Hydrochemical Characteristics and Genetic Analysis of Shallow High-Fluorine Groundwater in Fuyang River Basin by Zhiwei Zhai, Chuanda Zhang, Tiansong Tang, Chunyan Zhang, Xing Bao, Kunchao Li, Bo Han

“…In summary, the chemical characteristics of shallow groundwater in Fuyang River Basin are affected by the combined effects including leaching effect, evaporation concentration, ion exchange-desorption, and human factors.…”
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OsHMA3 overexpression works more efficiently in generating low-Cd rice grain than OsNramp5 knockout mutation by Yuejing Gui, Joanne Teo, Dongsheng Tian, Raji Mohan, Zhongchao Yin

“…Abstract Objective Cadmium (Cd) is a highly toxic metal element and a carcinogen to humans. Rice is prone to taking up Cd from paddy fields and accumulating it in grain, which raises health concerns for rice consumers. …”
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Development and Validation of a Bordetella pertussis Whole-Genome Screening Strategy by Ricardo da Silva Antunes, Lorenzo G. Quiambao, Aaron Sutherland, Ferran Soldevila, Sandeep Kumar Dhanda, Sandra K. Armstrong, Timothy J. Brickman, Tod Merkel, Bjoern Peters, Alessandro Sette

“…Here, we compare the T cell reactivity of original aP and wP priming for different antigens contained or not contained in the aP vaccine and define the basis of a full-scale genomic map of memory T cell reactivity to BP antigens in humans. Our data show that the original priming after birth with aP vaccines has higher T cell reactivity than originally expected against a variety of BP antigens and that the genome-wide mapping of BP using an ex vivo screening methodology is feasible, unbiased, and reproducible. …”
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Antibiotic Use in Poultry Production in Grenada by Lindonne Glasgow, Martin Forde, Darren Brow, Catherine Mahoney, Stephanie Fletcher, Shelly Rodrigo

“…Nonregulation of antibiotics in food animal industries has implications for human health. This study was conducted to provide an understanding of farmers’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding the use of antibiotics in poultry production in Grenada. …”
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Antibacterial and Anticancer Potentials of Presynthesized Photosensitive Plectranthus cylindraceus Oil/TiO2/Polyethylene Glycol Polymeric Bionanocomposite by Musarat Amina, Nawal M. Al Musayeib, Nawal A. Alarfaj, Maha F. El-Tohamy, Gadah A. Al-Hamoud

“…Polymeric bionanocomposite exerted significant cytotoxicity against human lung carcinoma cell lines in a concentration-dependent manner with an IC50 value of 42.7 ± 0.25 μg mL−1. …”
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An approach for accurate identification and monitoring of species in mangrove forests based on multi-source spectral data and deep learning by Monterrubio-Martínez Erandi, Trujillo-Acatitla Rubicel, Tuxpan-Vargas José, Moreno-Casasola Patricia

“…Also, this minimizes the economic and human efforts and reduces risk of error, thus leading to more efficient and effective ecosystem conservation.…”
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Design and Analysis of a New Type of 3T1R Force Haptic Master Operating Parallel Mechanism by Pengcheng Zhang, Lubin Hang, Xiaobo Huang, Huibin Yang, Baojun Zhang, Lusheng Zhou, Junrong Chen, Ziyu Liu, Shisen Lin

“…The master-slave operation detection device with force haptic feedback function is an effective method to improve the online detection accuracy of the hollow bolts of reactor coolant pump （RCP） and avoid damage to human health caused by nuclear radiation. In the light of motion characteristics of the ultrasonic testing probe for the hollow bolt detection，a new type of haptic master operation parallel mechanism （4-HSOC{-R<italic>_i</italic>₁//R<italic>_i</italic>₂（-P（4R））//R<italic>_i</italic>₃⊥R<italic>_i</italic>₄-}） is constructed by the topology synthesis method of parallel mechanism based on position and orientation characteristics （POC） set. …”
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Postpartum changes in maternal physiology and milk composition: a comprehensive database for developing lactation physiologically-based pharmacokinetic models by Neel Deferm, Neel Deferm, Jean Dinh, Jean Dinh, Amita Pansari, Masoud Jamei, Khaled Abduljalil

“…Sufficient data were obtained to describe postpartum changes in maternal plasma volume, breast volume, cardiac output, glomerular filtration rate, haematocrit, human serum albumin, alpha-1-acid glycoprotein, milk pH, milk volume, milk fat, milk protein, milk water content, and daily infant milk intake. …”
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Intellectual Capital and Firm Performance in the Context of Venture-Capital Syndication Background in China by Yuzhong Lu, Zengrui Tian, Guillermo Andres Buitrago, Shuiwen Gao, Yuanjun Zhao, Shuai Zhang

“…This study used a modified VAIC model to measure IC to compose a 4-component variable including human capital, structural capital, relational capital, and innovation capital. …”
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Monitoring of Land Subsidence and Analysis of Impact Factors in the Tianshan North Slope Urban Agglomeration by Xiaoqiang Yi, Lang Wang, Hui Ci, Ran Wang, Hui Yang, Zhaojin Yan

“…During the monitoring period, each administration experienced varying degrees of land subsidence or uplift processes. (3) Using GeoDetector to perform quantitative analyses, it was found that the hydrological environment is significant to land subsidence, and human activities, such as road network density and nighttime lighting, contribute the least to land subsidence, suggesting that it is related to the arid climate of the study area. …”
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis Multidrug-Resistant Strain M Induces Low IL-8 and Inhibits TNF-α Secretion by Bronchial Epithelial Cells Altering Neutrophil Effector Functions by Denise Kviatcovsky, Leonardo Rivadeneyra, Luciana Balboa, Noemí Yokobori, Beatriz López, Viviana Ritacco, Mirta Schattner, María del Carmen Sasiain, Silvia de la Barrera

“…M strain, the most prevalent multidrug-resistant strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) in Argentina, has mounted mechanisms to evade innate immune response. The role of human bronchial epithelium in Mtb infection remains unknown as well as its crosstalk with neutrophils (PMN). …”
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Long-Term Consequences of Hepatitis C Viral Clearance on the CD4 (+) T Cell Lymphocyte Course in HIV/HCV Coinfected Patients by J. Dazley, R. Sison, J. Slim

“…The long-term impact of pegylated-interferon plus ribavirin treatment outcome on CD4 T cell course in patients coinfected with human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C virus is largely unclear in the literature. …”
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Improvement in the Accuracy of the Postclassification of Land Use and Land Cover Using Landsat 8 Data Based on the Majority of Segment-Based Filtering Approach by Fajar Yulianto, Gatot Nugroho, Galdita Aruba Chulafak, Suwarsono Suwarsono

“…Improvement in the accuracy of the postclassification of land use and land cover (LULC) is important to fulfil the need for the rapid mapping of LULC that can describe the changing conditions of phenomena resulting from interactions between humans and the environment. This study proposes the majority of segment-based filtering (MaSegFil) as an approach that can be used for spatial filters of supervised digital classification results. …”
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The genomic architecture of circulating cytokine levels points to drug targets for immune-related diseases by Marek J. Konieczny, Murad Omarov, Lanyue Zhang, Rainer Malik, Tom G. Richardson, Sebastian-Edgar Baumeister, Jürgen Bernhagen, Martin Dichgans, Marios K. Georgakis

“…Exploring the genetic architecture of circulating cytokine levels could yield key insights into causal mediators of human disease. Here, we performed genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for 40 circulating cytokines in meta-analyses of 74,783 individuals. …”
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Comparing the Effect of Public and Private Health Expenditures on the Health Status of D-8 Countries by Sepideh Arab, Ebrahim Ghaed, Atefeh Mazinani

“…Variables used in this study include health status (infant mortality rate), human capital, economic growth, public health expenditures, private health expenditures, and urbanization rates.Findings: The study's results indicate a significant negative effect of public and private health costs on infant mortality. …”
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The Long-Term Outcome Comparison of Different Time-Delayed Kallikrein Treatments in a Mouse Cerebral Ischemic Model by Yaohui Ni, Kefu Cai, Yujie Hu, Chuan-hui Wang, Yuanyuan Zhang, Hua Huang, Xing Su, Jin-hua Gu

“…Furthermore, the protective mechanisms involving neurogenesis, angiogenesis, and AKT-GSK3β-VEGF signaling pathway were analyzed. Human tissue kallikrein was injected through the tail vein daily starting at 8 h, 24 h, or 36 h after right middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) until the 28th day. …”
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FOOD PRODUCT CONTAMINATION RISKS AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF PRODUCTION by O. I. Lavrukhina, V. G. Amelin, L. B. Prokhvatilova, O. I. Ruchnova

“…Feed can be a potential source of contamination of raw materials and animal food products as a result of bioaccumulation and transfer of toxic agents and their metabolites to meat, offal, milk and eggs. Total risk for humans will be determined basing not only on consumption of plant products containing toxins, but also on secondary contaminants (toxins and their metabolites) getting in to the body with food products and animal raw materials.…”
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Spatiotemporal occurrence, distribution, and risk of steroid hormones along the coast of Guangdong, China by Xing Zhao, Xing Zhao, Yunlin Jiang, Hanqiang Deng, Yao Lu, Suimin Li, Yuxia Jiang, Kaifeng Sun

“…Nevertheless, the consumption of seafood does not pose a significant health risk to humans. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to concurrently analyze androgens, glucocorticoids, progestins, and estrogens in water, sediment, and organisms from diverse marine environments.…”
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Leclercia adecarboxylata Cholecystitis with Septic Shock in Immunocompetent Patient by Nooraldin Merza, John Lung, Ahmed Taha, Ahmed Qasim, Jill Frost, Tarek Naguib

“…L. adecarboxylata is a Gram-negative rod previously named Escherichia adecarboxylata, isolated as normal flora in the gut of animals including human stool. Most reported cases refer to immunocompromised patients with polymicrobial infections and water environments. …”
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Gradient coating of extracellular matrix derived from endothelial cells on aligned PCL nanofibers for rapid endothelialization by Ziyi Zhou, Ziyi Zhou, Yijing Lin, Na Liu, Yiming Zhang, Bing Li, Yuanfei Wang

“…Electrospinning technology can perfectly combine biological signals and topographical cues to synergistically induce directed cell migration and growth.MethodsIn this study, poly (caprolactone) (PCL) nanofibers, PCL nanofibers uniformly coated with the extracellular matrix derived from endothelial cells (ECd), and bi-directional linear gradient ECd-coated PCL nanofibers were prepared by electrospinning and electrospray techniques to evaluate their effects on the proliferation and migration of Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) and rapid endothelialization.ResultsThe results showed that HUVECs could successfully adhere to the surface of these three nanofibers and maintain high viability. …”
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