Heterogeneity of Ecosystem Service Interactions Through Scale Effects and Time Effects and Their Social-Ecological Determinants in the Tuo River Basin by Simin He, Yusong Xie, Jing Zhang, Yanyun Luo, Qianna Wang

“…This study focuses on the Tuo River Basin in China, quantifying four key ESs, namely, habitat quality (HQ), nitrogen export (NE), soil conservation (SC), and water yield (WY), and assessing their interactions from 2000 to 2020 at both grid and county scales. …”
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Spectroscopic, quantum chemical, and topological calculations of the phenylephrine molecule using density functional theory by Mukesh Khadka, Manoj Sah, Raju Chaudhary, Suresh Kumar Sahani, Kameshwar Sahani, Binay Kumar Pandey, Digvijay Pandey

“…The calculated values of the energy gap from HOMO-LUMO mapping, illustrated in Frontier Molecular Orbitals (FMO) and Density of State (DOS), were found to be similar for both the neutral and anion states in the gaseous and water solvent phases. Both the global and local reactivity were studied to understand the reactivity of the PE molecule. …”
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Effect of Oregano and Marjoram Essential Oils on the Physical and Antimicrobial Properties of Chitosan Based Systems by Jana Sedlaříková, Magda Doležalová, Pavlína Egner, Jana Pavlačková, Jiří Krejčí, Ondřej Rudolf, Petra Peer

“…The dissimilar effects of the two EOs were also observed by water vapour pressure (WVP) measurement; increasing the amount of oregano oil triggered a drop in the WVP of the prepared films, whereas the marjoram oil had a negligible impact in this respect. …”
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Hydrological Evaluation of Streamflow Drought Index Method for Different Time Scales: A Case Study of Arsuz Plain, Turkey by Evren TURHAN, Buse Duyan Çulha, Serin Değerli

“…Hydrological drought can be explained as the decrease in clean water resources caused by climate change. In this paper, Arsuz Plain, one of the agricultural protected area in the Asi River Basin, was selected as the case study for the hydrological drought analysis. …”
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Study of Body Composition and Metabolic Parameters in HIV-1 Male Patients by Gurudath Gundurao Sreekantamurthy, N Biplab Singh, Th Bhimo Singh, Th Suraj Singh, Karam Romeo Singh

“…There was no significant difference among different study populations in terms of BMI (P=0.917), body water (P=0.318), body fat (P=0.172), bone mass (P=0.200), and muscle mass (P=0.070). …”
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Transgene Pyramiding of the HVA1 and mtlD in T3 Maize (Zea mays L.) Plants Confers Drought and Salt Tolerance, along with an Increase in Crop Biomass by Thang Xuan Nguyen, Truong Nguyen, Hussien Alameldin, Benjamin Goheen, Wayne Loescher, Mariam Sticklen

“…Plants transcribing a combination of the HVA1+mtlD showed higher leaf relative water content (RWC) and greater plant survival as compared with their single transgene transgenic plants and with their control plants under drought stress. …”
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Antioxidant, Antimicrobial, and Protein Kinase Inhibition Profiling of C. ambrosioides Seed Extracts along with RP-HPLC by Saira Bano, Muhammad Waleed Baig, Mohammad K. Okla, Syeda Saniya Zahra, Nosheen Akhtar, Wahidah H. Al-Qahtani, Hamada AbdElgawad, Ihsan-Ul Haq

“…RP-HPLC quantified rutin (1.98 μg/mg) in methanol extract whereas quercetin (0.322 μg/mg) and kaempferol (2.86 μg/mg) in methanol-distilled water extract. Methanol extract exhibited highest ascorbic acid equivalent (AAE) free radical (DPPH) scavenging (IC50 of 110.7±5 μg/ml), total antioxidant capacity (110.6±2.2 μg AAE/mg), and total reducing power (94.30±0.46 μg AAE/mg). …”
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Investigation method of borehole collapse with the multi-field coupled model during drilling in clayey silt hydrate reservoirs by Qingchao Li, Yuanfang Cheng, Qiang Li, Fuling Wang, Chuang Zhang, Chuanliang Yan

“…Therefore, investigation method exploration of borehole collapse simulation for wellbores drilled in hydrate-bearing sediments is of great importance for safely and efficiently developing hydrate in deep water. The finite element model coupled seepage, deformation and heat transfer is developed, and borehole collapse investigation during the overbalanced drilling operation in hydrate-bearing sediment is carried out. …”
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Roman stamped bricks from the Tussla-collection in the Hungarian National Museum by Linda Dobosi, Tamás Szabadváry

“…The different kinds of ceramic building material catalogued include two antefixes, five terracotta water pipes, four tubuli, 21 round suspensura bricks, 32 rectangular lateres, 30 tegulae and 5 imbrices. …”
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Color Assessment of Screw-Retained Implant Prostheses Access Hole Fillings: An In-Vitro Study by Arash Sarrafzadeh, Afrooz Nakhostin, Soheila Jadidi, Malihe Safari

“…The samples were subjected to thermocycling twice (T1 and T3), undergoing 1000 cycles in coffee, orange juice, and distilled water, followed by washing performed after each thermocycling (T2 and T4). …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of Zeolite A from Alkaleri Kaolin using Conventional Hydro Thermal Synthesis Technique by Adamu Abubakar, Nasiru Yahaya, Wilson Lamayi

“…The treated kaolin clay was washed three times with deionized water to remove the excess unreacted NaOH, filtered and dried in an oven at 100°C overnight. …”
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Medición "in situ" de la permeabilidad al aire del hormigón: status quo Concrete air permeability "in situ "test status quo by Luis Ebensperger, Roberto Torrent

“…Correlations between the air permeability coefficient kT and other durability indicators, such as chloride migration (ASTM C1202), penetration of water under pressure (EN 12390-8) or capillary action are presented. …”
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Diurnal Variation of Chemical Characteristics and Source Identification of Fine Particles in the Kaohsiung Harbor by Yu-Lun Tseng, Kwok-Wai Wong, Chung-Shin Yuan, Chitsan Lin

“…Three sites located in the harbor areas were selected for simultaneously sampling 12-h PM2.5 in four months with consecutive seven days in each month. Water-soluble ions (WSIs), metallic elements, carbons, anhydrosugars, and organic acids in PM2.5 were analyzed to characterize their chemical fingerprints and monthly variation. …”
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HydroEcoLSTM: A Python package with graphical user interface for hydro-ecological modeling with long short-term memory neural network by Tam V. Nguyen, Vinh Ngoc Tran, Hoang Tran, Doan Van Binh, Toan D. Duong, Thanh Duc Dang, Pia Ebeling

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The Protective Effect of Naringin against Bleomycin-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis in Wistar Rats by Nergiz H. Turgut, Haki Kara, Sahende Elagoz, Koksal Deveci, Huseyin Gungor, Emre Arslanbas

“…Rats were administered a single dose of bleomycin (5 mg/kg; via the tracheal cannula) alone or followed by either naringin 40 mg/kg (orally) or naringin 80 mg/kg (orally) or water (1 mL, orally) for 14 days. Rats and lung tissue were weighed to determine the lung index. …”
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Reproductive populations of the Critically Endangered bat Phyllonycteris aphylla at two new locations in Jamaica by Phillip J. Oelbaum, Ronald P. Hall, Damion L. Whyte, Ronald S. Stewart, Jan Pauel, Silvia Kouwenberg, Elizabeth R. Dumont, Kenneth C. Welch

“…Neither of these sites are hot caves as both are moderated by flowing water, although warmer chambers may be more important to this bat than to other species. …”
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Removal of As Using Chitosan–Montmorillonite Composite: Sorptive Equilibrium and Kinetics by Ansar Anjum, Chand K. Seth, Monika Datta

“…The maximum As 3+ sorption capacity of 48.7 mg g −1 (achieved within 10 minutes of contact time) was obtained using chitosan–MMT beads at the pH of drinking water (8.0) at 298 K. The equilibrium sorption data were fitted to the Langmuir and Freundlich adsorption models and the model parameters were evaluated, wherein the Freundlich model shows the most favourable representation of As 3+ adsorption behaviour. …”
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The Association between Chronic Arsenic Exposure and Hypertension: A Meta-Analysis by Tanvir Abir, Bayzidur Rahman, Catherine D'Este, Abdulaziz Farooq, Abul Hasnat Milton

“…Using the exposure as arsenic concentration in the drinking water, the OR estimate was 1.9 (95% CI: 1.2–3.0), with the I2 = 92%, while using the exposure as concentration and duration, the OR estimate was 1.4 (95% CI: 0.95–2.0) with the I2 = 80%. …”
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‘Braun’: the first russian cotton cultivar with naturally colored fiber by R. K. Tuz, M. Sh. Asfandiiarova, L. P. Podolnaya

“…Most commercial cotton cultivars have white fiber. Massive energy and water consumption during the production of fabrics from such fiber generates significant problems, so in recent decades more and more cotton cultivars with naturally colored fiber have appeared in the world. …”
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Effect of different post-processing conditions on the accuracy of liquid crystal display-printed orthognathic surgical splints by Siripatra Patchanee, Pokpong Amornvit, Maneethip Mortin, Narissaporn Chaiprakit

“…In the rinsing solvent study, 24 surgical splints were divided into three groups (n = 8) based on their rinsing solvents: isopropyl alcohol (IPA), ethanol, and water. In the post-polymerization time study, 24 surgical splints were divided into three groups (n = 8) based on the post-polymerization time: (3, 6, and 10 min). …”
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