4 nanoparticles on Tetraselmis suecica. The growth suppressing effect has been observed during the interaction between nanoparticles and microalgae as indicated by 72 h EC50 (effective concentration of a chemical at which 50% of its effect is observed) value (45.13±3.95 mg/L) of Co3O4 nanoparticles for Tetraselmis suecica. Decline in chlorophyll a content also indicated the compromised photosynthetic ability and physiological state of microalgae. Further biochemical investigation such as increase in extracellular LDH (lactate dehydrogenase) level, ROS (reactive oxygen species), and levels of membrane lipid peroxidation in treated samples signifies the compromised cellular health and membrane disintegration caused by nanoparticles. Parallel to this, the cell entrapment, membrane damage, and attachment of nanoparticles on cell surface were also visualized by SEM-EDX (scanning electron microscope-energy dispersive X-ray) microscopy. The overall results of this study clearly indicated that Co3O4 nanoparticles might have toxic effects on growth of marine microalgae and other aquatic life forms as well. Hence, release of Co3O4 nanoparticles in aquatic ecosystem and resulting ecotoxic effect should be broadly addressed.Unbalanced and inadequate development in China has resulted in significant temporal and spatial differences in carbon intensity, impeding the achievement of carbon reduction targets. This paper explores the spatial distribution and convergence of China's provincial carbon intensity during 2000-2017 and its influencing factors employing spatial panel techniques. The spatial distribution analysis supports the existence of significant spatial agglomeration and radiation effects in China's provincial carbon intensity, and several provinces play key roles in the spatial distribution of carbon intensity, which are an important focus of carbon emission reduction policies. The results of spatial convergence estimation support that China's provincial carbon intensity presents significant spatial absolute and conditional convergence, and after considering regional differences, the spatial convergence speed is significantly accelerated. Meanwhile, economic level, urbanization, energy consumption structure, and industrial structure have significant spatial radiation effects on carbon intensity, and carbon intensity itself also has a spatial diffusion effect, indicating that carbon emission reduction requires multi-regional coordinated actions.