Temporal Trends and Spatial Patterns of Temperature and Its Extremes over the Beijing-Tianjin Sand Source Region (1960–2014), China by Wei Wei, Baitian Wang, Kebin Zhang, Zhongjie Shi, Genbatu Ge, Xiaohui Yang

“…In order to examine temperature changes and extremes in the Beijing-Tianjin Sand Source Region (BTSSR), ten extreme temperature indices were selected, categorized, and calculated spanning the period 1960–2014, and the spatiotemporal variability and trends of temperature and extremes on multitimescales in the BTSSR were investigated using the Mann-Kendall (M-K) test, Sen’s slope estimator, and linear regression. …”
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Machine Learning for Promoting Environmental Sustainability in Ports by Meead Mansoursamaei, Mahmoud Moradi, Rosa G. González-Ramírez, Eduardo Lalla-Ruiz

“…Moreover, in terms of environmental sustainability, emissions and energy consumption are the most studied problems. mAccording to the research gaps observed in the review, two broad directions for future research are identified: (i) altering attention on a greater diversity of machine learning approaches for promoting environmental sustainability in ports and (ii) leveraging new outlooks to perform more green practical works on port-related operations.…”
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Adipose-Derived Stem Cells Are an Efficient Treatment for Fistula-in-ano of Japanese Rabbit by Xiao Qin, Peng Wang, Yongming Huang, Yansen Li, Min Chao, Wei Wang

“…High-throughput RNA sequencing was also performed to investigate the anal tissue (normal and ADSC treatment group) expression profile of mRNA. Our data showed that ADSC treatment had the shortest time to promote fistula healing compared to the other treatments, and fistula filled with new adipose tissue and muscle cells without scar. …”
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A Review on the Role of Human Solute Carriers Transporters in Cancer by Md. Shafiul Hossen, Mohammed Shafin Ul Islam, Mohammad Yasin, Mohammed Ibrahim, Abhijit Das

“…They are crucial for the stimulation of several biological signaling pathways, particularly mTOR kinase activity, which starts a signaling cascade, protein synthesis, cell growth, and proliferation, and inhibits apoptosis of cancerous cells. …”
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ICEEMDAN–VMD denoising method for enhanced magnetic memory detection signal of micro-defects by Shouhong Ji, Jie Yan, Yang Liu, Guojun He

“…When variational mode decomposition (VMD) is employed independently for signal denoising, the denoising effect is restricted because of the difficulty in determining the penalty factor α and the number of decomposition layers m. To solve these problems, a denoising method for enhanced magnetic memory detection signals based on ICEEMDAN and VMD, called ICEEMDAN–VMD, is proposed in this paper. …”
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Modern vaccines and coronavirus infections by Yu. A. Belikova, Yu. V. Samsonov, E. V. Abakushina

“…This review is on recent advances in the development of new generation vaccines, as well as those developed using earlier time-tested technologies: live attenuated vaccines, inactivated vaccines, recombinant vaccines, subunit vaccines, virus-like particle-based vaccines, synthetic peptide vaccines, DNA vaccines and mRNA vaccines. However, many infections are still not preventable with the currently available vaccines and they represent a major cause of mortality worldwide — for example, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus, middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 that causes coronavirus disease 2019 — COVID-19. …”
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Efficiency of pH-Sensitive Fusogenic Polymer-Modified Liposomes as a Vaccine Carrier by Shinobu Watarai, Tana Iwase, Tomoko Tajima, Eiji Yuba, Kenji Kono

“…In spleen lymphocytes from mice immunized with OVA-containing SucPG-modified liposomes, both IFN-γ-(Th1-type-) and IL-4-(Th2 type-) specific mRNA were detected. Moreover, substantial production of IFN-γ and IL-4 was demonstrated in spleen cells from OVA-containing SucPG-modified liposomes in vitro. …”
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Study of the impact of drought on the runoff system and the dam on Oued Za using romote sensing techniques (Eastern Morocco) by Karboub Abdelaziz, Ghzal Mohammed, Sbai Abdelkader, Mouadili Omar

“…The maximum recorded in 2004/2005 did not exceed 46 million m³. This article aims to highlight the impact of drought on the surface runoff system of Oued El Hay, to study the evolution of the volume of water from the dam on Oued Za based on data recorded between 1978/79 and 2020/21, and to monitor the volume of water mobilized using remote sensing techniques.…”
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Establishment of the Quantitative Analysis of Multiindex in Euphorbia lathyris by the Single Marker Method for Euphorbia lathyris Based on the Quality by Design Concept by Feng Xuehua, Zhou Guangjiao, Tao Ali

“…The methanol/water ratio, column temperature, detection wavelength, flow rate, and injection volume were 60 : 40, 30°C, 275 nm, 1.0 mL/min, and 10 μL, respectively. A total of 20 batches of samples were determined by the QAMS method and external standard method; the relative standard deviations (RSDs) of L3 and L4 determination results were less than 2.0%, without any significant difference. …”
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Thin Air Resulting in High Pressure: Mountain Sickness and Hypoxia-Induced Pulmonary Hypertension by Jan Grimminger, Manuel Richter, Khodr Tello, Natascha Sommer, Henning Gall, Hossein Ardeschir Ghofrani

“…Since more than 140 million people permanently live at heights above 2500 m and more than 35 million travel to these heights each year, understanding the mechanisms resulting in acute or chronic maladaptation of the human body to these circumstances is crucial. …”
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16S rRNA gene sequencing of non-lactic acid bacteria cultures from lait caillé in Burkina Faso by Geoffroy Romaric Bayili, Clarisse S. Compaoré, Bréhima Diawara, Lene Jespersen, Hagretou Sawadogo-Lingani

“…Man Rogosa Sharp (MRS) and M17 agar plates previously inoculated with traditional lait caillé were used to screen for gram-negative (catalase-positive or -negative) and gram-positive catalase-positive bacteria. …”
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Carbon emissions assessment of concrete and quantitative calculation of CO2 reduction benefits of SCMs: A case study of C30-C80 ready-mixed concrete in China by Zuojiang Lin, Guangyao Lyu, Kuizhen Fang

“…The average carbon emissions for C30-C80 concrete were calculated to range from 262.21 to 401.78 kgCO2e/m3, with data showing significant dispersion due to uncertainties in raw materials and experimental conditions. …”
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Association between Air Pollutants and the Risk of Sleep Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Yizhuo Zhao, Suo Zhang, Liqiong Guo, Meng Xiao, Zhuo Han, Yuewei Yang, Bo Wang, Penghui Li

“…The results suggested that there were significant positive associations between PM2.5, PM10, NO2 exposure and sleep disorders (for each 10 µg m−3 increment of PM2.5, PM10, and NO2, OR: 2.50, 95% CI: 1.87–3.32; OR: 1.15, 95% CI: 1.06–1.24; OR: 1.36; 95% CI: 1.17–1.59, respectively). …”
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Development of a Cell-Based Functional Assay for the Detection of Clostridium botulinum Neurotoxin Types A and E by Uma Basavanna, Tim Muruvanda, Eric W. Brown, Shashi K. Sharma

“…Our data indicates that the assay can detect as little as 100 pM BoNT/A activity within living cells, and the assay is currently being evaluated for the analysis of BoNT in food matrices. …”
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Ventrikular Takikardia Refrakter Pada STEMI & Stroke by Tommy Daindes, Hauda El Rasyid

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In-Plane Cyclic Response of Separated Masonry Infill Walls Using Polymeric Materials at the Surrounding Steel Frames Interface Using 3D FE Analysis by Alireza Karkabadi, Mohammad Iman Khodakarami

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Antihuman Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) Activity of Rare Earth Metal Complexes of 4-Hydroxycoumarins in Cell Culture

“…La(<bold>W</bold>) demonstrated anti-HIV activity (IC50=21.4&#x03BC;M) close to maximal nontoxic concentration. Nd(<bold>W</bold>), Ce(<bold>1</bold>), and Nd(<bold>1</bold>) demonstrated limited anti-HIV potency, so none of the complexes seems appropriate to be used in clinic. …”
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Thermal Analysis of Building Roofs with Latent Heat Storage for Reduction in Energy Consumption and CO2 Emissions: An Experimental and Numerical Research by Erdem Cuce, Saboor Shaik, Abin Roy, Chelliah Arumugam, Asif Afzal, Pinar Mert Cuce, Aritra Ghosh, Tabish Alam, Sharmas Vali Shaik

“…In hot–arid and warm-temperate regions, the layer of PCM installed on the outside of the RCC with HS29 saved the most on air conditioning expenses, at 6.29 and 6.61 $/m2, respectively. They also reported the greatest carbon mitigation of 300.55 kg of CO2/year and 281.58 kg of CO2/year with the faster payback periods. …”
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Mass Production of LiFePO4/C Powders by Large Type Spray Pyrolysis Apparatus and Its Application to Cathode for Lithium Ion Battery by Shinsuke Akao, Motofumi Yamada, Takayuki Kodera, Takashi Ogihara

“…The rechargeable capacity of the LiFePO4/C cathode obtained using citric acid was 155 mAh/g at a discharge rate of 1 C. Because of the good discharge capacity of the LiFePO4/C cathode, it exhibited excellent cycle stability after 100 cycles at each discharge rate. …”
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Studies of heavy metal contents and microbial composition of rhizosphere of <i>Panicum maximum</i> within and around auto mechanic workshop in Benin City by O Osazuwa, I Beckley, UC Osayamen

“…The results showed that average plant density of Panicum maximum per 100m2 of sampled subplots in the mechanic workshops was 8.50 in Ikpoba-Okha and 9.00 in Oredo, compared to 27.50 in the control. …”
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