3rd TAGRA

The escalating prevalence of metabolic disorders, diabetes, and obesity has significantly shifted dietary patterns toward low-calorie and sugar-free food formulations. However, the reduction or complete replacement of sucrose with alternative sweeteners—such as polyols, stevia, and high-intensity sweeteners—imposes severe structural limitations on the food matrix, including gel network...

Ethiopia's Green Legacy Initiative (GLI) is one of Africa's most ambitious large-scale Nature-based Solutions. This study applied the Multiscale Hydrologic Ecosystem Services Proxy (MS-HES Proxy) Framework to evaluate the ecohydrological impacts of GLI across multiple spatial scales—from basin to plot level—within the Rift Valley Lakes Basin (RVLB). The approach integrated key indicators as...

Biomass ash (BA) represents a promising secondary resource for the restoration of degraded soils, provided that its application rate is optimized and its nutrient limitations are addressed. This study evaluated the potential of BA to improve soil properties and plant performance by first conducting controlled pot experiments and subsequently validating selected treatments under field...

Rapid industrialization, mining operations, fertilizer manufacturing, and dye synthesis have led to the extensive discharge of heavy metals and synthetic colorants into natural ecosystems. Due to their severe toxicity, environmental persistence, and non-biodegradability, these pollutants pose critical hazards to human health and ecological integrity. Conventional remediation strategies are...

Land surface temperature (LST) is a key indicator of urban thermal environments. However, studies of its drivers often rely on linear models or black-box machine learning, and rarely address nonlinearity, interpretability, and spatial autocorrelation together. This study proposes to analyze the factors controlling LST in Ho Chi Minh City using Landsat 8/9 imagery, combined with spectral...

The global shift toward natural cosmetic and personal care products has expanded the utilization of clay minerals as active ingredients and multifunctional texture modifiers in skin, hair, and beauty formulations. Clay minerals are hydrous phyllosilicates characterized by unique physicochemical attributes, such as high specific surface area, cation exchange capacity (CEC), adsorption...