THE ROLE OF CITY AUTHORITIES IN CONTRIBUTING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF URBAN SLUMS IN GHANA by R.S King, O. Amponsah

“…Evidence the world over reveals that though there is no rigid blue-print for urban planning, the traditional planning practices have been renounced to contain the current trends in urban spread and development. …”
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Molecular-genetic mechanisms underlying fruit and seed coloration in plants by V. F. Adzhieva, O. G. Babak, O. Y. Shoeva, A. V. Kilchevsky, E. K. Khlestkina

“…Diverse patterns of plant fruit and seed coloration are determined by the presence of two main types of pigment, carotenoids (red, orange and yellow color) and anthocyanins (purple, blue, red). Thеy belong to two groups of secondary metabolites, isoprenoids and flavonoids. …”
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Galaxy Evolution in a Pilot Survey up to z=1 and CDM Halos by E. Giraud, J. Melnick, Q.-S. Gu, H. Quintana, F. Selman, I. Toledo, P. Zelaya

“…We divide the resulting average spectra in three groups to facilitate the analysis:galaxies with pure absorption line spectra, galaxies with emission lines and blue continua, and galaxies with emission lines and red continua. …”
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Parcours-travail et cancers professionnels. Recherche-action en Seine Saint Denis (France) by Annie Thébaud-Mony, Laura Boujasson, Michael Levy, Catherine Lepetit, Parvine Goulimaly, Hélène Carteron, Michèle Vincenti

“…We identified different types of job histories involving a combination of blue-collar work and occupational exposure to carcinogens. …”
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A New Spectrophotometric Method for Hydrogen Sulphide Through Electrolytically Generated Mn(III) With O-Tolidine by M. S. Suresha, Mansour S. Abdul Galil, Mahadevaiah, M. A. Sathish, M. S. Yogendra Kumar, G. Nagendrappa

“…For a comparison, hydrogen sulphide present in water samples were also determined separately following the methylene blue official method. The results of the proposed method compare well with the official method.…”
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European Baseline Series, Polish Baseline Series, Polish Standard… Why compositions of patch test series undergo revisions and how does it influence clinical practice? by Radosław Śpiewak, Grzegorz Ostrowski, Ewelina Szendzielorz, Jadwiga Kalicińska

“…Influence of these factors on the present Polish Standard I (PS I) series are discussed and new haptens in PS I presented in detail: benzisothiazolinone, decyl glucoside, carvone, sodium metabisulfite, toluene-2,5-diamine sulfate, sorbitan sesquioleate and disperse blue mix 106/124. The authors conclude that changes in baseline series are unavoidable, because of changes in the external world and technological progress. …”
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Study of the mechanism of photocatalytic activity of zinc oxide in the presence of synthetic zeolite by V. I. Loganina, A. D. Ryzhov, I. A. Pronin, A. A. Karmanov, N. D. Yakushova

“…The photocatalytic activity of ZnO using synthetic zeolite was studied by photodegradation of methylene blue dye under the action of UV light. The methods presented in the scientific and technical literature were used. …”
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Criterion for Hydraulic Fracture Propagation Behavior at the Interface of a Coal Measure Composite Reservoir by Yifeng Guo, Runxu Zhang, Xinghua Zhang, Kangkang Han, Fazhi Yan, Cunbao Deng, Zhixin Jin

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Improvement of Hydrophilicity for Polyamide Composite Membrane by Incorporation of Graphene Oxide-Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles by Thu Hong Anh Ngo, Chau Thi Minh Nguyen, Khai Dinh Do, Quan Xuan Duong, Nghia Hieu Tran, Hoan Thi Vuong Nguyen, Dung Thi Tran

“…Membrane separation performance was determined through the possibility for the removal of methylene blue (MB) in water. Membrane antifouling property was evaluated by the maintained flux ratios (%) after 120 minutes of filtration. …”
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Removal of Phenol and 4-Chlorophenol from Aqueous Solutions by Olive Stone-Based Activated Carbon by Mourad Termoul, Benaouda Bestani, Nouredine Benderdouche, Mostefa Belhakem, Emmanuel Naffrechoux

“…The carbons thus prepared were characterized by Methylene Blue and iodine adsorption, N 2 adsorption at 77 K in conjunction with the BET equation, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Boehm titrations. …”
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Synthesis, Molecular Docking, Molecular Dynamic Simulation Studies, and Antitubercular Activity Evaluation of Substituted Benzimidazole Derivatives by Shankar Thapa, Mahalakshmi Suresha Biradar, Shachindra L. Nargund, Iqrar Ahmad, Mohit Agrawal, Harun Patel, Ashish Lamsal

“…The microplate Alamar blue assay (MABA) was used to evaluate the antimycobacterial activity of the synthesized compound against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). …”
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Efficient Removal of Basic Fuchsin from Synthetic Medical Wastewater and Competitive Adsorption in the Mixture by Harez Ahmed, Kareem Salihi, Stephan Kaufhold, Bakhtyar Aziz, Musa Hama Radha, Lava Karim, Hevi Nooralddin

“…The Ziehl-Neelsen stain is a mixture of Basic Fuchsin (BF), phenol (Ph), and methylene blue. It is used to stain the cell walls of Mycobacterium species. …”
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The acute effect of different frequencies of whole-body vibration on range of motion and jump performance in preadolescent karate athletes by Esra Atış, Suat Yıldız, Ertuğrul Gelen

“…Forty-six competing preadolescent karate athletes, who trained regularly (12.7 ± 1.7 years, 155.2 ± 3.1 cm, 50.9 ± 4.7 kg) and were blue belt and above, were included in the study. …”
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Controllable Nano-Crystallization in Fluoroborosilicate Glass Ceramics for Broadband Visible Photoluminescence by Yuanhang Xiang, Yi Long, Peiying Cen, Sirang Liu, Zaijin Fang, Renjie Jiao

“…Moreover, the upconversion emission color of glass ceramic could be modulated from yellow to white and blue by adjusting the Yb³⁺ concentration. …”
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Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic Dyes by H4SiW6Mo6O40/SiO2 Sensitized by H2O2 by Li Yu, Yongkui Huang, Yun Yang, Yulin Xu, Guohong Wang, Shuijin Yang

“…The photodegradation of malachite green, methyl orange, methylene blue, and rhodamine B were also tested, and the degradation rate of dyes can reach 90%–98%.…”
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LED Light-Activated Hypocrellin B Induces Mitochondrial Damage of Ovarian Cancer Cells by Yuan Jiang, Albert Wingnang Leung, Junyan Xiang, Chuanshan Xu

“…Ovarian cancer HO-8910 cells were incubated with hypocrellin B at the concentration of 2.5 μM for 5 h and then irradiated by blue light from a novel LED source. Cell survival rate of HO-8910 cells was measured using MTT assay 24 h after photodynamic treatment of hypocrellin B. …”
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Digital traps: How technology fuels nomophobia and insomnia in Taiwanese college students by Yi-Ching Lin, Po-Ching Huang

“…The interaction of cognitive overstimulation, emotional dysregulation, blue light exposure, time displacement, and reward-driven dependency on these digital platforms promotes compulsive behaviors, which subsequently lead to the onset of insomnia. …”
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Impacts psycho-sociaux des espaces verts dans les espaces urbains by Sandrine Manusset

“…The regulation in town planning points out the necessity to build a meshing of green spaces in term of uses and practices which strengthens even opens the influence of wefts greens and blue. It is a stake for the French research which has to bring quantitative and qualitative data by interdisciplinary researches between public health and town planning for example: what ratio spaces out urban green / space for which uses and practices and which impacts?…”
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Xixin Decoction’s novel mechanism for alleviating Alzheimer’s disease cognitive dysfunction by modulating amyloid-β transport across the blood–brain barrier to reduce neuroinflamma... by Chaokai Yang, Enlong Zhao, Hu Zhang, Liqi Duan, Xinyue Han, Hongli Ding, Yan Cheng, Dengkun Wang, Dengkun Wang, Dengkun Wang, Xiaojing Lei, Xiaojing Lei, Xiaojing Lei, Yongchang Diwu, Yongchang Diwu, Yongchang Diwu

“…In vivo studies demonstrated that XXD improved spatial learning and memory abilities in SAMP8 mice, reduced the amount of Evans blue extravasation in brain tissues, modulated the BBB-associated P-gp/ECS axis, RAGE/LRP1 receptor system, as well as MRP2 and Mfsd2a proteins, and decreased the accumulation of Aβ in the brains of SAMP8 mice. …”
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Identification of the BBX gene family in blueberry at different chromosome ploidy levels and fruit development and response under stress by Yujian Xue, Jiazhuo Chen, Jia Hao, Xiaoyu Bao, Luodan Kuang, Dong Zhang, Chengwen Zong

“…The expression levels of VcBBX15b4, VcBBX21a1, and VcBBX30a in blueberry leaves were significantly downregulated under blue light treatment, whereas that of VcBBX15c3 was significantly upregulated under red light treatment. …”
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