Conjugated Linoleic Acid Treatment Attenuates Cancerous features in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells by Zohre Miri-Lavasani, Shukoofeh Torabi, Roya Solhi, Bahareh Shokouhian, Parvaneh Afsharian, Zahra Heydari, Abbas Piryaei, Zahra Farzaneh, Nikoo Hossein-khannazer, Hamidreza Aboulkheyr Es, Ensieh Zahmatkesh, Andreas Nussler, Moustapha Hassan, Mustapha Najimi, Massoud Vosough

“…This study aimed to evaluate the effect of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) treatment, natural ligand of HNF4α, on the proliferation, migration, and invasion capacities of HCC cells in vitro. …”
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Levistolide A and periplogenin inhibit the growth of gastric cancer cells in vitro and in vivo by Jia Li Guo, Hong Mei Hu, Shao Chin Lee, Ji Zhong Zhao

“…Aim: In the present study, the natural products levistolide A (LA) and periplogenin (PPG) were studied for their growth inhibitory effects on the development of gastric cancer cells in vitro and, more critically, in vivo, alone or in combination with the therapeutic medication 5-fluorouracil (5-FU). …”
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Local time statistics and permeable barrier crossing: From Poisson to birth-death diffusion equations by Toby Kay, Luca Giuggioli

“…Barrier crossing is a widespread phenomenon across natural and engineering systems. While abundant cross-disciplinary literature on the topic has emerged over the years, the stochastic underpinnings of the process have yet to be linked quantitatively to easily measurable observables. …”
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Application of the Flux-Variance Technique for Evapotranspiration Estimates in Three Types of Agricultural Structures by Ori Ahiman, Yonatan Mekhmandarov, Moran Pirkner, Josef Tanny

“…Measurements were carried out in three types of agricultural structures: (i) a banana plantation in a light-shading (8%) screenhouse (S1), (ii) a pepper crop in an insect-proof (50-mesh) screenhouse (S2), and (iii) a tomato crop in a naturally ventilated greenhouse with a plastic roof and 50-mesh screened sidewalls (S3). …”
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Integrating cellular automata Markov model to simulate future land use change of a tropical basin by M. Camara, N.R.B. Jamil, A.F.B. Abdullah, R.B. Hashim

“…Given the importance of knowledge of future land use in addressing the problems of uncontrolled development on environmental quality, this study could be valuable for land use planners of the river basin largely covered by natural forest. The study however, suggests future research to integrate geospatial techniques with biophysical and socio-economic factors in simulating land use trends.…”
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Consistency Regularization for Semi-Supervised Semantic Segmentation of Flood Regions From SAR Images by G. Savitha, S. Girisha, Pundarika Sughosh, Dasharathraj K. Shetty, Jayaraj Mymbilly Balakrishnan, Rahul Paul, Nithesh Naik

“…As one of the most powerful natural catastrophes, floods pose serious risks to people’s lives, the integrity of infrastructure, and agricultural landscapes, which increases the toll they take on the economy and society. …”
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Great Tit (Parus major) Nestlings Have Longer Telomeres in Old‐Growth Forests Than in Young Forests by Ronalds Krams, Dina Cīrule, Maris Munkevics, Sergejs Popovs, Priit Jõers, Jorge Contreras Garduño, Indrikis A. Krams, Tatjana Krama

“…ABSTRACT Modification and deterioration of old‐growth forests by industrial forestry have seriously threatened species diversity worldwide. The loss of natural habitats increases the concentration of circulating glucocorticoids and incurs chronic stress in animals, influencing the immune system, growth, survival, and lifespan of animals inhabiting such areas. …”
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Bioefficacy of Composite Medicinal Plant Extracts and Gum Arabic on Improving Postharvest Quality in Dragon Fruit by Paa Kwesi Bordoh, Asgar Ali, Matthew Dickinson, Yasmeen Siddiqui, Francisca Aba Ansah

“…Several natural preservative techniques including plant extracts are used to minimize postharvest losses caused by pathogens. …”
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Russia-India cooperation on Post-American Afghanistan by Ivan Safranchuk, Alexandre Knyazev

“…In Central Asia, Russia and India have previously pursued divergent agendas, with Russia being somewhat protective of its natural sphere of interests. However, we conclude that with the elimination of external disturbances in the form of US military occupation of Afghanistan, the interests of both countries could be reconciled in relation to Central Asia. …”
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Deposition behaviors and interfacial interaction mechanism between carboxyl-modified polystyrene nanoplastics and magnetite in aquatic environment by Meimei Ran, Xin Nie, Jingxin Wang, Ruiyin Xie, Xiaoping Lin, Hanjun Zhu, Quan Wan, Yuhong Fu

“…This study may provide insights for better understanding of environmental behaviors of COOH-PSNPs associated with magnetite and organic matter in natural environments at the molecular level.…”
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Variant of Organizational and Functional Adaptation Structures of a Typical Situational Centre to the Emergence of Crisis Situations by Volodymyr Mirnenko, Oleh Hudyma, Vadym Artamoshchenko

“… Due to the growing number of crisis situations (CS) in the modern world, such as natural disasters, man-made accidents, pandemics, cyber-attacks, financial crises, wars, and other negative events, it is important for the state to develop and adapt the organizational and functional structures of information and analytical units, including situation centers (SC), to respond effectively to such cases, thereby ensuring the country’s resilience in the face of negative circumstances. …”
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Does accountability for reasonableness work? A protocol for a mixed methods study using an audit tool to evaluate the decision-making of clinical commissioning groups in England by Sarah Clark, Katharina Kieslich, Peter Littlejohns, Albert Weale

“…A combination of quantitative and qualitative content analysis methods will be used to analyse the interview transcripts.Ethics and dissemination Full ethics approval was received by the King's College London Biomedical Sciences, Dentistry, Medicine and Natural and Mathematical Sciences Research Ethics Subcommittee. …”
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Clinical course and potential associated factors of progressive calcinosis cutis in early systemic sclerosis: a cohort study by Vassana Kanjanajarurat, Prathana Chowchuen, Chingching Foocharoen, Punthip Thammaroj

“…Background Calcinosis cutis of hands can progress and impair hand function in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Understanding the natural disease and comprehensive management is crucial.Objective To examine clinical course and identify risk factors associated with progressive calcinosis cutis in early SSc.Methods Dual time-point hand radiography was performed at initial and after diagnosis at median interval (range 2.9 ± 0.4 years) in 53 recruited patients with early SSc. …”
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Chromogranin A: From Laboratory to Clinical Aspects of Patients with Neuroendocrine Tumors by Paola Di Giacinto, Francesca Rota, Laura Rizza, Davide Campana, Andrea Isidori, Andrea Lania, Andrea Lenzi, Paolo Zuppi, Roberto Baldelli

“…Because new therapeutic options are needed to counter the natural behavior of neuroendocrine tumors, it would also be useful to have a biochemical marker that can be addressed better in the management of these patients. …”
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Autophagy-Enhancing Properties of <i>Hedyotis diffusa</i> Extracts in HaCaT Keratinocytes: Potential as an Anti-Photoaging Cosmetic Ingredient by Qiwen Zheng, Xiangji Jin, Trang Thi Minh Nguyen, Eun-Ji Yi, Se-Jig Park, Gyeong-Seon Yi, Su-Jin Yang, Tae-Hoo Yi

“…Consequently, activating autophagy has become a focal strategy for delaying skin photoaging. Natural plants are rich in functional molecules and widely used in the development of anti-photoaging cosmetics. …”
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The Ecological Model of Pastures Zoning of Kurdistan Province Emphasizing on the Climatic Elements of Temperature and Precipitation by Gholamali Mozafari, Farshad Safarpour

“…Pastures are renewable natural resources which provide the grass for the cattle need, adjust the weather and hydrological flows, provide water for aquifer, prevent soil erosion, control pollution, dispel food poisoning, and bring about soil formation through improving soil formation processes. …”
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Statistical Analysis of Public Sentiment on the Ghanaian Government: A Machine Learning Approach by John Andoh, Louis Asiedu, Anani Lotsi, Charlotte Chapman-Wardy

“…Gathering public opinions on the Internet and Internet-based applications like Twitter has become popular in recent times, as it provides decision-makers with uncensored public views on products, government policies, and programs. Through natural language processing and machine learning techniques, unstructured data forms from these sources can be analyzed using traditional statistical learning. …”
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A Watershed Approach to Co-Creating Just Sustainabilities: Reflections from the Lake Superior Living Labs Network by Charles Z. Levkoe, Nairne Cameron, Lindsay P. Galway, Rachel L. W. Portinga, Randy Hanson, Kathryn Milun, Erika Vye

“…Living labs aim to co-create innovative solutions to complex challenges through interdisciplinary, placed-based experiential learning and community-engaged action in the built and natural environments. In this paper, we focus on the potential for living labs to establish connections between people and communities and increasing the impact of place-based activities focused on social and environmental justice and sustainability, also known as just sustainabilities. …”
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Feasibility of Water Injection on the Coal Wall of Loose Thick Coal Seam to Prevent Rib Spalling and Its Optimal Moisture Content by Jian Sun, Bin Li, Ruofei Zhang, Zhou Huang

“…The results showed that the natural moisture content of III811 coal seam in Luling coal mine is low, and it contains a large amount of kaolinite (75.2%) belonging to clay mineral which is easy to absorb water and then expand, fully bond loose coal body and fill cracks to improve the integrity of coal body. …”
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Genetic Analysis Reveals A Missense Mutation In Reactivation Gene-2 Causing Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Disease In A Pakistani Family by Shahida Awais, Lubna Siddique, Nida Shafi, Sobia Humerah, Summyah Niazi, Wafa Omer

“… Abstract Objective: To perform clinical and genetic analysis in a patient suffering from lymphopenia (low B-lymphocyte, T-lymphocyte and healthy Natural Killer cells).  Methodology: In the current research project we enrolled a female child from Rawalpindi district.  …”
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