Levels, Temporal-Spatial Variations, and Sources of Organochlorine Pesticides in Ambient Air of Lake Chaohu, China by Hui-Ling Ouyang, Wei He, Ning Qin, Xiang-Zhen Kong, Wen-Xiu Liu, Qi-Shuang He, Qing-Mei Wang, Yu-Jiao Jiang, Chen Yang, Bin Yang, Fu-Liu Xu

“…Seventeen types of OCPs were detected in the particle phase with a total concentration of 18.3 ± 26.1 pg/m3. DDTs were major OCPs in the particle phase. The mean concentration of OCPs in the particle phase decreased at first and then increased during the period. …”
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Antibiotic-associated changes in Akkermansia muciniphila alter its effects on host metabolic health by Yumin Han, Teh Min Teng, Juwon Han, Heenam Stanley Kim

“…Abstract Background Altered gut microbiota has emerged as a major contributing factor to the etiology of chronic conditions in humans. …”
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A Review of AI Applications in Unconventional Oil and Gas Exploration and Development by Feiyu Chen, Linghui Sun, Boyu Jiang, Xu Huo, Xiuxiu Pan, Chun Feng, Zhirong Zhang

“…This paper systematically reviews the current applications and development trends of AI in unconventional oil and gas exploration and development, covering major research achievements in geological exploration; reservoir engineering; production forecasting; hydraulic fracturing; enhanced oil recovery; and health, safety, and environment management. …”
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Chemical Composition and Nutraceutical Potential of Indian Borage (Plectranthus amboinicus) Stem Extract by Praveena Bhatt, Gilbert Stanley Joseph, Pradeep Singh Negi, Mandyam Chakravarthy Varadaraj

“…Phytochemical evaluation of the extract revealed the occurrence of total phenolics (49.91 mg GAE/g extract), total flavonoids (26.6 mg RE/g extract), and condensed tannins (0.7 mg TAE/g extract). Among the major phenolics, rosmarinic acid (6.160 mg/g extract) was predominant, followed by caffeic acid (0.770 mg/g extract), rutin (0.324 mg/g extract), gallic acid (0.260 mg/g extract), quercetin (0.15 mg/g extract), and p-coumaric acid (0.104 mg/g extract). …”
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Market Trends in 2024 in the IT Project Management Industry by Nicoleta-Madalina Stan, Adrian Bogorin Predescu, Aurel Mihail Titu

“…The IT project management sector is experiencing major changes due to swift technological progress, shifting business requirements, and the growing intricacy of IT projects. …”
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Grouting Mechanism of Cement-Based Slurry in a Concentric Annulus under High Groundwater Pressure by Weijie Zhang, Chenghao Han, Lianzhen Zhang, Jiuchuan Wei, Huiyong Yin, Weiwei Han, Chao Xie, Wenwu Zhou

“…The flow of cement-based slurry within concentric annular geometry is a major problem of study in the field of engineering, especially regarding the prevention of water ingress in an annulus formed during shaft construction utilizing the artificial freezing technique in China. …”
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Continuing education programme on vaccines for primary healthcare professionals: mixed-method protocol by Marina García-Gámez, María González-Cano-Caballero, Eloísa Fernández-Fernández, Eloísa Fernández-Ordoñez, María Dolores Cano-Caballero, Cristina Guerra-Marmolejo

“…Introduction Vaccination is a fundamental intervention in disease prevention; therefore, the advice and recommendations of health professionals have a major influence on the population’s decision to be vaccinated or not. …”
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Development and Structural Variety of the Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans-Contained Extracellular Matrix in the Mouse Brain by Noriko Horii-Hayashi, Takayo Sasagawa, Wataru Matsunaga, Mayumi Nishi

“…Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs) are major components of the extracellular matrix (ECM) in the brain. …”
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Comparative Study of Various E. coli Strains for Biohydrogen Production Applying Response Surface Methodology by Péter Bakonyi, Nándor Nemestóthy, Katalin Bélafi-Bakó

“…In present paper, it was aimed to show the utility both of strain engineering and process optimization through a comparative study of wild-type and genetically modified E. coli strains, where the effect of two major operational factors (substrate concentration and pH) on bioH2 production was investigated by experimental design and response surface methodology (RSM) was used to determine the suitable conditions in order to obtain maximum yields. …”
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Land Use/Cover Change Detection and Urban Sprawl Analysis in Bandar Abbas City, Iran by Mohsen Dadras, Helmi Zulhaidi Mohd Shafri, Noordin Ahmad, Biswajeet Pradhan, Sahabeh Safarpour

“…Moreover, the population has increased more than 30 times in last six decades. The major part of population growth is related to migration from other parts the country to Bandar Abbas city. …”
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Pharmacokinetic Comparison of Isoalantolactone and Alantolactone in Rats after Administration Separately by Optimization of an UPLC-MS2 Method by Renjie Xu, Mengyue Wang, Ying Peng, Xiaobo Li

“…Isoalantolactone and alantolactone are two major active ingredients that are present in many medicinal plants. …”
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The widely used Ucp1-Cre transgene elicits complex developmental and metabolic phenotypes by Manasi Suchit Halurkar, Oto Inoue, Archana Singh, Rajib Mukherjee, Meghana Ginugu, Christopher Ahn, Christian Louis Bonatto Paese, Molly Duszynski, Samantha A. Brugmann, Hee-Woong Lim, Joan Sanchez-Gurmaches

“…Due to its high relevance to metabolic studies, we perform comprehensive analysis of the Ucp1-Cre Evdr line which is widely used for brown fat research. Hemizygotes exhibit major brown and white fat transcriptomic dysregulation, indicating potential altered tissue function. …”
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Control of scabies fluctuation during COVID-19 pandemic by Abdullah, Saeed Ahmad, Wedad Albalawi, Nadir Omer

“…The findings inform public health policy and guide resource allocation to combat scabies infestations effectively. The major contributions include improved understanding of scabies transmission dynamics, identification of critical parameters, development of evidence-based control strategies, evaluation of resource allocation effectiveness, and assessing intervention impact. …”
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Angry Apps: The Impact of Network Timer Selection on Power Consumption, Signalling Load, and Web QoE by Christian Schwartz, Tobias Hoßfeld, Frank Lehrieder, Phuoc Tran-Gia

“…However, frequent connection reestablishments caused by apps which send or receive small amounts of data often lead to a heavy signalling load within the mobile network. One of the major contributions of this paper is the investigation of the resulting tradeoff between energy consumption at the smartphone and the generated signalling traffic in the mobile network. …”
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Immunomodulatory Properties of HLA-G in Infectious Diseases by Laurence Amiot, Nicolas Vu, Michel Samson

“…HLA-G is a nonclassical major histocompatibility complex molecule first described at the maternal-fetal interface, on extravillous cytotrophoblasts. …”
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Storage Insects on Yam Chips and Their Traditional Management in Northern Benin by Y. L. Loko, A. Dansi, M. Tamo, A. H. Bokonon-Ganta, P. Assogba, M. Dansi, R. Vodouhè, A. Akoegninou, A. Sanni

“…Damages due to storage insects (63.9% of responses) and insufficiency of insect-resistant varieties (16.7% of responses) were the major constraints of yam chips production. Twelve insect pest species were identified among which Dinoderus porcellus Lesne (Coleoptera, Bostrichidae) was by far the most important and the most distributed (97.44% of the samples). …”
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Predicting climate-change impacts on the global glacier-fed stream microbiome by Massimo Bourquin, Hannes Peter, Grégoire Michoud, Susheel Bhanu Busi, Tyler J. Kohler, Andrew L. Robison, Mike Styllas, Leïla Ezzat, Aileen U. Geers, Matthias Huss, Stilianos Fodelianakis, The Vanishing Glaciers Field Team, Tom J. Battin

“…Combining 2,333 prokaryotic metagenome-assembled genomes with climatic, glaciological, and environmental data collected by the Vanishing Glaciers project from 164 GFSs draining Earth’s major mountain ranges, we here predict the future of the GFS microbiome until the end of the century under various climate change scenarios. …”
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In vivo Study of the Histone Chaperone Activity of Nucleolin by FRAP by Xavier Gaume, Karine Monier, Françoise Argoul, Fabien Mongelard, Philippe Bouvet

“…Nucleolin is a major nucleolar protein involved in various aspects of ribosome biogenesis such as regulation of polymerase I transcription, pre-RNA maturation, and ribosome assembly. …”
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Perspectives on Adipose Tissue, Chagas Disease and Implications for the Metabolic Syndrome by Fnu Nagajyothi, Mahalia S. Desruisseaux, Linda A. Jelicks, Fabiana S. Machado, Streamson Chua, Philipp E. Scherer, Herbert B. Tanowitz

“…Adipose tissue and adipocytes are one of the major targets of T. cruzi infection. Parasites are detected 300 days postinfection in adipose tissue. …”
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An Experimental Apparatus for Monitoring Radon during Compression of Coal/Rock Samples and Its Preliminary Application by Wei Zhang, Kaidi Xie, Yanchao Zhu, Yandong Zhang, Xu Duan, Jibo Zhu

“…Based on this, an experimental apparatus was independently designed for monitoring radon during compression of coal/rock samples from coal-bearing strata, whose major components include an electrohydraulic servocontrolled rock mechanics testing system, an airtight container, coal/rock samples, radon output device, and a continuous emanometer. …”
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