In Situ Carbon Coated LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 Cathode Material Prepared by Prepolymer of Melamine Formaldehyde Resin Assisted Method by Wei Yang, Haifeng Dang, Shengzhou Chen, Hanbo Zou, Zili Liu, Jing Lin, Weiming Lin

“…The as-prepared lithium nickel manganese oxide has the cubic face-centered spinel structure with a space group of Fd3m. …”
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Evaluation of the Acute Hepatoprotective Potential of Hydroethanolic Extract of Duranta erecta L. Parts by Shadrack Donkor, Christopher Larbie, Gustav Komlaga, Benjamin Obukowho Emikpe

“…Hepatoprotective efficacy was assessed by assaying serum biochemical markers such as alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), gamma-glutamyl transferase (γGT), bilirubin (Bil), antioxidative biomarkers including reduced glutathione (GSH), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), glutathione transferase (GST), superoxide dismutase (SOD), malondialdehyde (MDA), hydrogen peroxidase (H202), and nitric oxide (NO), as well as histological observations. …”
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Greenhouse Gases Emissions from Wastewater Treatment Plants: Minimization, Treatment, and Prevention by J. L. Campos, D. Valenzuela-Heredia, A. Pedrouso, A. Val del Río, M. Belmonte, A. Mosquera-Corral

“…The operation of wastewater treatment plants results in direct emissions, from the biological processes, of greenhouse gases (GHG) such as carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O), as well as indirect emissions resulting from energy generation. …”
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The ERK1/2 Inhibitor U0126 Attenuates Diabetes-Induced Upregulation of MMP-9 and Biomarkers of Inflammation in the Retina by Ghulam Mohammad, Mohammad Mairaj Siddiquei, Mohammad Imtiaz Nawaz, Ahmed M. Abu El-Asrar

“…The expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) was examined by Western blot analysis. …”
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Shedding Light on the Active Species in a Cobalt‐Based Covalent Organic Framework for the Electrochemical Oxygen Evolution Reaction by Pouya Hosseini, Andrés Rodríguez‐Camargo, Yiqun Jiang, Siyuan Zhang, Christina Scheu, Liang Yao, Bettina V. Lotsch, Kristina Tschulik

“…These results suggest that cobalt oxide‐based nanoparticles are formed in TpBpy‐Co from Co(II) ions coordinated to the COF backbone when exposing TpBpy‐Co to alkaline media, and these newly formed nanoparticles serve as the primary active species for oxygen evolution. …”
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Biosynthesized ZnO NPs loaded-electrospun PVA/sodium alginate/glycine nanofibers: synthesis, spinning optimization and antimicrobial activity evaluation by El-Refaie Kenawy, Elbadawy A. Kamoun, Amany Shehata, Shahira H. El-Moslamy, Adel A.-H. Abdel-Rahman

“…Abstract In this work, microalgae-based zinc oxide nanoparticles loaded with electrospun polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)/sodium alginate (SA) nanofibers were fabricated by electro-spinner. …”
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The Oxygen Generation Performance of Hollow-Structured Oxygen Candle for Refuge Space by Weixiang Wang, Longzhe Jin, Na Gao, Jianlin Wang, Mingyang Liu

“…The analysis of the morphology of cobalt(II,III) oxide and the macroscopic and microscopic morphology of the oxygen candles before and after combustion validates the rationality of the concept of the hollow-structured oxygen candle. …”
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Orthostatic Dysregulation during Postural Change on the Dental Chair and Intraoperative Monitoring by Heart Rate Variability Analysis by Yukihiro Momota, Shigemasa Tomioka, Mayuko Furukita, Kenji Fujisawa, Hideyuki Takano, Masayuki Azuma

“…A surgical procedure to extract the teeth was safely performed under both local anesthesia and sedation with nitrous oxide and midazolam. After the surgery, her postural change to sitting induced orthostatic hypotension. …”
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Plasma amino acids spectrum as an important part of metabolomic pattern in patients with coronary artery disease and atrial fibrillation by I.O. Melnychuk, V.H. Lyzogub

“…A strong reliable connection between plasma AA spectrum and gut microbiota metabolites (trimethylamine, trimethylamine-N-oxide, total amount of fecal short chain fatty acids) was detected.…”
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Protective effects of gallic acid against nickel-induced kidney injury: impact of antioxidants and transcription factor on the incidence of nephrotoxicity by Areej I. Alhazmi, Mohamed F. El-Refaei, Eman A. A. Abdallah

“…This study investigated the mechanism by which gallic acid (GA) protects mice kidneys against renal damage induced by Nickel oxide nanoparticles (NiO-NPs). Forty male Swiss albino mice were randomly assigned into four groups, each consisting of ten mice (n = 10/group): Group I the control group, received no treatment; Group II, the GA group, was administrated GA at a dosage of 110 mg/kg/day body weight; Group III, the NiO-NPs group, received injection of NiO-NPs at a concentration of 20 mg/kg body weight for 10 consecutive days; Group IV, the GA + NiO-NPs group, underwent treatment with both GA and NiO-NPs. …”
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Pollution Characteristics of Sb, As, Hg, Pb, Cd, and Zn in Soils from Different Zones of Xikuangshan Antimony Mine by Saijun Zhou, Andrew Hursthouse, Tengshu Chen

“…Using sequential chemical extraction, the elements are associated with the residual fraction, followed by organic-sulfide fraction, and smaller portions in the Fe-Mn oxide, carbonate, and exchangeable fractions. There are great differences in the speciation content of different elements in different sampling zones. …”
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A new approach to synthesize nano-yttrium boride particle through metallothermic reduction process by Sadhasivam M., Berchmans L.J., Meenashisundaram G.K., Mehana Usmaniya U., Sankaranarayanan S.R., Kumaresh Babu S.P.

“…The starting materials used were yttria (Y2O3) and boron oxide (B2O3) as reactants, and calcium (Ca) as reductant. …”
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Examining the effect of salbutamol use in ozone air pollution by people with exercise‐induced bronchoconstriction by Bennett T. Stothers, Andy Hung, Patric E. O. Gonçalves, Lulu X. Pei, Tessa van deKerkhof, Jem I. Arnold, Owen D. Harris, Nadine Borduas‐Dedekind, Andrew W. Sheel, Michael S. Koehle

“…Spirometry, fraction of exhaled nitric oxide, and symptoms were measured before, immediately after, 30 min after and 1 h after exercise. …”
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The Role of Synthesis Methods of Ceria-Based Catalysts in Soot Combustion by Gabriela Grzybek, Andrzej Wójtowicz, Piotr Legutko, Magdalena Greluk, Grzegorz Słowik, Andrzej Sienkiewicz, Andrzej Adamski, Andrzej Kotarba

“…Among various potential catalysts suitable for soot oxidation, cerium oxide-based materials have shown considerable promise. …”
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Moringa oleifera Flower Extract Suppresses the Activation of Inflammatory Mediators in Lipopolysaccharide-Stimulated RAW 264.7 Macrophages via NF-κB Pathway by Woan Sean Tan, Palanisamy Arulselvan, Govindarajan Karthivashan, Sharida Fakurazi

“…Cell cytotoxicity was conducted by 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay. Nitric oxide (NO) production was quantified through Griess reaction while proinflammatory cytokines and other key inflammatory markers were assessed through enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and immunoblotting. …”
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A fault tolerant CSA in QCA technology for IoT devices by Saeid Seyedi, Hatam Abdoli

“…Quantum-dot Cellular Automata (QCA) has emerged as a promising alternative to conventional complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) technology due to its great potential in digital design at nanoscale levels on account of very low power consumption and very high processing speed. …”
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Comparative Analysis on Single- and Multiherb Strategies in Coronary Artery Atherosclerosis Therapy by Yu Cao, Yang Liu, Tian Zhang, Wei Lei, Boli Zhang

“…In order to analyze their similarities and differences in controlling coronary artery atherosclerosis, we investigated each herb of four strategies and revealed that the number of active components and molecule targets is increasing with the herb category of herbal strategy. Nitric oxide-associated carbonate dehydratase activity and nitrogen metabolism are tacitly enriched by target corresponding genes with statistical significance in four strategies. …”
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Anandamide, Acting via CB2 Receptors, Alleviates LPS-Induced Neuroinflammation in Rat Primary Microglial Cultures by Natalia Malek, Katarzyna Popiolek-Barczyk, Joanna Mika, Barbara Przewlocka, Katarzyna Starowicz

“…Microglial activation was assessed based on nitric oxide (NO) production. Analysis of mRNA was conducted for M1 and M2 phenotype markers possibly affected by the treatment. …”
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pH Effect on Heavy Metal Release from a Polluted Sediment by Yanhao Zhang, Haohan Zhang, Zhibin Zhang, Chengying Liu, Cuizhen Sun, Wen Zhang, Taha Marhaba

“…The exchangeable content of Ni decreases with the increase of pH under the range of 0–5. The Fe-Mn oxide fraction of Cu in the sediments changes significantly from pH 0 to pH 9. …”
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The influence of thermal tempering on the fracture resistance, surface microstructure, elemental surface composition, and phase analysis of four heat-pressed lithia-based glass cer... by Khaled Nasser, Amr EL-Etreby, Soha Osama Nabih

“…Conclusions Incorporation of zirconia oxide into the lithium disilicate glass matrix did not show improvement in the fracture resistance. …”
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