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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Effects of cold-water immersion on health and wellbeing: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Tara Cain, Jacinta Brinsley, Hunter Bennett, Max Nelson, Carol Maher, Ben Singh

“…CWI interventions were performed in baths (n = 10) or showers (n = 1) at temperatures ranging from 7°C to 15°C and durations ranging from 30 seconds to 2 hours. …”
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Influence of water masses and environmental variables on fish community in the south bank of Yangtze River Estuary, China by Dongrong Zhang, Dongrong Zhang, Hengtao Xu, Hengtao Xu, Xin Fang, Xin Fang, Wei Huang, Wei Huang, Youzheng Zhang, Youzheng Zhang, Jian Qian, Jian Qian

“…Mantel test and redundancy analysis demonstrated a positive correlation between the biomass and abundance of fish in summer and the factors of temperature and salinity. The seasonal alternation of dominant fish species contributes significantly to the heterogeneity observed in the temporal and spatial distribution of their communities. …”
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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

“…Furthermore, the optical density (OD₆₀₀) of the composite strain solution reached its highest level at 3.16 under the following culture conditions: inoculation volume of 200 µL, 171 rpm culture speed, 21.6 h culture time, 30 °C cultural temperature, and an initial pH of 7.0. The pot experiment demonstrated that the mixed bacterial solution achieved a relative control efficacy of 93.4% against cucumber <i>Fusarium</i> wilt, which was significantly superior to that of single- strain or pesticide treatment, and also promoted cucumber growth. …”
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A framework for dynamic assessment of soil erosion and detection of driving factors in alpine grassland ecosystems using the RUSLE-InVEST (SDR) model and Geodetector: A case study... by Hucheng Li, Jianjun Chen, Ming Ling, Zizhen Chen, Yanping Lan, Qinyi Huang, Xinhong Li, Haotian You, Feng Wang, Xiaowen Han, Guoqing Zhou

“…It is expected that future soil erosion conditions will continue to follow historical trends, with approximately 30 % of the area possibly continuing to improve; (4) The interaction of vegetation cover, slope, and temperature was the main natural factor affecting the interannual variation of soil erosion rates, while the impact of rainfall remained relatively stable. …”
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Hierarchizing multi-scale environmental effects on agricultural pest population dynamics: a case study on the annual onset of Bactrocera dorsalis population growth in Senegalese or... by Caumette, Cécile, Diatta, Paterne, Piry, Sylvain, Chapuis, Marie-Pierre, Faye, Emile, Sigrist, Fabio, Martin, Olivier, Papaïx, Julien, Brévault, Thierry, Berthier, Karine

“…We found that physical factors (humidity, temperature), and to some extent landscape variables, were the main drivers of the spatio-temporal variability of the onset of population growth in orchards. …”
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Análisis espectral de nubes de sal originadas en las cercanías de la laguna de Mar Chiquita utilizando sensores remotos. by Diana Rodriguez, Silvana Carina Bolzi, Ines Velasco, Mónica Marino

“…For each spectral response is analyzed in the reflective bands and brightness temperatures, individually or combined into indices. …”
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Fabrication of Nano-Silver Composite Using Amomum longiligulare Fruit Polysaccharides and Their Biological Activities by Lian Y, Ma N, Cheng Q, Luo M, Xu Z, He F, Zhou X, Zhang Y, Jin D, Kong Y, Wang Y, Wei N

“…Finally, the in vitro antioxidant activity, antibacterial activity and anticancer activity of the nano-silver composite were evaluated.Results: Single-factor experiments identified the optimal synthesis conditions for ALP(D)-AgNPs as a reaction time of 180 min, a temperature of 100 °C, and a 10:1 volume ratio of silver nitrate to ALP-D. …”
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Assessment of ecological asset quality and its drivers in Agro-pastoral Ecotone of China by Wenmin Liu, Zhiyuan Cheng, Jie Li, Guang Li, Ninghui Pan

“…The distribution pattern of the ecological assets was also obvious, showing a distribution pattern of high in the northeast and low in the middle. (2) The effects of altitude and latitude/longitude on the quality of ecological assets in the study area were mainly characterized by a decreasing trend in the quality of ecological assets with decreasing altitude from west to east, and a decreasing and then increasing trend in the quality of ecological assets with increasing altitude from south to north. (3) The quality of ecological assets has a complex correlation with climate and socio-economic factors, among which, temperature and precipitation are significantly positively correlated in the middle altitude (785–2968 m) and low altitude northwest; socio-economic factors are significantly positively correlated with large and medium-sized agricultural tractors, agricultural, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery population and rural population in the high altitude area, significantly positively correlated with GDP of the primary industry in the middle altitude area, and significantly positively correlated with agricultural population and animal husbandry and fishery population in the low altitude area. (4) The construction of a comprehensive assessment system that introduces soil and terrain indices mainly shows an increase in the proportion of medium and low grades of ecological asset quality and a decrease in the proportion of excellent, good, and poor grades, compared with the quality of ecological assets using only the perpendicular index as the assessment system. …”
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Organotin(IV) trifluoromethanesulfonate chemistry: isolation and characterization of novel 1,10-phenanthroline-based derivatives by Cattey, Hélène, Plasseraud, Laurent

“…Furthermore, from a mixture of 1 and phen in equimolar ratio, in dichloromethane solvent and at –20 °C, temperature-sensitive crystals of a new hydrated di-n-butyltin cation, [n-Bu2Sn(phen)(OH)(H2O)][CF3SO3] (7), were isolated. …”
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Upper circumpolar deep water influences microbial functional gene composition and diversity along the southern Central Indian Ridge and eastern Southwest Indian Ridge by Sheryl Oliveira Fernandes, Dhiraj Paul, Surya Prakash Lankalapalli, Srinivas Rao Arvapalli, Vidya PJ, John Kurian Palayil

“…Indices for microbial functional gene diversity (H = 9.18) and evenness (J = 0.90) were highest for samples from turbid waters at SWIR. Potential temperature-salinity profiles showed the presence of nutrient-rich upper circumpolar deep water (UCDW) at >2,000 m in the study areas. …”
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Fractal Characteristics of Pore Structure of Longmaxi Shales with Different Burial Depths in Southern Sichuan and Its Geological Significance by Manping Yang, Yanyan Pan, Hongye Feng, Qiang Yan, Yanjun Lu, Wanxin Wang, Yu Qi, Hongjian Zhu

“…We used two groups of Longmaxi samples, outcrop shale and middle-deep shale, to investigate the pore structure fractal features at varying burial depths using a combination of mineralogy, organic geochemistry, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and low-temperature gas (CO₂, N₂) adsorption. …”
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ANN-based two hidden layers computational procedure for analysis of heat transport dynamics in polymer-based trihybrid Carreau nanofluid flow over needle geometry by Adil Darvesh, Fethi Mohamed Maiz, Basma Souayeh, Luis Jaime Collantes Santisteban, Hakim AL. Garalleh, Afnan Al Agha, Lucerito Katherine Ortiz García, Nicole Anarella Sánchez-Miranda

“…On the other hand, temperature profile of a polymer-based trihybrid nanofluids decreased with augmented values of radiation parameter and heat generation parameter due to the enhanced radiative heat transfer and the specific thermal properties of the nanofluid as well as generated amount of heat respectively.…”
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The effect of blue-blocking intraocular lenses on circadian biological rhythm: protocol for a randomised controlled trial (CLOCK-IOL colour study) by Taiji Hasegawa, Kenji Obayashi, Kimie Miyata, Tetsuo Ueda, Norio Kurumatani, Keigo Saeki, Nahoko Ogata, Hiroki Tsujinaka, Mariko Yamashita, Tomo Nishi, Nobuhiro Tone, Naonori Masuda, Yutarou Mizusawa, Masahiro Okamoto, Shinji Maruoka, Masashi Kojima, Toyoaki Matsuura

“…Secondary outcomes are fasting plasma glucose, triglycerides, cholesterol, glycated haemoglobin, sleep quality, daytime sleepiness depressive symptoms, light sensitivity, the circadian rhythm of physical activity, wrist skin temperature and urinary melatonin metabolite. Primary outcomes will be followed until 20 years after surgery, and secondary outcomes will be assessed at baseline and 1 year after surgery.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval has been obtained from the Institutional Review Board of Nara Medical University (No. 13-032). …”
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Boron phosphide microwires based on-chip electrocatalytic oxygen evolution microdevice by Hongwei Su, Qing Guo, Hongtao Li, Alei Li, Yunlei Zhong, Xu Zhang, Lin Geng, Shuai Liu, Liuqi Dong, Xiaohang Pan, Lin Wang, Lixing Kang

“…Here, we synthesized ultra-long boron phosphide (BP) microwires along the [111] crystal axis with high yield. By controlling temperature and adding Ni, we identified Ni’s role as a flux and transport agent, optimizing BP microwires at 1050°C. …”
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Study of the Influence of Thermal Annealing of Ga-Doped ZnO Thin Films on NO₂ Sensing at ppb Level by Benjamin Paret, Richard Monflier, Philippe Menini, Thierry Camps, Yohann Thimont, Antoine Barnabé, Lionel Presmanes

“…The increase in the annealing temperature leads to an improvement of the crystallinity while no significant evolution of the surface grain size is observed. …”
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Alkaloid Profile, Anticholinesterase and Antioxidant Activities, and Sexual Propagation in <i>Hieronymiella peruviana</i> (Amaryllidaceae) by Olimpia Llalla-Cordova, Javier E. Ortiz, Luciana R. Tallini, Laura Torras-Claveria, Jaume Bastida, Lorena Celina Luna, Gabriela E. Feresin

“…Moreover, the seed germination was investigated under four temperature conditions (15, 20, 25, and 30 °C). Twenty-two alkaloids, most of them of the homolycorine- and galanthamine-type, including galanthamine, were identified in the alkaloid extracts by means of GC-MS and UPLC-MS/MS analysis. …”
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Assessment of salicylic acid and potassium nitrate to mitigate frost stress in autumn-sown potato crop cv. Sutlej by Muhammad Wasim Haider, Syed Mohsin Abbas, Tanveer Hussain, Muhammad Tahir Akram, Umar Farooq, Mona S. Alwahibi, Mohamed S. Elshikh, Zaid Shakeel, Muhammad Nafees, Muhammad Rizwan, Rashid Iqbal

“…The abrupt climate change has affected the weather patterns all over the world, resulting in the reduction of the mean air temperature in autumn by almost 1.6 °C in Pakistan, which in turn, has adversely affected the crop performance and tuber yield. …”
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Risk Factors of Anaemia among Children under Five Years in the Hohoe Municipality, Ghana: A Case Control Study by Phyllis Atta Parbey, Elvis Tarkang, Emmanuel Manu, Hubert Amu, Martin Amogre Ayanore, Fortress Yayra Aku, Sorengmen Amos Ziema, Samuel Adolf Bosoka, Martin Adjuik, Margaret Kweku

“…Finger prick blood was collected to estimate the haemoglobin (Hb) level and thick film was prepared to determine malaria parasitaemia. Axillary temperature was measured using an +electronic thermometer and anthropometric measurements were done using a weighing scale and inelastic tape measure. …”
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The Long-Term Immunity of a Microneedle Array Patch of a SARS-CoV-2 S1 Protein Subunit Vaccine Irradiated by Gamma Rays in Mice by Eun Kim, Muhammad S. Khan, Juyeop Shin, Shaohua Huang, Alessandro Ferrari, Donghoon Han, Eunjin An, Thomas W. Kenniston, Irene Cassaniti, Fausto Baldanti, Dohyeon Jeong, Andrea Gambotto

“…The rS1RS09 in MAP has remained stable with minimal protein degradation for 19 months at room temperature or under refrigeration, regardless of gamma-irradiation. …”
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