Modelling of the closed equilibrium system H2O–(CO2)W–CaCO3–NaH2PO4 for wastewater treatment applications by Ivar Zekker, Oleg Artemchuk, Ergo Rikmann, Kalev Uiga, Laura Daija, Faysal-Al Mamun, Andrejs E. Krauklis, Ruta Ozola-Davidane, Taavo Tenno, Toomas Tenno†

“…Water pollution caused by nitrogen and phosphorus compounds triggers algal blooms and poses challenges to aquatic organisms. …”
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Clinical value of soluble urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor in predicting sepsis-associated acute kidney injury by Wenwen Zhang, Yue Gu, Jing Zhou, Juntao Wang, Xiaoru Zhao, Xiaoyu Deng, Han Li, Lei Yan, Xiaojing Jiao, Fengmin Shao

“…Logistic regression analysis showed that suPAR at 24-h post-sepsis diagnosis remained an independent S-AKI risk factor after adjusting for mechanical ventilation, blood urea nitrogen, and pH.Conclusions The findings suggest that plasma suPAR may be a potential biomarker for early S-AKI diagnosis.…”
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Adaptive mechanisms to hypoxia and hyperoxia in juvenile turbot, Scophthalmus maximus by Yi Chen, Yuntian Zhang, Rongwei Zhang, Hongsheng Deng, Xiangyu Meng, Kotoya Inaba, Tatsu Osato, Xiaoran Zhao, Xiaoran Zhao, Yuzhe Han, Yuzhe Han, Tongjun Ren, Tongjun Ren

“…In hematological indicators, there are ways to help adapt to hypoxia and hyperoxia, including increased red blood cell (RBC) and hemoglobin (HGB) counts; gas and ion balance; elevated blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and malondialdehyde (MDA); increased polyphenol oxidase (PPO) and lysozyme (LZM) activity. …”
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Distribution of air quality health benefits of medium and heavy-duty electrification policies in New York City by Brian Naess, Jonathan Buonocore, Veronica Southerland, Muskaan Khemani, Catherine Seppanen, Ananya Roy, Frederica Perera, Kaitlyn E Coomes, Rick Rykowski, Saravanan Arunachalam

“…Changes in air quality (fine particulate matter (PM _2.5 ) and nitrogen dioxide (NO _2 )) and health and economic benefits were calculated for the two policy scenarios. …”
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The regulation of tobacco growth under preceding crop planting: insights from soil quality, microbial communities, and metabolic profiling by Peiyan Zhao, Houfa Zhou, Xiaolin Liao, Leifeng Zhao, Yuanxian Zheng, Tiane Xiong, Gaorun Zhang, Sirong Jiang, Jiming Wang, Yuansheng He, Jiangtao Li, Jieying Zhu, Yongjun Zhang, Yanrun Li, Fuzhao Nian, Di Liu

“…Preceding crops regulated rhizosphere metabolites which potentially participated in soil carbon and nitrogen cycling, balancing soil nutrients, and improving tobacco yield. …”
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Crocin improves post-thaw quality, fertility-associated gene expression and fertilization potential of buffalo bull sperm by Amjad Riaz, Ghulam S. Khan, Muhammad Zahid Tahir, Muhammad Yasir Zahoor, Hifz-ul-Rahman Hifz-ul-Rahman

“…The extended semen was packed in 0.5 mL French straws (25 x 10 6 sperm/ straw) and cryopreserved using liquid nitrogen vapor freezing protocol. Computer-assisted semen analysis, Normal Apical Ridge assay, Rhodamine 123, Acridine orange, and Propidium iodide staining were used to assess sperm motility parameters, acrosome integrity, mitochondrial membrane potential, DNA integrity, and viability, respectively. …”
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Development and nutritional evaluation of pomegranate peel enriched bars. by Rameeza Abbas, Muhammad Aamir, Farhan Saeed, Amar Shankar, Jaspreet Kaur, Rutaba Nadeem, Ashish Singh Chauhan, Ali Imran, Muhammad Afzaal, Abdela Befa Kinki

“…Proximate analysis of bars revealed that moisture, protein, fat, fiber, ash and nitrogen free extract ranges from T0 to T4 (13.38±1.21 to 11.32±1.15, 9.56±0.92 to 8.32±1.14, 9.05±1.21 to 7.93±1.08, 5.23±0.82 to 16.89±0.64, 2.05±0.87 to 2.92±1.25 and 62.51±0.85 to 52.62±0.93 respectively. …”
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The safety and efficacy of a protein-free diet with ketoacid analogues in chronic kidney disease-affected diabetic rats by Ahmed El-Sayed Nour El-Deen, Adel shallaby, Abdel Kader Ibrahim, Mohammed Abdel Aziz Mohammed, Ahmad Taha, Mohamed Zaeim Hafez Ahmed, Muhammad Abdelbaeth Elfiky, Ahmed A. Abd El-Rhman, Ahmed F. Abdel Ghany, Almoatazbellah Mahmoud Elsayed, Ahmed Noaman Ali, Ali Abdeslam

“…A protein-restricted diet with ketoacid analogs (KA) reduces the intake of nitrogen while avoiding the harmful consequences of inadequate dietary protein intake. …”
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Differential responses of soil C, N, and P ecological stoichiometric characteristics to different configurations of edge-locked forests in the Kubuqi Desert by Xue Chen, Hejun Zuo, Hejun Zuo, Min Yan, Min Yan, Haibing Wang, Haibing Wang, Cheng Xi, Yinchao Chai

“…Notably, the vertical differentiation patterns of soil carbon (C), nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and ecological stoichiometric ratios, as well as soil particle size features within the 0–100-cm soil layer under protection forests with different allocation modes, were systematically and comprehensively analyzed. …”
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Ammonia electrosynthesis from nitrate using a stable amorphous/crystalline dual-phase Cu catalyst by Yi Wang, Shuo Wang, Yunfan Fu, Jiaqi Sang, Pengfei Wei, Rongtan Li, Dunfeng Gao, Guoxiong Wang, Xinhe Bao

“…The impressive electrocatalytic performance is ascribed to the presence of stable amorphous Cu domains which promote the adsorption and hydrogenation of nitrogen-containing intermediates, thus improving reaction kinetics for ammonia formation. …”
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Enhancing CO₂ selectivity in MOFs through a dual-ligand strategy: Experimental and theoretical insights by Amir Kazemi, Akram Karbalaee Hosseini, Mahyar Ashourzadeh Pordsari, Mohsen Tamtaji, Saber Keshavarz, Faranak Manteghi, Azadeh Tadjarodi, Ahad Ghaemi, Sohrab Rohani, William A. Goddard

“…A dual-ligand strategy was employed using 4,4′-oxybis(benzoic acid) (OBA) and 2,5-di(pyridine-4-yl)thiazolo[5,4-d]thiazole (DPTTZ), with OBA acting as a rigid linker and DPTTZ providing nitrogen and sulfur heteroatoms to enhance gas adsorption. …”
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Risk Factors and Outcome of Sepsis in Traumatic Patients and Pathogen Detection Using Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing by Yiqing Tong, Jianming Zhang, Yimu Fu, Xingxing He, Qiming Feng

“…The sepsis group and non-sepsis group exhibited significant differences regarding shock on admission, blood transfusion, mechanical ventilation, body temperature, heart rate, WBC count, neutrophil count, hematocrit, urea nitrogen, creatinine, CRP, D-D dimer, PCT, scores of APACHE II, sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA), and Injury Severity Score (ISS) on admission to the EICU, and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndromes (MODS) (P<0.05). …”
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Comparison of Clinical Characteristics and Mortality Outcome in Critical COVID-19 Patients Infected with Alpha and Omicron Variants by Cheng HI, Chang KW, Wu BC, Teo MY, Hung WS, Wu HM, Huang ACC, Lin CW, Lin TY, Lin HC, Chiu CH, Lin SM

“…The Alpha group had a higher body mass index, had a longer ICU stay, and included more patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome, and the Omicron group included more active smokers, had more comorbidities, had worse initial laboratory data (including higher white blood cell counts, prothrombin time [PT], activated partial prothrombin time, blood urine nitrogen levels, and creatine levels), and had higher in-hospital mortality rates (40.6% vs 15.2%, p = 0.004). …”
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Formation of a Novel Antagonistic Bacterial Combination to Enhance Biocontrol for Cucumber <i>Fusarium</i> Wilt by Fan Yang, Xin Wang, Huayan Jiang, Xiaoke Chang, Weiwei Chen, Gongyao Shi, Baoming Tian, Qiuju Yao

“…Using the single-factor test and orthogonal test analysis, the optimum composition of culture medium for the composite strain was identified as 3% glucose as the optimal carbon source, 2% yeast extract powder as the preferred nitrogen source, and 1% dipotassium hydrogen phosphate as the most suitable inorganic salt. …”
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Chemotherapy in synergy with innate immune agonists enhances T cell priming for checkpoint inhibitor treatment in pancreatic cancer by Nan Niu, Keyu Li, Junke Wang, Vanessa Funes, Birginia Espinoza, Pan Li, Jianxin Wang, Melissa Lyman, Mengni He, Brian Herbst, Michael Wichroski, Ruslan Novosiadly, Sami Shoucair, Yiping Mou, Lei Zheng

“…The NLRP3 agonist-mediated T cell activation is likely through regulating the nitrogen metabolism pathways. Conclusion This study supports the clinical testing of both STING and NLRP3 agonists, respectively, in combination with chemotherapy to sensitize PDAC patients for ICI treatments.…”
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Quantifying uncertainties in satellite NO₂ superobservations for data assimilation and model evaluation by P. Rijsdijk, P. Rijsdijk, P. Rijsdijk, H. Eskes, A. Dingemans, A. Dingemans, K. F. Boersma, K. F. Boersma, T. Sekiya, K. Miyazaki, S. Houweling, S. Houweling

“…The methodology is applied to nitrogen dioxide tropospheric column measurements of the TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) instrument on the Sentinel-5P satellite. …”
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How efficient are specialized public health services in China? A data envelopment analysis and geographically weighted regression approach by Qian Bai, Qian Bai, Lieyu Huang, Yan Guo, Xin Xu, Zhouyixin Zhang, Yuan Wang, Hao Chen, Ying Bian, Ying Bian

“…On the other side, the ratio of older population, the sex ratio and the Nitrogen Oxides emission volume had positive impacts on technical efficiency with variations in coefficient magnitude across different geographic areas.ConclusionThe efficiency of specialized public health facilities has not achieved the optimal status, particularly in terms of the pure technical efficiency. …”
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High trophic similarity between non-native common carp and gibel carp in Turkish freshwaters: Implications for management by Sadi Aksu, Özgür Emiroğlu, Paride Balzani, J. Robert Britton, Esengül Köse, Irmak Kurtul, Sercan Başkurt, Oğuzcan Mol, Emre Çınar, Phillip J. Haubrock, Pinar Oztopcu-Vatan, Ali Serhan Tarkan

“…Here, we assessed the growth types, body conditions and trophic interactions via bulk carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis of common and gibel carp in both natural and artificial water bodies in Turkey. …”
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Cobalt (II) phthalocyanine derived Co3O4@HCNFs as highly effective bifunctional electrocatalysts for iodide redox couple reduction (IRR) and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) by Ziyu Guo, Wenyu Gong, Jianing Guo, Mingxing Wu

“…Developing low-cost electrocatalysts for iodide redox couple reduction (IRR) and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), applied in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) and Zinc-air batteries (ZABs) is of crucial significance for the fields of energy conversion and energy storage. Herein, nitrogen-enriched hollow carbon nanofibers with opens at both ends (HCNFs) are first synthesized, which show decent catalytic activity for the IRR, and a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 6.95 % is achieved by the corresponding DSCs. …”
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Performance of sewage sludge reuse in the manufacturing of fired bricks by K. Moulato, M. Ammari, L. Ben Allal

“…Volatile matter, total nitrogen, moisture content, dryness, pH, methylene blue assay, and carbonate rate were determined using a 2-millimeter Bernard calcimeter by volumetric method. …”
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