A New Approach to Determine the Total Airborne N Input into the Soil/Plant System Using 15N Isotope Dilution (ITNI): Results for Agricultural Areas in Central Germany by Rolf W.B. Russow, Frank Bahme, Heinz-Ulrich Neue

“…The atmospheric deposition of nitrogen (N) in the environment is of great concern due to its impact on natural ecosystems including affecting vegetation, reducing biodiversity, increasing tree growth in forests, and the eutrophication of aquatic systems. …”
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Elotuzumab Enhances CD16-Independent NK Cell-Mediated Cytotoxicity against Myeloma Cells by Upregulating Several NK Cell-Enhancing Genes by Yan-Hua Wang, Shotaro Hagiwara, Hiroshi Kazama, Yuki Iizuka, Norina Tanaka, Junji Tanaka

“…Combination therapy using antibodies and natural killer (NK) effectors, which are innate immune cells with safe and potent antitumor activity, is a promising approach for cancer immunotherapy and can enhance antitumor effects. …”
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Fondling Breasts and Playing Guitar. Textual and Contextual Expressions of a Sociomusical Conflict in Accra by Tobias Robert Klein

“…Ein generelles Anliegen des Artikels besteht darin, die Notwendigkeit der Verbindung kultureller, historischer und (natur)wissenschaftlicher Kompetenzen zur Überwindung einer zwischen kontextorientierter Ethnomusikologie und textbasierter Musiktheorie klaffenden Lücke aufzuzeigen. …”
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Telomere Length and Oxidative Damage in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Leping Ma, Cui Liu, Ran Song, Yeping Qian, Feng Zhang

“…Background: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has been reported to confer an increased risk of natural premature death. Telomere erosion caused by oxidative stress is a common consequence in age-related diseases. …”
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The structure of the local detector of the reprint model of the object in the image by A. A. Kulikov

“…The capsule can learn to display the pose of its visual object in a vector that is linearly related to the “natural” representations of the pose that are used in computer graphics. …”
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Optimization of Edible Coating Formulation Using Response Surface Methodology for Delaying the Ripening and Preserving Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) Fruits by Franck Laurins Tchouala Tazo, Gabriel Kanmegne, Alain Ngotio Tchinda, Odelonne Justine Kenfack, Eugéne Tafré Phounzong

“…Tomato is a climacteric fruit that has a short shelf life under natural conditions. However, some treatments can be applied in order to extend the shelf life and improve the quality of fruits. …”
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Spatiotemporal clustering of anthrax and molecular typing of Bacillus anthracis in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, 2019 – 2022 by Ran XIAN, Cong YANG, Jianwei GAO, Lei GAO, Qian CHEN, Yu ZHAO, Wenhe KUAI, Haohao FAN, Xiaodi LI, Jiangtao MA

“…One of the reasons for the formation of spatiotemporal clusters of anthrax in 2021 – 2022 may be the formation and development of natural foci. Molecular typing revealed that the genetic relationship of the strains isolated in Ningxia from 2019 to 2022 was relatively homogeneous, with abundant genetic diversity within the same genetic relationship.…”
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Nuclear DNA content variation within four species of Asian catfish of family Pangasidae and their two interspecific hybrids by flow cytometry by Imron, Evi Tahapari, Jadmiko Darmawan, Muhammad Luthfi Abdurachman

“…  Nuclear DNA content (NDC) of species or population is believed to have been formed naturally by many mechanisms such chromosomal mutation, insertion and deletion, transposable element, and duplication. …”
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PECULIARITIES OF THE COURSE OF PREGNANCY AND DELIVERY IN WOMEN WITH IN VITRO FERTILIZATION AT HIGH RISK OF PRETERM BIRTH by Ya.V. Shymanska

“…The control group included 20 apparently healthy pregnant women with its natural pregnancy onset. In pregnant women of study group A, pregnancies ended in premature birth by 1.7 times more often, and most of them occurred before 34 weeks; during pregnancy, there was a greater risk of preterm birth, which required enhanced correction in addition to conservative measures: suturing the cervix and the use of obstetric unloading pessary; the frequency of delivery by cesarean section prevailed by 1.3 times. …”
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The Synergistic Effects of Celastrol in combination with Tamoxifen on Apoptosis and Autophagy in MCF-7 Cells by Lijun Wang, Luqun Tang, Chengyun Yao, Chunyan Liu, Yongqian Shu

“…Several studies have demonstrated that combination treatments with natural products and tamoxifen can improve the sensitivity and cytotoxicity of oestrogen-positive breast cancer cells in response to tamoxifen. …”
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Spatiotemporal variability of groundwater chemistry, source identification and health risks in the southern Chinese Loess Plateau by Zijun Li, Qingchun Yang, Chuan Xie, Hongyun Ma, Bin Wu, Yanli Wang

“…Groundwater pollution of the loess plateau regions has become a global concern due to its vulnerability to natural and anthropogenic influences. In this study, 146 water samples were investigated to identify the spatiotemporal variability in groundwater chemistry, pollution sources and nitrate health risks in two interconnected river basins of a typical loess region. …”
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In vitro gastrointestinal digestion simulation screening of novel ACEI peptides from broccoli: mechanism in high glucose-induced VSMCs dysfunction by Shuzhi Zhang, Jingjing Guo, Shikun Suo, Li Ju, Zhaoqiang Jiang, Pingshuan Dong, Yanli Wang, Yali Dang, Laijing Du

“…Many natural angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitory (ACEI) peptides have been widely studied. …”
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Measurement and Analysis of Gait Pattern during Stair Walk for Improvement of Robotic Locomotion Rehabilitation System by Sang-Eun Park, Ye-Ji Ho, Min Ho Chun, Jaesoon Choi, Youngjin Moon

“…Additionally, we attempted to create a more natural stair-gait pattern by analyzing the movement of the hip on the anatomical transverse plane. …”
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Effective Facial Expression Recognition System Using Artificial Intelligence Technique by Imad S. Yousif, Tarik A. Rashid, Ahmed S. Shamsaldin, Sabat A. Abdulhameed, Abdulhady Abas Abdullah

“…ANNS are inspired by the neural architecture of human brain capable of learning and recognizing patterns in unchartered data after trained examples, on the other hand GAs come from fundamental principles underlying natural selection perform optimization process based-on evolutionary methods which includes fitness evaluation, comparison, selection, crossover, and mutation. …”
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Microwave Drying Modelling of Stevia rebaudiana Leaves Using Artificial Neural Network and Its Effect on Color and Biochemical Attributes by Baldev Singh Kalsi, Sandhya Singh, Mohammed Shafiq Alam, Surekha Bhatia

“…Stevia rebaudiana has grown in popularity and consumption across the world as an excellent natural sweetener due to its 300 times sweetness than sugar. …”
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Maintien du potentiel adaptatif chez les plantes domestiquées à propagation clonale by Doyle McKey, Marianne Elias, Benoît Pujol, Anne Duputié, Marc Delêtre, Delphine Renard

“…By highly selective incorporation of volunteer plants – via processes that combine both natural and artificial selection – Amerindian cultivators are able to maintain simultaneously genetic diversity and agronomic performance of their manioc populations, combining sexual reproduction and clonal propagation in a way that reaps the benefits of each mode of reproduction while minimizing their respective disadvantages. …”
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Individual and joint effects of exposure to multiple organophosphate esters and the risk of depression in adults: Differences in sex, age, and physical activity by Qingmiao Wei, Jiyun Wei, Jun Liang

“…In the generalized linear model, a one-unit increase in the natural logarithm (ln) of the urinary level of diphenyl phosphate (DPHP) was related to a respective ln-increase of 0.038(95 % CI: 0.002, 0.074) in the square root-transformed depression score, and each unit increase in the ln values of DBUP levels was related to a 1.163-fold (95 % CI: 1.013, 1.334) increase in the odds of depression in the crude models. …”
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Low presence of potentially toxic elements in Singapore urban garden soils by Tiong Ann Goh, Sorain J. Ramchunder, Alan D. Ziegler

“…Provenance tracking with Pb isotopes indicated Pb in gardens was both anthropogenic and natural, but spatially variable. The lack of strong spatial clustering of areas with the highest PTE concentrations was inconsistent with a common point source of contamination. …”
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Genomic selection for resistance to one pathogenic strain of Vibrio splendidus in blue mussel Mytilus edulis by Munusamy Ajithkumar, Jonathan D’Ambrosio, Marie-Agnès Travers, Romain Morvezen, Lionel Degremont

“…In France, this species faces a significant threat from infectious disease outbreaks in both mussel farms and the natural environment over the past decade. Diseases caused by various pathogens, particularly Vibrio spp., have posed a significant challenge to the mussel industry. …”
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Advancements, Trends and Future Prospects of Lower Limb Prosthesis by Muhammad Asif, Mohsin Islam Tiwana, Umar Shahbaz Khan, Waqar Shahid Qureshi, Javaid Iqbal, Nasir Rashid, Noman Naseer

“…Amputees with lower limb loss need special care during daily life activities to make the movement natural as before amputation. No such work exists covering the main aspects from causes of amputation to the psycho-social impact of the amputees after using the prosthetic device. …”
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