Lower Cambrian Organic-Rich Shales in Southern China: A Review of Gas-Bearing Property, Pore Structure, and Their Controlling Factors by Gang Li, Ping Gao, Xianming Xiao, Chengang Lu, Yue Feng

“…The gas content of the Lower Cambrian shales in the Weiyuan-Qianwei block of the Sichuan Basin and the western Hubei area generally exceeds 2 m3/t, and gas composition is dominated by CH4. …”
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Catalase Biomimetic Sensor Based on Metal by Malikova Nurana Nahmad, Gurbanova Lala Maharram, Ali-Zadeh Nahmad Islam, Nagiev Tofik Murtuza, Shokhzod Ulashov, Kurbanova Shaxnoza

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Fungal-Host Interaction: Curcumin Modulates Proteolytic Enzyme Activity of Candida albicans and Inflammatory Host Response In Vitro by Emily Chen, Bruna Benso, Dalia Seleem, Luiz Eduardo Nunes Ferreira, Silvana Pasetto, Vanessa Pardi, Ramiro Mendonça Murata

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Impact of human body shape on free convection heat transfer. by Shri H Viswanathan, Ankit Joshi, Lyle Bartels, Kambiz Sadeghi, Jennifer K Vanos, Konrad Rykaczewski

“…Thus far, however, free convective heat transfer coefficients have only been determined for the average Western adult. To this end, we investigated how variation in body shape impacts free convection heat transfer using an experimentally validated numerical model. …”
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Color Stability of Glass Ionomer Cement after Reinforced with Two Different Nanoparticles by Sharat Chandra Pani, Moath Tofik Aljammaz, Abdullah Mohammed Alrugi, Abdulaziz Mohammed Aljumaah, Yazeed Minahi Alkahtani, Abdulaziz AlKhuraif

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"NEO-OTTOMANISM" IN THE REGIONAL POLICY OF TURKEY by E. T. Mehdiyev

“…Turkey's rapprochement with the Islamic world during the 'Arab Spring' demonstrated that Ankara supported in conjunction with the Western nations protest and opposition movements in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia, aims to demonstrate to the West the growth of its influence in the region. …”
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The Soviet-British Relations at the Turn of 1917/1918: Key Issues and Untapped Opportunities by E. Yu. Sergeev

“…On the basis of contemporaries’ memoirs and diaries, previously unstudied official documents as well as a comparative analysis of the Russian and Western historiography, especially the recent publications, the author assesses successes and failures of both the Foreign Office and the People’s Commissariat of Foreign Affairs in the late 1917 and early 1918 – the least studied period in the history of the Soviet-British relations. …”
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LncRNA MDRL Mitigates Atherosclerosis through miR-361/SQSTM1/NLRP3 Signaling by Ling You, Yanjie Zheng, Jing Yang, Qian Hou, Lianxia Wang, Yan Zhang, Chunxia Zhao, Ruiqin Xie

“…In vitro experiments, we applied mouse aortic smooth muscle cells to determine the mechanism of MDRL in abrogating NLRP3 inflammasome and inhibiting cell apoptosis through miR-361/sequentosome 1 (SQSTM1) by TUNEL staining, quantitative RT-PCR, western blot, microribonucleoprotein immunoprecipitation, and luciferase reporter assay. …”
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Soil and Groundwater Characteristics of a Legacy Spill Site by A Adoki

“…The potential sources of contamination were: The primary Source of contamination at the study site were the stock piles of excavated surface material deposited at the site; Past accidental leak of crude oil from the 28” pipeline that passes through the western site boundary of the location. The secondary sources were impacted surficial and subsurface Soils (Trial Pits: TP1, TP3, TP5, TP9, TP13, TP15, TP17 and TP21) and Impacted Groundwater (Boreholes: BH1 to BH10); Dissolved Surface Water (Surface Water SW1 to SW6). …”
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Humanitarization of University and Social Engagement Mission by O. V. Zinevich, T. A. Balmasova

“…The article examines the main types of socio-humanitarian practices in universities in Western countries.…”
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Overexpression of microRNA-211 in Functional Dyspepsia via Downregulation of the Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (GDNF) by Increasing Phosphorylation of p38 MAPK Pathwa... by Jue Wang, Sai Gu, Bo Qin

“…Intestine epithelial cell (IECs) cell line cultured in medium from ECGs in different transfection conditions were used in wound healing assay, cell proliferation assay, and western blotting for evaluation of p38 MAPK phosphorylation level. …”
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Investigating the mechanisms of resveratrol in the treatment of gouty arthritis through the integration of network pharmacology and metabolics by Xiaomin Xu, Donghua Yu, Yu Wang, Xin Jiang, Fang Lu, Shumin Liu

“…ObjectiveThis study integrates network pharmacology and metabolomics techniques to explore the potential regulatory mechanisms of Res on gouty arthritis (GA).MethodsNetwork pharmacology was used to predict the mechanism of Res in regulating GA, and methods such as HE staining, ELISA, immunohistochemistry, Real-time PCR, Western blot, and molecular docking were used to verify the role of NF-κB, MAPK, and JAK/STAT inflammatory signaling pathways in the MSU-induced GA rat model. …”
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Wake-up call for recovery: a paradigm shift to address the deep crisis in Israel’s public mental health services in the shadow of October 7, 2023 by Amir Krivoy, Gadi Rosenthal

“…Financially, mental health in Israel receives only 5.2% of the health budget, far below the 10–16% seen in high-GDP Western countries. The community mental health services reform in 2015 lack effective oversight and incentives, leading to long wait times and inadequate care. …”
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COVID-19’s Impact on Food Security among Urban Refugee Youth in Kenya: A Postcolonial Feminist Perspective by Cherie Enns, Samuel Owuor, Abbey Lin, Kristin Swardh, William Kolong

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p38 MAPK Endogenous Inhibition Improves Neurological Deficits in Global Cerebral Ischemia/Reperfusion Mice by Kun Hou, Zhi-cheng Xiao, Hai-Long Dai

“…The cerebral infarction area and volume were assessed and analyzed by 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride (TTC) staining. p38 MAPK and caspase-3 were detected by western blotting. Neuronal apoptosis was measured using TUNEL staining. …”
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Evaluating the representativeness of the bentgrass (Agrostis L.) gene pool collected across the Russian Federation and neighboring countries in the VIR collection by L. L. Malyshev

“…It appeared that the Northwest of the European part of Russia, Western Siberia, Sakhalin Province, and the Republic of Yakutia were most fully explored by collecting teams. …”
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Effect of Lycium barbarum Polysaccharide on Decreasing Serum Amyloid A3 Expression through Inhibiting NF-κB Activation in a Mouse Model of Diabetic Nephropathy by Fengqi Wan, Fulin Ma, Jiaxin Wu, Xinyu Qiao, Minxue Chen, Wenjian Li, Liang Ma

“…Furthermore, LBP attenuates renal inflammation as evidenced by downregulating the mRNA levels of TNFα, IL1 β, IL6, and SAA3 in the renal cortex, as well as reducing the elevated circulating level and protein depositions of SAA3 in the kidney. In addition, our western blot results showed that NF-κB p65 nuclear translocation and the degradation of inhibitory κB-α (IκBα) occurred during the progress of inflammation, and such activated signaling was restrained by LBP. …”
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Language as a Source of Liberation, and Language as a Source of Control by Jonathan Luxmoore

“…If so, we should remind ourselves that the spread of permissive, self-willed Western mindsets is very far from universal. Indeed, such mindsets are widely contested; and while social media and mass culture have been used as vehicles for promoting radical change, they are also being used increasingly as channels for a more integral, conservative vision of the world and humanity. …”
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Intraosseous Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma in the Mandible by George Borja de Freitas, Arthur José Barbosa de França, Stefanny Torres dos Santos, Miqueias Oliveira de Lima Júnior, Adilis Stepple da Fonte Neto, Paula Bernardon

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Lie-symmetry analysis of a three dimensional flow due to unsteady stretching of a flat surface with non-uniform temperature distribution by Ghani Khan, Muhammad Safdar, Safia Taj, Adnan Munir, Muhammad Tauseef Nasir

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