Phytoremediation potential of green spaces in the city by E. Yu. Zaykova, S. S. Feofanova

“…Properly selected plants that are sustainable in the urban environment will help to improve the existing natural resource, increase the recognizability of the urban environment and add new socio-cultural scenarios for residents to permanent use.…”
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Defining Established and Emerging Microbial Risks in the Aquatic Environment: Current Knowledge, Implications, and Outlooks by Neil J. Rowan

“…This timely review primarily addresses important but presently undefined microbial risks to public health and to the natural environment. It specifically focuses on current knowledge, future outlooks and offers some potential alleviation strategies that may reduce or eliminate the risk of problematic microbes in their viable but nonculturable (VBNC) state and Cryptosporidium oocysts in the aquatic environment. …”
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Iron overload impact on peripheral blood cells, lymphocytes and karyotypes in newly diagnosed myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) patients: a single-center retrospective analysis by Lixiang Duan, Wenjun Yu, Xiaolin Jiao, Ying Sun, Yao Fang Ma, Le Li, Zeqiang Nie, Dan Zhao

“…We found that MDS patients with IOL had lower hemoglobin (Hb), lower reticulocyte (RET) counts, and lower absolute natural killer (NK) cell counts compared with NIOL group (p < 0.05). …”
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Ocean in danger: Climate challenges and sustainable solutions by Françoise Gaill

“…How can we ensure the long-term future of this natural capital on an international scale? The ocean is a complex, dynamic and interconnected system, making it difficult to turn warnings from the scientific community into firm, actionable policy decisions. …”
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Monitoring Sea Surface Temperature and Sea Surface Salinity Around the Maltese Islands Using Sentinel-2 Imagery and the Random Forest Algorithm by Gareth Craig Darmanin, Adam Gauci, Monica Giona Bucci, Alan Deidun

“…Marine regions are undergoing rapid evolution, primarily driven by natural and anthropogenic activities. Safeguarding these ecosystems necessitates the ability to observe their physical features and control processes with precision in both space and time. …”
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Investigation of Energy Mechanism and Acoustic Emission Characteristics of Mudstone with Different Moisture Contents by Jingdong Jiang, Jie Xu

“…The dissipated energy of the soaking sample, by contrast, has the first increase speed, and natural sample comes second at the beginning. When entering the crack stable development stage, the dry sample has the fastest growing rate of dissipated energy, meaning that dissipated energy used for crack propagation gradually decreases with the increase of moisture content. …”
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THE IMPACT OF VIRTUAL REALITY ON SELF-ACTUALIZATION OF TEENAGERS: ANTHROPOLOGICAL DIMENSION by S. V. Storozhuk, Y. N. Goyan

“…Their uniqueness lies in bringing computer technology and the Internet for education, causing formation of extreme polar social assessments of their impact on the harmonious development of children and adolescents, on possibility of self-actualization of natural potentials of teenagers whose minds are often on the brink of real and virtual worlds. …”
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Challenges to mangroves of the Semiarid Equatorial Coast of Brazil in the Anthropocene by Luiz Drude de Lacerda, Alexander Cesar Ferreira, Rebecca Borges, Raymond Ward

“…These conditions occur at a global scale; however, the impacts are worsened by the natural conditions of semiarid coastlines, which already provide biologically stressful conditions for mangroves. …”
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Petroleum Hydrocarbon Fingerprints of Water and Sediment Samples of Buffalo River Estuary in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa by A. O. Adeniji, O. O. Okoh, A. I. Okoh

“…However, the levels in the sediments exceeded the EGASPIN target value (50 mg/kg) for mineral oil but were below the intervention value (5,000 mg/kg), indicating a serious impact of industrial growth and urbanization on the area, although the n-alkane ratios and indexes used for source tracking revealed excessive flow from both natural and anthropogenic sources.…”
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Numerical Evaluation and Management Suggestions for Heavy Metal Pollution Risks in a Sludge Landfill: A Case Study from Fuyong Landfill, Shenzhen, China by Muyun Sun, Kaiyuan He, Shi Shu

“…Nickel is the first heavy metal pollutant to break through the low-permeability natural silt barrier. The transport parameters not only influence the simulated time for heavy metal pollutants to break through the silt layer and cause underground environmental pollution but also affect the extent to which the heavy metal pollutants in pore water exceed the guidelines. …”
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α-Amylase and α-Glucosidase Inhibitory Activities of Chemical Constituents from Wedelia chinensis (Osbeck.) Merr. Leaves by Nguyen Phuong Thao, Pham Thanh Binh, Nguyen Thi Luyen, Ta Manh Hung, Nguyen Hai Dang, Nguyen Tien Dat

“…As part of an ongoing search for new natural products from medicinal plants to treat type 2 diabetes, two new compounds, a megastigmane sesquiterpenoid sulfonic acid (1) and a new cyclohexylethanoid derivative (2), and seven related known compounds (3–9) were isolated from the leaves of Wedelia chinensis (Osbeck.) …”
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Round-Trip Emergency Supply Distribution Model Based on Nonfixed Routes by Yanli Tang, Ying Xiong, Ying Chen

“…In the face of increasing natural or man-made disasters, rapid and effective emergency dispatch and organization are of great significance to ensure the life safety of people and reduce social losses. …”
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Anthocyanin Colorimetric Strip for Volatile Amine Determination by Ricarl Irish F. Agunos, Danilet Vi M. Mendoza, Michael Angelo S. Rivera

“…In this study, anthocyanin was extracted from mangosteen rind as a natural dye indicator and was incorporated in a chitosan/PVA polymer matrix. …”
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Mg-Al Mixed Oxide Adsorbent Synthesized Using FCT Template for Fluoride Removal from Drinking Water by Jifa Liu, Ping Zhao, Yue Xu, Xibin Jia

“…To make full use of natural waste, a novel Mg-Al mixed oxide adsorbent was synthesized by the dip-calcination method using the fluff of the chinar tree (FCT) and an Mg(II) and Al(III) chloride solution as raw materials. …”
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Application of Visual Guidance Design of Tourist City Combined with Deep Learning Computer Visual Symbols by Jiaying Cai, Kai Liu

“…City brand image building can effectively protect the natural landscape and reduce the damage to the environment, and some city brand images can also become city landmarks. …”
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The Role and Mechanisms of Antimicrobial Peptides in Overcoming Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria by Jinhui Yang, Junning Zhang, Zeyu Feng, Yunqi Ma

“…As a promising substitute for conventional antibiotics, AMPs are a varied class of naturally occurring compounds that target bacteria membranes and disrupt cellular activities to demonstrate broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity. …”
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High‐Strength, Thermally Stable, and Processable Wood Fiber/Polyamide Composites for Engineering Structural Components by Zhengtong You, Haigang Wang, Feng Zhang, Haoyuan Zhang, Chuwen Zou, Zhifang Zhou, Yonggui Wang, Zefang Xiao, Daxin Liang, Qingwen Wang, Wentao Gan, Yanjun Xie

“…However, the interface incompatibility between natural wood fibers and polymers significantly impairs the mechanical properties of the composites. …”
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Rapid Flood Monitoring Using Sentinel-1 and Landsat-8 Images (Case study: Kashkan River, Poldakhter City) by Peyman Peymankhah, Sara Attarchi, Meysam Moharrami

“…Flood is known as one of the natural disasters that cause financial and human losses not only in developing countries but also in the developed countries. …”
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Partial Replacement with Menhaden Oil Improves Peripheral Neuropathy in High-Fat-Fed Low-Dose Streptozotocin Type 2 Diabetic Rat by Lawrence J. Coppey, Amey Holmes, Eric P. Davidson, Mark A. Yorek

“…High-fat/low-dose streptozotocin diabetic rats were used to examine the influence of replacing 50% of the source of the high-fat diet (lard) with menhaden oil, a natural source of n-3 fatty acids, on diabetic neuropathy. …”
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Nanocomposite treatment of hospital wastewater; Prophylaxis toxicity in the freshwater crayfish muscles and hepatopancreas by Hend A. Sabry, Sally M. Salaah, Marwa M. El-Naggar, Elham H.A. Ali, Magdy T. Khalil, Amal A.E. Ibrahim, Amr B. Mostafa

“…The vulnerability of hospital wastewater (HWW) to natural ecosystems makes it a serious threat to health and well-being. …”
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