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ArticleHeliyon2021

Bioremediation of mortar made from Ordinary Portland Cement degraded by

Reginah Wangui Ngari, Joseph Karanja Thiong'o, Jackson Muthengia Wachira, Genson Muriithi, Daniel Karanja Mutitu

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In one paragraph

Article in Heliyon, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 45% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Reginah Wangui NgariDepartment of Chemistry, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya.
Joseph Karanja Thiong'oDepartment of Chemistry, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya.
Jackson Muthengia WachiraDepartment of Physical Sciences, University of Embu, Embu, Kenya.
Genson MuriithiDepartment of Physical Sciences, University of Embu, Embu, Kenya.
Daniel Karanja MutituDepartment of Physical Sciences, University of Embu, Embu, Kenya.
University of Embu · KEKenyatta University · KE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cement is widely used as a construction material in the construction industry. However, there are challenges affecting its durability efficacy. Cement mortar/concrete is subject to degradation by aggressive ions such as sulphates and chlorides. Sulphates can be introduced into the concrete or mortar by Sulphur producing bacteria of the species

Indexed as

Bacillus flexusBacteriaBiodeteriorationBioremediationMortarOrdinary Portland CementThiobacillus thioparus

Identifiers

PMID34159272
PMCPMC8203705
OpenAlexW3172203652

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Registered trials

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