Leaf water uptake strategy of plants in the arid and semi-arid region of Ningxia by CHEN Lin, YANG Xinguo, SONG Naiping, YANG Mingxiu, XIAO Xupei, WANG Xing

“…Our objective was to investigate whether the plant leaf can uptake the rainfall that can not be absorbed by plant roots, and to understand leaf water uptake strategy, the relationship between leaf water uptake capability and plant ecological functional types in the arid and semi-arid region of Ningxia.The leaf water uptake content (LWUC), percentage increase in leaf water content (RW), chlorophyll content (ChlC), leaf water saturation deficit (WSD), specific leaf area (SLA) and leaf dry matter content (LDMC) of 50 plants were measured, and patterns of leaf traits were investigated to detect their difference among functional groups and relationships between each trait. …”
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Exploration of Predicted Nitrogen-Containing Natural Products from Northern Canadian Bark Beetle-Associated Bacteria by Nirasha Atapattu, Nicolas Justus, Hariniha Selvarajan, Mitzchilouise Baylosis, Marc Schieven, Kalindi D. Morgan

“…Nitrogen-15 NMR spectroscopy was employed to detect nitrogen-containing functional groups in crude extracts, revealing distinct signals for amides, amines, and nitrogen heterocycles. …”
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Regional and strain-level prevalence of nitrogen-fixing Bradyrhizobium with potential N2O reduction in South Korea by Jaeyoung Ro, Hor-Gil Hur, Sujin Lee

“…Abstract Agricultural practices are the largest anthropogenic source of nitrous oxide (N2O), a potent greenhouse gas contributing to global climate change. …”
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Repair-mediated duplication by capture of proximal chromosomal DNA has shaped vertebrate genome evolution. by John K Pace, Shurjo K Sen, Mark A Batzer, Cédric Feschotte

“…This mechanism has duplicated hundreds of sequences predicted to be functional in the human genome, including exons, UTRs, intron splice sites and transcription factor binding sites. …”
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Devicology: Expanding fieldwork possibilities for architectural observations in inhabited interiors by Tatiana Knoroz

“…These visually chaotic yet surprisingly functional structures are the only tool of the current dwellers to negotiate with the restricting standard apartment plans that were originally designed for a very different sector of the Japanese population. …”
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Freshness/spoilage monitoring of protein-rich foods by betacyanin-loaded gelatin/carboxymethyl cellulose halochromic labels by Reza Abedi-Firoozjah, Shamimeh Azimi-Salim, Arvin Afrah, Reza Yekta, Elham Assadpour, Maryam Azizi-Lalabadi, Seid Mahdi Jafari

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Metallothionein (MT) Expression and SEM-EDX Mapping on <I>Cymodocea serrulata</I> Seagrass by Dwi Rosalina, Dini Sofarini, Firman Farid Muhsoni, Misbakhul Munir, Ruly Isfatul Khasanah

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Suspensory Materials for Surgery of Blepharoptosis: A Systematic Review of Observational Studies. by Elena Pacella, Daniele Mipatrini, Fernanda Pacella, Giulia Amorelli, Andrea Bottone, Gianpaolo Smaldone, Paolo Turchetti, Giuseppe La Torre

“…The following materials were investigated: Fascia Lata, Mersilene, polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and Silicon.<h4>Data source and methods</h4>Following the Prisma procedure, on January 30th, 2016 we used the following electronic databases to select the studies: MEDLINE and Scopus.…”
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Comprehensive analysis of complete chloroplast genome sequence of Morina L. by Peng-Hui Liu, Qing Yuan, Huan Liu, Le-Le Qin, Yao Wei, Xu-Min Li, Fei Ren, Xiao-Lei Ma, Hai-Rui Liu

“…This study is conducive to the development and utilization of the resources of Morina, and provides a theoretical basis for the further study of this species.…”
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Transcriptomic Analysis Reveals the Biosynthesis Mechanism of Coixol Under Salicylic Acid Treatment by Yao Wang, Hanli Ye, Xuqin Luo, Ziwei Li, Chuanqi Zheng, Dali Sun

“…Conclusions: These findings not only pointed the way for increasing the content of coixol in cultivation but also provided a reference for further elucidation of the gene functions involved in the bioaccumulation of coixol.…”
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Risk Analysis of Groundwater Contaminant in Rural Areas Using Spatial Distribution by Herawati Herawati, Maria Kanan, Anwar Mallongi, Ramli Bidullah, Sandy N. Sakati, Dwi Wahyu Balebu

“…Background: Water is a very important material for the life of creatures in nature and its function for life cannot be replaced by other compounds. …”
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Understanding Silent Eruptions of Depression among Youngsters and Adolescents by Yuan Rai, Ananya Bhattacharjee, Manodeep Chakraborty, Akanchya Rai, Ashika Bhattarai, Chetiz Sharma, Md Hasnat Jahan Ali, Rudra Acharya, Nihar Ranjan Bhuyan

“…Research on the general population is the only source of information on many significant issues regarding depression in young people. …”
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Preparation Process Optimization and Physicochemical Properties Characterization of Jinhua Ham Enzymolysis Peptide by Weiqiang WANG, Yu ZHENG, Weimin XU, Yanbo WANG, Jie CHEN

“…To investigate the potential of enzymatic hydrolysis for enhancing the nutritional and functional properties of Jinhua ham, a concentrated extract produced by dialysis desalination was employed as a substrate. …”
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Effect of -O- on Water Molecule Adsorption and Adsorption Mechanism of Lignite and Coke by Xue Bai, Yue Yin Song, Ying Yue Teng, Wen Lu Zhang, Yin Min Song, Yun Fei Wang

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Semantic distances of WAIS Similarities word pairs in non-demented adults: An item-level index of semantic memory granularity by Matteo De Marco, Satyam Chauhan, Martina Bocchetta, Annalena Venneri

“…LCH is a valuable construct that could help clinicians detect semantic memory decline in ageing adults with suspected neurodegeneration.…”
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Chromosome-Level Genome Assembly and Comparative Transcriptome Analyses Identified Energy Conservation as a Key Strategy for Anadromous Adaptation of the Hilsa Shad, <i>Tenualosa i... by Kishor Kumar Sarker, Liang Lu, Roland Nathan Mandal, Md Rashedur Rahman, Anirban Sarker, Mohammad Abdul Baki, Chenhong Li

“…Moreover, active gluconeogenesis and reduced insulin signaling in the liver are possibly linked to glucose homeostasis, potentially induced by prolonged starvation during migration. These genomic resources will accelerate the future evolutionary and functional genomics studies of <i>T. ilisha</i>.…”
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RABP: Delay/disruption tolerant network routing and buffer management algorithm based on weight by Hezhe Wang, Guangsheng Feng, Huiqiang Wang, Hongwu Lv, Renjie Zhou

“…This algorithm estimates the message delay and hop count to the destination node in order to construct a weight function of the delay and hop count. A node with the least weight value will be selected as the relay node, and the algorithm implements buffer management based on the weight of the message carried by the node, for efficiently utilizing the limited network resources. …”
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Microarray-Based Comparisons of Ion Channel Expression Patterns: Human Keratinocytes to Reprogrammed hiPSCs to Differentiated Neuronal and Cardiac Progeny by Leonhard Linta, Marianne Stockmann, Qiong Lin, André Lechel, Christian Proepper, Tobias M. Boeckers, Alexander Kleger, Stefan Liebau

“…Numerous families of ion channels are present in the organism which can be distinguished by means of, for example, ion selectivity, gating mechanism, composition, or cell biological function. …”
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A Transition Metal‐Free Approach for the Conversion of Real‐Life Cellulose‐Based Biomass into Formate by Tong Zhang, Peng Ren, Yuman Qin, Thanh Huyen Vuong, Ana V. Cunha, Remco W. A. Havenith, Jabor Rabeah, Shoubhik Das

“…Finally, mechanistic investigations including electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy, and density functional theory (DFT) calculations are conducted to gain insights into the underlying reaction mechanism.…”
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Characterization of the diversity, genomic features, host bacteria, and distribution of crAss-like phages in the pig gut microbiome by Yaxiang Wang, Chao Wei, Zhe Chen, Mengqing Zhou, Lusheng Huang, Congying Chen

“…Approximately 64.73% of crAss-like phage genes lacked functional annotations, highlighting a gap in understanding their functional potential. …”
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