Descarga mássica de lote impermeabilizado: análise de first flush, eficiências e estimativa de carga by Ademir Paceli Barbassa, Leonardo Kenji Maeda, Rodrigo Braga Moruzzi, Anai Floriano Vasconcelos

“…Neste artigo,a ocorrência e a intensidade da FF foi avaliada em eventos reais ocorridos em um lote impermeabilizado (280 m²) de uma microbacia hidrográfica experimental no campus da Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar). …”
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ITGA4 as a potential prognostic and immunotherapeutic biomarker in human cancer and its clinical significance in gastric cancer: an integrated analysis and validation by Jiaxing Zhang, Jiaxing Zhang, Gang Wang, Jie Liu, Futian Tang, Song Wang, Yumin Li, Yumin Li

“…ITGA4 played roles in cell adhesion, migration, immune regulation, and pathways like PI3K-Akt and TSC-mTOR. It showed alterations in 22 cancer types, with methylation at 9 sites inhibiting its expression. …”
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Activation of Delta-Opioid Receptor Protects ARPE19 Cells against Oxygen-Glucose Deprivation/Reoxygenation-Induced Necroptosis and Apoptosis by Inhibiting the Release of TNF-α by Runjie Guo, Ping Chen, Tiantian Fu, Ren Zhang, Yuan Zhu, Nange Jin, Hong Xu, Yong Xia, Xuesong Tian

“…Pretreatment with the DOR agonist TAN-67 (10 µM) significantly improved ARPE19 cell viability after OGD24/R36 by reducing the number of necroptotic and apoptotic cells. …”
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Effects of Mn addition on wear and corrosion resistances of AlCoCrFeNi high-entropy alloy coating sprayed by HVOF by Dandan Zhang, Qiang Li, Chuntao Chang, Guan Zhang, Xu Ma, Rongze Sun

“…The dry sliding wear test demonstrates that the Mn0.5 coating demonstrates superior wear resistance with a significantly lower average friction coefficient of 0.433 and wear rate of 9.7 × 10−5 mm3·N−1·m−1 compared to both the Mn0 coating and 304 stainless steel. …”
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Vision Improvement after Osimertinib Treatment in Paraneoplastic Optic Neuropathy Associated with Lung Adenocarcinoma by Masaomi Kubota, Nobumasa Tamura, Takaaki Hayashi, Euido Nishijima, Haruhiko Yanagisawa, Akira Kojima, Tadashi Nakano

“…Because the tumor tissue was found to be positive for the EGFR T790M resistance mutation by bronchoscopy, the EGFR-TKI treatment was changed to osimertinib, decreasing the size of the lung cancer lesions. …”
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EFECTO DE UN PROGRAMA DE EJERCICIOS CON PESAS EN EL PORCENTAJE DE GRASA Y LA FUERZA EN MUJERES MAYORES by Magally Márquez Barquero, Cinthya Campos Salazar

“…Los participantes, de sexo femenino, entrenadas (n=10, edad 54.6 ± 4.19 años, un peso inicial promedio de 66.08 ± 12.50 Kg y una talla promedio de 1.585 ±0.0754 m.), fueron divididos aleatoriamente en dos grupos: 50% de 5RM (n=5), 80% de 5 RM (n=5) y un pre test de registro de línea base. …”
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Anti-lipid-oxidation effects and edible safety evaluation of the oil extracted by a supercritical CO2 process from coix seed fermented by Monascus purpureus by Haiying Zeng, Anran Zhu, Shengling He, Mingjun Wu, Muhammad Mazhar, Anyan Wen, Na Liu, Likang Qin, Song Miao

“…Compared to the blank control, the concentrations of 7-ketocholestreol and peroxide only were 8.42 µg/mL and 16.16 mmol/kg at 168 h of oxidation (P < 0.01). …”
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Effects of dietary Bacillus subtilis 14823 on growth performance, gut barrier integrity and inflammatory response of broilers raised in a stressful tropical environment by Sunisa Khongthong, Pipat Piewngam, Natthrit Roekngam, Prapot Maliwan, Sonsawan Kongpuckdee, Juthatip Jeenkeawpleam, Prawit Rodjan

“…Furthermore, at d 14 and 35, mRNA expressions of occludin, claudin-1, and tight junction protein-1 in the jejunum were upregulated (P < 0.05), and expression levels of five inflammatory cytokine genes were downregulated in the ileum (P < 0.05). …”
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Environmental impacts on childhood rhinitis: The role of green spaces, air pollutants, and indoor microbial communities in Taiyuan, a city in Northern China by Liu Yang, Huiyu Gao, Ying Wang, Dan Norbäck, Zhuohui Zhao, Xi Fu, Yu Sun, Xin Zhang

“…Surrounding green space was assessed by Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) and land cover data of grassland proportion within 1500/3000 m. Ambient air pollution was estimated using the inverse distance weighted (IDW), and the indoor microbiome in classroom vacuum dust was profiled by bacterial 16S rRNA and fungal ITS amplicon sequencing. …”
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Maximizing the performance of heat stressed broilers by optimizing starch-to-lipid ratios, digestible amino acid, and metabolizable energy during the finisher phase by Dilshaan Duhra, Denise Beaulieu, Tory Shynkaruk, Juliano C. de Paula Dorigam, Rose Whelan, Karen Schwean-Lardner

“…The mixtures allowed varying S:L ratios (4:1 to 20:1), DigLys (0.80 to 1.30 %), and AME (2800 to 3300 kcal/kg) content of diets. sex-separated (n = 6,864) Ross 708 broiler chicks were placed in separate rooms (5 male and 4 female) with a pen stocking density of 31 kg/m2. Sex-specific starter and grower diets were fed until d 21. …”
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Gut microbiota and kidney function in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease participants in Cameroon: a cross-sectional study by Inès Obolo Nwaga, Victorine Bandolo Nzana, Rhoda Nsen Bughe, Isaac Dah, Cheboh Cho-Fon, Maimouna Mahamat, Emmanuelle Ndjong, Aristide Nono, Jean Claude Mballa, Fon Abongwa Acho, Vicky Ama Moor, Wilfred Fon Mbacham, François Folefack Kaze

“…Their median eGFR [IQR] was 74.4 [51.2–94.6] ml/min/1.73m2. All stool samples had Enterobacteriaceae. Lactobacillus abundance was lower in ADPKD participants with more pronounced kidney function decline (CKD G3-5: 0.58 ng/μL) than in those with milder damage and controls (G1-2: 0.64 ng/μL, p = 0.047; controls: 0.71 ng/μL, p = 0.043), while Enterobacteriaceae abundance was greater in ADPKD patients with lower kidney function (CKD G3-5: 78.6 ng/μL) than in those in the other two groups (G1-2: 71.6 ng/μL, p = 0.048; controls: 70.5 ng/μL, p = 0.045). …”
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Chromium "(VI)" phytoremediation using Azolla pinnata: effects on Vicia faba growth, physiology, cytogenetics, and gene expression profiling by Elham R. S. Soliman, Kareem Moustafa, Mohamed Khamis, Zeinab A. Shedeed

“…Results In vitro, A. pinnata effectively remediates Cr (VI) from an array of liquid concentrations (0.05 to 90 ppm) in a ratio of 25:1 {volume (mL): fresh weight of Azolla (g)} after 2 days incubation period at room temperature. …”
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17.6% Conversion Efficiency Multicrystalline Silicon Solar Cells Using the Reactive Ion Etching with the Damage Removal Etching by Ji-Myung Shim, Hyun-Woo Lee, Kyeong-Yeon Cho, Jae-Keun Seo, Ji-Soo Kim, Eun-Joo Lee, Jun-Young Choi, Dong-Joon Oh, Jeong-Eun Shin, Ji-Sun Kim, Ji-Hyun Kong, Soo-Hong Lee, Hae-Seok Lee

“…In comparison with the acidic-textured solar cells, RIE-textured solar cells have above 200 mA absolute gain in Isc. And optimized RIE samples with a DRE by HNO3/HF mixture showed 17.6% conversion efficiency, which were made using an industrial screen printing process with selective emitter structure.…”
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H7N9禽流感病毒对人类致病的分子基础分析

“…Q226L);该病毒具有8个毒力增强位点;所有分离株的M2均发生了 S31N变异;分离株A/Shanghai/1/2013的NA的耐药位点发生了R294K变异;所有毒株的潜在糖基化位点均相对保守。…”
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Multi-Objective Optimal Trajectory Planning for Woodworking Manipulator and Worktable Based on the INSGA-II Algorithm by Jiaping Yi, Changqing Zhang, Sihan Chen, Qinglong Dai, Hang Yu, Guang Yang, Leyuan Yu

“…Optimized by the improved NSGA-II algorithm, the optimal total running time is 4.5400 s, and the optimal jerk is 17.934 <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">m</mi><mo>(</mo><mi mathvariant="normal">r</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">a</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">d</mi><mo>)</mo><mo>/</mo><msup><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">s</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>3</mn></mrow></msup></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>. …”
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Epidemiology and determinants of non-diabetic hyperglycaemia and its conversion to type 2 diabetes mellitus, 2000–2015: cohort population study using UK electronic health records by Peter Bower, Rachel Meacock, Evangelos Kontopantelis, David Reeves, Matt Sutton, Simon Heller, William Whittaker, Sarah Cotterill, Elizabeth Howarth, Claudia Soiland-Reyes, Rathi Ravindrarajah

“…A body mass index (BMI) above 30 kg/m2 was strongly associated with conversion (HR 2.02, 95% CI 1.92 to 2.13—compared with those with a normal BMI). …”
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DNA copy number variations and craniofacial abnormalities in 1,457 children with neurodevelopmental disorders by Dandan Wu, Ran Chen, Jerry Zhang, Wu Yan, Mengyin Chen, Dongqing Xia, Xiaonan Li, Yanyan Dai, Yinhua Chen, Rong Li

“…Peripheral venous blood samples (2 mL) were collected from the children and their parents for whole-exome sequencing. …”
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The influence of neurovegetative and psychological characteristics of infertile patients with long-term COVID-19 on the effectiveness of assisted reproductive technologies by O.G. Boichuk, I.S. Golovchak, T.V. Kolomiichenko

“…Socio-economic status and stress factors (questionnaire), fear of stress-19 (FCV-19S scale), autonomic dysfunction were assessed using the O.M. questionnaire. Wayne (1998), Anxiety and Depression Levels on the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). …”
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Increased Frequency of Circulating Follicular Helper T Cells in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis by Jie Ma, Chenlu Zhu, Bin Ma, Jie Tian, Samuel Essien Baidoo, Chaoming Mao, Wei Wu, Jianguo Chen, Jia Tong, Min Yang, Zhijun Jiao, Huaxi Xu, Liwei Lu, Shengjun Wang

“…Furthermore, expression of Bcl-6 mRNA and plasma IL-21 concentrations in RA patients was increased. …”
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Reflections by a member of the Editorial Board by Kevin T. Smith

“…These qualities lift up and support ongoing and future research for Slovenia, its geographic surroundings, and the broader world research community. I’m excited at the prospect of Les/Wood extending its traditional strengths to meet the critical need for wood science to optimize wood utilization, ecological understanding, and cultural patrimony. …”
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