Monitoring of specific activities of long-lived radioactive elements along the Mini- Okoro/Oginigba Creek, Port Harcourt by Gregory O Avwiri, Olanrewaju Lawal, Edith I Nwokeoji

“…Presence and concentrations of radionuclides could be as a result of natural and human activities. This  study examined the associations and differences  among soil, sediment and water specific activities of long-lived radioactive element (LLRE). …”
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Spatial Distribution and Pollution Assessment of Metals in Sediments of the Babon River, Central Java, Indonesia by Haeruddin Haeruddin, Agoes Soegianto, Frida Purwanti, Arif Rahman, Carolyn Melissa Payus, Hefni Effendi

“…The aquatic biota and the benthic environment may be subject to adverse effects in the event where the concentration of metals in the sediment is higher than the natural concentration of metals.…”
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Impact of Randomized Soil Properties and Rock Motion Intensities on Ground Motion by Ayele Chala, Richard Ray

“…Seismic site response is inevitably influenced by natural variability of soil properties and anticipated earthquake intensity. …”
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The Gluon Sivers Distribution: Status and Future Prospects by Daniël Boer, Cédric Lorcé, Cristian Pisano, Jian Zhou

“…SIDIS data, including the COMPASS deuteron data, allow for a gluon Sivers contribution of natural size expected from large Nc arguments, which is O(1/Nc) times the nonsinglet quark Sivers contribution. …”
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Physalis peruviana calyces extract ameliorate oxidative stress, inflammation, and immune loss in rats-exposed to hexaflumuron by Mona M. Hashem, Eman I. Hassanen, Neven H. Hassan, Marwa A. Ibrahim, Marwa Y. Issa, Mohamed A. Farag, Sherif A. Hamdy

“…Conclusions This study provides novel insights into the potential of P. peruviana L. calyces ethanolic extract as a natural agent to counteract the harmful effects of HFM exposure. …”
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Adsorption of Cu (II) and Cd (II) from Wastewater by Sodium Alginate Modified Materials by Yingying Zhao, Linchuan Zhan, Zhongjun Xue, Kianpoor Kalkhajeh Yusef, Hongxiang Hu, Mengjun Wu

“…Natural macromolecule adsorbing materials are alternatives for remediation of heavy metals’ polluted waters. …”
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Disrupted Balance of Angiogenic and Antiangiogenic Signalings in Preeclampsia by Mitsuko Furuya, Kentaro Kurasawa, Kiyotaka Nagahama, Kae Kawachi, Akinori Nozawa, Tsuneo Takahashi, Ichiro Aoki

“…VEGFR1 and VEGFR2 are functional receptors for placental growth factor (PlGF) and VEGF, respectively, and PlGF-VEGFR1 and VEGF-VEGFR2 interactions are disturbed in many preeclamptic patients by excess amount of soluble form of VEGFR1 (also named sFlt1), a natural PlGF/VEGF antagonist. Recent studies have disclosed that excessive sFlt1 production in the placenta and aberrant AT1 signaling in the mother are closely associated with the pathology of preeclampsia and intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR). …”
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Novel Graphical Analyses of Runs of Homozygosity among Species and Livestock Breeds by Laura Iacolina, Astrid V. Stronen, Cino Pertoldi, Małgorzata Tokarska, Louise S. Nørgaard, Joaquin Muñoz, Anders Kjærsgaard, Aritz Ruiz-Gonzalez, Stanisław Kamiński, Deirdre C. Purfield

“…Examination of these regions in the cattle genome showed genes potentially important for natural and human-induced selection, concerning, for example, meat and milk quality, metabolism, growth, and immune function. …”
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Systematic and Empirical Study of the Dependence of Polyphenol Recovery from Apricot Pomace on Temperature and Solvent Concentration Levels by Dina Cheaib, Nada El Darra, Hiba N. Rajha, Richard G. Maroun, Nicolas Louka

“…Apricot pomace extracts could therefore be used as natural bioactive molecules for many industrial applications.…”
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Local wisdom tradition of maintenance of the upstream river by Ine Kusuma Aryani, R. Beny Wijarnako Kertopati

“…The aim of this research is to examine local wisdom in the maintenance and utilization of the upstream area of the Logawa River in Baseh Kedungbanteng village, Banyumas Regency, to reveal cultural character biases related to human actions related to the natural surroundings where the community resides. …”
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A review of Statistical approaches used for landslide susceptibility analysis with the help of Remote sensing and GIS technology by Sheetal Bisht, Kishan Singh Rawat

“…It might happen due to human action or natural occurrence and have significant social, economic, and environmental repercussions. …”
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Molecular Phylogenetic Relationships Based on Mitogenomes of Spider: Insights Into Evolution and Adaptation to Extreme Environments by Rongxiang Zhang, Niyan Xiang, Xiaoman Gao, Guiyu Zhang, Tian Lu, Tao Yuan

“…Codon usage frequencies were similar between families and codon usage in the mitogenome of spiders was mainly influenced by natural selection pressures rather than G/C mutation bias. …”
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Dynamic regimes in planetary cores: $\tau $–$\ell $ diagrams by Nataf, Henri-Claude, Schaeffer, Nathanaël

“…A complete toolbox is provided, allowing everyone to construct a $\tau $–$\ell $ diagram of a numerical simulation, a laboratory experiment, a theory, or a natural object.…”
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Economic Sustainability of Scrapping Electric and Internal Combustion Vehicles: A Comparative Multiple Italian Case Study by Angelo Corallo, Alberto Di Prizio, Mariangela Lazoi, Claudio Pascarelli

“…Electric vehicles, while at the center of this evolution, raise questions about the consumption of natural resources, such as lithium, copper, and cobalt, and their long-term sustainability. …”
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Reproductive performance and increased fecundity in the chinchilla (Chinchilla laniger Molina) by M. V. Novikov, N. N. Shumilina

“…In accordance with the natural annual rhythm, a female chinchilla typically produces two litters, being able to have 1-3 litters annually. …”
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Designing open quantum systems with known steady states: Davies generators and beyond by Jinkang Guo, Oliver Hart, Chi-Fang Chen, Aaron J. Friedman, Andrew Lucas

“…Time-reversal symmetry – defined naturally within our formalism – can be broken both in effectively classical and intrinsically quantum ways. …”
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Diagnosis of planktonic trophic network dynamics with sharp qualitative changes by Gaucherel, Cedric, Fayolle, Stolian, Savelli, Raphael, Philippine, Olivier, Pommereau, Franck, Dupuy, Christine

“…These topological changes, as opposed to a dynamic on a static (frozen) network, can be triggered by natural forcings (e.g., seasons) and/or by human influences (e.g., nutrient or pollution inputs). …”
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Common Fixed Points for Asymptotic Pointwise Nonexpansive Mappings in Metric and Banach Spaces by P. Pasom, B. Panyanak

“…We also show that, under some suitable conditions, the sequence {xk}k=1∞ defined by xk+1=(1-tmk)xk⊕tmkTmnky(m-1)k, y(m-1)k=(1-t(m-1)k)xk⊕t(m-1)kTm-1nky(m-2)k,y(m-2)k=(1-t(m-2)k)xk⊕t(m-2)kTm-2nky(m-3)k,…,y2k=(1-t2k)xk⊕t2kT2nky1k,y1k=(1-t1k)xk⊕t1kT1nky0k,y0k=xk,  k∈N, converges to a common fixed point of T1,T2,…,Tm where they are asymptotic pointwise nonexpansive mappings on C, {tik}k=1∞ are sequences in [0,1] for all i=1,2,…,m, and {nk} is an increasing sequence of natural numbers. The related results for uniformly convex Banach spaces are also included.…”
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Application of Big Data Complexity Analysis Hedging Operation of Derivative Financial Products by Cheng Chung Wu, Menglin Yang, Tiantong Yuan, Qionghui Fu, Ya Ju Tsai

“…At the same time, it is necessary to investigate different natures of hedging tools used in appropriate risk categories, so as to fully achieve the hedging effect and maximize the hedging benefits. …”
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Classification of Keruing (Dipterocarpus spp.) in Indonesia on the Basis of Fruit Characters by Dwi Tyaningsih Adriyanti, Soekotjo Soekotjo, Mochammad Na'iem, Anto Rimbawanto

“…There were 38 species of Dipterocarpus and 3 species of Anisoptera used in the research which were collected from the natural distribution and then were identified using standard procedures, and the results were tabulated in a matrix. …”
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