Radical-Scavenging Effect, Ferric Reducing Ability and Phytochemical Analysis of Urtica urens (L.) and Mercurialis annua (L.) by Doukkali Zouhra, Meryem El Jemli, Abdelhakim Bouyahya, Khang Wen Goh, Ganesh Sritheran Paneerselvam, Belatar Bahia, Yahia Cherrah, Katim Alaoui

“…The present study provides evidence that the extracts of Urtica urens and Mercurialis annua are a potential source of natural antioxidants, and this justifies their uses in Moroccan traditional medicine. …”
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Overview on the characteristics of houseboats in the Royal Belum State Park, Perak, Malaysia by Rohaslinda Ramele Ramli, Norashikin Ahmad Kamal

“…In Royal Belum State Park, Perak, Malaysia, houseboats have become tourist attractions, complementing its biodiversity and natural landscape. Nevertheless, studies have yet to be carried out on houseboats in Malaysia in general or in Royal Belum State Park, indicating a lack of concern about protecting the sustainability of houseboat tourism. …”
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A Case of Pregnancy Complicated with ATIII Deficiency in a Patient Who Developed Severe Venous Thromboembolism in Her Fourth Pregnancy and Had a Favourable Outcome in Her Subsequen... by Mie Sakai, Jumpei Ogura, Koji Yamanoi, Takahiro Hirayama, Tsutomu Ohara, Haruka Suzuki, Yoshihide Inayama, Koji Yasumoto, Koh Suginami

“…She maintained oral administration of edoxaban (NOAC) and got pregnant naturally fifty-five weeks later after the abortion. …”
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Brain MRI Segmentation with Multiphase Minimal Partitioning: A Comparative Study by Elsa D. Angelini, Ting Song, Brett D. Mensh, Andrew F. Laine

“…The segmentation algorithm performs an optimal partitioning of three-dimensional data based on homogeneity measures that naturally evolves to the extraction of different tissue types in the brain. …”
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BA inhibits LPS-stimulated inflammatory response and apoptosis in human middle ear epithelial cells by regulating the Nf-Kb/Iκbα axis by He Qian, Cai Yanzhi, Kong Meihua

“…Boswellic acid (BA), a natural triterpene compound extracted from frankincense resin, has been proven to possess significant anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory effects. …”
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Defective Laplacians and paradoxical phenomena in crowd motion modeling by Maury, Bertrand

“…In both continuous and discrete settings, Laplace operators appear quite commonly in the modeling of natural phenomena, in several context: diffusion, heat propagation, porous media, fluid flows through pipes, electricity.... …”
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Enhancing rural community empowerment for the realization of independent villages: a strategy for Brangsong sub-district by Suharto Suharto, Hardi Warsono, Tri Yuniningsih, Kushandayani Kushandayani

“…Thus, Village Human Resources and Natural Resources must be maintained to strengthen the Village community's power, capability, and integrity to achieve an optimum Independent Village.…”
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Complex Reaction Kinetics in Chemistry: A Unified Picture Suggested by Mechanics in Physics by Elena Agliari, Adriano Barra, Giulio Landolfi, Sara Murciano, Sarah Perrone

“…Further, since the saturation function plays in Chemistry the same role played by velocity in Physics, we show that a relativistic scaffold naturally accounts for the kinetics of the above-mentioned complex reactions. …”
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Elderly Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment Exhibit Altered Gut Microbiota Profiles by Qiong Pan, Ya-Qian Li, Ke Guo, Min Xue, Yu Gan, Kejian Wang, Da-Bao Xu, Qiu-Yun Tu

“…As a transitional state between normal aging and Alzheimer’s disease (AD), mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is characterized by a worse cognitive decline than that of natural aging. The association between AD and gut microbiota has been reported in a number of studies; however, microbial research regarding MCI remains limited. …”
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Planning for Recreational Waterway Access in Rural Coastal Settings by Corina Guevara, Charles Sidman, Robert Swett, Alan Hodges

“…Overcrowding at beaches, boat ramps, and popular destinations in Florida's densely populated coastal areas leads more Floridians and tourists to consider recreating in rural coastal communities that still offer the solitude and natural settings desired by many. According to a recent report sponsored by the Outdoor Industry Association, the provision of public water access has increased outdoor recreation tourism, which could bring much-needed economic benefits to rural areas. …”
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Vascularization of Nanohydroxyapatite/Collagen/Poly(L-lactic acid) Composites by Implanting Intramuscularly In Vivo by Hai Wang, Xiao Chang, Guixing Qiu, Fuzhai Cui, Xisheng Weng, Baozhong Zhang, Xiaojie Lian, Zhihong Wu

“…In previous studies, a nanohydroxyapatite/collagen/poly(L-lactic acid) (nHAC/PLA) composite, similar to natural bone in both composition and structure, has been prepared. …”
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Tourisme et sociétés locales en Amérique latine : une approche « sentipensante » de l´agent de développement puis de l´universitaire. by Samuel Jouault

“…Alternative tourism has developed in parallel with globalization and the expansion of the tourism phenomenon as the qualitative shift made in recent years and is commonly presented as a solution to fight poverty and protect natural resources. But the commercialization, dissemination and promotion of these initiatives, among others, tend to be weak and result in initiatives not meeting the objectives set. …”
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The Impact of COVID-19 on Gametes and Endometrium: A Narrative Review by Esra Karatas, Ali Can Gunes, Bilal Esat Temiz, Sezcan Mumusoglu, Gurkan Bozdag

“… The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been affecting our lives since December 19. Naturally, during the COVID-19 outbreak, it has become a point of interest whether severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection might affect oocyte, and sperm and influence the implantation during the assisted reproductive technology cycles. …”
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The Effect of Zeolite Na-X and Clinoptilolite as Functional Fillers on the Mechanical, Thermal and Barrier Properties of Thermoplastic Polyurethane by Nello Russo, Letizia Verdolotti, Giuseppe Cesare Lama, Federica Recupido, Barbara Liguori, Maria Oliviero

“…In this work, two different kinds of zeolites, i.e., a natural one, Clinoptilolite, and a synthetic one, Zeolite Na-X, were mixed with thermoplastic polyurethane for the fabrication of composites. …”
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Crosstalk between Substrates and Rho-Associated Kinase Inhibitors in Cryopreservation of Tissue-Engineered Constructs by Arindam Bit, Awanish Kumar, Abhishek Kumar Singh, Albert A. Rizvanov, Andrey P. Kiassov, Pradeep Kumar Patra, Munish Kumar, Akalabya Bissoyi

“…A significant portion of MSCs loses cellular viability while freeze-thawing, which represents an important technical limitation to achieving sufficient viable cell numbers for maximum efficacy. Several natural and synthetic materials are extensively used as substrates for tissue engineering constructs and cryopreservation because they promote cell attachment and proliferation. …”
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A robust approach for the determination of Gurson model parameters by R. Sepe, G. Lamanna, F. Caputo

“…In this work, such an analysis was carried out in a twofold way: the former concerned the study of the influence exerted by each of the physical parameters on the material toughness, and the latter concerned the use of the Stochastic Design Improvement (SDI) technique to perform a “robust” numerical calibration of the model evaluating the nominal values of the physical and correction parameters, which fit a particular experimental result even in the presence of their “natural” variability…”
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Analyzing Forest and Land Fire Disaster Prevention Programs in Riau, Indonesia by Ahmad Fadhillah, Moses Glorino Rumambo Pandin, Toetik Koesbardiati

“… In Indonesia, forest and land fires are natural disasters that often occur every year, especially during the dry season. …”
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Metabolic fate of tea polyphenols and their crosstalk with gut microbiota by Meiyan Wang, Jianying Li, Ting Hu, Hui Zhao

“…Tea represents an abundant source of naturally occurring polyphenols. Tea polyphenols (TPs) have received growing attentions for its wide consumption in the world, and more importantly its pleiotropic bioeffects for human health. …”
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Government Efforts to Protect Habitat for the Florida Panther on Private Lands by Elizabeth F. Pienaar, Melissa M. Kreye

“…Multiple policy approaches have been put in place by local, state, and federal governments to address habitat loss and secure natural resources in Florida for our panthers. This 5-page fact sheet  provides a brief overview of existing regulatory and voluntary approaches to help conserve the Florida panther on private lands. …”
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Enhancing undrained shear strength prediction: a robust hybrid machine learning approach with naïve Bayes modeling by Chen Fang, Ying Li, Yang Shi

“…This paper presents a novel methodology for the USS prediction in soft clays using machine learning techniques, and particularly it highlights the attention on the following five important input variables: pre-consolidation stress (PS), vertical effective stress (VES), liquid limit (LL), plastic limit (PL), and natural water content (W). These are selected in view of their well-understood impact on the USS. …”
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