Naturaleza humana y modos de vida en Montesquieu by Paolo Slongo

“…La naturaleza humana, así, pierde su carácter de presupuesto inmutable, sus leyes son al mismo tiempo las del mundo natural y otras leyes, vale decir, aquéllas que aluden al modo de vida, a las relaciones, a los hábitos y a los usos sociales incluidos en cada hecho humano en su fundamental dimensión histórica y concreta. …”
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Melatonin Ameliorates Organellar Calcium Homeostasis, Improving Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress-Mediated Apoptosis in the Vastus Lateralis Muscle of Both Sexes of Obese Diabetic Rats by Diego Salagre, Miguel Navarro-Alarcón, Luis Gerardo González, Mohamed A. Elrayess, Marina Villalón-Mir, Rocío Haro-López, Ahmad Agil

“…The ER and mitochondria together regulate intracellular calcium levels, and melatonin, a natural compound with antioxidant properties, may alleviate these challenges. …”
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Urban Green Development towards Sustainability in Northwest China: Efficiency Assessment, Spatial-Temporal Differentiation Characters, and Influencing Factors by LiJuan Si, JiaLu Wang, ShuRan Yang, Ye Yang, Jing Zhang

“…Based on the empirical results, this paper believes that the harmonious development of natural environment and economic society can be realized only by improving the coordinated development effect among cities, implementing the optimization and upgrading of industrial structure, introducing excellent talents, and promoting the technological upgrading.…”
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Presence of Heavy Metals in over the Counter Teeth Whitening Products– An Evaluative Study by Chitra Ravi, Sendhilkumar Muthappan, Manickam Ponnaiah, Deepika Chandrasekaran, Sowmiya Murugavel, Jimson Samson

“…All products were mentioned as herbal or natural. Three products contained inorganic lead levels in parts per million (ppm) of 759 (product 2); 39.4 (product 3) and 28.1 (product 7), way above the permitted levels. …”
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Assessment of the effect of agro-industrial by-products rich in polyphenols on in vitro fermentation and methane reduction in sheep by Alessandro Vastolo, Blandine Mora, Dieu donné Kiatti, Martina Nocerino, Serkos Haroutounian, Rania D. Baka, Panagiota Ligda, Monica Isabella Cutrignelli, Vincent Niderkorn, Vincent Niderkorn, Serena Calabrò

“…IntroductionThis study aimed to evaluate, using the in vitro gas production technique, the effect of including eight agro-industrial by-products (carob, grape, two types of olive pomace, citrus pulp, tomato, and hazelnut skin) on fermentation end-products, ruminal degradability, and methane production in sheep diets.MethodsThe by-products were included at 10% dry matter in the control (CTR) diet, commonly adopted for adult sheep (80% natural grassland and 20% concentrate), and incubated at 39°C under anaerobic conditions.Result and discussionAfter 24 h of the incubation, the organic matter degradability (OMD24h) and methane production were assessed. …”
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Identification of diabetic retinopathy lesions in fundus images by integrating CNN and vision mamba models. by Zenglei Liu, Ailian Gao, Hui Sheng, Xueling Wang

“…Deep learning-based methods have recently demonstrated encouraging results in several areas, such as image categorization and natural language mining. The majority of deep learning techniques developed for medical image analysis rely on convolutional modules to extract the inherent structure of images within a certain local receptive field. …”
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Delta opioid receptors affect acoustic features of song during vocal learning in zebra finches by Utkarsha A. Singh, Soumya Iyengar

“…We wanted to study if they were also involved in naturally-occurring reinforcement learning behaviors such as vocal learning, using the zebra finch model system. …”
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Filterable PM2.5, Metallic Elements, and Organic Carbon Emissions from the Exhausts of Diesel Vehicles by Yuan-Chung Lin, Ya-Ching Li, Kassian T. T. Amesho, Feng-Chih Chou, Pei-Cheng Cheng

“…These results help illustrate the contribution of PM2.5 emitted by diesel vehicles to metallic element concentrations in the natural environment and the consequent risks.…”
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Evaluation of Shannon Entropy and Weights of Evidence Models in Landslide Susceptibility Mapping for the Pithoragarh District of Uttarakhand State, India by Nguyen Duc Dam, Mahdis Amiri, Nadhir Al-Ansari, Indra Prakash, Hiep Van Le, Hanh Bich Thi Nguyen, Binh Thai Pham

“…Landslide susceptibility mapping is considered a useful tool for planning, disaster management, and natural hazard mitigation of a region. Although there are different methods for predicting landslide susceptibility, the bivariate statistical analysis method is considered to be simple and popular. …”
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A New Identification Method for Bolt Looseness in Wind Turbine Towers by He Xianlong, She Tianli

“…The experimental data analysis shows that the first-order natural frequencies of the wind turbine towers before and after bolt maintenance do not change; the damping ratio does not change significantly; and the first-order vibration mode remains effectively unchanged. …”
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The trend of urban environment quality as an importaut factorof migration processes by V. Yu. Novikov

“…In addition, the health-improving effect of favorable living conditions is felt on a subconscious level, positively charging people with new energy, improving their mood and maintains their tone on a high emotional level.Improving the comfort of the living environment in addition to improved housing conditions provides for the improvement of infrastructure, a significant transformation of the surrounding landscaped areas, as well as socially significant public urban spaces that harmoniously complement the natural resource potential of settlements.All this in a complex influences on the positive public mood of society and helps to increase the competitive advantages of specific cities in the fight for human capital, affecting also the migration preferences of modern people.…”
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Salicylic Acid Improved the Growth of <i>Dunaliella salina</i> and Increased the Proportion of <i>9-cis</i>-β-Carotene Isomers by Shuaicheng Xiang, Xiaoting Qiu, Xiaojun Yan, Roger Ruan, Pengfei Cheng

“…<i>Dunaliella salina</i> is an important source of natural β-carotene (containing <i>9-cis</i> and <i>all trans</i> isomers) for industrial production. …”
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Succinate Supplement Elicited “Pseudohypoxia” Condition to Promote Proliferation, Migration, and Osteogenesis of Periodontal Ligament Cells by Huimin Mao, Andi Yang, Yunhe Zhao, Lang Lei, Houxuan Li

“…The purpose of the present study was to explore whether a supplement of succinate, a natural metabolite of the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle, can mimic hypoxia condition to promote human periodontal ligament cells (hPDLCs). …”
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In Vitro Evaluation of the Antifungal Activity of Ghassoul-Based Formulations with Oregano and Thyme Essential Oils against Penicillium sp. by Hamid Ziyat, Mohammed Naciri Bennani, Safae Allaoui, Jamal Houssaini, Hasna Nait M’barek, Soukaina Arif, Hassan Hajjaj

“…This work focused on the study of the antifungal activity of EOs mixed with purified and sulfuric acid-activated ghassoul, in order to look for new natural bioactive products and assess their antifungal activity. …”
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Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress: Its Role in Disease and Novel Prospects for Therapy by Axel H. Schönthal

“…., hypoglycemia, hypoxia, and acidosis), high-fat and high-sugar diet, a variety of natural compounds (e.g., thapsigargin, tunicamycin, and geldanamycin), and several prescription drugs (e.g., bortezomib/Velcade, celecoxib/Celebrex, and nelfinavir/Viracept). …”
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Kaempferol enhances ER-mitochondria coupling and protects motor neurons from mitochondrial dysfunction and ER stress in C9ORF72-ALS by Federica Pilotto, Paulien Hermine Smeele, Olivier Scheidegger, Rim Diab, Martina Schobesberger, Julieth Andrea Sierra-Delgado, Smita Saxena

“…Here, we investigated the mode of action and therapeutic effect of a naturally occurring dietary flavanol, kaempferol in preclinical rodent and human models of C9ORF72-ALS. …”
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Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium and Enteritidis Isolated from Raw Shrimp in Bangladesh: An Investigation Based on Molecular Characteristics, Survival, Virulence, Antibiotic... by Prosanto Kumar Das, Ananta Mandal, Md. Mizanur Rahman, Shovon Lal Sarkar, Iqbal Kabir Jahid, Md. Anwar Hossain, A. S. M. Rubayet Ul Alam, Pravas Chandra Roy

“…Further study with more sampling will be necessary to confer the transmission route of the pathogen from the natural reservoir to the shrimp industry.…”
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The Treatment Effect of Plantago Major on Lung Cancer Based on the Computed Tomography and Pathological Findings: A Case Report Study by Saade Abdalkareem Jasim, Bashar Mudhaffar Abdullah, Patricio Yánez-Moretta, Wesam R. Kadhum, Yasser Fakri Mustafa, Enas R. Alwaily, Munther Abosoda, Ali Alsalamy, Sada Ghalib Al-Musawi, Alaa A. Omran

“…Conclusion: Based on our human study, PM, as a natural compound with antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and antibiotic characteristics, could have an anti-proliferative effect on non-small cell lung cancer. …”
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Age, growth, mortality and population structure of Polititapes aureus (Mollusca: Bivalvia) in the Gulf of Gabes, Tunisia by Derbali Abdelkarim

“…Total mortality (Z) was estimated from the length-converted catch curve at 0.85 yr-1 and fishing mortality (F) at 0.03 yr-1. Both values of natural mortality (M = 0.82 yr-1) derived from bivalve literature and based on Pauly’s (1980) empirical equation (M = 0.83 yr-1) developed for fish were comparable. …”
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Breeding practices of indigenous chickens in the Liban Jawi District of the West Shewa Zone, Ethiopia: A qualitative and quantitative analysis by Desalegn Begna, Teferi Bacha, Shambel Boki, Kasahun Bekana

“…Most farmers practiced uncontrolled natural mating and were unaware of the risks of inbreeding. …”
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