Ice-nucleating particles active below −24 °C in a Finnish boreal forest and their relationship to bioaerosols by F. Vogel, F. Vogel, M. P. Adams, L. Lacher, P. B. Foster, G. C. E. Porter, G. C. E. Porter, B. Bertozzi, B. Bertozzi, K. Höhler, J. Schneider, T. Schorr, N. S. Umo, J. Nadolny, Z. Brasseur, P. Heikkilä, E. S. Thomson, N. Büttner, M. I. Daily, R. Fösig, A. D. Harrison, J. Keskinen, U. Proske, U. Proske, U. Proske, J. Duplissy, J. Duplissy, M. Kulmala, T. Petäjä, O. Möhler, B. J. Murray

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Editorial by Jörg Tremmel, Edward Page, Konrad Ott

“… Next to the swelling book shelves in the natural sciences, there is a growing library on the ethics of climate policy. …”
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Response of Agronomic Characteristics and Yield of Garlic Plant (Allium sativum L.) to Different Levels of Planting Density and Nutrition by Hadi khavari, Masoud Rafiee

“…On the other hand, meeting the nutritional needs of crops is also a great necessity in order to increase the production of crops. Humic acid, as a natural and environmentally friendly organic acid, has a positive effect on the absorption of nutrients by crops, and it is very important for the transfer and availability of micronutrient elements in the plant. …”
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Selection of Superior Sugar Beet Genotypes using the Analysis of Quantitative and Qualitative Traits by Mahdi Hassani, Ali Saremirad, Hamed Mansouri

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An Enigmatic Wild Passerine Mortality Event in the Eastern United States by Sabrina S. Greening, Julie C. Ellis, Nicole L. Lewis, David B. Needle, Cristina M. Tato, Susan Knowles, Valerie Shearn-Bochsler, Jaimie L. Miller, Daniel A Grear, Jeffrey M. Lorch, David S. Blehert, Caitlin Burrell, Lisa A. Murphy, Erica A. Miller, C. Brandon Ogbunugafor, Andrea J. Ayala, W. Kelley Thomas, Joseph L. Sevigny, Lawrence M. Gordon, Tessa Baillargeon, Lusajo Mwakibete, Megan Kirchgessner, Christine L. Casey, Ethan Barton, Michael J. Yabsley, Eman Anis, Roderick B. Gagne, Patrice Klein, Cindy Driscoll, Chelsea A. Sykes, Robert H. Poppenga, Nicole M. Nemeth

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Pathways Through Which Green Exposure Type Influences Cardiovascular Diseases Mortality in Shanghai, China by Jianzhong HUANG, Yanting XU, Lan WANG, Zhouqian HE

“…Residential green spaces, “pocket parks” and street trees — due to their extensive reach, longer boundaries, and greater accessibility — encourage walking, cycling, and other active travel modes. This frequent, natural exposure to green spaces significantly enhances cardiovascular health by increasing both the duration and frequency of interaction with greenery, even surpassing the health benefits of larger centralized parks. …”
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A European aerosol phenomenology – 9: Light absorption properties of carbonaceous aerosol particles across surface Europe by Jordi Rovira, Marjan Savadkoohi, Gang I. Chen, Griša Močnik, Wenche Aas, Lucas Alados-Arboledas, Begoña Artiñano, Minna Aurela, John Backman, Sujai Banerji, David Beddows, Benjamin Brem, Benjamin Chazeau, Martine Collaud Coen, Cristina Colombi, Sebastien Conil, Francesca Costabile, Esther Coz, Joel F. de Brito, Kostas Eleftheriadis, Olivier Favez, Harald Flentje, Evelyn Freney, Asta Gregorič, Martin Gysel-Beer, Roy Harrison, Christoph Hueglin, Antti Hyvärinen, Matic Ivančič, Athina-Cerise Kalogridis, Hannes Keernik, Granakis Konstantinos, Paolo Laj, Eleni Liakakou, Chunshui Lin, Stefano Listrani, Krista Luoma, Marek Maasikmets, Hanna E. Manninen, Nicolas Marchand, Sebastiao Martins dos Santos, Saliou Mbengue, Nikos Mihalopoulos, Doina Nicolae, Jarkko V. Niemi, Michael Norman, Jurgita Ovadnevaite, Jean-Eudes Petit, Stephen Platt, André S.H. Prévôt, Manuel Pujadas, Jean-Philippe Putaud, Véronique Riffault, Martin Rigler, Matteo Rinaldi, Jaroslav Schwarz, Sanna Silvergren, Erik Teinemaa, Kimmo Teinilä, Hilkka Timonen, Gloria Titos, Anna Tobler, Jeni Vasilescu, Stergios Vratolis, Karl Espen Yttri, Eduardo Yubero, Naděžda Zíková, Andrés Alastuey, Tuukka Petäjä, Xavier Querol, Jesús Yus-Díez, Marco Pandolfi

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Curcumin-Loaded Lipid Nanoparticles: A Promising Antimicrobial Strategy Against <i>Enterococcus faecalis</i> in Endodontic Infections by Sónia Ferreira, Liliana Grenho, Maria Helena Fernandes, Sofia A. Costa Lima

“…<b>Background/Objectives:</b> This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of curcumin (CUR), a natural polyphenol with potent antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties, when formulated as solid lipid nanoparticles (CUR-loaded SLN) against <i>Enterococcus faecalis</i>. …”
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Bioactive phytochemical compounds characterization, anti-oxidant and anti-microbial activity of the methanol and acetonitrile leaf extracts of Pithecellobium dulce by M. Kiranmayee, K. Riazunnisa

“…Background: Numerous natural substances with various pharmacological properties can be discovered in medicinal plants. …”
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Polonization as a Determinant of National Identities of Ukraine and Belarus by Dylan Payne Royce

“…Considering that Rusian culture originally had a high status in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and that Polonization naturally proceeded more intensely in Poland than in Lithuania, the author hypothesizes that: 1) the longer a territory was under Polish rule, the more subject it was to Polonization; 2) the more it was subject to Polonization, the more it developed a western European identity; 3) the more Ukrainian and Belarusian national identities were westernized, the more alienated they became from non-westernized Rusian nationalities, primarily the (Great) Russian (русский / великорусский / российский); 4) the more alienated a national identity is from Russia, the more its bearers seek to separate themselves from Russia. …”
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The a criminal’s identity as an element of forensic characteristics of causing negligent serious or moderate bodily harm by K. M. Penzieva

“…The following criminologically significant features inherent in the person of the criminal have been analyzed, such as demographic data, moral qualities, psychological features; a set of psychophysical properties and qualities, motivational attitudes, emotional and rational spheres of human consciousness; social and legal data, natural and biological information about a person; socio-demographic properties, psychological qualities, biological features; social, biological, psychological and other characteristics. …”
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Intraspecific variation for heat stress tolerance in wild emmer-derived durum wheat populations by Mohammed Yousif Balla, Mohammed Yousif Balla, Nasrein Mohamed Kamal, Nasrein Mohamed Kamal, Izzat Sidahmed Ali Tahir, Izzat Sidahmed Ali Tahir, Yasir Serag Alnor Gorafi, Yasir Serag Alnor Gorafi, Modather Galal Abdeldaim Abdalla, Hisashi Tsujimoto

“…However, the morphology of wild emmer is different from that of durum and bread wheat, in particular, the spikelets are fragile and naturally fall off, making it difficult to study its agronomic traits. …”
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Cytisine compared to combination nicotine replacement therapy to reduce cigarette consumption in relapsed smokers: protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial by Hassan Mir, Javad Heshmati, Kerri-Anne Mullen, Ashley Baldwin, Evyanne Quirouette, Andrew Pipe, Robert Reid

“…Notably, cytisine’s shorter regimen and natural composition broaden its appeal, potentially supporting a wider spectrum of people who smoke. …”
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Ascending Aorta Diameter Changes after Aortic Valve Replacement in Elderly Patients with Aortic Valve Stenosis by Jiamiao Gong, Kang An, Hongyuan Lin, Jianfeng Hou

“…Objective. To describe the natural history of the ascending aorta in elderly patients after aortic valve replacement (AVR) for aortic valve stenosis and to clarify the risk factors associated with the progression of the ascending aorta. …”
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An Investigation of Presumptive Synergism of Oil Palm Bunch Ash and Sawdust Amendments in Remediation of crude oil Spiked Soil by Ejikeme Albert, Di Anyanwu

“…Two kilogram (2 kg) of sandy soil was placed in each of five plastic vessels labeled TA, TB, TC, TD and TE. TA was left in its natural state while the others were each polluted with 6.7% v/w of crude oil. …”
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Development of a Cell-Based High-Throughput Screening Assay to Identify Porcine Host Defense Peptide-Inducing Compounds by Zhuo Deng, Jing Wang, Wentao Lyu, Xuwen Wieneke, Robert Matts, Xi Ma, Guolong Zhang

“…Such a stable reporter cell line was employed in a high-throughput screening of 148 epigenetic compounds and 584 natural products, resulting in the identification of 41 unique hits with a minimum strictly standardized mean difference (SSMD) value of 3.0. …”
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Behavioral, biochemical, immune, and histological responses of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus Linnaeus, 1758) to lead, mercury, and pendimethalin exposure: individual and comb... by Rasha M. Reda, Eman M. Zaki, Ahmed A. A. Aioub, Mohamed M. M. Metwally, Aya M. Yassin, Fatma Mahsoub

“…Abstract The aquaculture sector is facing environmental issues because of rising chemical pollution of aquatic systems, which may be caused by man-made or natural causes. The combined action of these mixtures can produce an effect that is either severalfold higher or severalfold lower than the overall toxicity of the individual components. …”
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Attitudes and Barriers to Breastfeeding among Mothers in Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by Razan Yasser Abulreesh, Ibtihaj Abdullah Alqahtani, Zainah Yahya Alshehri, Maha Ali Alsubaie, Shatha Nasser Alburayh, Norah Mohammed Alzamil, Hayat Saleh Alzahrani

“…Breastfeeding provides unsurpassed natural nutrition to the newborn and infant. It has a nearly perfect mix of food elements and vitamins that infants need to grow up. …”
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Decomposing the Tea Bag Index and finding slower organic matter loss rates at higher elevations and deeper soil horizons in a minerogenic salt marsh by S. G. Reddy, W. R. Farrell, F. Wu, S. C. Pennings, J. Sanderman, M. Eagle, C. Craft, A. C. Spivak

“…Rooibos tea decay rates were more comparable to natural marsh litter, potentially suggesting that is more useful as a standardized organic matter proxy than green tea. …”
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Experimental study of the piezoelectricity of Middle Pleistocene loess in the Weibei region, China by Yanlin JING, Jie LIU, Qingying LIU, Xiaoxiao DUAN, Na XIE, Dengke YANG

“…Under the conditions of natural density and moisture content, loess exhibits a piezoelectric coefficient of 16.1 pC/N. …”
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