Physicochemical Characterization of Representative Firewood Species Used for Cooking in Some Colombian Regions by Hernán E. Díez, Juan F. Pérez

“…The firewood consumption in advanced stoves has environmental advantages resulting from its low CO2 emissions: a cubic meter of Eucalyptus could replace 113 liters of kerosene or 120 m3 of natural gas for cooking applications.…”
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Evolutionary Prediction of Soil Loss from Observed Rainstorm Parameters in an Erosion Watershed Using Genetic Programming by Kennedy C. Onyelowe, Ahmed M. Ebid, Light Nwobia

“…Various environmental problems such as soil degradation and landform evolutions are initiated by a natural process known as soil erosion. Aggregated soil surfaces are dispersed through the impact of raindrop and its associated parameters, which were considered in this present work as function of soil loss. …”
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Heterogeneity in NK Cell Subpopulations May Be Involved in Kidney Cancer Metastasis by Zhengfang Liang, Fengwei Nong, Jingjie Zhao, Dalong Wei, Qianli Tang, Jian Song, Lingzhang Meng

“…Thus, research on the tumour immune microenvironment and immune cell heterogeneity is essential for kidney cancer treatment. In this study, natural killer (NK) cell populations were isolated using signature genes from the single-cell sequencing data of clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) and normal kidney tissues and divided into three subpopulations according to the differences in gene expression profiles: NK(GZMH), NK(EGR1), and NK(CAPG). …”
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Toxicity of Usnic Acid: A Narrative Review by Nicoletta Croce, Michele Pitaro, Valentina Gallo, Giovanni Antonini

“…Usnic acid (UA) is a dibenzofuran derivative naturally present in lichens, organisms resulting from the symbiosis between a fungus and a cyanobacterium, or an alga. …”
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Evaluation on Genotoxicity and Teratogenicity of Aqueous Extract from Cyclocarya paliurus Leaves by Lihong Deng, Jiandu Lei, Jing He, Jing Liu, Luying Wang, Rui Zhang, Xinhua Liu, Yun Liu

“…Tremendous attentions have been attracted to the foods labeled with natural, green, organic, and nuisanceless conception of healthy diet. …”
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Review Sistem Drainase Parak Jambu Dadok Tunggul Hitam Padang Menggunakan Model EPA-SWMM by Mas Mera, Februarman Februarman, Fandi Aryadwitama Priadi

“…This disaster can be caused by natural events or as a result of human activities and even by both simultaneously. …”
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Multi-Class Sentiment Analysis on Twitter: Classification Performance and Challenges by Mondher Bouazizi, Tomoaki Ohtsuki

“…Multi-class classification has always been a challenging task given the complexity of natural languages and the difficulty of understanding and mathematically "quantifying" how humans express their feelings. …”
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Decarbonizing transport: The role of hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles in reducing emissions by Popa Vasile

“…Climate change, air pollution and noise, among other environmental problems, are increasingly affecting human society and the natural environment. Among the main sources of greenhouse gases and pollutant emissions in the atmosphere is the transport sector. …”
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Exploring the Crosstalk between Inflammation and Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Cancer by Indranil Chattopadhyay, Rangarao Ambati, Rohit Gundamaraju

“…Targeting EMT and the related mechanisms by utilizing natural compounds may be an important and safe therapeutic alternative in the treatment of tumor growth.…”
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A Novel Molecularly Imprinted Polymer for the Selective Removal of Chlorophyll from Heavily Pigmented Green Plant Extracts prior to Instrumental Analysis by Bareki Shima Batlokwa, Janes Mokgadi, Ronald Majors, Charlotta Turner, Nelson Torto

“…A novel molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) powder designed for the selective removal of interfering chlorophyll pigment from heavily pigmented green plant extracts during pesticide residue analysis or analysis for bioactives in natural product research is reported. The polymer powder imprinted with chlorophyll a was synthesized by copolymerizing the functional and cross-linking monomers, methacrylic acid (MAA) and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EGDMA), respectively. …”
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Florida Predatory Stink Bug (unofficial common name), Euthyrhynchus floridanus (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) by Frank W. Mead, David B. Richman

“…It seldom plays more than a minor role in the natural control of insects in Florida, but its prey includes such economic species as southern green stink bug, Nezara viridula (Linnaeus); orangedog, Papilio cresphontes Cramer; velvetbean caterpillar, Anticarsia gemmatalis Hübner; Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say); West Indian sugarcane rootstalk borer, Diaprepes abbreviatus (Linnaeus), and others. …”
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Vibration Characteristics of Roundabout Swing of HAWT Wind Wheel by Jian-long Ma, Pei-lin Li, Jian-wen Wang, Liu Yang, Yan-qi Zhang

“…Modal testing was used to show that the roundabout swing was a natural vibration mode of the wind wheel of a horizontal-axis wind turbine (HAWT). …”
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A Suspension Footbridge Model under Crowd-Induced Lateral Excitation by Lijun Ouyang, Bin Ding, Tingting Li, Bin Zhen

“…It is shown that the worst case occurs when the lateral natural frequency of the bridge is half the lateral step frequency of the pedestrians. …”
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Adsorption Removal of Imidacloprid Insecticide in Agriculture Industry Using MoO3 Nanorod by Razieh Razavi, Zeinab Nazari, Moslem Basij

“…Imidacloprid is an insecticide made to mimic nicotine. Nicotine is naturally found in many plants, including tobacco, and is toxic to insects. …”
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Cryopreservation Method for Preventing Freeze-Fracture of Small Muscle Samples by Namrata Ghag, Joshua Tam, Rox Anderson, Nashwa Cheema

“…Freezing samples in liquid nitrogen, using isopentane as a mediator for efficient cooling, preserves the tissue in its natural state. However, this method is highly susceptible to freeze-fracture artifacts, which alter or destroy tissue architecture. …”
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Enhanced Duration of Truffle Sauce Preservation due to Addition of Linoleic Acid by Bruno Tirillini, Filippo Maggi, Roberto Venanzoni, Paola Angelini

“…With the aim of reducing sterilization durations and temperatures and therefore minimizing the formation of new molecules while maintaining sterile conditions, natural molecules with bacteriostatic action can be added. …”
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Endocan in Cancers: A Lesson from a Circulating Dermatan Sulfate Proteoglycan by Maryse Delehedde, Lucie Devenyns, Claude-Alain Maurage, Romain R. Vivès

“…As most proteoglycans exert their biological activities in the pericellular region, circulating Endocan has appeared since its discovery as an atypical dermatan sulfate proteoglycan, with distinctive structural and functional properties. Endocan is naturally expressed by endothelial cells, highly regulated in presence of proinflammatory and proangiogenic molecules, binds to matrix proteins, growth factors, integrin, and cells, and may be then considered as an accurate marker of endothelial activation. …”
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Research on the economic of clean energy heating systems in cold rural regions by MA Tianfeng, ZHANG Yaru, SHANG Tianwen

“…The TRNSYS was used to simulation software to construct three decentralized clean energy heating systems-natural gas boiler heating, air source heat pump heating, and solar-coupled air source heat pump heating. …”
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Violencia y Estado. La posición de Hegel acerca del estado de naturaleza by Juan Ignacio Arias Krause, Patricio Landaeta Mardones

“…La dualidad entre “estado de naturaleza” y “Estado civil”, propuesta por los teóricos modernos del derecho natural, es asumida por G. W. F. Hegel sometiéndola a una crítica radical que deriva en su singular comprensión de política y derecho. …”
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Primeros ensayos para el cultivo y caracterización del aceite esencial de Conobea scoparioides (Cham. & Schltdl.) Benth. para el Pacífico colombiano by Robert Tulio González Mina, Ana Milena Hurtado Montaño

“…El presente trabajo intenta obtener resultados preliminares para su reproducción en condiciones experimentales de siembras simulando su entorno natural contrastada con siembras en materas. Como se ha reportado previamente interés por esta especie como fuente de aceites esenciales ricos en timol, sustancia valiosa de uso industrial y medicinal, se analiza la composición cromatográfica de los volátiles para una población local. …”
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