Changes in structural composition of field margins and related landscape homogenization following EU accession of Poland by Andrzej Wuczyński, Krzysztof Kujawa, Remigiusz Pielech, Wojciech Grzesiak, Paweł Jarzembowski, Sylwia Wierzcholska, Zygmunt Dajdok

“…We measured 20 variables related to margin composition, woody vegetation and adjacent cropland fragmentation in 70 field margins in SW Poland in 2004 and 2006 (Poland’s accession to the EU), and then resurveyed in 2021 by using the same protocol. …”
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De novo transcriptome profiling revealing genes involved in piperine biosynthetic pathway in Piper longum L by Mrinalini Prasad, Shivangi Mathur, Deeksha Singh, Rajiv Ranjan

“…Our research identified 14 expressed genes encoding enzymes crucial for tropane, piperidine, and pyridine alkaloid biosynthesis, shedding light on piperine production mechanisms. …”
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Thirty-year land cover dynamics of a Ukrainian small town by Zibtseva Olha, Myroniuk Viktor, Yukhnovskyi Vasyl, Kirca Simay, Minder Victoria, Mishchenko Ihor, Pokotylova Kamila

“…The land cover was classified into five categories: forest, grassland, cropland, urban (buildings) and wetland (water). Using the Morphological Spatial Pattern Analysis, the dynamics of connectivity of elements of the urban forest was determined. …”
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Analyzing Potato Market Participation, Market Surplus, and Market Outlet Choice on Small Farm Household Level in Lemo District, Southern Ethiopia by Chaimiso Demisse, Mesfin Melese, Mebratu Alemu, Afework Berhanu, Tamrat Sinore

“…Heckman second-stage (OLS) result showed that education level, cooperative membership, family size, total cropland size, oxen owned, types of seed, and lagged market price were significantly (P<) determined potato marketed surplus. …”
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County-Scale Spatial Distribution of Soil Enzyme Activities and Enzyme Activity Indices in Agricultural Land: Implications for Soil Quality Assessment by Xiangping Tan, Baoni Xie, Junxing Wang, Wenxiang He, Xudong Wang, Gehong Wei

“…In addition, total phosphorous content had a positive effect on TEI and GME in orchard soils, whereas alkali-hydrolyzable nitrogen and available potassium contents, respectively, had negative and positive effects on these two enzyme indices in cropland soils. The results indicate that land use changes strongly affect soil enzyme activities in agricultural land, where TEI provides a sensitive biological indicator for soil quality.…”
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Determination of Scopolamine Distribution in Plasma and Brain by LC-MS/MS in Rats by Juan Chen, Anjing Lu, Daopeng Tan, Qianru Zhang, Yanliu Lu, Lin Qin, Yuqi He

“…Scopolamine, as a tropane alkaloid found in plants such as belladonna and datura, is used clinically as a transdermal patch and is highly neurotoxic. …”
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Exploring PANoptosis in head and neck cancer: A novel approach to cancer therapy by Li Wang, Baisheng Lin, Feixiang Wang, Zili Dai, Guofeng Xie, Jian Zhang

“…These essential genes identified 214 EDCs potentially influencing HNSC, including 3 (Aroclor 1242, Pentachlorobenzene, and Propanil) previously unreported to HNSC. These findings elucidate novel relationships between PANoptosis-related genes mediated by EDCs and the pathogenesis of HNSC.…”
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A global open-source dataset of monthly irrigated and rainfed cropped areas (MIRCA-OS) for the 21st century by Endalkachew Abebe Kebede, Kevin Ong’are Oluoch, Stefan Siebert, Piyush Mehta, Sarah Hartman, Jonas Jägermeyr, Deepak Ray, Tariq Ali, Kate A. Brauman, Qinyu Deng, Wei Xie, Kyle Frankel Davis

“…Yet despite the key role that croplands play in global land use and Earth systems, there remains little understanding of how spatial patterns of global crop cultivation have recently evolved and which crops have contributed most to these changes. …”
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Latîfe ez-Zeyyât’ın El-Bâbu’l-Meftûh (Açık Kapı) Adlı Romanında Kadın Teması Üzerinden Ulusal ve Bireysel Özgürlüğün İnşâsı by Asiye

“…Bölge ülkeleri arasında Batı ile teması en erken gerçekleşen Mısır’da, o dönem meydana gelen yeni fikir akımlarından beslenen ilk Mısır romanı Zeynep’e konu olan kadın olgusu, direniş romanları başta olmak üzere edebi literatürde yer almaya devam etmiştir. …”
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Sezgi Kavramı Işığında Magda Szabó’nun Kapı Kitabındaki Yaşlılık-Bilgelik İlişkisi by Tuba Sütlüoğlu

“…Macar devriminden sonra değişmeye başlayan siyasi iklimle birlikte, 1958 yılında ilk romanı Fresco’yu yayımlayabilen yazar hem ülkesinde hem de uluslararası alanda ün kazanır ve artık daha fazla üretmek derdindedir (Szabó, 2022). …”
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Peyami Safa Romanları Örneğinde Türk Modernleşmesi Bağlamında Oryantalist Zihniyetin Eleştirisi by Hanife Ayaz

“…Türk edebiyatında yer alan roman örnekleri içerisinden Safa’nın Sözde Kızlar, Şimşek, Mahşer, Bir Akşamdı, Cânân, Dokuzuncu Hariciye Koğuşu, Fatih Harbiye, Bir Tereddüdün Romanı, Matmazel Noraliya’nın Koltuğu, Yalnızız ve Biz İnsanlar adlı romanları örneklem olarak seçilmiş ve bu romanlar üzerinde eleştirel söylem analizi yöntemi kullanılarak edebiyat incelemesi yapılmıştır. …”
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DISCOVERING AND RESEARCH OF SA HUYNH CULTURE (1909 - 2019) by Lâm Thị Mỹ Dung

“…After this excavation, many other studies were published, and it is worthy of note that in 1936 the term Sa Huynh culture was proposed by Colani (1936). After 1975, along with the sites belonging to Sa Huynh culture in Quangngai, Vietnamese and foreign archaeologists have recognized and studied many Pre Sa Huynh, Sa Huynh, and Sa Huynh-like cultural sites in various localities in the Central Highlands and Southern Vietnam. …”
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Synthesis, Characterisation, Theoretical NMR Calculations and Crystal Structure of the 3-methyl-1H-1,2,4?4-triazole-5-amine acetate by Patricia Saraiva Vilas Boas Almeida, José Roberto da Silveira Maia, Márcia Cristina de Souza, Alison Geraldo Pacheco

“…The compound N-(3-methyl-1H-1,2,4-triazole-5-yl)propan-2-imine (mpta) was obtained by reacting the mta with acetone, upon an attempt of purifying mta in this solvent. …”
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Responses of a soil-inhabiting collembolan (Entomobrya proxima Folsom) to organic fertilizer addition illustrated by functional traits and gut bacterial community by Xinyue Yang, Gang Li, Weiming Xiu

“…However, there is a dearth of research examining the correlation between functional traits and intestinal microorganisms in response to organic fertilizer.MethodsIn this study, we selected Entomobrya proxima Folsom, a predominant soil collembolan species found in cropland across North China, as our subject of study. …”
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Denitrification research based on green electron supply and cell metabolism regulation by LIU Chao, FAN Xinyun, ZHANG Xuemeng, CHEN Chuang, ZHU Mengru, CHEN Yinguang*

“…Then, the microbial metabolic pathway of denitrification using methane, propane, and other short-chain alkanes as carbon sources is described, the performance of kitchen waste and other organic wastes as carbon source is introduced, and the formation mechanism and utilization characteristics of microbial carbon sources are also analyzed. …”
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Soil Conservation Benefits of Ecological Programs Promote Sustainable Restoration by Renjie Zong, Nufang Fang, Yi Zeng, Xixi Lu, Zhen Wang, Wei Dai, Zhihua Shi

“…Notably, two critical programs that synergize forest conservation, cropland conversion, and human well‐being in China's less developed regions account for approximately 85% of the soil conservation benefits. …”
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Synthesis, Characterization, and Aqueous Properties of an Amphiphilic Terpolymer with a Novel Nonionic Surfmer by Qin Yu, Xiaolin Wu, Yanqiu Li, Tenglong Gao, Siliang Liu, Caiqing Hou, Zirong Zheng

“…A series of surfactive amphiphilic polymer PAADs were prepared from the copolymerization of sodium acrylate, dodecyl polyoxyethylene acrylate (DPA, a surfmer), and acrylamide under the action of a mixed initiating agent consisting of ammonium persulfate-sodium bisulfite/2,2′-azobis[2-(2-imidazolin-2-yl) propane] dihydrochloride. The aggregative behaviors of PAADs were explored by 13C nuclear magnetic resonance, a viscometer, and a surface tension instrument. …”
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Land Use Changes and Their Effects on the Value of Ecosystem Services in the Small Sanjiang Plain in China by Jing Chen, Bo-Ming Sun, Dan Chen, Xin Wu, Long-Zhu Guo, Gang Wang

“…In this study, we analysed land use changes and the loss of ecosystem services value caused by these changes. We found that cropland sprawl was predominant and occurred in forest, wetland, and grassland areas in the small Sanjiang plain from 1980 to 2010. …”
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Analysis of Roadside Land Use Changes and Landscape Ecological Risk Assessment Based on GF-1: A Case Study of the Linghua Expressway by Mengdi Wen, Liangliang Zhang, Huawei Wan, Peirong Shi, Longhui Lu, Zixin Zhao, Zhiru Zhang, Jinhui Wu

“…The results revealed a decrease in cropland and forest land, accompanied by an increase in the grassland and road areas. …”
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