Paysages du maïs au Mexique by Hugo Perales

“…It is possible to interpret the case of maize in Mexico as evolutionary plant breeding within a food security objective, where farmers and natural selection of a broad genetic base continue to produce the seed that is essential for millions of farmers.…”
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Transplanckian censorship and the local swampland distance conjecture by Patrick Draper, Szilard Farkas

“…Abstract The swampland distance conjecture (SDC) addresses the ability of effective field theory to describe distant points in moduli space. It is natural to ask whether there is a local version of the SDC: is it possible to construct local excitations in an EFT that sample extreme regions of moduli space? …”
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Dimethoate Induced Behavioural Changes in Juveniles of Cyprinus carpio var. communis under Temperate Conditions of Kashmir, India by Imtiyaz Qayoom, Feroz A. Shah, Malik Mukhtar, Masood H. Balkhi, Farooz A. Bhat, Bilal A. Bhat

“…Results of the study indicate potential toxicity of dimethoate in fingerlings of common carp for which the natural waterbodies must be continuously monitored to reduce its impact across food chains.…”
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La primatologie actuelle et future, perspectives pluridisciplinaires by Jérôme Grenèche

“…At a time when more and more primate species are endangered, it appears crucial to approach their social and cognitive behavior, their natural population dynamics and their ecology, especially by means of transversal studies, in order to optimize animal conservation actions. …”
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Optimization of the suspension procedure by Box-Behnken design for the determination of manganese, iron, and zinc in zeolite clinoptilolite with the TXRF system and insight into it... by Jablan Jasna, Štefan Maja Bival, Paler Dario, Kamenski Emma

“…Zeolites are a large family of minerals and the most studied is the naturally occurring clinoptilolite. They possess anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and detoxifying properties which makes them valuable for medicinal use. …”
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Ammonium oxidation by bacteria and archaea have functional implications for nitrification across a forested landscape by Jennifer Wen, Rima Upchurch, Donald R. Zak

“…Using high‐throughput sequencing, we identified the amoA of AOA and AOB from northern forest stands that occur across a natural gradient of nitrification, soil pH, and net N mineralization (i.e., NH4+ availability). …”
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OPTIMIZING POWER SECTOR TRANSITION PATHWAYS IN RENEWABLE ENERGY-SCARCE REGIONS: AN OPERATIONAL RESEARCH APPROACH TO HUNAN PROVINCE UNDER CARBON PEAK GOALS by Caixia Yang, Yao Xiao, Buncha Wattana

“…Key policy recommendations include: a) accelerating the transition from coal-fired power; b) supporting the moderate development of natural gas power; c) promoting energy storage technologies and distributed energy systems and d) enhancing carbon market mechanisms. …”
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Ultra-small curcumin-ruthenium coordination polymer nanodots prevent renal ischemia-reperfusion injury and the progression to chronic kidney disease by Xian Liu, Qin Yu, Hai-Bo Mao, Jing-Bo Hu, Wei-Hua Liu

“…By adding ruthenium ions to a methanol solution containing the natural product curcumin, ultra-small Ru/Cur nanodots were successfully synthesized. …”
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Bioactive Steroids with Structural Diversity from the South China Sea Soft Coral <i>Lobophytum</i> sp. and Sponge <i>Xestospongia</i> sp. by Lin-Mao Ke, Zi-Ru Zhang, Song-Wei Li, Yan-Bo Zeng, Ming-Zhi Su, Yue-Wei Guo

“…A chemical investigation of the soft coral <i>Lobophytum</i> sp. and the sponge <i>Xestospongia</i> sp. from the South China Sea led to the isolation of five steroids, including two new compounds (<b>1</b> and <b>4</b>) and one known natural product (<b>3</b>). Compounds <b>1</b>–<b>3</b> were derived from the soft coral <i>Lobophytum</i> sp., while <b>4</b> and <b>5</b> were obtained from the sponge <i>Xestospongia</i> sp. …”
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Local delivery of TGF-β1-mRNA decreases fibrosis in osteochondral defects by Gianluca Fontana, Brett Nemke, Yan Lu, Connie Chamberlain, Jae-Sung Lee, Joshua A. Choe, Hongli Jiao, Michael Nelson, Margot Amitrano, Wan-Ju Li, Mark Markel, William L. Murphy

“…We designed an mRNA delivery strategy to enhance the natural healing potential of autologous bone marrow aspirate concentrate (BMAC) for articular cartilage repair. …”
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Tokenizers for African Languages by Goodwill Erasmo Ndomba, Medard Edmund Mswahili, Young-Seob Jeong

“…Despite incredible development in the field of natural language processing (NLP), there has been a huge gap in the performance of NLP tasks between high-resource languages (HRLs) and low-resource languages (LRLs). …”
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The diversity of spring hexaploid triticales, differing on the time of the onset of developmental phases under conditions of near Ob region of Western Siberia by M. V. Emtseva, P. I. Stepochkin

“…Vavilov Institute of Plant Industry is studied under natural conditions, in two replicates with a 18-day interval between two dates of sowing. …”
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Nystose attenuates bone loss and promotes BMSCs differentiation to osteoblasts through BMP and Wnt/β-catenin pathway in ovariectomized mice by Qi Zhang, Sijing Hu, Jianjun Wu, Peng Sun, Quanlong Zhang, Yang Wang, Qiming Zhao, Ting Han, Luping Qin, Qiaoyan Zhang

“…Increasing the osteogenic differentiation ability and decreasing the adipogenic differentiation ability of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) is a potential strategy for the treatment of osteoporosis (OP). Naturally derived oligosaccharides have shown significant anti-osteoporotic effects. …”
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Reprogramming of iPSCs to NPCEC-like cells by biomimetic scaffolds for zonular fiber reconstruction by Tianhui Chen, Zhongxing Chen, Juan Du, Min Zhang, Zexu Chen, Qingyi Gao, Aodong Chen, Qinghao Meng, Yang Sun, Yan liu, Linghao Song, Xinyue Wang, Pranav Prakash Edavi, Chen Xu, Hongmei Zhang, Jinhai Huang, Yongxiang Jiang

“…The reprogramming and directional differentiation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) to NPCEC was successfully achieved using the developed biomimetic scaffolds that mimic the microstructures of natural radial zonular fibers. Excitingly, the single injection of induced NPCEC-like cells significantly contributed to restoring and enhancing mechanical properties in zonular fiber structures in a rabbit model with EL. …”
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Evolutionary Traits and Genomic Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in South America by Pablo A. Ortiz-Pineda, Carlos H. Sierra-Torres

“…Such molecular analysis of SARS-CoV-2 dynamics showed that rates of mutation, similar to other members of the Coronaviridae family, along with natural selection forces, could result in the emergence of new variants; few of them might be of high consequence. …”
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Carbon emissions assessment of concrete and quantitative calculation of CO2 reduction benefits of SCMs: A case study of C30-C80 ready-mixed concrete in China by Zuojiang Lin, Guangyao Lyu, Kuizhen Fang

“…Manufactured sand (MS) reduces transport emissions when replacing 50 % and 100 % of natural fine aggregates (NFA) but is scarcely beneficial to total CO2e emission due to its higher production energy consumption and negative impact on concrete strength. …”
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Spatial Distribution of Genetic, Ploidy, and Morphological Variation of the Edaphic Steno-Endemic <i>Alyssum moellendorfianum</i> (Brassicaceae) from the Western Balkans by Jasna Hanjalić Kurtović, Belma Kalamujić Stroil, Sonja Siljak-Yakovlev, Naris Pojskić, Adaleta Durmić-Pašić, Alma Hajrudinović-Bogunić, Lejla Lasić, Lejla Ušanović, Faruk Bogunić

“…Despite the population fragmentation in a very small geographic range, these populations harbour high genetic diversity, which would allow them to remain stable if natural processes remain undisturbed.…”
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Fluoride-induced testicular and ovarian toxicity: evidence from animal studies by Seyedeh Fahimeh Talebi, Mohammad Seify, Ramji Kumar Bhandari, Hamed Shoorei, Shahram Dabiri Oskuei

“…Abstract Fluoride (F), as a natural element found in a wide range of sources such as water and certain foods, has been proven to be beneficial in preventing dental caries, but concerns have been raised regarding its potential deleterious effects on overall health. …”
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Potentials of hydrogen economy in energy transition towards 2050 net zero emission agenda: Opportunities for Nigeria by Abubakar S. Sambo, Abdullahi Adamu

“…The existing energy ecosystem that sustains economic activity around the world is heavily dependent on coal, oil, and natural gas. In fact, all fossil fuels combined accounted for over 84 per cent of total global energy use in 2019. …”
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Leptospirosis Risk Assessment in Rodent Populations and Environmental Reservoirs in Humanitarian Aid Settings in Thailand by Panadda Krairojananan, Kasima Wasuworawong, Surachai Leepitakrat, Taweesak Monkanna, Elizabeth W. Wanja, Silas A. Davidson, Betty K. Poole-Smith, Patrick W. McCardle, Alyssa Mann, Erica J. Lindroth

“…Diverse <i>Leptospira interrogans</i> strains circulated among rodents, and three groups of naturally circulating <i>Leptospira</i> strains were detected in environmental reservoirs. …”
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