A Mendelian randomization study: physical activities and chronic kidney disease by Rui Xiao, Li Dong, Bo Xie, Beizhong Liu

“…It is worth noting that other physical activities, such as walking for pleasure, strenuous sports, light DIY (e.g., pruning and watering the lawn), and other exercises (e.g., swimming, cycling, keeping fit, and bowling), were not significantly correlated with CKD and eGFR. …”
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Spatiotemporal variation of high-temperature events and its relation to coral bleaching in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan by Sayaka Yasunaka, Haruko Kurihara, Takeshi Doi

“…Abstract Coral bleaching occurs when symbiotic dinoflagellate algae leave corals due to warming surface waters. Since the early 1980s, the number and intensity of coral bleaching events have significantly risen globally, and many coral reefs are concerned to undergo irreversible phase shifts due to global warming. …”
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Effects of Dietary Yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and Costmary, Tanacetum balsamita, Essential Oil on Growth Performance, Digestive Enzymes, Biochemical Parameters, and Disease R... by Hossein Adineh, Morteza Yousefi, Basim S. A. Al Sulivany, Ehsan Ahmadifar, Mohammad Farhangi, Seyyed Morteza Hoseini

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Detecting Fish Diversity in Urban‐Impacted Ecosystems: A Comparative Approach of eDNA Metabarcoding and UVC by Arthur Chung, Y. C. Kam, Stanley K. H. Shea, Celia Schunter

“…Yet, each survey method featured a distinct species profile with associated trophic guilds, where 98 (32.3%) species found exclusively by UVC and 120 (39.6%) species detected only by eDNA. eDNA featured species from diverse habitats and evolutionary distances, including cryptic and large mobile fishes, offering enhanced prediction on local ecosystem functions. eDNA also recorded 90 putative species that had never been recorded in additional seven yearlong UVC dataset, with seven prospective new occurrence records to the territorial waters. UVC on the other hand was more efficient in documenting reef‐associated species. …”
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Genetic polymorphism of local Abkhazian grape cultivars by E. T. Ilnitskaya, M. V. Makarkina, I. V. Stepanov, I. I. Suprun, S. V. Tokmakov, V. Ch. Aiba, M. A. Avidzba, V. K. Kotlyar

“…Samples of plants were taken on the territory of the Republic of Abkhazia in private farmsteads and in the collection of the agricultural firm “Vina i Vody Abkhazii“ (“Wines and Waters of Abkhazia”). The genotyping of the Abkhazian cultivars Avasirhva, Agbizh, Azhapsh, Azhizhkvakva, Azhikvaca, Atvizh, Atyrkuazh, Achkykazh, Kachich was carried out using 14 DNA markers, 9 of which are standard microsatellite markers recommended for the identification of grape varieties. …”
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Ecological reef restoration: consumptive and nonconsumptive interactions among common North Sea predators and European oysters by Julius A. Ellrich, Clemens Kozian-Fleck, Markus Brand, Bérenger Colsoul, Bérenger Colsoul, Bernadette Pogoda, Bernadette Pogoda

“…Historic populations of European oysters (Ostrea edulis) have been decimated by overfishing and are nowadays considered functionally extinct in European waters. To halt and reverse the associated biodiversity loss, oyster reef restoration was implemented into marine conservation measures and several reef restoration projects started across Europe. …”
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Exploring the dynamics of seasonal surface features using coastal and regional ocean community model by D. Jaishree, P.T. Ravichandran, D.V. Thattai

“…Surface eddies along the western bay extend to deep waters before the onset of monsoon. The net heat flux in the bay has been determined as positive before monsoon, negative post-monsoon, and mixed during the monsoon season.CONCLUSION: This analysis focuses on the ocean surface layer with more prominent dynamics. …”
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Nest Site Selection by Green Sea Turtles (Chelonia mydas) and Implications for Conservation on Qilianyu, Xisha Islands, South China Sea by Ting Zhang, Xiaoyu An, Chenglong Zhang, Yunteng Liu, Yupei Li, Yangfei Yu, Jichao Wang, Liu Lin, Hai‐Tao Shi

“…ABSTRACT The green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) is the only sea turtle species that breeds in China, and the largest remaining nesting grounds for green sea turtles in Chinese waters is found on the Qilianyu atoll of the Xisha Islands. …”
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Pacific sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus) in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, association with ocean currents and seasonal effects of upwelling using real-time Argos locations by Chelsea E. Clyde-Brockway, Chelsea E. Clyde-Brockway, Samir Harshad Patel, Gabriela Blanco, Samuel J. Friederichk, Stephen Morreale, Frank V. Paladino, Frank V. Paladino

“…Pacific sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus) are the most abundant marlin in Central American waters and are a species of socioeconomic and ecological importance with sport fishing generating millions of dollars (USD) and thousands of jobs each year. …”
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Ekorozwój jedyną drogą polskiej wsi i rolnictwa by Mieczysław Górny

“…Industrial farms are places where the natural degradation of soil, rural landscapes, and ground waters takes place. They are also places where farm animals are mistreated and suffer. …”
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Fabrication and Compression Properties of Reinforced Epoxy Syntactic Foam With Basalt Fiber by Shuai Cao, Tao Jiang, Shanshan Shi, Xiaofan Gui, Ying Wang, Bo Tang, Lixue Xiang, Xuming Dai, Donghai Lin, Ning Zhong, Wenge Li, Jinhong Yu, Xinfeng Wu

“…The compressive strength of prepared buoyancy material can meet the pressure resistance requirements for operations in waters of a certain depth. With a density of only 0.316 g/cm3, it provides sufficient buoyancy to balance the gravity of the equipment. …”
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Bovine Tuberculosis in a Nebraska Herd of Farmed Elk and Fallow Deer: A Failure of the Tuberculin Skin Test and Opportunities for Serodiagnosis by W. Ray Waters, Gary E. Stevens, Mark A. Schoenbaum, Kathy A. Orloski, Suelee Robbe-Austerman, N. Beth Harris, S. Mark Hall, Bruce V. Thomsen, Arach J. Wilson, Roger E. Brannian, Jeffrey T. Nelson, Shawn Schafer, Javan Esfandiari, Meghan Dutton, Rena Greenwald, Konstantin P. Lyashchenko

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Substitution of manure source and aerator in nursery media on sandy loam topsoil and their fertility indices 4 months after formulation by C. V. Adubasim, C. M. Igwenagu, G. O. Josiah, S. E. Obalum, U. M. Okonkwo, I. M. Uzoh, S. Sato

“…Methods In a topsoil-manure-aerator volume ratio of 3:2:1, poultry droppings was substituted with pig slurry (slurry) or cattle dung (dung) as manure and sawdust with rice-husk dust (huskdust) as aerator, giving seven soil-based media including reference medium (topsoil+droppings+sawdust) and the control (topsoil+topsoil+topsoil). They were watered regularly and analysed for fertility parameters 4 months later. …”
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Symptomatic Intracranial Atherosclerosis in an Australian Context: Common and Underdiagnosed in Multiple Ethnic Groups by Davor Pavlin‐Premrl, Michael Waters, Vincent Thijs, Peter J. Mitchell, Nawaf Yassi, Mark W. Parsons, Louise Weir, Lauren Pesavento, Julian Maingard, Geoffrey Cloud, Vimal Stanislaus, Mei Ngun, Bruce C.V. Campbell

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Current state of ichthyofauna and use of aquatic bioresources in the Khrystoforivske Reservoir (Bokovenka River, Dnipro basin) by D. Kobyakov, О. Khristov, R. Novitskyi, O. Bozhko

“…The study on the ichthyofauna was conducted in the Khrystoforivske Reservoir (lower reaches of the Bokovenka River, Dnipro River basin) in July 2022 in nearshore shallow waters and open (deepened) parts of the reservoir. …”
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UPLC-MS/MS Method for Givinostat in Rat Plasma: Development, Validation, in vivo Pharmacokinetics Study and in vitro Metabolic Stability Research by Zhan R, Liu Y, Wu J, Shen Y, Xu X, Lin G, Chen X

“…The analyte (givinostat) and IS were gradient eluted on a Waters ACQUITY UPLC BEH C18 column (1.7 μm, 2.1 × 50 mm) with 0.1% formic acid (A) and acetonitrile (B) as the mobile-phase system. …”
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Achieving Medication‐Free Remission in Patients With Juvenile Dermatomyositis by Ilaria Maccora, Hermine I. Brunner, Amy Cassedy, Mekibib Altaye, Megan Quinlan‐Waters, Daniel J. Lovell, Alexei Grom, Sheila T. Angeles‐Han

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Microplastic polymers in shellfish and fish in the coastal area by S. Basri K., A. Daud, A.B. Birawida, M. Maming, H.J. Mukono, D.S. Arsyad

“…This aim of this study was to identifiy the presence of microplastic polymers, including vinylidene chloride, polyacetylene, polychlorotrifluoroethylene, polybutylene terephthalate, poly(isobutyl methacrylate), cellulose acetate butyrate, polybutadiene, and polyvinylchloride, in shellfish and fish in the coastal area of Jeneponto district, Indonesia.METHODS: In total, 60 shellfish and fish samples were collected directly from 12 locations in the coastal waters of Jeneponto Regency. Sample preparation, including enzymatic digestion and mechanical destruction, was performed to separate the organic tissues of fish and shellfish into small particles. …”
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Machine learning-based analysis of sea fog’s spatial and temporal impact on near-miss ship collisions using remote sensing and AIS data by Dan Liu, Ling Ke, Zhe Zeng, Zhe Zeng, Shuo Zhang, Shanwei Liu, Shanwei Liu

“…While its impact is less severe in the central Bohai Sea due to the open waters. Temporally, the contribution of sea fog to near-miss collisions is more pronounced in fall and winter, while it is lowest in summer. …”
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Toxicity Assessment of the Xanthid Crab Demania cultripes from Cebu Island, Philippines by Manabu Asakawa, Gloria Gomez-Delan, Shintaro Tsuruda, Michitaka Shimomura, Yasuo Shida, Shigeto Taniyama, Mercy Barte-Quilantang, Jo Shindo

“…To our knowledge, this is the first report presenting evidence of occurrence of TTX and PSP in the xanthid crab D. cultripes inhabiting waters surrounding Cebu Island. From food hygienic point of view, people in coastal areas should be warned of the potential hazard of this crab in order to prevent its intentional or accidental consumption.…”
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