Lupeol Attenuates Palmitate-Induced Hypertrophy in 3T3-L1 Adipocytes by Vaithinathan Selvaraju, Shivani R. Babu, Robert L. Judd, Thangiah Geetha

“…Lupeol, a pharmacologically active pentacyclic triterpenoid found in medicinal plants, vegetables, and fruits, has been shown to exhibit antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. …”
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Effects of urbanization and floral diversity on the bee community (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in an oak forest in a Protected Natural Area of Mexico by Alejandro Muñoz-Urias, Lisset Araujo-Alanis, Francisco Martín Huerta-Martínez, Cesar Jacobo-Pereira, Alvaro Edwin Razo-León

“…The objectives of the study were to 1) record the effects of urbanization on bee communities in terms of species richness, abundance and α and β diversity in an oak forest within a natural protected area and the adjacent urban area, and 2) identify the most susceptible bees and those that benefit from urbanization, and 3) to relate vegetation to bee communities. The results of the rarefaction analysis indicate that the protected natural area exhibited significantly higher richness and diversity than the urbanized area. …”
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Technological Evolution of Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Structural Health Monitoring of Bridges in Peru: History, Challenges, and Opportunities by Carlos Cacciuttolo, Esteban Muñoz, Andrés Sotil

“…Thus, Peru historically developed a road network and bridges during the Inca Empire in the Tawantinsuyu region, building a cobblestone road network and suspension bridges with rope cables made of plant fibers from vegetation called Coya-Ichu. This is how bridges in Peru have evolved to meet contemporary vehicular demands and provide structural stability and functionality throughout their useful life. …”
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Causal associations between dietary habits and liver cancer risk: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study by Wen-Hao Hu, Jia-An Sun, Chang Liu

“…Methods Exposure data, encompassing various dietary habits such as the consumption of dried and fresh fruits, both cooked and raw vegetables, types of fish (oily and nonoily), and beverages such as tea and coffee, as well as different meats (poultry, beef, pork, and processed), were obtained from the UK Biobank. …”
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Effects of plant growth regulators and growing media on propagation and field establishment of Stevia rebaudiana: a medicinal plant of commerce by K. Abha Manohar, Gopal Shukla, Bidhan Roy, Sumit Chakravarty

“…The present study was therefore attempted to standardize the plant growth regulators and growing media to standardize the vegetative propagation protocol through cuttings for its mass multiplication in Terai region of West Bengal, India. …”
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Spatiotemporal simulation of sustainable development based on ecosystem services under climate change. by Bao Zhou, Guoping Chen, Junsan Zhao, Ying Yin

“…Hotspots under SSP126 and SSP245 are concentrated in the densely vegetated southwest and eastern edge areas, while cold spots are mainly found in the heavily human-impacted central Yunnan urban agglomeration and Wenshan City. …”
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Harnessing nature: Phytoextracts as sustainable remedies for fungal crop diseases by Nayeema jan, Mansoor Ahmad Malik, Nusrat Ahmad, Mohd Yaqub Bhat

“…To combat these diseases in vegetables, synthetic fungicides are used, but they are toxic and harmful to the environment. …”
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Rainfall distribution variability controls surface but not belowground litter decomposition in a semi-arid shrubland by Yulin Li, Li Cheng, Honglin Yang, Rui Zhang, Zhiying Ning

“…This process may lead to significant declines in vegetation cover and subsequent increases in soil erosion, consequently accelerating the bury of detached litter by soil deposition and the mixture of residues from different plant species. …”
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Genetic diversity of soybean cultivars belonging to different ripeness groups with regard to performance and quality by A. I. Abugaliyeva, S. V. Didorenko

“…Depending on the length of the vegetation period from within 90–135 days, these varieties were divided into five ripeness groups. …”
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COMPONENTES Y DINÁMICA NATURAL DEL AMBIENTE -CIUDAD DE NEUQUÉN- by Olga C. Capua, Elsie M. Jurio

“…This paper considers the interaction of biophysical elements of nature (climate, topography, vegetation, soil, water), agents and processes generating the forms of relief, in a systemic approach to understand the natural dynamics, to preserve balance and to generate the basis to elaborate land use strategies.…”
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A new method for evaluation and comprehensive drought Monitoring in the Urmia Lake Basin using a Synthesized Drought Index (SDI) by Zahra Ebadi Nehari, Mahdi Erfanian, Sima Kazempour Choursi

“…In this study, the synthesized drought index (SDI) as a synthesized index from the vegetation condition index (VCI), temperature condition index (TCI) and precipitation condition index (PCI) were used for comprehensive drought monitoring in the Urmia Lake Basin (ULB) based on the Principal Component Analysis (PCA). …”
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Sensitization to nsLTP: A Retrospective Study in An Italian Pediatric Population over the Last Decade by Cristiana Indolfi, Giulio Dinardo, Angela Klain, Marcella Contieri, Giuseppina Rosaria Umano, Fabio Decimo, Salvatore Abbadessa, Carolina Vitulano, Giorgio Ciprandi, Michele Miraglia del Giudice

“…LTPs are widespread plant food allergens in fruits, vegetables, nuts, pollen, and latex. Also, LTPs are prevalent food allergens in the Mediterranean area. …”
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Assessing the ecological resilience of Ebola virus in Africa and potential influencing factors based on a synthesized model. by Li Shen, Jiawei Song, Yibo Zhou, Xiaojie Yuan, Samuel Seery, Ting Fu, Xihao Liu, Yihong Liu, Zhongjun Shao, Rui Li, Kun Liu

“…Both the potential anthropogenic influence and vegetation coverage demonstrate a rise-to-decline impact on the outbreaks of Ebola virus across Africa.…”
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Storm water runoff studies in built-up watershed areas using curve number and remote sensing techniques by Arati Reddy Nilap, H. N. Rajakumara, Ali Aldrees, Hasan Sh. Majdi, Wahaj Ahmad Khan

“…Topographical maps generated to study the changes contributing to flood situations show a 90% increase in concretization over the past two decades and more than 50% reduction in the amount of natural vegetative cover in that same time period. Statistical analysis shows a good fit of the selected model for runoff estimation and well correlated variables. …”
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Riparian forest communities along watercourses in the Sutjeska National Park (SE Bosnia and Herzegovina) by Đorđije Milanović, Vladimir Stupar

“…This caused specific types of riverine forest vegetation to develop along their banks. Classification and ordination methods of numerical analysis were applied on 42 relevés sampled in the field. …”
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Filtering Data of High-Resolution Terrestrial Laser Scanner and Effects of Filtrations on the Landslide Monitoring by Mustafa Zeybek, İsmail Şanlıoğlu, Aşır Genç

“…In conclusion, things such as trees, objects, vehicles, houses, man-made structures and vegetation must be filtered out of data because analysis in a regional base may cause misinterpretation without filtered point cloud data. …”
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Une ferme du début du IIIe s. av. J.-C. au “ Marais du Colombier ”, Varennes-sur-Seine (Seine-et-Marne) : analyse archéologique et environnementale by Jean-Marc Séguier, Ginette Auxiette, Sylvie Coubray, Christophe Dunikowski, Blandine Lecomte-Schmitt, Véronique Zech-Matterne

“…Among the buildings, the dwelling was notable for the adoption of an oval plan probably supporting the hypothesis of a roof structure, which makes it one of the most ancient of the Iron age. Of the many macro vegetal remains, preserved in several pits, the main one being 5003 situated near the house, enabled a palaeobotanical analysis. …”
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Variation of Leaf Area Index (LAI) under Changing Climate: Kadolkele Mangrove Forest, Sri Lanka by Randika K. Makumbura, Upaka Rathnayake

“…The measurements of the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) were used to produce the leaf area index (LAI), which was then combined with the standard precipitation index (SPI) to estimate the health of the mangroves. …”
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Characterization and Evaluation of Bambara Groundnut (Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc.) for Yield and Related Traits in Asosa Zone, Northwestern Ethiopia by Mesay Paulos, Gobeze Loha, Mesfin Kassa

“…All the qualitative characteristics recorded for genotypes showed different modalities and frequencies at vegetative stage with 70.12% of the fully expanded leaflet colour, 74.26% oval terminal leaflet shape, 76.24% petiole green colour, 78.22% stem green colour, 88.27% sparse hair on their stems, 70.41% spreading types, 81.33% rounded base with a point at the top, 90.11% yellowish brown pods at harvest, and 90.06% oval shaped seeds. …”
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The antifungal peptide AnAFP from Aspergillus niger promotes nutrient mobilization through autophagic recycling during asexual development by Stephan Starke, Laura Velleman, Birgit Dobbert, Luis Seibert, Jordi Witte, Sascha Jung, Vera Meyer

“…From these data we conclude that AnAFP is important to drive vegetative growth and sporulation in A. niger during nutrient limitation through autophagic recycling. …”
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