Role of Inflammatory Cell Subtypes in Heart Failure by Derek Strassheim, Edward C. Dempsey, Evgenia Gerasimovskaya, Kurt Stenmark, Vijaya Karoor

“…Various types of immune cells are implicated in myocardial inflammation and include neutrophils, macrophages, eosinophils, mast cells, natural killer cells, T cells, and B cells. Recent clinical trials have targeted inflammatory cascades as therapy for heart failure with limited success. …”
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Oyster-Predator Dynamics and Climate Change by Gabrielle Love, Shirley Baker, Edward V. Camp

“… Oysters are one of the most important natural resources found in coastal and estuarine areas of Florida, but some Florida oyster populations appear to be declining. …”
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Research retrospective on the ecological state of Borzhava river basin (Transcarpathian region) by M. O. Vovkunovych

“…The Borzhava River is an important element of the region's river network and a valuable natural resource for the local population of the Zakarpattia region. …”
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Analysis of a Single Species Model with Dissymmetric Bidirectional Impulsive Diffusion and Dispersal Delay by Haiyun Wan, Long Zhang, Zhidong Teng

“…In most models of population dynamics, diffusion between two patches is assumed to be either continuous or discrete, but in the real natural ecosystem, impulsive diffusion provides a more suitable manner to model the actual dispersal (or migration) behavior for many ecological species. …”
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Entre logique de production et de préservation : l’évolution de l’information environnementale dans les domaines de l’eau et de la forêt by Gabrielle Bouleau, Philippe Deuffic, Arnaud Sergent, Yoan Paillet, Frédéric Gosselin

“…Environmental governance is driven by social representations of natural resources and ecosystem conditions. Environmental knowledge is therefore a possible resource for stakeholders’ claims in favor of production or preservation policies. …”
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Plant-Based Milks: Cashew by Jamie Zeldman, Daniela Rivero-Medoza, Wendy J Dahl

“…This increase may be due to plant-based milks being perceived as "natural," as well as a rise in veganism and avoidance of lactose. …”
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Steganography based on parameters’ disturbance of spatial image transform by Xi SUN, Wei-ming ZHANG, Neng-hai YU, Yao WEI

“…In the research of state-of-the-art steganography algorithms,most of image sources were natural images in laboratory environment.However,with the rapid development of image process tools and applications,images after image processing were widely used in real world.How to use image process to improve steganography has not been systematically studied.Taking spatial image transform for consideration,a parameters’ disturbance model was presented,which could hide the noise taken by steganography in the pixel fluctuation due to the disturbance.Meanwhile,it would introduce cover source mismatch for a steganalyzer.The experimental results show that,compared with using traditional image database,it can significantly enhance the security of steganography algorithms and accommodative to the real world situation.…”
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Florida Bromeliad Weevil (no official common name), Metamasius mosieri Barber (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Dryophthorinae) by Barbra Larson, J. Howard Frank, Olan Ray Creel

“… The Florida bromeliad weevil is an occasional and minor pest on ornamental bromeliads and occurs at very low population densities in its natural habitat. It should not be confused with the Mexican bromeliad weevil, Metamasius callizona, which is currently attacking five species of native bromeliads in 16 counties and will likely destroy populations of six additional species of already-threatened or endangered bromeliads if not brought under control. …”
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Poultry Manure as a Fertilizer by Michael A. Davis, Doug R. Sloan, Gerald Kidder, R. D. Jacobs

“… Animal manures have been used as natural crop fertilizers for centuries. Because of poultry manure’s high nitrogen content, it has long been recognized as one of the most desirable manures. …”
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Impervious Surface Thresholds and the Pace to Plant Technique for Planting Urban Red Maple Trees by Adam G. Dale, Steven D. Frank, Elsa Youngsteadt, Barbara Fair, Julieta Sherk, Michael Just

“…Many urban tree species have more insect and mite pests in urban landscapes than in surrounding natural areas. This is due in part to stress created by impervious surfaces, such as roads and sidewalks that can increase air temperature and reduce soil moisture. …”
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Soil Health Response of Histosols to Flooded versus Dry-Fallow Conditions during Summer by Jehangir H. Bhadha, Jay Capasso, Abul Rabbany, Nan Xu, Matthew VanWeelden

“…This information will be beneficial to current and potential growers farming flooded rice in south Florida, as well as Extension agents who work on rice and soil conservation agencies such as the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). This new 6-page publication was written by Jehangir H. …”
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The Origins of the Narrative Structures in the Chansons de Geste : Methodological Notes on Joël Grisward’s comparativism by Andrea Ghidoni

“…The present rethinking of the model by Grisward will use two conceptual and epistemological tools active in other fields: the first one is borrowed from the unpublished notes on Germanic legends drafted by Saussure; the second one is the concept of polythetic category formulated by Rodney Needham in an anthropological context, conception partly borrowed from similar reflections in the field of natural sciences.…”
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Inspired Preparation of Zinc Oxide Nanocatalyst and the Photocatalytic Activity in the Treatment of Methyl Orange Dye and Paraquat Herbicide by Ghaida H. Munshi, Amal M. Ibrahim, Laila M. Al-Harbi

“…One of the most important and abundant naturally occurring catalysts is chlorophyll. Chlorophyll is the first recognized catalyst; it is a reducing agent due to its electron-rich structure. …”
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Evaluación del consumo de los combustibles (GM, E-10 y GNC) en un vehículo de combustión interna de servicio público en la ciudad de Cali - Colombia by Luis Felipe Granada Aguirre, Steve Álvarez

“…En este documento se muestran los rendimientos (consumo de combustible) obtenidos por un vehículo de combustión interna de servicio público que fue adaptado para funcionar con diferentes tipos de combustibles como Gasolina Motor (GM), mezcla de GM con 10% de etanol (E-10) y Gas Natural Comprimido (GNC). El vehículo utilizado fue un HYUNDAI ATOS modelo 2005, motor 1000 cc, conducido por un adulto de 23 años de edad. …”
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On the scaling of digital twins by aggregation by Marcelo Pias, Lawrence Bull, Daniel S. Brennan, Mark Girolami, Jon Crowcroft

“…Several examples are presented to illustrate core use cases, highlighting a progression to represent both natural and engineered systems. The forthcoming challenges are discussed around a hierarchy of scales, which recognises systems of increasing aggregation. …”
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In search of large signals at the cosmological collider by Lian-Tao Wang, Zhong-Zhi Xianyu

“…We show that in ordinary inflation scenarios where a slow-rolling inflaton generates density fluctuations and with no breaking of scale invariance or spacetime symmetry, there exist no naturally large signals unless the rolling inflaton generates a parity-odd chemical potential for the heavy particles. …”
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H. Bergson on the Problem of Origin of Life by Pavlo Bartusiak

“…A close reading of his texts reveals the philosopher’s implicit assumption of an origin of life on Earth through natural processes. This paper is concerned with the concept of an élan, and focuses on the evolution of this philosophical concept in Bergson’s thought. …”
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Key technologies of AI in customer service system by Zheng WANG, Hua REN, Xuhai LU

“…In the customer service system structure,manual seats,work order processing and other links require a lot of manual operations and participation,the cost is high,the efficiency is relatively low,and there will still be a certain percentage of problems and failures that can’t be found and resolved.In the customer service system,the introduction of artificial intelligence technology can solve these problems to a certain extent,reduce costs and improve the overall efficiency and effectiveness of customer service.The key technologies which could be applied to the customer service system in AI were analyzed,including speech recognition,speech synthesis,and natural language processing.The application of new technology in the customer service system of the operator was discussed.The effect in practical application was illustrated by an example.…”
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Simultaneous Diagnosis of Acute Crohn’s Disease and Endometriosis in a Patient Affects HIV by S. Casiraghi, P. Baggi, P. Lanza, A. Bozzola, A. Vinco, V. Villanacci, F. Castelli, M. Ronconi

“…These patients were more likely to have stricturing CD but endometriosis does not seem to impact the natural history of CD.…”
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Basic Steps to Creating a Conservation Land Trust in Florida by Benjamin W. North, Elizabeth Frances Pienaar, Jessica D. Sullivan

“… Conservation land trusts, more commonly called land trusts, are private 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations that protect land important to your community for its natural, cultural, and recreational value. These publicly supported organizations also sustain healthier and more resilient economic development in your community and throughout the state. …”
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