Acoustic Velocity Log Numerical Simulation and Saturation Estimation of Gas Hydrate Reservoir in Shenhu Area, South China Sea by Kun Xiao, Changchun Zou, Biao Xiang, Jieqiong Liu

“…The relationships between compression wave (P wave) velocity and gas hydrate saturation, free gas saturation, and sediment porosity at site SH2 are studied, respectively, and gas hydrate saturation of research area is estimated by gas hydrate model. In depth of 50 to 245 m below seafloor (mbsf), as sediment porosity decreases, P wave velocity increases gradually; as gas hydrate saturation increases, P wave velocity increases gradually; as free gas saturation increases, P wave velocity decreases. …”
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Conceiving an unfenced urban ecosanctuary at Mātai Moana through environmental stewardship: opportunities from Predator Free 2050 in Aotearoa New Zealand by Carles Martinez-Almoyna, Shanika Tuinder

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Optical Characterization of Zinc Modified Bismuth Silicate Glasses by Rajesh Parmar, J. Hooda, R. S. Kundu, R. Punia, N. Kishore

“…The calculated values of the metallization criterion (M) show that the synthesized glasses may be good candidates for new nonlinear optical materials.…”
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Aflatoxin B1-Associated DNA Adducts Stall S Phase and Stimulate Rad51 foci in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by Michael Fasullo, Yifan Chen, William Bortcosh, Minzeng Sun, Patricia A. Egner

“…Although rad51 and rad4 mutants are mildly sensitive to AFB1, chronic exposure of the NER deficient rad4 cells to AFB1 leads to increased lag times, while rad4 rad51 double mutants exhibit synergistic sensitivity and do not grow when exposed to 50 μM AFB1. We suggest RAD51 functions to facilitate DNA replication after replication fork stalling or collapse in AFB1-exposed cells.…”
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Reference Values of Pulse Wave Velocity in Healthy People from an Urban and Rural Argentinean Population by Alejandro Díaz, Cintia Galli, Matías Tringler, Agustín Ramírez, Edmundo Ignacio Cabrera Fischer

“…The mean PWV found was 6.84 m/s ± 1.65. PWV increases linearly with aging with a high degree of correlation (r2=0.61; P<0.05) with low dispersion in younger subjects. …”
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The influence of lubricating coolant and processing modes on surface roughness during face milling of workpieces made of aluminum alloys by A. G. Kisel, D. S. Makashin

“…The best surface quality is obtained at a cutting speed of V=283 m/min and a feed of S=0,02 mm/tooth using a BIOSIL-S coolant, which is due to rational cutting conditions and the physical properties of the coolant. …”
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A multidimensional study for design of phytochemical profiling, antioxidant potential, and enzyme inhibition effects of ışgın (Rheum telianum) as an edible plant by Ahmet Zafer Tel, Kubra Aslan, Mustafa Abdullah Yılmaz, İlhami Gulcin

“…IC50 values showed that both leaves and the seeds of the R. telianum have high inhibitory properties over DPPH radicals with 20.79 and 5.67 μg/mL, respectively. The samples' dominant secondary metabolites were evaluated through the LC-MS/MS analysis results. …”
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Targeting T-Cell Activation for Malaria Immunotherapy: Scoping Review by Balsa Nobility Gustifante, Shafia Khairani, Nisa Fauziah, Silvita Fitri Riswari, Afiat Berbudi

“…The findings underscore the potential of T cells, particularly CD8+ T cells, in liver-stage defense and advocate for the exploration of advanced vaccine platforms and novel therapies, such as mRNA-based vectors and monoclonal antibodies.…”
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CARACTERIZAÇÃO ELETROQUÍMICA DE FILMES ZrN E ZrSiN DEPOSITADOS SOBRE O AÇO INOXIDÁVEL 316L APÓS UM LONGO PERÍODO DE IMERSÃO EM SOLUÇÃO SALINA by Fernanda de Lima Menezes, Eduardo Kirinus Tentardini, Maria das Mercês Reis de Castro

“…Dessa forma, por meio da técnica de Espectrometria de Impedância Eletroquímica, estudou-se a resistência à corrosão dos filmes de ZrN e ZrSiN depositados no aço inoxidável 316L imersos em uma solução de NaCl 3,0 % m/v, por um período de 1000 h. A técnica de nanodureza foi aplicada para avaliar a dureza. …”
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Anti-melanogenic effects of hydroxyethyl chrysin through the inhibition of tyrosinase activity: In vitro and in silico approaches by Yuna Lee, Ha-Yeon Song, Eui-Baek Byun

“…HE-chrysin exhibited enhanced antioxidant capacity in DPPH, ABTS, and FRAP assays, and it decreased cellular H2O2-stimulated reactive oxygen species levels in comparison to original chrysin. At 2.5 μM, HE-chrysin reduced 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine-stimulated melanin production significantly by suppressing intracellular TYR activity without cytotoxicity. …”
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Radiation Exposure and Shielding Effects on the Lunar Surface by Daniel Matthiä, Thomas Berger

“…The estimated total dose equivalent received utilizing around 180 g/cm2 of regolith amounted to 200 mSv/year, which is only about 25% below the corresponding estimates for an unshielded environment. …”
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Non-operative approaches to major blunt hepatic (Grade IV): a case report by Amirreza Salehi, Mansoor Kodori, Mohammad Sohrabi

“…Case presentation An 8-year-old Iranian child presented with a Grade IV liver laceration and contusion, pneumothorax, and rib fractures after a 1.5 m fall. Initial stable vitals were confirmed. Diagnostic evaluations included serial focused assessment with sonography for trauma scans and computed tomography imaging of the thorax, abdomen, and pelvis. …”
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Independent Benefits of Meeting the 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines to Insulin Resistance in Obese Latino Children by Nazrat Mirza, Matilde Palmer, Johanna O'Connell, Loretta DiPietro

“…Insulin resistance was defined as a 2 h insulin concentration >57 μU·mL-1. We observed that those obese children who met the 2008 Guidelines for MVPA (≥60 min/day) experienced a significantly lower odds of IR compared with those not meeting the Guidelines (OR=0.29; 95% CI: (0.10–0.92)) and these findings were independent of age, sex, pubertal stage, acculturation, fasting insulin, and 2 h glucose concentrations. …”
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Applying Outdoor Environment to Develop Health, Comfort, and Energy Saving in the Office in Hot-Humid Climate by Rong Chen, Wen-Pei Sung, Hung-Chang Chang, Yi-Rou Chi

“…Increasing air velocity to 0.1~0.15 m/s, the carbon dioxide concentrations decrease below the requirement of the WHO. …”
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Flexure Behaviour of Corroded Reinforcement Concrete Beams Under Sustained Loads by Abed Al-Mortadha O., Daud Sultan A.

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Serum Calprotectin: An Antimicrobial Peptide as a New Marker For the Diagnosis of Sepsis in Very Low Birth Weight Newborns by Gianluca Terrin, Annalisa Passariello, Francesco Manguso, Gennaro Salvia, Luciano Rapacciuolo, Francesco Messina, Francesco Raimondi, Roberto Berni Canani

“…We found that the serum calprotectin concentration was significantly higher (P<.001) in 62 newborns with confirmed sepsis (3.1±1.0  μg/mL) than in either 29 noninfected subjects (1.1±0.3 μg/ml) or 110 healthy controls (0.91±0.58 μg/ml). …”
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Effects of Nutrient-Fortified Milk-Based Formula on the Nutritional Status and Psychomotor Skills of Preschool Children by Mavil May C. Cervo, Diane S. Mendoza, Erniel B. Barrios, Leonora N. Panlasigui

“…Results showed that consumption of two servings of fortified milk a day for twelve weeks significantly increased the height of preschool children by 1.40 cm, weight by 1.35 kg, body mass index by 0.96 kg/m2, mid-upper arm circumference by 0.66 cm, and psychomotor scores by 13.74% more than those children who did not consume fortified milk (p<0.0001). …”
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Insulator Semantic Segmentation in Aerial Images Based on Multiscale Feature Fusion by Zheng Cui, Chunxi Yang, Sen Wang

“…Specifically, for a 512 × 512 input image, 95.12% mean intersection over union is achieved on the insulator test datasets with different environments and model parameters size being only 13.61 M. Compared with the current state-of-the-art semantic segmentation methods, the results show that the proposed method has higher efficient and accuracy.…”
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Characterization and antibacterial activity of biogenic iron nanoparticles using Proteus mirabilis by Mais Emad Ahmed, Huda Mohammed Hasan, Anfal Jabbar Kttafah

“…Results: The results found that at 128 μg/mL minimum inhibitory concentration, we have demonstrated the potent antibacterial properties of FeONPs produced through biological procedures against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria that are resistant to many drugs. …”
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A Novel Electrochemical Method for Protionamide Determination Based on Its Interaction with Alizarin Red S by Weili Zhang, Xueliang Niu, Hua Zhang, Qingqing Jiang, Pingping Zhang

“…The linear equation between the decreasing current (Δip) and protionamide concentration was got as Δip (μA) = 0.01514C (mg/L) −0.01553  (n=9; r=0.991) with the linear range of 10.0~50.0 mg/L, and the detection limit (3σ) was got as 8.25 μg/mL. The effects of coexisting substances on the determination were carefully investigated and the protionamide artificial and tablet samples were detected with satisfactory results.…”
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