Nitrogen Deposition and Leaching from Two Forested Catchments in Southwest China — Preliminary Data and Research Needs by T. Larssen, J. Mulder, Y. Wang, X. Chen, J. Xiao, D. Zhao

“…Nitrate concentrations in soil water are rather variable in space, with highest values of several hundred microequivalents per liter. The turnover rate of nitrogen in the forest ecosystem is quite high compared to the atmospheric deposition rate. …”
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Catastrophic and violent tornadoes: a detailed review of physical-mathematical models by Sergey A. Arsen’yev, Lev V. Eppelbaum

“…A close correlation between the tidal forces of the Sun–Moon–Earth gravitational system and the total number of tornadoes per year was found. However, the physical mechanism of this connection remains closed. …”
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A Retrospective Investigation of Abortion Storm in Abergele Goats, Waghimira Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia by Adane Bahiru, Ayalew Assefa, Biruk Alemu Gemeda, Hiwot Desta, Abebe Tibebu, Abebe Sahle, Barbara Wieland

“…The Rose Bengal Plate Test for Brucellosis, Toxoplasma gondii Antibody Test Kit for Toxoplasma gondii, and ELISA for Chlamydophila abortus and Coxiella burnetii were used to detect antibodies. Per village 15 household flocks were selected. In the case villages, all flocks were affected by abortion (a mean abortion of 13 animals in Abergele and 9 in Ziquala). …”
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Association Between Resting Heart Rate and the Risk of Incident Hypertension Among Older Chinese Adults: A Prospective Cohort Study by Shiyu Lou, Zihan Yu, Yizhu Song, Dechen Liu

“…During a 4.86‐year follow‐up, 1449 incident cases of hypertension occurred. Every 10 beats per min increase in RHR was associated with a 6% higher risk of incident hypertension (HR = 1.06, 95% CI: 1.01–1.12). …”
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MANUALINIŲ IR APARATINIŲ KOSMETINIŲ PROCEDŪRŲ KOMPLEKSO POVEIKIS MOTERS KŪNO KOMPOZICIJOS RODIKLIŲ KAITAI by Daiva Stančaitytė, Karolina Dobilaitė

“…Žvelgiant į moters kūno estetines problemas per kūno kompozicijos rodiklių prizmę, riebalus, raumenis bei kūno skysčius galima koreguoti kosmetologinėmis manualinėmis ir aparatinėmis procedūromis. …”
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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Physiotherapists in COVID-19 ICUs: A National Survey by Nikitha Suresh Babu, Vijay Pratap Singh, K. Shyam Krishnan, Dattatray Prabhu

“…Physiotherapists follow good practices for COVID-19 patients in the ICU, which is as per the guideline recommendation. Conclusion. Physiotherapists working in COVID-19 ICUs have a fair knowledge of the existing physiotherapy guidelines for COVID-19, and they exhibit good attitudes and practice patterns.…”
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Predictive performance of oximetry in detecting sleep apnea in surgical patients with cardiovascular risk factors. by Rida Waseem, Matthew T V Chan, Chew Yin Wang, Edwin Seet, Frances Chung

“…For predicting moderate-to-severe OSA (AHI ≥15), the sensitivity and specificity of ODI ≥ 15 events per hour were 88.4% (95% confidence interval [CI], 85.7-90.6) and 95.4% (95% CI, 94.2-96.4). …”
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Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for post-slaughter diagnosis of bovine leukosis by A. R. Mustafayev, M. O. Baratov

“…Distilled water (or isotonic solution – 0.85% NaCl) was added to the tubes with samples, 0.1 to 0.2 mL per tube depending on the sample size, and the tubes were left at room temperature (22–26 °С) for 1.5–2.0 hours and regularly shaken. …”
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Development of Curcumin Encapsulated Liposomes in Chlorhexidine-Loaded Organogel Using Ternary Phase Systems for Treatment of Omphalitis in Infants by Ibilola Mary Cardoso-Daodu, Margaret Okonawan Ilomuanya

“…F1 had the highest spreadability of 63 mm2g−1 and the lowest viscosity of 184,400 MPas at a shear rate of 10 rotations per minute with a pH of 6.5. Formulation F1 also displayed the highest antibacterial activity against all three bacteria. …”
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Fattening performance, slaughter and carcass characteristics of bafra, akkaraman and bafra × akkaraman f1 lambs at different slaughter weights by Büşra Yaranoğlu, Ceyhan Özbeyaz

“…The lambs were fed with concentrate mixture adlibitum and 300 g alfalfa hay per lamb, daily. After slaughtering, carcasses were divided into 7 pieces as hindlimb, foreleg, back, loin, neck, chest and the others. …”
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The Humanistic and Economic Burden Associated with Anxiety and Depression among Adults with Comorbid Diabetes and Hypertension by Kimberly Wallace, Xiaohui Zhao, Ranjita Misra, Usha Sambamoorthi

“…Comparing to adults without depression or anxiety, the per-capital incremental annual healthcare expenditures were $4607 for the depression group, $2481 for the anxiety group, and $8709 for adults with both conditions. …”
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Global research trends on biomarkers for cancer immunotherapy: Visualization and bibliometric analysis by Yuan Qiao, Dong Xie, Zhengxiang Li, Shaohua Cao, Dong Zhao

“…Although China has become the second largest country in terms of publication, the average citation per paper and the total link strength were both lower than the other countries. …”
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Cutting-edge technologies: Biofuel innovations in marine propulsion systems to lower black carbon emissions by Sivasubramanian Manikandan, Sundaram Vickram, Yuvarajan Devarajan

“…Biofuels save less than a ton of CO₂ per cubic meter as they are hard to store and incorporate during the fuel production process, but they still represent an appropriate tool in decarbonizing shipping and complying with international climate goals. …”
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Proliferating CLL cells express high levels of CXCR4 and CD5 by Daniel Friedman, Drshika P. Mehtani, Jennifer B. Vidler, Piers E. M. Patten, Robbert Hoogeboom

“…Abstract Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is an incurable progressive malignancy of CD5+ B cells with a birth rate between 0.1% and 1% of the entire clone per day. However, the phenotype and functional characteristics of proliferating CLL cells remain incompletely understood. …”
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WORDS ARE LIFE. WRITTEN MEMORIES IN THE HOSPICE EXPERIENCE: A QUALITATIVE STUDY by Pieralba Chiarlone, Silvio Giono-Calvetto, Flavia Lena, Gaetano Giuseppe Saita, Roberta Maci, Giovanni Moruzzi, Salvatore Bonanno

“…In the period 2010-2022, 13 notebooks were made available within the Hospice Kairos in Siracusa, Italy, to patients, caregivers, operators and volunteers so that they could freely write down their thoughts, one per year. The impressive quantity of collected texts constitutes a precious heritage of evidence that deserves to be investigated. …”
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Match and training injury epidemiology in elite UK netball: a prospective cohort study over one season by Sara Horne, Aliah F Shaheen, Bill Baltzopoulos, Laura Hills

“…Injury incidence (I) and TL/MA injury burden were calculated per 1000 player hours. χ2 analysis compared match and training differences.Results Thirty-nine players sustained 70 injuries (n=35 match, 35 training). …”
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Effects of coenzyme q10 on lipid profile in streptozotocin induced diabetic rats by Deniz Uluışık, Ercan Keskin, Yasemin Öznurlu, Tuğba Özaydın

“…In group IV animals, diabetes was induced by subcutaneous injections of 40 mg/kg streptozotocin for two days as a single dose per day. In group V animals, diabetes was induced by same protocol applied to group IV and then these animals were intraperitoneally administered 10 mg/kg CoQ10 in 0.3 ml corn oil for four weeks. …”
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Intervention effectiveness in reducing the clustering of non-communicable disease risk factors in the workplace: A quasi-experimental study. by Nahla Guesmi, Sihem Ben Fredj, Nawel Zammit, Rim Ghammam, Imed Harrabi, Firas Chouikha, Maher Maoua, Jihen Maatoug, Hassen Ghannem

“…In the intervention group, the mean risk factors per employee decreased significantly from 1.99 ± 1.00 to 1.81 ± 1.05 (p < 10-3). …”
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Patient Perspectives on Home Tonometer Usage for Glaucoma by Thaprawat P, Dugan SP, Zhang AD

“…Participants completed a journal and survey at the end of the study period.Results: On average, participants measured intraocular pressure ≥ 4 times per eye each day (4.19± 1.54 OD and 4.06± 1.41 OS). …”
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Dalla crescita turistica di un villaggio alla delocalizzazione della sua popolazione: fenomenologia di una relazione gerarchica tra lo stato cinese e la minoranza nazionale wa by Sarah Coulouma

“…Ai margini territoriali della Repubblica popolare cinese, questo villaggio è di fatto una scenografia teatrale predisposta per rispondere alle aspettative e alle rappresentazioni dei visitatori, provenienti dalle città di etnia Han, nei confronti di questa comunità del villaggio, e d’altro lato esso è costretto a subire una relazione gerarchica tra la civiltà Han e questa nazionalità minoritaria. …”
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