Design of Highly Porous Materials Based on Chitosan/Pectin Interpolyelectrolyte Complex for Wound Healing Application by Aliaksandr Kraskouski, Maksim Mashkin, Viktoryia Kulikouskaya, Viktoryia Savich, Anastasiya Sidarenka, Sergei Pinchuk, Ruibin Li

“…In this study, highly porous (>90%) materials based on IPECs of versatile natural polysaccharides, chitosan (30 and 1,200 kDa) and pectin, are obtained by freeze-drying technique. …”
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Inverse Modeling of Nonlinear Artificial Muscle Using Polynomial Parameterization and Particle Swarm Optimization by Mohd Azuwan Mat Dzahir, Shin-ichiroh Yamamoto

“…The properties of pneumatic artificial muscle (PAM) with excellent power-to-weight ratio and natural compliance made it useful for healthcare engineering applications. …”
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3D Reconstruction of a Nuclear Reactor by Muon Tomography: Structure Validation and Anomaly Detection by Baptiste Lefevre, Julien Vogel, Héctor Gomez, David Attié, Laurent Gallego, Philippe Gonzales, Bertrand Lesage, Philippe Mas, Daniel Pomarède

“…This work presents the muography (or muon radiography) reconstruction of a French historical UNGG (natural-uranium, graphite, and gas) nuclear reactor: the G3 reactor, located at CEA Marcoule. …”
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Exploring Traditional Knowledge and Potential Uses of Local Freshwater Algae and Aquatic Plants in Thai Wetland Communities by Pasin Norkum Ai, Angkhana Inta, Sarana Rose Sommano, Kittiya Phinyo, Kritsana Duangjan, Tibet Tangpao

“…These areas were essential for biodiversity, flood prevention, and supporting local livelihoods, serving as food sources, biofertilizers, and natural water purifiers. However, these wetlands faced mounting threats from pollution, habitat loss, and climate change, jeopardising their ecological health and biodiversity. …”
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Assessment of Drought Impact on Vegetation Changes in Hamadan over the Past Three Decades Using the TCI Model by Zahra Hedjazizadeh, Sayyed Mohammad Hosseini, Ali reza karbalaee, shokofe layeghi

“…Drought is a natural hazard that annually causes significant economic, social, environmental, and life-threatening damage in vast areas of the Earth. …”
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Analyzing Interdisciplinary Research Using Co-Authorship Networks by Mati Ullah, Abdul Shahid, Irfan ud Din, Muhammad Roman, Muhammad Assam, Muhammad Fayaz, Yazeed Ghadi, Hanan Aljuaid

“…It was found that “Artificial Intelligence” and “Information Storage and Retrieval”, “Natural Language Processing and Information Storage and Retrieval”, and “Human-Computer Interface” and “Database Applications” were found the most overlapping areas by acquiring an IDR score of 0.879, 0.711, and 0.663, respectively.…”
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Seasonal Patterns and Trends of Air Pollution in the Upper Northern Thailand from 2004 to 2018 by Sarawut Sukkhum, Apiradee Lim, Thammasin Ingviya, Rattikan Saelim

“…The hourly air pollutant concentration data including carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), nitrogen oxide (NOx), sulfur dioxide (SO2), ozone (O3), and particulate matter ≤ 10 µm (PM10) recorded from 6 monitoring stations in the UNT were obtained from the Pollution Control Department, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Thailand. Cubic splines were used to assess seasonal patterns and trends of the air pollutants. …”
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Investigating the formation and evolution of plant diversity patterns in the Qiangtang Plateau based on phylofloristics approach by Xiaoping Li, Yun Han, Lei Miao, Hao Xu, Jingya Yu, Shuang Han, Faqi Zhang

“…The Qiangtang Plateau, located in the hinterland of the Tibetan Plateau, is the ''Roof of the World's Roof,'' serving as a natural laboratory for studying the origin and evolution of cold and arid flora not only within the Tibetan Plateau but also globally. …”
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Urban landscape pattern affects plant diversity in green spaces: Evidence from street view imagery by Yang Ye, Hongfei Qiu, Xingcan Zhou, Xiong Li

“…By the examination of plant diversity and canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) for species composition, we confirmed that a clear landscape structure and natural ecological lands improve the plant diversity, while artificial lands have both positive and negative effects on them. …”
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Advancing Food Security with Farmed Edible Insects: Economic, Social, and Environmental Aspects by José E. Aguilar-Toalá, Abraham M. Vidal-Limón, Andrea M. Liceaga

“…Considering their sustainability advantages, insects are noted for their lower impact on natural resources (e.g., water and agrarian land) and lower greenhouse gas emissions (e.g., carbon dioxide and methane). …”
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Preliminary results about the use of injected Lysozime (LIZOVET) to improve the response to synchronization protocol for insemination in buffalo heifers by Francisco Javier Vargas Ortiz, Johnny Ronnel Bracho Ylarraza

“… Lysozyme is a natural enzyme present in many body fluids in animals and humans, where it fulfills immunostimulant, bactericidal, virucidal, and anti-inflammatory functions. …”
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Anti-Neuroinflammatory Effects of Prenylated Indole Alkaloids from the Antarctic Fungus <i>Aspergillus</i> sp. Strain SF-7367 by Zhiming Liu, Chi-Su Yoon, Thao Quyen Cao, Hwan Lee, Il-Chan Kim, Joung Han Yim, Jae Hak Sohn, Dong-Sung Lee, Hyuncheol Oh

“…Several studies have indicated that various natural products inhibit neuroinflammation. Among these, Antarctic fungal metabolites have pharmacological activities and a developmental value. …”
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Microwave-Assisted Extraction and Phytochemical Profile of Nonea pulmonarioides and Its Antifungal, Antibacterial, and Antioxidant Activities by Haval H. Mohammed, Fuad O. Abdullah

“…Microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) was chosen to isolate secondary natural compounds from Nonea pulmonarioides. MAE is an efficient approach compared to maceration. …”
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Transversal Movements between Gender and Environment: Interdisciplinarity in Higher Education by Kajsa Widegren

“…In these contexts, gender and environment were articulated within a frame of meta-theoretical accounts of disciplinary power, scrutinizing categorizations and conceptualizations in, for example, Natural Sciences. In the courses taught in other disciplines, gender was merely a perspective on the core concepts of, for example, developmental studies and relied more on empiricist notions of gender as a preconceived category.…”
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Designing Load-Bearing Bio-Inspired Materials for Simultaneous Static Properties and Dynamic Damping: Multi-Objective Optimization for Micro-Structure by Bo Dong, Yunfei Jia, Wei Wang

“…Additionally, three different structures in natural nacre were introduced in order to utilize the better structure when design bio-inspired materials. …”
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Embarazo posterior a cirugía conservadora del útero ante hemorragia obstétrica postparto. Presentación de un caso by Yoan Hernández Cabrera, Jorge Luis Díaz Puebla, Claudia Pilar Soler Morfa, Marioly Ruiz Hernández

“…El embarazo es un proceso natural que debe concebirse sin complicaciones; sin embargo, los desenlaces obstétricos fatales en gestaciones previas, son marcadores importantes de un riesgo incrementado de morbimortalidad materna y perinatal en los próximos embarazos. …”
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Reducing Hospital Readmissions in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients: Current Treatments and Preventive Strategies by Claudia Di Chiara, Giulia Sartori, Alberto Fantin, Nadia Castaldo, Ernesto Crisafulli

“…It is not sufficient to address just the acute events, so multidimensional management is necessary, able to follow the patient over time to identify, by a personalised approach, the correct treatment during and post hospitalisation and intercept any factor affecting the natural history of the disease, comprising the risk of hospital readmissions. …”
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The First Report of Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus (TYLCV) Occurrence in Tomato Greenhouses of Lorestan Province by Farzaneh Rostami, Samira Pakbaz, Mostafa Darvishnia

“…The amount of damage caused by this virus is severe and may reach 100%. Its natural vector is Bemisia tabaci. In order to detect and investigate the genetic diversity of TYLCV, suspected leaf samples were collected from tomato greenhouses in Khoramabad city. …”
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Assessing agritourism-integrated rural human settlement environment under the “dual-carbon” goal: evidence from Zhejiang, China by Shuaijun Lin, Hongfeng Zhang, Johnny F. I. Lam

“…The results show that this Research utilizes the AHP method to determine the weights of indicators at each level, finding that economic development and the natural environment are essential evaluation aspects. …”
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Effects of starter cultures on the metabolite profile, antioxidant activities, and anti-aging properties of tapuy lees by Edward Kevin B. Bragais, Paul Mark B. Medina

“…Future studies should focus on clinical trials in humans to validate these findings and further explore the potential of tapuy lees as a natural, sustainable source of bioactive compounds.…”
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