Sedimentary Facies of the Longmaxi Formation Shale Gas Reservoir in the Weiyuan Area Based on Elemental Characteristics by Yijia Wu, Hongming Tang, Ying Wang, Jing Li, Yanxiang Zeng, Songlian Jiang, Yongcheng Mu

“…This paper proposed an evaluation method for shale sedimentary facies based on elemental and electrical logging characteristics, avoiding the limitations of core samples, which makes the quantitative division of shale sediments and the efficient recognition of high-quality reservoirs available. It is of great significance for delineating the potential production areas in the study area and beneficial for the scaled development of shale gas reservoirs.…”
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Evaluation of Antimicrobial and Wound Healing Effects of Gold Nanoparticles Containing Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Aqueous Extract by Shahla Korani, Khodabakhsh Rashidi, Mona Hamelian, Ali R. Jalalvand, Ahmad Tajehmiri, Mitra Korani, Thozhukat Sathyapalan, Amirhossein Sahebkar

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Development and Evaluation of a Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Assay for Diagnosis of Schistosoma mansoni Infection in Faecal Samples by Ibrahim N. Mwangi, Eric L. Agola, Robert M. Mugambi, Esther A. Shiraho, Gerald M. Mkoji

“…The LAMP assay developed has great potential for application in field settings to support S. mansoni control and elimination campaigns.…”
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Lodging in wheat: genetic and environmental factors and ways of overcoming by E. V. Ageeva, I. N. Leonova, I. E. Likhenko

“…Molecular genetic analysis and mapping of genes and quantitative trait loci are of great importance in identifying the genetic basis of the relationship between the anatomical and morphophysiological characters of the stem and root system and lodging. …”
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Interaction between biochar particle size and soil salinity levels on soil properties and tomato yield by Zhuqing Wu, Yaqiong Fan, Zhengquan Zhou, Xinmei Hao, Shaozhong Kang

“…Under no salt stress, small-size biochar increased yield by 51.0% compared to B0, largely due to the improved soil water and nutrient status. These results are of great value for developing better strategies for adding biochar with appropriate properties into saline soils to achieve greater productivity gains. …”
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The use of N-acetylcysteine to prevent further progression of preeclampsia by I Wayan Agung Indrawan, Leny Farida

“…The generation of free radicals in the placenta leads to endothelial dysfunction, which contributes greatly in preeclampsia. 2. N-acetylcysteine have a role in the oxidative stress pathway, helping in glutathione synthesis and as a free radical scavenger. 3. …”
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Radiofrequency ablation as a method of choice for the treatment of lower extremity varicose veins disease by O. Yu. Atamaniuk, V. D. Skrypko, V. M. Atamaniuk

“…Sonographic control was conducted in the first 48 hours, 7 days and 1 month after the RFA procedure and recorded 100 % occlusion of the great saphenous vein, obtaining the effect of “radiofrequency crossectomy” in the jugular area. …”
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Assessment of genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships in Black Pied cattle in the Novosibirsk Region using microsatellite markers by R. B. Aitnazarov, T. M. Mishakova, N. S. Yudin

“…Identification of the genetic variations controlling the adaptation of local cattle breeds for their further introduction into the genome of highly productive global breeds is a matter of great relevance. Studying individual populations of the same breed with the use of microsatellite markers makes it possible to assess their genetic diversity, relationships, and breed improvement potential. …”
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Effects of Baicalin on Gout Based on Network Pharmacology, Molecular Docking, and in vitro Experiments by Liu C, Liu W, Lu H, Fan Y, Wang A

“…It possesses antipyretic, analgesic, and anti-inflammatory effects. It has great potential to treat gout. A network pharmacology approach, molecular docking and experimental validation were applied to investigate the pharmacological mechanisms of baicalin in treating gout.Methods: The potential targets of baicalin were retrieved from the TCMSP, PharmMapper, STITCH, and Swiss Target Prediction databases. …”
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Tailoring conductive polyvinyl alcohol nanofibers: thermal-induced structural evolution in nitrogen for energy storage device by Diky Anggoro, Sudarsono, Endhah Purwandari, Malik Anjelh Baqiya, Mohammad Mahyiddin Ramli, Hideki Nakajima, Gatut Yudoyono, Darminto

“…Thus, carbonized PVA nanofibers have great potential for application in electronic devices and energy storage applications such as batteries and supercapacitors.…”
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Assessing microbial population dynamics, enzyme activities and phosphorus availability indices during phospho-compost production by F. R. Kutu, T. J. Mokase, O. A. Dada, O. H. J. Rhode

“…Results Abundance of different microbial groups across the composting phases varied greatly (p < 0.001) mostly dominated by fungi that was generally more in the cattle than poultry manure-based phospho-composts. …”
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Influence of surface texture on osteogenic differentiation of dental pulp stem cells: An in vitro study by Komal Rajpurohit, Vidya Dodwad, Avinash Kharat, Spoorthi Belludi, Pooja Pharne, Sarah Marium

“…Background: In comparison with perfectly machined surface implants, surface topographic modifications like roughness accelerate the osteogenesis of dental pulpal stem cells (DPSC). This greatly enhances bone-implant contact and osteogenic potential of the stem cells. …”
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Multilevel Structural Characteristics of Jinshajiang Main Fault and Its Influence on Engineering by Hui Zhou, Yihuan Shen, Yong Zhu, Gang Han, Chuanqing Zhang, Ning Zhang

“…It is of great significance to study the geological characteristics of faults and the corresponding displacement patterns for the tunnel engineering crossing active faults. …”
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Experimental Investigation of the Deformation Characteristics of Tianjin Clays under Coupled Dynamic Stress and Seepage Fields by Huayang Lei, Shuangxi Feng, Rui Jia, Mingjing Jiang

“…The causes, prevention, and control of clay disasters are of great concern in practical engineering applications. …”
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Component composition of essential oil in the North American <i>Pinus</i> L. species introduced to the Southern Coast of Crimea by T. M. Sakhno, Y. V. Plugatar, O. M. Shevchuk, S. A. Feskov, I. V. Bulavin

“…Studying essential oils in conifers is of great scientific and practical interest due to their high bactericidal properties. …”
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A Fusion Method Incorporating Dual-Attention Mechanism and Transfer Learning Into UNet++ for Remote Sensing Image Coastline Extraction by Yanru Song, Bai Xue, Yueyue Meng, Xiang Qin, Yixiao Li, Qi Liu

“…The segmentation of land and sea in remote sensing imagery is of great significance for coastline extraction and dynamic monitoring. …”
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Life cycle management of capital construction object with minimization of atmospheric air pollution by V. N. Azarov, O. V. Burlachenko, A. O. Burlachenko, M. D. Azarova

“…Since the occurrence of various events (situations) during the LC CCO is random, the determination of the probability of occurrence of these or those events is of great importance. Technical means for monitoring atmospheric air pollution by dust particles PM2.5 and PM10 are presented.Results. …”
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US-Japan Trade Relations Amid the Globalization Crisis by V. G. Shvydko

“…Although the main attention has been focused on the strategic and military aspects of these relations, mutual trade and investment, related policies and regulation at­tract more of the attention of the political elites of the two countries.The tensions between the two countries on this issue have a long history. However, they greatly intensified since President D. Trump moved into the White House. …”
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MEG3 Alleviated LPS-Induced Intestinal Injury in Sepsis by Modulating miR-129-5p and Surfactant Protein D by Xianjin Du, Dan Tian, Jie Wei, Chen Yan, Peng Hu, Xu Wu, Wenbin Yang

“…Meanwhile, we reported that MEG3 was greatly decreased in vivo, with an increase of miR-129-5p and inhibition of SP-D. …”
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Metal oxides carbon xerogel nanocomposite for methanol oxidation fuel cell by Fatma Mohamed, Mohamed Shaban, Omnia M. Salem

“…The results revealed that the (Fe3O4/CX) electrode exhibited outstanding stability throughout the whole 60-minute chronoamperometry Technique and demonstrated great stability for 100 cycles in the Cyclic Stability technique. …”
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