Quantitative Analysis of Driving Factors of Grassland Degradation: A Case Study in Xilin River Basin, Inner Mongolia by Yichun Xie, Zongyao Sha

“…Current literature suggests that grassland degradation occurs in areas with poor soil conditions or noticeable environmental changes and is often a result of overgrazing or human disturbances. However, these views are questioned in our analyses. …”
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Fluoride Adsorption by Pumice from Aqueous Solutions by Amir Hossein Mahvi, Behzad Heibati, Alireza Mesdaghinia, Ahmad Reza Yari

“…Drinking water provides many vital elements for the human body, but the presence of some dissolved elements more than permissible concentration can endanger human health. …”
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Non-canonical lysosomal lipolysis drives mobilization of adipose tissue energy stores with fasting by GV Naveen Kumar, Rui-Sheng Wang, Ankit X. Sharma, Natalie L. David, Tânia Amorim, Daniel S. Sinden, Nandini K. Doshi, Martin Wabitsch, Sebastien Gingras, Asim Ejaz, J. Peter Rubin, Bradley A. Maron, Pouneh K. Fazeli, Matthew L. Steinhauser

“…Abstract Physiological adaptations to fasting enable humans to survive for prolonged periods without food and involve molecular pathways that may drive life-prolonging effects of dietary restriction in model organisms. …”
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Advancements in the Use of Hydrogels for Regenerative Medicine: Properties and Biomedical Applications by Andrea Revete, Andrea Aparicio, Bruno A. Cisterna, Javier Revete, Luis Luis, Ernesto Ibarra, Edwin A. Segura González, Jay Molino, Diego Reginensi

“…This reason presents them as an exciting alternative to highly complex human physiological problems, such as injuries to the central nervous system and neurodegenerative disease.…”
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Gene Therapy for HIV Infections: Intracellular Immunization by Alain Piché

“…Despite significant advances in the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in the past 10 years, it remains an incurable disease. …”
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ECOLOGICAL READING ON SELECTED AYURZANA AND YONG SHU HOONG’s POEMS by Kristiawan Indriyanto

“…Ecological approach is used as framework to focus more on the connection and relationship between human and their environment and the possible impact on the disruption of human-nature relationship. …”
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Calcium/Calmodulin-Dependent Kinases in the Hypothalamus, Pituitary, and Pineal Gland: An Overview by Vincenzo Cimini, Susan Van Noorden, Cristina Terlizzi, Giovanna Giuseppina Altobelli

“…In the teleost anterior pituitary, the activation of CaMKII induces the expression of somatolactin by glucagon b. In rats and humans, CaMKIVs have been associated with gonadotropes and thyrotropes and CaMKII with several types of human tumor cells and with a specific signaling pathway. …”
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State of the art and new directions using DNA and other molecular markers in forensic entomology by David Haymer

“…The use of these new sets of markers has significantly enhanced the ability of forensic entomologists to identify insects associated with human cadavers and to provide improved estimates of the time elapsed since death, commonly referred to as the postmortem interval (PMI), along with other valuable information for crime scene investigations. …”
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Comparison of transcriptomic profiles between intracellular and extracellular Bartonella henselae by Shiva Kumar Goud Gadila, John R. Caskey, Edward B. Breitschwerdt, Ricardo G. Maggi, Monica E. Embers

“…Abstract The Bartonella genus of bacteria encompasses ubiquitous species, some of which are pathogenic in humans and animals. Bartonella henselae, the causative agent of Cat Scratch disease, is responsible for a large portion of human Bartonella infections. …”
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DEVELOPMENT OF AN IMPROVED DATABASE FOR YORUBA HANDWRITTEN CHARACTER by OLUWASHINA O. OYENIRAN, JOSHUA O. OYENIYI, LAWRENCE O. OMOTOSHO, IBRAHIM K. OGUNDOYIN

“… For improved human comprehension and autonomous machine perception, optical character recognition has been saddled with the task of translating printed or hand-written materials into digital text files. …”
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Some Epidemiological Aspects of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in a New Focus, Central Iran by M. R. Yaghoobi-Ershadi, N. Marvi-Moghadam, R. Jafari, A. A. Akhavan, H. Solimani, A. R. Zahrai-Ramazani, M. H. Arandian, A. R. Dehghan-Dehnavi

“…Households and primary schools were visited and examined for human infection in February 2006. The parasite was detected by RAPD-PCR method. …”
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Les géographes - climatologues français et le changement climatique aux échelles régionales by Gérard Beltrando

“…This discretion is explained by the lack of climate model precision at the scale of territories occupied by human societies, but also because geographer research have shown since long time that human societies – with their involvement in additional greenhouse effect- have a direct effect in many disasters, which affect them (construction in flood plains, agricultural production in regions where rainfall can be insufficient sometimes...).Geographer climatologists can use new models at more operational scales to purpose specific adaptation for each area and each economical sector. …”
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The Carnivore Connection Hypothesis: Revisited by Jennie C. Brand-Miller, Hayley J. Griffin, Stephen Colagiuri

“…The “Carnivore Connection” hypothesizes that, during human evolution, a scarcity of dietary carbohydrate in diets with low plant : animal subsistence ratios led to insulin resistance providing a survival and reproductive advantage with selection of genes for insulin resistance. …”
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‘A deep, empathetic, wondrous connection’: Autistic adults' definitions and experiences of nature connection by Samantha Friedman, Sara McHaffie, Roan Noble, Anna Stenning

“…Abstract Connection to nature is an important concept for understanding human‐nature relationships, interests in nature and pro‐environmental behaviours. …”
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Study of the Influence of Plaque Growth and Hydrostatic Properties in an Atherosclerotic Artery, for the Prevention of Arterial Wall Damage: Application to Vascular Diseases by J. R. Tsafack Nzifack, J. S. Mabekou Takam, R. Moutou Pitti, M. Fogue, P. K. Talla

“…The objective of this work is to prevent damage of the arterial wall, using a theoretical model of hyperelastic, anisotropic, and dynamic behavior of the human arterial. This work is mainly focused on the properties of the hydrostatic stress and the evolution of stenosis. …”
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Enhancing e-government in digital transformation: integrating archive management and digital solutions in Pekanbaru, Indonesia by Khairul Rahman, Dita Fisdian Adni, M Ari Tri Putra Nasution

“…Based on these findings, policy recommendations have been made, including investments in technology infrastructure, human resource training and development, strict data protection, and changes in organizational culture. …”
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Unusual Localization of an Emergent Bacterium, Raoultella ornithinolytica by Michele Cavaliere, Guido Bartoletti, Pasquale Capriglione, Antonella Miriam Di Lullo, Gaetano Motta, Maurizio Iengo, Elena Cantone

“…It is a rare but emergent cause of human pathologies especially in immunocompromised patients. …”
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From Past to Present: Philosophical Reflections on AI with a SWOT Approach by Şeyma Bozkurt Uzan

“…Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a transformative force in the technological world, reshaping various aspects of human life and raising profound philosophical questions. …”
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Metallic and Microbial Contaminants in Drinking Water of Cankiri, Turkey by Emrah Caylak, Mustafa Tokar

“…These are undesirable substances dangerous to human health and cause chronic diseases and various cancers. …”
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Anti-melanoma activity of green-produced nanosilver-chlorhexidine complex by Nadezhda Antonova Ivanova

“…The antiproliferative activity was assessed on human keratinocytes (HaCaT) and human melanoma (SH-4) cell lines. …”
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