Evaluating Copper-Doped Biochar Composites for Improving Wheat Nutrition and Growth in Oxisols by Loren Chisté, Carlos Alberto Silva, Flávio Henrique Silveira Rabêlo, Keiji Jindo, Leônidas Carrijo Azevedo Melo

“…Composites were synthesized from chicken manure (FCM), shrimp shells (FSC), and sewage sludge (FSS), doped with copper sulfate (CuSO₄5H₂O) or copper oxide (CuO), and pyrolyzed at 300 °C or 550 °C. …”
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Study on the Influence of Regional Transportation on PM2.5 Based on the RAMS-CMAQ Model in Weihai, a Typical Coastal City of Northern China by Wentao Ning, Zhiwen Xing, Min Wei, Mingyan Li, Meigen Zhang, Houfeng Liu

“…The proportion of long-range transportation of nitrate had the highest value, and the contribution of regional transportation outside Weihai was 87.5–92.5% and 88.2–91.7%, followed by sulfate, which was 67.9–80.6% and 80.8–86.2%, and the proportion of ammonium salt is the lowest, contributed for 38.8–70.8% and 41.1–71.9% in February and March, respectively. …”
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Innovative Role of Magnesium Oxide Nanoparticles and Surfactant in Optimizing Interfacial Tension for Enhanced Oil Recovery by Youssef E. Kandiel, Gamal Attia, Farouk Metwalli, Rafik Khalaf, Omar Mahmoud

“…This study investigates magnesium oxide (MgO) nanoparticles combined with sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) surfactants to reduce interfacial tension (IFT) and improve oil recovery. …”
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Syndecan-1: A Review on Its Role in Heart Failure and Chronic Liver Disease Patients’ Assessment by Radu-Stefan Miftode, Ionela-Lăcrămioara Şerban, Amalia-Stefana Timpau, Ionela-Larisa Miftode, Adriana Ion, Ana-Maria Buburuz, Alexandru-Dan Costache, Irina-Iuliana Costache

“…Syndecan-1—a transmembrane proteoglycan that exerts its functions mainly via its heparane sulfate chains—is a very promising biomarker, correlated not only with the degree of cardiac fibrosis but also with the severity of liver fibrosis. …”
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SAA3 deficiency exacerbates intestinal fibrosis in DSS-induced IBD mouse model by Xiaodong Zou, Tong Wu, Jianjiao Lin, Tao Su, Hui Xiao, Chuyan Ni, Lijuan Hu, Wenchu Lin, Weilin Chen, Richard D. Ye, Li Xiang

“…This study utilized dextran sulfate sodium (DSS) to establish an IBD mouse model and observed that the SAA3-deficient mice exhibited more severe intestinal fibrosis. …”
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Mesenchymal Hippo signaling regulates intestinal homeostasis in adult mice by Kyvan Dang, Alka Singh, Xin Chen, Jennifer L. Cotton, Susu Guo, Xiaodi Hu, Zhipeng Tao, Haibo Liu, Lihua J. Zhu, Y. Tony Ip, Xu Wu, Junhao Mao

“…We show that YAP is upregulated in the stroma during dextran sodium sulfate (DSS)-induced injury, and mesenchymal YAP activation facilitates intestinal epithelial regeneration. …”
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Preserved egg white alleviates DSS-induced colitis in mice through the reduction of oxidative stress, modulation of infl ammatory cytokines, NF-κB, MAPK and gut microbiota composit... by Lingyu Li, Ning Qiu, Yaqi Meng, Chenyan Wang, Yoshinori Mine, Russell Keast, Vincent Guyonnet

“…This study aimed to investigate the anti-inflammatory effects of preserved egg white (PEW) treatment on dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced colitis in mice and the underlying mechanisms. …”
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Propensity score matched cohort study on magnesium supplementation and mortality in critically ill patients with HFpEF by Lijun Song, Jianjun Ying, Min Li, Lan Ying, Chenliang Zhao

“…Propensity score matching was conducted to ensure that patients receiving magnesium supplementation (including magnesium sulfate and magnesium oxide) were balanced with those not receiving it in terms of baseline characteristics. …”
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Polystyrene nanoplastics promote colitis-associated cancer by disrupting lipid metabolism and inducing DNA damage by Shan Tian, Ruixue Li, Jiao Li, Jinhui Zou

“…An azoxymethane/dextran sodium sulfate-induced CAC model was used, and polystyrene nanoparticles (PS-NPs) were selected for long-term exposure. …”
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Exploring predisposing factors of hearing loss in prematurely born children: A nationwide case-control study by Pei-Chen Tsao, Hung-Chih Lin, Shang-Po Shen, Yu-Chia Chang

“…Prematurely born children who were born via cesarean section and received a combination of antenatal steroids and magnesium sulfate exhibited a significantly reduced risk of developing HL. …”
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Chemical Characterization of Marine Aerosols in a South Mediterranean Coastal Area Located in Bou Ismaïl, Algeria by Sidali Khedidji, Konrad Müller, Lyes Rabhi, Gerald Spindler, Khanneh Wadinga Fomba, Dominik van Pinxteren, Noureddine Yassaa, Hartmut Herrmann

“…Overall, the concentrationrace metals, carbonaceous aerosols, the anhydrosugars levoglucosan and arabitol, dicarboxylic acids, and semi-volatile organic coms of selected ionic species were similar to those reported at other Mediterranean sites, ranging from 3.62 µg m−3 to 5.20 µg m−3 for the monthly total WSI. Sulfate was the most abundant ion. The total concentrations of semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOC) recorded in Bou Ismaïl ranged from 7.06 to 58.8 ng m−3 for n-alkanes, from 2.44 to 35.3 ng m−3 for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), from 0.14 to 1 ng m−3 for hopanes, and from 0.67 to 13.2 ng m−3 for n-alkan-2-one. …”
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Vertical Profiles and Chemical Properties of Aerosol Particles upon Ny-Ålesund (Svalbard Islands) by B. Moroni, S. Becagli, E. Bolzacchini, M. Busetto, D. Cappelletti, S. Crocchianti, L. Ferrero, D. Frosini, C. Lanconelli, A. Lupi, M. Maturilli, M. Mazzola, M. G. Perrone, G. Sangiorgi, R. Traversi, R. Udisti, A. Viola, V. Vitale

“…Differences in the particle size and shape are put into relationship with the mechanism of particle formation, that is, primary (well sorted, small) or secondary (idiomorphic, fine to coarse grained) origin for chloride and sulfate crystals and transport/settling for soil (silicate, carbonate and metal oxide) particles. …”
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Melatonin supplementation for the treatment of infantile spasms: protocol for a randomised placebo-controlled triple-blind trial by Jing Wang, Tao Xu, Miao Liu, Jian Chen, Guang Yang, Weiwei Feng, Yulin Sun, Xiuyu Shi, Liping Zou

“…Patients will be randomly divided into two equal groups and treated with a combination of adrenocorticotropic hormone, magnesium sulfate and either melatonin or placebo. Clinical data from the patients in the two groups before and after the treatment will be collected and compared. …”
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University proceedings. Volga region. Natural sciences by I.S. Makeev, T.A. Konchina, M.S. Lyubov, O.I. Nedoseko

“…Results.The peculiarity of the studied water bodies is their drainage by highly mineralized groundwater, increased hardness, and high sulfate content in the water.The species structure of aquatic vegetation is generally more spatially evened than that of the shoreline herbaceous vegetation. …”

Observation on the Efficacy of Ginkgo Ketone Ester Drop Pill in Improving Hypertension Combined with Carotid Atherosclerotic Plaque by Jie Zhang, Yingli Ma

“…One group was treated with Western medicine alone (clopidogrel sulfate tablets, phenyl amlodipine tablets, irbesartan tablets, and resorvastatin) as the Western medicine group (WM group, n = 150), and one group was added to this intervention with Ginkgo ketone ester drop pill as the Chinese medicine group (CM group, n = 150). …”
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CRISPR screen reveals modifiers of rAAV production including known rAAV infection genes playing an unexpected role in vector production by Emily E. O’Driscoll, Sakshi Arora, Jonathan F. Lang, Beverly L. Davidson, Ophir Shalem

“…We discovered that the KO of a group of heparan sulfate biosynthesis genes previously implicated in rAAV infectivity decreased rAAV production. …”
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High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Assay for Moxifloxacin in Brain Tissue and Plasma: Validation in a Pharmacokinetic Study in a Murine Model of Cerebral Listeriosis by Renaud Respaud, Solene Grayo, Eric Singlas, Sophie Dubouch, Alban Le Monnier, Marie-Catherine Lott

“…The method employed a reversed-phase Lichrospher RP-18 with a precolumn (250×4.6 mm) and a mobile phase composed of a mixture of acetonitrile, methanol, and citric buffer (pH=3.5) with sodium dodecyl sulfate and tetrabutylammonium bromide. Fluorescence detection was performed at an excitation wavelength of 290 nm and an emission wavelength of 550 nm. …”
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Investigating the Agreement of Hypomagnesemia Diagnosis in Three Perimeter of Serum, Urine, and Red Blood Cell in Intensive Care Unit: Pilot Study by Nastaran Nazarzade, Mojtaba Mojtahedzadeh, Farshid Gholami, Amirmahdi Mojtahedzadeh, Maryam Shiehmorteza, Amirhossein Ghanbarzamani

“…In eligible patients, after measuring serum and RBC magnesium levels, 7.5 grams of magnesium sulfate in 1000 ml isotonic saline was infused over 8 hours at a rate of 125 ml/hour and urine was collected for 24 hours from the start of the infusion. …”
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IL-33 Protects Mice against DSS-Induced Chronic Colitis by Increasing Both Regulatory B Cell and Regulatory T Cell Responses as Well as Decreasing Th17 Cell Response by Jun-feng Zhu, Ying Xu, Jian Zhao, Xue Li, Xinrui Meng, Tian-qi Wang, Ben-yao Zou, Peng-yan Zhao, Qi Liu, Chang-long Lu, Fang-liang Zheng, Hong-sheng Liu

“…Previously, we have reported that IL-33 functioned as a protective modulator in dextran sulfate sodium- (DSS-) induced chronic colitis by suppressing Th17 cell response in colon lamina propria and IL-33 induced both regulatory B cells (Bregs) and regulatory T cells (Tregs) in mesenteric lymph nodes (MLNs) of mice with DSS-induced acute colitis. …”
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Proteomic Identification and Functional Analysis of Babesia microti Reveals Heparin-Binding Proteins by Yu Chun Cai, Bin Xu, Yan Hong Chu, Ying Fang Yu, Jia Hui Sun, Zi Ran Mo, Han Yin Yang, Shu Ning Yan, Mu Xin Chen, Jia Xu Chen

“…Glycosaminoglycan (GAG) molecules on the surface of red blood cells play an important regulatory role in the invasion of merozoites of apicomplexan protozoa. Heparan sulfate, a type of GAG molecule, has been identified as an important receptor facilitating the invasion of red blood cells by these parasites. …”
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