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ArticleEnvironmental science and pollution research international2018

Earthworms as plug flow reactors: a first-order kinetic study on the gut of the vermicomposting earthworm Eudrilus eugeniae.

Katheem Kiyasudeen, Mahamad Hakimi Ibrahim, Syahidah Akmal Muhammad, Sultan Ahmed Ismail, Fadzil Noor Gonawan, Mark Harris Zuknik

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Article in Environmental science and pollution research international, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Katheem KiyasudeenSchool of Industrial Technology, Environmental Technology Division, University Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM, Penang, Malaysia. katheem.kiyas@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9616-1818
Mahamad Hakimi IbrahimSchool of Industrial Technology, Environmental Technology Division, University Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM, Penang, Malaysia.
Syahidah Akmal MuhammadSchool of Industrial Technology, Environmental Technology Division, University Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM, Penang, Malaysia.
Sultan Ahmed IsmailEcoscience Research Foundation, Chennai, 600014, India.
Fadzil Noor GonawanSchool of Chemical Engineering, Engineering Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 14300, Nibong Tebal, Penang, Malaysia.
Mark Harris ZuknikSchool of Industrial Technology, Environmental Technology Division, University Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM, Penang, Malaysia.
Universiti Sains Malaysia · MYIndia Diabetes Research Foundation · IN

Funding

USM Fellowship USM Fellowship 2015-2018USM RUI Grant 1001/PTEKIND/811254
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Earthworms are commonly referred as environmental engineers and their guts are often compared with chemical reactors. However, modeling experiments to substantiate it are lacking. The aim of this study was to use established reactor models, particularly PFR, on the gut of the vermicomposting earthworm Eudrilus eugeniae to understand more on its digestion. To achieve the objective, a mathematical model based on first-order kinetics was framed and used to determine the pattern of digestion rates of nutrient indicators, namely total carbon (%), total nitrogen (%), C/N ratio,

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Models, BiologicalAnimalsCarbonGastrointestinal TractKineticsNitrogenOligochaetaCarbonNitrogenDigestion kineticsEarthwormFirst-orderGutModelingPlug flow

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PMID30187407
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