Rationale for Antioxidant Supplementation in Sarcopenia by Francesco Cerullo, Giovanni Gambassi, Matteo Cesari

“…It has been suggested that oral antioxidant supplementation may contribute at reducing indices of oxidative stress both in animal and human models by reinforcing the natural endogenous defenses. Aim of the present paper is to discuss present evidence related to possible benefits of oral antioxidants in the prevention and treatment of sarcopenia.…”
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On causality and its violation in f(R,Lm,T) gravity by J.S. Gonçalves, A.F. Santos

“…To obtain a causal solution, a natural relationship arises between the parameters of the theory.…”
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Rock Fracture Response Exposed to Hydraulic Fracturing: Insight into the Effect of Injection Rate on Aperture Pattern by Bo Zhang, Xinyi Cui, Linjun Wang, Xiaodi Fu

“…For different injection rate, the average aperture of stimulated natural fracture is always slightly greater than that of newly opened fracture. …”
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SAVE: Steps in Achieving Viable Energy—Leader Guide by Nathan Mitten, H.A. (Skip) Ingley, Jessica Kochert, Joy C. Jordan

“…The journey continues as youth investigate the various ways that energy is used, both through natural and man-made processes. Finally, the journey concludes with a closer look into the ways the world we live in is impacted, both positively and negatively by our energy use. …”
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Perfect Meals with Pressure Cooking by Paula G. Harris-Swiatko, Karla P. Shelnutt, Amy Simonne

“…Pressure cooking is also a healthy cooking option as it maintains the natural flavor and nutrients of food. Delicious, healthy meals are just minutes away with this handy device! …”
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Trasversal territories. Rural and industrial small towns in Sicily and Spain by Guido Cimadomo, Renzo Lecardane, María Isabel Alba Dorado

“…The orographic and natural conditions, together with small towns’ cultural, heritage and industrial conditions, have become the landscape of relationships between spaces where silence, slowing down and acceleration define the urban and human imaginary of these transversal territories. …”
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Angiographic Evidence of a Purely Pial Bihemispheric Intracranial Hemangiopericytoma by Nathaniel Stetson, Sudhakar Vadivelu, Jiang Y. Li, Avi Setton, David J. Chalif

“…Angiographic evidence here is atypical of the natural history of hemangiopericytomas with dual vascular supply and was critical in the decision-making towards surgical resection without tumor embolization. …”
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Pourquoi les langues non-humaines sont-elles fondamentalement humaines ? by Bettina Beinhoff

“…Thus, several factors effectively influence conlangs’ sound systems : ease of pronunciation, aesthetics and beauty, naturalism and realism and other existing languages. …”
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Efficient Range Estimation in Beat Radio Interferometry by Bing Xu, Wangdong Qi, Li Wei, Su Zhang

“…Such a revelation has two natural outcomes: the first is the Cramer-Rao lower bound (CRLB) of BRI range estimation; the second is an efficient fast Fourier transform (FFT)-based method that works in arbitrary measurement configurations and large-scale scenarios. …”
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Dynamic Modeling and Parameters Optimization of Large Vibrating Screen with Full Degree of Freedom by Xiaodong Yang, Jida Wu, Haishen Jiang, Wenqiang Qiu, Chusheng Liu

“…Considering the influence of coupling motion of each degree of freedom, the dynamic model with six degrees of freedom (6 DOFs) of the vibrating screen is established based on the Lagrange method, and modal parameters (natural frequencies and modes of vibration) of the rigid body are obtained. …”
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Hyperchaos in a Conservative System with Nonhyperbolic Fixed Points by Aiguo Wu, Shijian Cang, Ruiye Zhang, Zenghui Wang, Zengqiang Chen

“…Chaotic dynamics exists in many natural systems, such as weather and climate, and there are many applications in different disciplines. …”
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Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: Screening for Magnesium Deficiency by Paolo Severino, Lucrezia Netti, Marco Valerio Mariani, Annalisa Maraone, Andrea D’Amato, Rossana Scarpati, Fabio Infusino, Mariateresa Pucci, Carlo Lavalle, Viviana Maestrini, Massimo Mancone, Francesco Fedele

“…Magnesium is an essential mineral naturally present in the human body, where it acts as cofactor in several enzymatic reactions. …”
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National Gastronomy and Gastronomic Tourism of Montenegro on its Way to the European Union by Vujačić Vesna, Kukanja Marko, Janinović Jovana

“…Montenegro, a Mediterranean gem, boasts abundant natural and cultural treasures, forming the bedrock of its thriving tourism industry. …”
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A Tale of Old and Young Volcanoes in Monts d'Ardèche UNESCO Global Geopark (South-Eastern France) by Jean-Paul Raynal, Emmanuelle DEFIVE, Nicolas Klee, Roxane Buso, Didier Laporte

“…The Regional Natural Park of the Monts d'Ardèche, located in south-eastern France, became the Monts d’Ardèche UNESCO Global Geopark in September 2014. …”
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Developing the US Wildland Fire Decision Support System by Erin K. Noonan-Wright, Tonja S. Opperman, Mark A. Finney, G. Thomas Zimmerman, Robert C. Seli, Lisa M. Elenz, David E. Calkin, John R. Fiedler

“…Risk-informed decision-making is becoming increasingly important as a means of improving fire management and offers substantial opportunities to benefit natural and community resource protection, management response effectiveness, firefighter resource use and exposure, and, possibly, suppression costs. …”
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Vegetative Filter Strips—A Best Management Practice for Controlling Nonpoint Source Pollution by Lei Wu, Rafael Muñoz-Carpena, Yuncong Li

“… Increasing numbers of pollutants have been observed in natural water systems. As awareness of agricultural sources of water pollution has grown, Best Management Practices (BMPs) have been specifically designed to address agricultural water pollutants and protect water quality. …”
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Naphthenic Acids: Formation, Role in Emulsion Stability, and Recent Advances in Mass Spectrometry-Based Analytical Methods by Roselaine Facanali, Nathália de A. Porto, Juliana Crucello, Rogerio M. Carvalho, Boniek G. Vaz, Leandro W. Hantao

“…Naphthenic acids (NAs) are compounds naturally present in most petroleum sources comprised of complex mixtures with a highly variable composition depending on their origin. …”
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Stress Management: Ways to Cope by Suzanna Smith, Joe Pergola

“…Coping is what you do to deal with the pressure of stressors and stay steady. Coping is a natural process we do throughout our lives. Some ways of coping are more helpful than others. …”
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Analysis of Torsional Vibration Characteristic for the Crown Gear Coupling of EMU by Shi Zhenqiang, Xia Qinghua, Zhang Dezhi, Zhang Dianlong, Zhu Changping

“…According to the structural characteristics and operating conditions of the crown gear coupling of EMU,the torsional vibration system mechanical model of the crown gear coupling is established by using lumped parameter method,and the differential equation of torsional vibration is established. The natural frequencies and the principal modes of system are obtained by solving the differential equation of torsional vibration. …”
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A Genetic Simulated Annealing Algorithm to Optimize the Small-World Network Generating Process by Haifeng Du, Jiarui Fan, Xiaochen He, Marcus W. Feldman

“…Network structure is an important component of analysis in many parts of the natural and social sciences. Optimization of network structure in order to achieve specific goals has been a major research focus. …”
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