2021
Drivers of spontaneous plant richness patterns in urban green space within a biodiversity hotspot
Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 61: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2021.127098
Zhiwen, G., Kun, S., Yingji, P., Malkinson, D.,Xijin, Z., Bo, J., Tiyuan, X., Xueyan, G., Hong, L., Shasha, H., Liangjun, D. Peter, M.,Van Bodegomd, E.C.
Designing new learning environments: An innovative pedagogical perspective
Teachers’ Learning Communities for Developing High Order Thinking Skills—A Case Study of a School Pedagogical Change
Loneliness, malnutrition and change in subjective age among older adults during COVID-19 pandemic
Ethnic Differences in Loneliness, Depression, and Malnutrition Among Older Adults During COVID-19 Quarantine
Effect of Telemedicine Dietary Intervention for Endothelial Function in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus on Mediterranean Diet
Innovative learning spaces: class management and universal design for learning
. β-Aminobutyric Acid Induced Resistance against Alternaria Fruit Rot in Apple Fruits.
A constructivist redesigning of the learning space: the development of a sense of class cohesion
The Misattributed and Silent Causes of Poor COVID-19 Outcomes Among Pregnant Women
Transition to Retirement of 1990s Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union to Israel
Movement ecology, breeding, diet, and roosting behavior of barn owls (Tyto alba) in a transboundary conflict region
Chemical Decolorization of Textile Wastewater Via Advanced Oxidation Processes: Case Study of Key Parameters with Acid Blue 25
See or Be? Contact with nature and well-being during COVID-19 lockdown
Proteinaceous and humic fluorescent components in chloroform-fumigated soil extracts: implication for microbial biomass estimation
An outbreak of mushroom poisoning in Israel during the 2020 fall and winter season: an unexpected outcome of COVID-19 restrictions?
Frateuria defendens reduces yellows disease symptoms in grapevine under field conditions
Population structure of Erysiphe necator on domesticated and wild vines in the Middle East raises questions on the origin of the grapevine powdery mildew pathogen
Delayed Development of Resistance to QoI Fungicide in Venturia inaequalis in Israeli Apple Orchards and Improved Apple Scab Management Using Fungicide Mixtures
Population structure of Erysiphe necator on domesticated and wild vines in the Middle East raises questions on the origin of the grapevine powdery mildew pathogen
2020
The assessment of microbial biomass C in subsoil samples using fumigation-extraction is negligibly affected by residual chloroform. Arid Land Research and Management
Arid Land Research and Management, DOI:10.1080/15324982.2020.1767226
Nativ Rotbart, Mikhail Borisover, Nadezhda Bukhanovsky, Anna Beriozkin, Gil Eshel, Asher Bar-Tal, Adi Oren. 2020
Vascular Reactivity of Adult-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients. The Israel Medical
Curative and Suppressive Activities of Essential Tea Tree Oil against Fungal Plant Pathogens
Agronomy
Reuveni, M., Sanches, E., & Barbier, M. 2020
Control of Alternaria fruit rot in 'Pink Lady' apples by fungicidal mixtures
Crop Protection
Gur, L., Reuveni, M., and Cohen, Y. 2020.
Small bioreactor platform capsules provide persistent digestive biomass for continuous bioreactors operated under short hydraulic retention times
Gog and Magog at Gergesha-Kursi on the shore of the Sea of
Determining Bathymetry of Shallow and Ephemeral Desert Lakes Using Satellite Imagery and Altimetry
Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2020GL087367
Armon, M., Dente, E., Shimolvitz, Y., Mushkin, A., Cohen, T., Enzel, Y., & Morin, E.
The role of pedagogical practices in novice teachers' work
European Journal of Educational Research, 9(2), 457-469.
Sasson, I., Kalir, D., & Malkinson, N.
Becoming a scientist - Career choice characteristics
Accepted to International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education.
Sasson, I.
A model for pedagogical characterization of innovative learning spaces: A tool for the professional development of educators
Accepted to "Eyunim Bechinuch" (In Hebrew)
Sasson, I.
Sleep disorders and vascular responsiveness in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Journal of Internal Medicine. [Epub ahead of print].
Adawi, M., Sabbah, F., Tzischinsky, O., Blum, N., Luigi Bragazzi, N., Yehuda, I., Tamir, S., Romanenko, O., & Blum, A.
LP-UV-Nano MgO2 Pretreated Catalysis Followed by Small Bioreactor Platform Capsules Treatment for Superior Kinetic Degradation Performance of 17α-Ethynylestradiol. Materials, 13(1), 83.
Materials, 13(1), 83.
Vaddadi, L. P., Avisar, D., Vadivel, V. K., Menashe, O., Kurzbaum, E., Cohen-Yaniv, V., & Mamane, H.
Biodegradation of the Endocrine-Disrupting Chemical 17α-Ethynylestradiol (EE2) by Rhodococcus zopfii and Pseudomonas putida Encapsulated in Small Bioreactor Platform (SBP) Capsules. Applied Sciences, 10, 336.
Applied Sciences, 10, 336.
Ofir Menashe, Yasmin Raizner, Martin Esteban Kuc, Vered Cohen-Yaniv, Aviv Kaplan, Hadas Mamane, Dror Avisar, Eyal Kurzbaum
2019
Sedimentary Marl mudstone as a substrate in a xeric environment revealed by microbiome analysis.Extremophiles. (2019)
Extremophiles. (2019) doi: 10.1007/s00792-019-01087-7
Koryachenko O, Girsowicz R, Dekel Y, Doniger T, Steinberger
Phosphate removal from dairy wastewater and domestic effluents
Horizons in Geography, 95, 60-69. (in Hebrew).
Kurzbaum E., Bar Shalom O.
Rain-based soil solarization for reducing the persistent seed banks of invasive plants in natural ecosystems – Acacia saligna as a plant model
Pest Management Science Doi:10.1002/ps.5306.
Cohen, O., Bar (Kutiel), P., Gamliel, A., Katan, J., Kurzbaum, E., Weber, G., Shubert, I. and Riov, J. 2019
Diurnal changes of the delayed fluorescence integral from a Chlorella vulgaris culture under ambient light
Photosynthetica
Eckert, W, Leunert, F., Yacobi, YZ, Köhler, J. Kurzbaum, E.
From the Titanic and other shipwrecks to biofilm prevention: The interesting role of polyphenol-protein complexes in biofilm inhibition
Science of the Total Environment, 25, 658:1098-1105.
Kurzbaum, E., Iliasafov, L., Kolik, L., Starosvetsky, J., Bilanovic, D., Butnariu, M., & Armon, R
Phenol biodegradation by bacterial cultures encapsulated in 3D microfiltration-membrane capsules
Environmental Technology
Eyal Kurzbaum, Yasmin Raizner, Martin E. Kuc, Anatoly Kulikov, Ben Hakimi, Lilach Iasur Kruh, Ofir Menashe
Teachers' Knowledge, Beliefs, and Attitudes about Climate Change
International Education Studies
Teachers' Knowledge, Beliefs, and Attitudes about Climate Change
Fluvial Incision and Coarse Gravel Redistribution Across the Modern Dead Sea Shelf as a Result of Base-Level Fall.
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 44(11): 2170– 2185.
Eyal, H., Dente, E., Haviv, I., Enzel, Y., Dunne, T., & Lensky, N.
What predicts household waste management behaviors? Culture and type of behavior as moderators
Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 145, 11-18.
Kaplan Mintz, K., Henn, L., Park, J., & Kurman, J.
A Cross-Cultural Perspective on Facilitators of Recycling
Environment, Development and Sustainability. Accepted for publication.
Kaplan Mintz, K., & Kurman, J.
Project-Based Learning in Education for Sustainable Development: A Case Study of Graduate Planning Students
Case Studies in the Environment. 16(1), 1-16.
Teff-Seker, Y., Portman, M. E., & Kaplan Mintz, K.
articipation in research apprenticeship program: Issues related to career choice in STEM
International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 17(3), 467-482.
Sasson, I.
Pedagogical characteristics of classroom learning tasks: a three-dimensional methodological framework
Implementation of an educational change in the organization – An evaluation model
'Eunim Beminhal Irgun Hahinuch', 36, 277-312. (In Hebrew)
Sasson, I., & Kopietz, K.
Building a sustainable university-community partnership: Case study in science education
Studies in Higher Education, 44(12), 2318-2332.
Sasson, I.
Integrated treatment of reverse osmosis brines coupling electrocoagulation with advanced oxidation processes.
Chemical Engineering Journal, 356, 771-780. doi
Azerrad, S. P., Isaacs, M., & Dosoretz, C. G.
Bumble workers give up sleep to care for offspring that are not their own
Current Biology, 29:3488-3493
Moshe Nagari, Ariel Gera, Sara Jonsson and Guy Bloch
Potent social time givers overide photic entrainment of the circadian clock in honey bees
Nature Communications 7. * Equal contribution
4. Taro Fuchikawa*, Ada Eban-Rothschild*, Moshe Nagari*, Yair Shemesh and Guy Bloch
Soil solarization based on natural soil moisture: a practical approach for reducing the seed bank of invasive plants in wetlands
NeoBiota, 51, p.1.
Cohen, O., Gamliel, A., Katan, J., Shubert, I., Guy, A., Weber, G. and Riov, J., 2019
Oak Decline and Mortality in the Golan Heights
2018
Chloroform fumigation extraction for measuring soil microbial biomass: The validity of using samples approaching water saturation
Geoderma 3019 204-207
Adi Oren, Nativ Rotbart, Mikhail Borisover, Asher Bar-Tal.
The place of content and pedagogy in shaping sustainability learning outcomes in higher education
Environmental Education Research, 24(2), 207-229.
Mintz, K., & Tal, T.
Extracellular laccase production and phenolics degradation by an olive mill wastewater isolate
Grasas y Aceites, 69(1), 231-241.
Rupak Kumar(#), Yasmin Raizner, Lilach Iasur Kruh, Ofir Menashe, Hassan Azaizehe, Suman Kapur, Eyal Kurzbaum
Controlling the seed bank of the invasive plant Acacia saligna: comparison of the efficacy of prescribed burning, soil solarization, and their combination
Biological Invasions 20, 2875-2887.
Cohen, O., Bar (Kutiel) P., Gamliel, Katan, Kurzbaum, E and Riov, J
Treatment of olive mill wastewater using ozonation followed by an encapsulated acclimated biomass
Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 6(4), 5014-5023.
Yeara Bar Oz(#), Hadas Mamane, Ofir Menashe, Vered Cohen-Yaniv, Rupak Kumar, Lilach Iasur Kruh, Eyal Kurzbaum
Sinuosity Evolution Variations Along an Incising Channel: The Jordan River Response to the Dead Sea Level Fall
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 44(3): 781– 795.
Dente, E., Lensky, N.G., Morin, E., Dunne, T., & Enzel Y.
Megalakes in the Sahara?
A Review Quaternary Research, 90(2): 253-275.
Quade, J., Dente, E., Armon, M., Ben Dor, Y., Morin, E., Adam, O., & Enzel, Y.
Rainfall and Meteorology Patterns of Flash Flood-producing Storms in the Levant Drylands and their Hydrogeomorphic Implications
Journal of Hydrometeorology, 19: 1077–1096.
Armon, M., Dente, E., Smith, J.A., E., Morin, E., & Enzel, Y.
Water quality changes seasonal variations in root respiration, xylem CO2, and sap pH in citrus orchards
Agricultural Water Management 197, 147-157.
Indira Paudel, Asher Bar-Tal, Nativ Rotbart, Jhonathan Ephrath, Shabtai Cohen.
Treated wastewater irrigation: Soil variables and grapefruit tree performance
Agricultural water management 204, 126-137.
Indira Paudel, Asher Bar-Tal, Guy J Levy, Nativ Rotbart, Jhonathan E Ephrath, Shabtai Cohen
Facilitated enumeration of the silicate bacterium Paenibacillus mucilaginosus comb. nov. (formerly Bacillus mucilaginosus) via tetrazolium chloride incorporation into a double agar-based solid growth medium
Folia Microbiologica 63(3),401–404.
Annie Vardanian, Eyal Kurzbaum, Yair Farber, Monica Butnariu, Robert Armon
Fostering critical thinking and question-posing skill in an innovative learning environment
Thinking Skills and Creativity, 29, 203-212.
Sasson, I., Yehuda, I., & Malkinson, N.
When in Rome Do as the Romans Do: The Role of Social Norms in Changing Environmental Significant Behavior
Ecology & Environment, June 2018, (in Hebrew)
Kaplan Mintz, K.
Internet use, social networks, loneliness, and quality of life among adults aged 50 and older: mediating and moderating effects
2017
Capped-brood that does not require feeding makes nurse honeybees work around-the-clock
Journal of Experimental Biology, 220:4130-4140.
Moshe Nagari Yafit Brenner and Guy Bloch
Task-related phasing of circadian rhythms in antennal responsiveness to general odorants and pheromones in honeybees
Journal of Biological Rhythms, 32:593-608.
Moshe Nagari, Paul Szyszka, Giovanni Galizia and Guy Bloch
Lower leaf gas‐exchange and higher photorespiration of treated wastewater irrigated Citrus trees is modulated by soil type and climate
Physiologia plantarum 156, 4, 478-496.
Indira Paudel, Avi Shaviv, Nirit Bernstein, Bruria Heuer, Or Shapira, Victor Lukyanov, Asher Bar‐Tal, Nativ Rotbart, Jhonathan Ephrath, Shabtai Cohen
Examination of residual chloroform interference in the measurement of microbial biomass C by fumigation-extraction
Soil Biology and Biochemistry 111, 60-65
Rotbart, Nativ, Borisover, Mikhail, Bukhanovsky, Nadezhda, Nasonova, Alla, Bar-Tal, Asher & Oren, Adi.
Aspects of carbon dioxide mitigation in a closed microalgae photo-bioreactor supplied with flue gas
International Journal of Environment and Pollution, Vol. 62, No. 1, pp.1–16.
Kurzbaum, E., Aharoni, A., Kirzhner, F., Azov, Y. and Armon, R.
Lanthanum-modified bentonite: Potential for efficient removal of phosphates from fish pond effluents
Environmental Science and Pollution Research 24(17), 15182-15186.
Kurzbaum E., Yasmin Raizner, Oded Cohen, Guy Rubinstein, Oded Bar Shalom
Encapsulated Pseudomonas putida for phenol biodegradation: Use of a structural membrane for construction of a well-organized confined particle
Water research, 121, 37–45.
Kurzbaum E., Yasmin Raizner, Oded Cohen, Ran Y. Suckeveriene, Anatoly Kulikov, Ben Hakimi, Lilach Iasur Kruh, Yair Farber, Robert Armon, Ofir Menashe
Geomorphic Response of a Low-Gradient Channel to Modern, Progressive Base-Level Lowering: Nahal HaArava, the Dead Sea
Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 122(12): 2468- 2487.
Dente, E., Lensky, N.G., Morin, E., Grodek, T., Sheffer, N., & Enzel, Y.
What determines a school's success in science and technology education? Learning from success in the periphery
Mifgash' - For educational and social work, 44, 11-36. (In Hebrew)
Sasson, I.
The impact of Acacia saligna invasion on the indigenous vegetation in various coastal habitats in Israel and its implication for nature conservation
Israel Journal of Plant Science (Mar) 45:1-11.
Cohen, O. and Bar (Kutiel), P. 2017
2016
Glabridin, an isoflavan from licorice root, up-regulates paraoxonase 2 expression under hyperglycemia and protects it from oxidation
Mol Nutr Food Res, 60(2): 287-99.
Yehuda, I., Madar, Z., Leikin-Frenkel, A., Szuchman-Sapir, A., Magzal F., Markman G., & Tamir, S.
Self-accelerated Development of Salt Karst During Flash Floods along the Dead Sea Coast, Israel
Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 121(1): 17-38.
Avni, Y., Lensky, N.G., Dente, E., Shviro, M., Arav, R., Gavrieli, I., Yechieli, Y., Abelson, M., Lutzky, H., Filin, S., Haviv, I., & Baer, G.
A Novel Bioaugmentation Treatment Approach using a Confined Microbial Environment: A Case Study in a MBR Wastewater Treatment Plant
Environmental Technology 37(12):1582-90.
Menashe O., Kurzbaum E.
Performance comparison of plant root biofilm, gravel attached biofilm and planktonic microbial populations, in phenol removal within a constructed wetland wastewater treatment system
Water SA, 42 (1), 166-170.
Kurzbaum E., F. Kirzhner, R. Armon
The potential of phosphate removal from dairy wastewater and municipal wastewater effluents using a lanthanum-modified bentonite
Applied Clay Science, 123, 182-186.
Kurzbaum, E., Bar Shalom, O.
Environmental Aspects of Cryptosporidium
Journal of Veterinary Medicine and Research 3(2), 1048.
Armon R, Gold D, Zuckerman U, Kurzbaum E
Online quizzes in a virtual learning environment as a tool for formative assessment
Journal of Technology and Science Education, 6(3), 188-208.
Cohen, D. & Sasson, I.
Online quizzes in a virtual learning environment as a tool for formative assessment
Journal of Technology and Science Education, 6(3), 188-208.
Cohen, D. & Sasson, I.
The risk assessment of Eucalyptus camaldulensis as invasive plant in Israel
Kalanit 3
Cohen, O. and Riov, J. 2016
Influence of Heteroaggregation Processes between Intrinsic Colloids and Carrier Colloids on Cerium(III) Mobility through Fractured Carbonate Rocks
Water Res. 2016, 100, 88–97
Tran, E. L.; Klein-BenDavid, O.; Teutsch, N.; Weisbrod, N.
2015
Glabridin, an isoflavan from licorice root, down-regulates iNOS expression and activity under high glucose stress and inflammation
Mol Nutr Food Res, 59(6): 1041-52.
Yehuda, I., Madar, Z., Leikin-Frenkel, A., & Tamir, S.
A three-attribute transfer skills framework – Part II: Applying and assessing the model in science education
Chemistry Education Research and Practice – CERP, 16, 154-167.
Sasson, I., & Dori, Y.
For the Next Generation – Integrating Sustainability Issues in Higher Education Courses
Ecology & Environment, December 2015, 309-317 (in Hebrew).
Mintz, K., & Tal, T.,
The potential of autochthonous microbial culture encapsulation in a confined environment for phenols biodegradation
Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 22(19), 15179-15187.
Azaizeh H, Kurzbaum E, Said H, Jaradat O and Menashe O.
Academic institution and graduates employment opportunities
Israeli Sociology, 16 (2): 56-75 (Hebrew)
Barseilai-Shaham, Y. and Yaish, M. (2015)
Influence of Intrinsic Colloid Formation on Migration of Cerium through Fractured Carbonate Rock
Environ. Sci. Technol. 2015, 49 (22), 13275–13282.
Tran, E. L.; Klein-BenDavid, O.; Teutsch, N.; Weisbrod, N.
2014
Advanced oxidation of iodinated X-ray contrast media in reverse osmosis brines: The influence of quenching
Water Research, 62, 107-116. doi
Azerrad, S. P., Gur-Reznik, S., Heller-Grossman, L., & Dosoretz, C. G.
Transformation of X-ray contrast media in reverse osmosis brines by advanced oxidation processes
Desalination and Water Treatment, 1-8. doi:1.01080/19443994.2014.958275
Azerrad, S. P., Gilboa, M., & Dosoretz, C. G.
Small-Bioreactor Platform Technology as a Municipal Wastewater Additive Treatment
Water Science and Technology, 69(3) 504-510.
Menashe O., Kurzbaum E.
The Impact of Ornithogenic Inputs on Phosphorous Transport from Altered Wetland Soils to waterways in East Mediterranean Ecosystem
Science of the Total Environment, 473–474: 36-42.
Litaor, M., Reichmann, O., Dente, E., Naftaly, A., & Shenker, M.
The role of informal science centers in science education: attitudes, skills, and self-efficacy
Journal of Technology and Science Education, 4(3), 167-180.
Sasson, I.
Integrating sustainable development into a service learning engineering course
Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, 140(1) 05013001-1-05013001-11.
Mintz, K., Talesnick, M., Amadei, B., & Tal T.,
Sustainability in Higher Education Courses: Multiple Learning Outcomes
Studies in Educational Evaluation, 41 113–123
Mintz, K., & Tal, T.,
2012
Estimating olive leaf nitrogen concentration using VIS-NIR spectral reflectance
Biosystems Engineering Vol114, Iss 4, Pages 426-434.
Nativ, R., Z. Schmilovitch, Y. Choen, V. Alcahantis, R. Erel, T. Ignat, C. Shenderey, A. Dag and U. Yermiyahu
Transfer skills and their case-based assessment. In B. J. Fraser, K. G. Tobin, and C. J. McRobbie (Eds.)
The Second International Handbook of Science Education (pp. 691-710). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer-Verlag.
Sasson, I., & Dori, Y.J.
Aging and information technology and communication (ICT): What affects attitudes towards computers?
Gerontology, 39(3), 57-75. (In Hebrew)
Sasson, I., Greenbaum, E., & Govrin, A.
The involvement of the antennae in mediating the brood influence on circadian rhythms in "nurse" honey bee (Apis mellifera) workers
Journal of Insect Physiology, 58:1096-1103.
Moshe Nagari and Guy Bloch