How Do Changes in Grassland Phenology and Its Responses to Extreme Climatic Events in Central Asia? by Xinwei Wang, Jianhao Li, Jianghua Zheng, Liang Liu, Xiaojing Yu, Ruikang Tian, Mengxiang Xing

“…Extreme climate events have become more frequent under global warming, significantly affecting vegetation phenology and carbon cycles in Central Asia. …”
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Identification of robust and abundant reference transcripts for EV mRNA cargo normalization by Antje M. Zickler, Radosław Grochowski, André Görgens, Erik Bäcklin, Maximilian Kordes, J.-Matthias Löhr, Joel Z. Nordin, Samir EL Andaloussi, Daniel W. Hagey

“…Reliable identification of these has proven difficult owing to a scarcity of standardized global data sets spanning the heterogeneity of EV subtypes and cell sources. …”
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Saussurea costus alleviates ulcerative colitis by regulating the gut microbiota and improving intestinal barrier integrity by Wen-lin Pang, Wen-lin Pang, Tian-gang Li, Tian-gang Li, Yin-ying Wang, Yin-ying Wang, Li-yun Song, Li-yun Song, Li Li, Li Li, Xiao-ya Li, Xiao-ya Li, Yong Qiu, Yong Qiu, Zhong-shan Yang, Zhong-shan Yang

“…IntroductionThe global health challenge of ulcerative colitis (UC) has been classified by the WHO as a modern refractory disease, commonly referred to as green cancer, with limited treatment options still available, highlighting the urgent need for the development of new therapeutic strategies. …”
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Biogenic Amines and Aflatoxins in Some Imported Meat Products: Incidence, Occurrence, and Public Health Impacts by Fahad Dhafer Algahtani, Alaa Eldin Morshdy, Mohamed A. Hussein, Essam Said Abouelkheir, Adeniyi Adeboye, Andrea Valentine, Mohamed Tharwat Elabbasy

“…Since the beginning of humanity, the global burden of foodborne disease has had a decimating effect on populations, with biogenic amines (BAs) and aflatoxins in meat products implicated. …”
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Increased Mortality from Extrapancreatic Infections in Hospitalized Patients with Acute Pancreatitis by Guido Grajales-Figueroa, Héctor Adrián Díaz Hernández, Martín Alejandro Chacón Portillo, Luis F. Uscanga, Mario Peláez-Luna, Jorge Hernández Calleros

“…We found 48 patients with acute pancreatitis who died within the period of the study during hospitalization; from these, 50% were men, mean age was 53.2 years, and the most common etiology was biliary obstruction by gallstones in 45.8%. The global mortality rate was of 2.5%. A total of 43.7% patients had infected pancreatic necrosis, and in 58.3%, some extrapancreatic infection was documented, being the most common urinary tract infection in 50%, bacteremia in 50% and pneumonia in 33.3%. …”
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Assessing the role of genotype by environment interaction as determinants of maize grain yield and lodging resistance by Haiwang Yue, Tiago Olivoto, Junzhou Bu, Jianwei Wei, Pengcheng Liu, Wei Wu, Maicon Nardino, Xuwen Jiang

“…Given the backdrop of global climate change, understanding which climate variables and soil properties most significantly impact environmental similarity is essential for selecting hybrids with improved adaptability to regions with diverse climatic and soil conditions. …”
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Comparative study of packaging materials developed from fish and legume protein concentrates by Evmorfia Athanasopoulou, Angeliki Katsiroumpa, Chrysavgi Gardeli, Theofania Tsironi

“…The environmental impact of food packaging, transportation and disposal are escalating, contributing significantly to global solid waste. There's an increasing focus by industry and research on seeking new sustainable solutions for waste valorization. …”
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Understanding the Broad-line Region of Active Galactic Nuclei with Photoionization. I. The Moderate-accretion Regime by Qiaoya Wu, Yue Shen, Hengxiao Guo, Scott F. Anderson, W. N. Brandt, Catherine J. Grier, Patrick B. Hall, Luis C. Ho, Yasaman Homayouni, Keith Horne, Jennifer I-Hsiu Li, Donald P. Schneider

“…Additionally, photoionization models with universal values of ionization parameter ( $\mathrm{log}\,{U}_{{\rm{H}}}=-2$ ) and hydrogen density ( $\mathrm{log}\,n({\rm{H}})=12$ ) can qualitatively reproduce the observed global R – L relation for the current RM AGN sample. …”
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Structural damage-driven brain compensation among near-centenarians and centenarians without dementia by Hui Tang, Haichao Zhao, Hao Liu, Jiyang Jiang, Nicole Kochan, Jing Jing, Henry Brodaty, Wei Wen, Perminder S. Sachdev, Tao Liu

“…The strongest effects were found between attention and somatomotor network (SMN) (r=0.397, p<0.001), memory and SMN (r=0.333 p<0.001), fluency and visual network (VIS) - control network (CN) (r=0.406, p<0.001), language and VIS (r=0.309, p<0.001), visuospatial ability and VIS-default mode network (DMN) (r=0.464, p<0.001), as well as global cognition and VIS-DMN (r=0.335, p<0.001). These findings suggest that enhancement of functional connectivity may serve as a compensatory mechanism, such that it mitigates the effects of white matter damage and contributes to preserved cognitive performance in very old age.…”
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Laboratory Study of Local Scour Around an Array of Pile Groups in Clear-Water Scour Conditions by Ming Gong, Xinying Pan, Shengtao Du, Guoxiang Wu, Yingxue Lv, Yunjia Sun, Guangjia Ding, Bingchen Liang

“…The scour holes were independent of each other, though a global scouring phenomenon occurred between piles at a flow intensity of 1.0. …”
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Efficacy of Ivermectin, Liquid Paraffin, and Carbaryl against Mange of Farmed Rabbits in Central Kenya by Kennedy O. Ogolla, Joyce Chebet, Robert M. Waruiru, Peter K. Gathumbi, Paul O. Okumu, Gabriel O. Aboge

“…Mange is a common disease of rabbits globally, and knowledge of efficacy of drugs used in its treatment is critical for effective disease control. …”
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Genome-wide identification of novel flagellar motility genes in Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 by Zichu Yang, Tyler Helmann, Maël Baudin, Maël Baudin, Maël Baudin, Karl J. Schreiber, Karl J. Schreiber, Zhongmeng Bao, Paul Stodghill, Paul Stodghill, Adam Deutschbauer, Adam Deutschbauer, Jennifer D. Lewis, Jennifer D. Lewis, Bryan Swingle, Bryan Swingle

“…Together these results provide a global perspective on regulatory and structural genes controlling flagellar motility in Pst DC3000.…”
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Examining future spatiotemporal changes in blue and green water using an enhanced SWAT model: A Jialing River basin case study by Mingyan Wu, Fuquan Ni, Yu Deng, Nan Jiang, Mengyu Zhu, Huazhun Ren, Ziying Yue, Yuxuan Wang

“…River basin water supplies are changing significantly as a result of global climate change. Therefore, it is crucial to examine the spatial and temporal variations of blue and green water (BW and GW) in future contexts. …”
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Augmenting neurocognitive remediation therapy to Preventive Cognitive Therapy for partially remitted depressed patients: protocol of a pragmatic multicentre randomised controlled t... by Huibert Burger, Claudi Bockting, Marlies Brouwer, Gert J Geurtsen, Amanda M Legemaat, Johanne G J van der Stappen, Maria Semkovska, Isidoor O Bergfeld, Nicoline Lous, Damiaan A J P Denys

“…Introduction Major depressive disorder (MDD) affects 163 million people globally every year. Individuals who experience subsyndromal depressive symptoms during remission (ie, partial remission of MDD) are especially at risk for a return to a depressive episode within an average of 4 months. …”
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Critical signals for grassland desertification prediction in the transition zone between desert and typical steppe in InnerMongolia, China by Baoping Meng, Zhuoyan Jin, Jin Chen, Yili Kuang, Shuhua Yi, Yanyan Lv, Jinrong Li

“…Global climate change and intensifying human activities have driven an accelerated desertification of grasslands in arid and semi-arid regions. …”
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Development of Virus-Like Particles (VLPs) for Hepatitis C Virus genotype 4: a novel approach for vaccine development in Egypt by Ahmed A. Ali, Rasha A. M. Azouz, Nahla A. Hussein, Reem El-Shenawy, Naiera M. Helmy, Yasmine S. El-Abd, Ashraf A. Tabll

“…Abstract Background Egypt has the highest global prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection, particularly of genotype 4. …”
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Prediction of Soil Organic Carbon Content in <italic>Spartina alterniflora</italic> by Using UAV Multispectral and LiDAR Data by Jiannan He, Yongbin Zhang, Mingyue Liu, Lin Chen, Weidong Man, Hua Fang, Xiang Li, Xuan Yin, Jianping Liang, Wenke Bai, Fuping Li

“…Soil organic carbon (SOC) is an essential component for plant growth and a pivotal factor in the global carbon cycle. <italic>Spartina alterniflora</italic> (<italic>S. alterniflora</italic>), an invasive species characterized by high primary productivity and rapid carbon sequestration capabilities, exerts a substantial impact on SOC concentrations. …”
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Glucose Metabolic Brain Network Differences between Chinese Patients with Lewy Body Dementia and Healthy Control by Danyan Chen, Jiaying Lu, Hucheng Zhou, Jiehui Jiang, Ping Wu, Qihao Guo, Jingjie Ge, Huiwei Zhang, Kuangyu Shi, Chuantao Zuo

“…Compared to those of the HC group, the clustering coefficients of the DLB group were higher and characteristic path lengths were longer, and in terms of global efficiencies, those of the DLB group was also lower. …”
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Influence of alcohol blend fuels on performance and noise emission in spark ignition engine by Ali Murtaza Ansari, Liaquat Ali Memon, Faheem Ahmed Solangi, Mamdouh T. Ghannam, Mohamed Y.E. Selim

“…The depletion of fossil fuel supplies and mounting environmental concerns about global warming are forcing researchers to investigate green fuels like alcoholic fuels, which not only show a discernible decrease in emissions but also increase engine efficiency. …”
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Burden of Illness in Prostate Cancer Patients with a Low-to-Moderate Risk of Progression: A One-Year, Pan-European Observational Study by Cesare Selli, Anders Bjartell, Javier Burgos, Matthew Somerville, Juan-Manuel Palacios, Laure Benjamin, Libby Black, Ramiro Castro

“…For the QLQ-C30 questionnaire, global health status/QoL score significantly decreased at month 3 but was not different from baseline by month 12. …”
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