Research on the driving paths of bilateral renewable energy trade between neighboring countries and China from the perspective of behavioral attribution by Zijie Yang

“…To determine the configurational pathways of each constituent element’s role in the bilateral renewable energy trade cooperation between each case country and China, this paper employs a mixed-method approach of Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA) and fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fs-QCA), selecting 20 ‘country-stage’ cases based on data availability. …”
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Analyzing and Estimating Thermal Conductivity of Sedimentary Rocks from Mineral Composition and Pore Property by Boning Tang, Chuanqing Zhu, Nansheng Qiu, Yue Cui, Sasa Guo, Xin Luo, Baoshou Zhang, Kunyu Li, Wenzheng Li, Xiaodong Fu

“…Finally, correction factors with respect to mineral grains were proposed to correct the thermal resistance of intergrain contacts and degree of intactness of crystals, and an optimized formula was adopted to calculate the thermal conductivity of sedimentary rock based on rock structure and mineral constituents.…”
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New Species of <i>Diaporthales</i> (<i>Ascomycota</i>) from Diseased Leaves in Fujian Province, China by Xiayu Guan, Taichang Mu, Nemat O. Keyhani, Junya Shang, Yuchen Mao, Jiao Yang, Minhai Zheng, Lixia Yang, Huili Pu, Yongsheng Lin, Mengjia Zhu, Huajun Lv, Zhiang Heng, Huiling Liang, Longfei Fan, Xiaoli Ma, Haixia Ma, Zhenxing Qiu, Junzhi Qiu

“…Fungal biota represents important constituents of phyllosphere microorganisms. It is taxonomically highly diverse and influences plant physiology, metabolism and health. …”
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Anxiolytic, Antidepressant, and Anticholinesterase Effects of Essential Oil from <i>Myrcia sylvatica</i> (G.Mey.) DC by Antônio Quaresma da Silva Júnior, Mariana Maciel Garcia, Wanderson da Silva Farias, Deise Juliane dos Anjos de Sousa, Adenilson de Sousa Barroso, Pablo Luis Baia Figueiredo, Gabriela B. dos Santos, Ricardo Bezerra de Oliveira, Rosa Helena Veras Mourão

“…The EO was obtained by hydrodistillation, and its volatile constituents were analyzed by GC-MS. Swiss mice were exposed to doses of 0.1%, 1%, and 2% of the EO via an inhalation apparatus. …”
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Desmosomal Molecules In and Out of Adhering Junctions: Normal and Diseased States of Epidermal, Cardiac and Mesenchymally Derived Cells by Sebastian Pieperhoff, Mareike Barth, Steffen Rickelt, Werner W. Franke

“…Moreover, desmoplakin has also been recognized as a constituent of the plaques of the complexus adhaerentes connecting certain lymphatic endothelial cells. …”
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A 1-Year Sediment Trap Study on the Downward Flux of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Settling Particulate Matter in Deep Basins of the Aegean and Ionian Seas, Northeastern Medi... by Ester Skylaki, Constantine Parinos, Maria Tsagkaraki, Ioannis Hatzianestis, Anastasia Christidi, Elisavet Skampa, Ioanna Nikolopoulou, Georgia Kambouri, Ioanna Stavrakaki, Dimitris Velaoras, Giorgos Kouvarakis, Maria V. Triantaphyllou, Maria Kanakidou, Nikolaos Mihalopoulos, Alexandra Gogou

“…Atmospheric deposition seems to be the main transport pathway of pyrolytic PAHs in this site, while its high-water column depth (4300 m) compared to the other sites presumably enables extended degradation of organic constituents during particle settling. The positive matrix factorization (PMF) and principal component analysis (PCA) results reveal complementary insights into PAH sources and transport mechanisms. …”
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A new approach to synthesize nano-yttrium boride particle through metallothermic reduction process by Sadhasivam M., Berchmans L.J., Meenashisundaram G.K., Mehana Usmaniya U., Sankaranarayanan S.R., Kumaresh Babu S.P.

“…The product was subjected to X-ray fluorescence (XRF) which indicated its elemental constituents and purity of the prepared nanopowders. …”
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First-principles investigation of local atomic environment and its impact on properties in non-equiatomic CoCrFeNi high-entropy alloys by Qingxu Tian, Fuhui Chen, Peter K. Liaw, Yang Tong, Shuying Chen, Fanchao Meng

“…The microhardness exhibits distinct dependencies on the relative concentrations of the constituent elements. Machine learning (ML) techniques were employed to establish a functional relationship between the LAE and microhardness, revealing the significant impact of LAE on the mechanical properties of non-equiatomic CoCrFeNi HEAs.…”
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Forecasting O3 and NO2 concentrations with spatiotemporally continuous coverage in southeastern China using a Machine learning approach by Zeyue Li, Jianzhao Bi, Yang Liu, Xuefei Hu

“…Ozone (O3) is a significant contributor to air pollution and the main constituent of photochemical smog that plagues China. …”
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Diallyl Disulfide Suppresses Inflammatory and Oxidative Machineries following Carrageenan Injection-Induced Paw Edema in Mice by Hongxing Zhang, Chi Shang, Zhao Tian, Hatem K. Amin, Rami B. Kassab, Ahmed E. Abdel Moneim, Yingang Zhang

“…Diallyl disulfide (DADS) is the major organosulfur constituent in garlic, with a variety of pharmacological activities including antioxidant and anti-inflammatory. …”
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Integrated Bioinformatics-Based Identification of Potential Diagnostic Biomarkers Associated with Diabetic Foot Ulcer Development by Long Qian, Zhipeng Xia, Ming Zhang, Qiong Han, Die Hu, Sha Qi, Danmou Xing, Yan Chen, Xin Zhao

“…GO analyses revealed these DEGs to be significantly enriched in biological processes including sarcomere organization, muscle filament sliding, and the regulation of cardiac conduction, molecular functions including structural constituent of muscle, protein binding, and calcium ion binding, and cellular components including Z disc, myosin filament, and M band. …”
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Electrochemical corrosion of Al-Pd alloys in HCl and NaOH solutions by Palcut M., Ďuriška L., Špoták M., Vrbovský M., Gerhátová Ž., Černičková I., Janovec J.

“…The assolidified Al-Pd alloys were found to consist of several single-phase microstructure constituents with various structures and chemical compositions, including structurally complex intermetallic phases. …”
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Potential antidiabetic and antioxidant activities of a heliangolide sesquiterpene lactone isolated from Helianthus annuus L. leaves by Onoja Samuel O., Nnadi Charles O., Udem Samuel C., Anaga Aruh O.

“…The heliangolide derivative exhibited significant (p < 0.05) antioxidant and antidiabetic properties and provides a basis for further development of constituents of Helianthus annuus leaves for the management of such diseases.…”
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Neopragmatism and speculative realism by A. V. Morozov

“…There is a parallelism between the contingency of language and its constituent vocabularies in Rorty, on the one hand, and the contingency of world in Meillassoux, on the other. …”
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Scutellarin inhibits pyroptosis via selective autophagy degradation of p30/GSDMD and suppression of ASC oligomerization by Danyue Li, Weilv Xu, Suhui He, Xinyue Li, Yumeng Wang, Qian Lv, Nan Chen, Lu Dong, Feng Guo, Fushan Shi

“…As the principal bioactive constituent in Erigeron breviscapus, scutellarin (SCU) assumes a pivotal role in the realm of anti-inflammatory processes. …”
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Microencapsulation, Chemical Characterization, and Antimicrobial Activity of Mexican (Lippia graveolens H.B.K.) and European (Origanum vulgare L.) Oregano Essential Oils by Elvia Hernández-Hernández, Carlos Regalado-González, Pedro Vázquez-Landaverde, Isabel Guerrero-Legarreta, Blanca E. García-Almendárez

“…EUO showed α-pinene (methanol) and γ-terpinene (pentane) as major constituents, the latter being the main component of the volatile fraction. …”
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Extracts of Coreopsis tinctoria Nutt. Flower Exhibit Antidiabetic Effects via the Inhibition of α-Glucosidase Activity by Wujie Cai, Lijing Yu, Yu Zhang, Li Feng, Siyuan Kong, Hongsheng Tan, Hongxi Xu, Cheng Huang

“…The total phenol, flavonoid levels, and the constituents of the extracts were measured. For the animal experiments, C57BL/6 mice were fed with a chow diet, high-fat diet, or high-fat diet mixed with 0.4% (w/w) water and ethanol extracts of Coreopsis tinctoria flower for 8 weeks. …”
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Comparative analysis of antioxidant activities of essential oils and extracts of fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Mill.) seeds from Egypt and China by Adel F. Ahmed, Mengjin Shi, Cunyu Liu, Wenyi Kang

“…Whereas, the major constituents of Chinese fennel essential oil were trans-anethole (54.26%), estragole (20.25%), l-fenchone (7.36%) and limonene (2.41%). …”
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Effect of silver content on the wear and mechanical properties of powder metallurgical Ti-5Al-2.5Fe-xAg alloys by Yamanoglu R., Khoshnaw F., Daoud I., Efendi E.

“…The results showed that Ag played a differential role on the mechanical properties supported by microstructural constituents. The bending strength and hardness of the produced samples increased with the addition of Ag, the hardness of the alloys then tended to decrease with increasing Ag content but still remained above the hardness of Ti5Al2.5Fe alloy. …”
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Lignans from Patrinia scabiosaefolia improve insulin resistance by activating PI-3K/AKT pathway and promoting GLUT4 expression by Zhenhua Liu, Mengke Wang, Lijun Meng, Yixiao Chen, Qiuyi Wang, Yan Zhang, Xuefeng Xi, Wenyi Kang

“…Based on our ongoing research on chemical constituents and hypoglycemic activity of P. scabiosaefolia, 4 lignan compounds, (+)-isolariciresinol (1), 7R,7'R,8S,8'S-(+)-neo-olivil-4-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (2), 4-O-methylcedrusin (3) and patrinian A (4), were isolated and identified. …”
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