Polyurethane-Keratin Membranes: Structural Changes by Isocyanate and pH, and the Repercussion on Cr(VI) Removal by María D. Manrique-Juárez, Ana L. Martínez-Hernández, Oscar F. Olea-Mejía, Jaime Flores-Estrada, José L. Rivera-Armenta, Carlos Velasco-Santos

“…Thus this paper demonstrates the successful combination of synthetic and natural polymers depending on the process parameters to be applied in the critical purpose of remediation of Cr(VI) contamination.…”
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Utilization of Edible-Insects as Protein Substitute in Food and Effects of Processing on Their Nutrient Contents and Protein Functionalities by Nura Abdullahi, Enerst Chukwusoro Igwe, Munir Abba Dandago, Abdurrashid Rilwan, Hassana Jibril, Raliya Iliyasu

“…Incorporating edible-insects into familiar products and subjecting them to adequate processing that masks their natural appearance will improve their consumption. …”
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Soil quality based agricultural activity through IoT and wireless sensor network by Zhi Zhou

“…Further, the WSNs are also helped to reduce the consumptions of the natural coffee is used in husbandry. As we have already mentioned about the Smart Agriculture and WSN, in this article we have to know about how the WSN is used and related important role in Smart Agriculture and various technologies used,what are the difficulties and challenges has to face while using these technologies, various factors played on the Smart Agriculture has been discussed in future.…”
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Exogenous Pulmonary Surfactant as a Vehicle for Antimicrobials: Assessment of Surfactant-Antibacterial Interactions In Vitro by Alexei Birkun

“…The purpose of this study was to assess a mutual influence of natural surfactant preparation and three antibiotics (amikacin, cefepime, and colistimethate sodium) in vitro and to identify appropriate combination(s) for subsequent in vivo investigations of experimental surfactant/antibiotic mixtures. …”
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Les difficultés de la filière brésilienne face à la nouvelle organisation mondiale du négoce des pierres de couleur by Aurélien Reys

“…The colored gemstones commoditychains, as most of natural resources exploited, have long consisted as hierarchical trades dominated by the main Western powers. …”
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Antibody dynamics in dogs submitted to different canine visceral leishmaniasis treatment protocols by Eliesse Pereira Costa, Gisele Vaz Aguirre Samoel, Gilneia da Rosa, Vanessa Osmari, Michelli Lopes de Souza, Luís Felipe Dias Lopes, Fernanda Silveira Flôres Vogel, Sônia de Avila Botton, Luís Antônio Sangioni

“…Abstract This study evaluated dynamics of antibodies in dogs treated for canine visceral leishmaniasis (CVL). Twenty-one dogs naturally infected by Leishmania spp. were grouped based on the treatment protocol: G1 (n=4) received allopurinol; G2 (n=10) allopurinol with miltefosine; and G3 (n=7) allopurinol, miltefosine and Leish-Tec® vaccine. …”
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Advancements in cellular immunotherapy: overcoming resistance in lung and colorectal cancer by Lijuan Qin, Yuan Li, Juan Liu, Xiaoqin An

“…We examine the evolution of CAR-T cell therapy, as well as the potential of engineered natural killer (NK) cells and macrophages in solid tumor treatment. …”
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Effects of Genipin Concentration on Cross-Linked Chitosan Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering: Structural Characterization and Evidence of Biocompatibility Features by Simona Dimida, Amilcare Barca, Nadia Cancelli, Vincenzo De Benedictis, Maria Grazia Raucci, Christian Demitri

“…Genipin (GN) is a natural molecule extracted from the fruit of Gardenia jasminoides Ellis according to modern microbiological processes. …”
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Evasion of Early Antiviral Responses by Herpes Simplex Viruses by Paula A. Suazo, Francisco J. Ibañez, Angello R. Retamal-Díaz, Marysol V. Paz-Fiblas, Susan M. Bueno, Alexis M. Kalergis, Pablo A. González

“…Besides overcoming physical constraints, such as extreme temperatures, reduced humidity, elevated pressure, and natural predators, human pathogens further need to overcome an arsenal of antimicrobial components evolved by the host to limit infection, replication and optimally, reinfection. …”
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Psiconeuroinmunología: breve panorámica by Sandra M. Camelo Roa

“…Para ello, inicialmente se abordaron algunos aspectos históricos de la relación entre la vida psíquica y la salud; posteriormente, se revisaron aspectos como la fisiología del sistema inmune especificando los tipos de inmunidad adquirida e inmunidad natural. Temas como las interacciones entre el sistema inmune y cerebro fueron revisados desde la evidencia experimental y resumidos en cuatro grupos: condicionamiento de la respuesta inmune, lesiones cerebrales, estrés e inmunidad y emociones e inmunidad. …”
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Building Coastal Dunes with Sea Oats and Surrogate Wrack by Natalie Hooton, Debbie L. Miller, Mack Thetford, Sean Claypool

“…Managers have tried commercial fertilizers and water-absorbing gels to ensure planted sea oats survive and thrive, but these products are not always effective and can be expensive. Removal of natural beach litter, called “wrack” and defined as “algae, grasses, driftwood, fruits, seeds, and carrion, along with cultural litter,” has frequently had the undesired effect of weakening the establishment and growth of sea oats. …”
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Modular multilevel converter periodic trajectory determination — A generic Fourier-based collocation method by Philippe De Rua, Jef Beerten

“…Being based in the time-domain, the developed method naturally accounts for nonlinearity in the differential equations and, being real-valued, it is solved efficiently with readily available root-finding Newton-based algorithms. …”
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Optimization Studies on the Extraction of Flavone Di-C-glycosides from Premna fulva Craib by Deep Eutectic Solvents by Yueyuan Chen, Jiaoyang Dang, Xiaojie Yan, Fenglai Lu, Dianpeng Li

“…Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are emerging as new extraction solvents for the extraction of bioactive compounds from natural plants. In this work, a total of thirteen choline chloride-based DESs were synthesized and evaluated for the simultaneous extraction of five bioactive flavone di-C-glycosides from Premna fulva Craib. …”
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Preparation and Characterization of Latex Particles as Potential Physical Shale Stabilizer in Water-Based Drilling Fluids by Junyi Liu, Zhengsong Qiu, Wei’an Huang, Dingding Song, Dan Bao

“…The interaction between latex particles and natural shale cores was investigated quantitatively via pore pressure transmission tests. …”
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Adaptación, validación y pruebas de invarianza de la versión en español del carnism inventory by Manuel Cárdenas Castro, Patricia Obreque Oviedo, Francisco Infante Aravena, Daniel Giraud Aravena

“…La defensa carnística legitimaría la práctica de comer animales basándose en argumentos que apuntan a la tradición, el gusto o la necesidad; mientras que la dominación carnística apoyaría la matanza de animales fundamentando en la noción de una jerarquía natural y del derecho que nos asiste de dominar a los animales y utilizarlos para nuestros fines. …”
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Étude des représentations sociales d’un site classé aménagé : application au site de l’Anse de Paulilles (France) by Valérie Desrochers, Jocelyne Ferraris, Catherine Garnier

“…The last decades have seen a growing trend for environmental conservation and natural and cultural patrimony preservation with the implementation of protected areas, notably through land-use planning and regulations. …”
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Soil Microbial Community Structure and Target Organisms under Different Fumigation Treatments by Sadikshya R. Dangi, James S. Gerik, Rebecca Tirado-Corbalá, Husein Ajwa

“…The ability of nontarget soil microorganisms to recover after fumigation treatment is critical because they play an important role in sustaining the health of agricultural and natural soil systems. Fumigation trial was conducted in Parlier, CA, and the study focuses on the effects of different rates of Telone C35 and also methyl bromide fumigation with polyethylene (PE) and totally impermeable film (TIF) tarps on target and nontarget soil microorganisms using field samples. …”
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Seurat function argument values in scRNA-seq data analysis: potential pitfalls and refinements for biological interpretation by Mikhail Arbatsky, Ekaterina Vasilyeva, Veronika Sysoeva, Ekaterina Semina, Ekaterina Semina, Valeri Saveliev, Kseniya Rubina

“…Normalization and scaling are standard manipulations for the pre-processing with LogNormalize (natural-log transformation), CLR (centered log ratio transformation), and RC (relative counts) being employed as methods for data transformation. …”
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A multi-source data-driven approach for navigation safety integrating computational intelligence and Bayesian networks by Xiaotong Qu, Chengbo Wang, Chengbo Wang

“…Ships often face various risks when sailing at sea, ranging from harsh natural environments to complex traffic conditions. …”
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Improvement of the nutritional value and growth of rotifer (Brachionus plicatilis) by different enrichment period with Bacillus sp. by Sutia Budi, . Zainuddin, Siti Aslamsyah

“… Brachionus plicatilis is a widely used as natural feed in hatchery. Characteristics of rotifers as biocapsule can improve the quality of rotifers in a practical way. …”
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