Intercellular and extracellular amino acids of different bloom species in the Mediterranean Sea by Hosny Shimaa, El-Sheekh Mostafa, Labib Wagdy

“…The presented laboratory experiment was designed to characterize the quantity and compositional variation of algal extracellular amino acids (AAs) that may represent an alternative nutrient source in a natural environment. To resemble algal bloom scenarios, analyses were conducted in mono- and/or co-cultures of the bloom-forming species Skeletonema costatum, Scrippsiella trochoidea, Ulva fasciata, and Corallina officinalis during their active growth phase. …”
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Direct Midline Diastema Closure with Composite Layering Technique: A One-Year Follow-Up by Bora Korkut, Funda Yanikoglu, Dilek Tagtekin

“…Direct composite resins in diastema cases allow dentist and patient complete control of these limitations and formation of natural smile. Clinical Considerations. In this case report a maxillary midline diastema was closed with direct composite resin restorations in one appointment without any preparation. …”
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Dal dono al souvenir. Pratiche del dare e avere tra economia del turismo e cultura dell’ospitalità by Lucilla Rami Ceci

“…Here, just a long time, sites of historical and natural interest make up the scene of contacts between locals and visitors. …”
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Genomic Copy Number Variation Affecting Genes Involved in the Cell Cycle Pathway: Implications for Somatic Mosaicism by Ivan Y. Iourov, Svetlana G. Vorsanova, Maria A. Zelenova, Sergei A. Korostelev, Yuri B. Yurov

“…Recently, it has been hypothesized that zygotic genomic variation naturally occurring in humans is likely to predispose to nonheritable genetic changes (aneuploidy) acquired during the lifetime through affecting cell cycle regulation, genome stability maintenance, and related pathways. …”
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Remote sensing monitoring of mountain sustainable development goals (SDG15.4): a systematic review by Jinhu Bian, Jinping Zhao, Ainong Li

“…The sustainable management of the natural resources and ecological services provided by mountain systems is imperative. …”
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Whiplash Injuries: An Update by Robert W Teasell, Allan P Shapiro

“…Studies looking at the natural history of whiplash injuries have suffered from problems of selection bias, retrospective reviewing and unclear outcomes. …”
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Comparison of the Effects of Maternal Supportive Care and Acupressure (BL32 Acupoint) on Pregnant Women’s Pain Intensity and Delivery Outcome by Marzieh Akbarzadeh, Zahra Masoudi, Mohammad Javad Hadianfard, Maryam Kasraeian, Najaf Zare

“…Besides, the highest rate of natural vaginal delivery was observed in the supportive care group (94%) and the acupressure group (92%), while the highest rate of cesarean delivery was related to the control group (40%) and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.001). …”
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Evolution Trend of Water Resources in Xijiang River Basin by SHI Xufan, YAO Zhibin, ZHANG Can

“…Influenced by natural geographical factors and human activities, the evolution of water resources has a certain regularity and periodicity. …”
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Depois do sujeito: formas narrativas contemporâneas e vida impessoal by Florencia Garramuño

“…Textos escritos como escucha de varias voces diferentes (como Delírio de Damasco, de Verónica Stigger), o a partir de un descentramiento narrativo fundamental que entrelaza una multiplicidad de registros (entre el ensayo, el comentario crítico, el testimonio, la ficción y la fotografía) como en História Natural da Ditadura, de Teixeira Coelho, encuentran en la inestabilidad de discursos y formas otros modos de pensar la experiencia compartida y singular. …”
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Sulfur Dioxide and Emergency Department Visits for Stroke and Seizure by Mieczysław Szyszkowicz, Eugeniusz Porada, Neil Tremblay, Eric Grafstein

“…The models included temperature and relative humidity in the form of natural splines. The results were reported for an increase in interquartile range ((IQR), IQR=1.9 ppb for SO2). …”
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Extracting Implicit User Preferences in Conversational Recommender Systems Using Large Language Models by Woo-Seok Kim, Seongho Lim, Gun-Woo Kim, Sang-Min Choi

“…Conversational recommender systems (CRSs) have garnered increasing attention for their ability to provide personalized recommendations through natural language interactions. Although large language models (LLMs) have shown potential in recommendation systems owing to their superior language understanding and reasoning capabilities, extracting and utilizing implicit user preferences from conversations remains a formidable challenge. …”
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Optimized recovery of phenolic and flavonoid compounds from medicinal plant extracts for enhanced antioxidant activity: A mixture design approach by Faiza Imtiaz, Dildar Ahmed, Osama A. Mohammed, Umer Younas, Munawar Iqbal

“…This study highlights the development of optimized plant extract mixtures as a natural therapeutic strategy specifically designed to combat oxidative stress-related diseases, offering a potential alternative to conventional treatments.…”
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Reversible Oxygenation of α-Amino Acid–Cobalt(II) Complexes by Xincun Zhang, Fan Yue, Hui Li, Yan Huang, Yi Zhang, Hongmei Wen, Jide Wang

“…We systematically investigated the reversibility, time lapse, and oxygenation-deoxygenation properties of 15 natural α-amino acid–Co(II) complexes through UV-vis spectrophotometer, polarographic oxygen electrode, and DFT calculations, respectively, to explore the relationship between the coordinating structure and reversible oxygenation of α-amino acid–Co(II) complexes. …”
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Failure Mechanisms of Structural Bamboo Using Microstructural Analyses by Mutaz K. Chahrour, Md. Akter Hosen, Yingxin Goh, Teong Yen Tong, Soon Poh Yap, Mohamed Amine Khadimallah

“…Bamboo is deemed an emerging constructional material with promising application projections due to the reliable natural properties and advantageous structural characteristics. …”
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The effect of six days open water swimming activity on salivary, oxidative stress and cortisol levels on elite master swimmers by Nihal Sekhar Oktay, Kubilay Cimen, Beste Tacal Aslan, Sukriye Caliskan, Cengiz Karagozoglu, Korkut Ulucan

“… Open water swimming is a sport and recreational activity in which individuals swim in natural bodies of water. When the body is under stress, stress hormones, and reactive oxygen metabolite production may increase. …”
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Geological Heritage Site for the Rajmahal Flora at Mandro, Sahibganj, India: An Opportunity for an Integrated–Sustainable Tourism Circuit by Shreya Shrey, Ravi Shankar Chaubey, Pankaj Jaiswal

“…Our study highlights bottlenecks in the development of the Geoheritage Site and suggests the formulation of an integrated–sustainable tourism circuit combining natural, anthropological, cultural and historical touristic components. …”
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A hierarchical Bayesian approach to assess the impact of environmental factors on soybean yield and yield components by Nur Habibi Luthfan, Matsui Tsutomu, Tanaka Takashi S.T.

“…A hierarchical Bayesian approach offers a natural mechanism of the eco-biological system through a multi-level model. …”
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The non-indigenous dung beetle (Onthophagus nuchicornis) can effectively reproduce using the dung of indigenous eastern North American mammals by Alexe Indigo, Katelyn Stokes, Olivia Burchell, Paul Manning

“…Despite the significant body of research surrounding non-indigenous (and often invasive) dung beetles in agricultural contexts, there has been minimal study concerning the impact that these species may have on indigenous dung beetle populations in natural environments. Here we examine the possible impact of the introduced dung beetle Onthophagus nuchicornis on indigenous dung beetle populations via use of indigenous mammal dung. …”
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Flower strips enhance the abundance and biocontrol services of predatory arthropods in a pear orchard by Guodong Han, Xingrui Zhang, Zhiping Cai, Yunli Xiao, Feng Ge

“…Our results suggest that companion plant C. monnieri enhances the predatory natural enemy population and effectively suppress the pear psyllid population in pear orchards.…”
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A Novel Framework for Automation Technology Based on Machine Vision and Robotics in Electrical Power Inspection Processing by Heng Zhao, Shengnan Hu, Qingmiao Chen, Jiagui Tao, Jianzhuo Dai

“…For the current complexity system, if the old-fashioned hand-written visual monitoring system is still used, not only will their ability fails to meet the requirements but also the number of cumbersome, important, and financial context will be unsatisfactory. It is natural to reason about some problems. Serious problems are due to incompetent human investigation. …”
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