Surface Treatment of Rammed Earth Heritage Sites Using MICP Technology: An Investigation of Rainwater Erosion Resistance via Indoor Experiments and In Situ Testing by Liang Liu, Yun Zhang, Wanting Chen, Haiying Cao, Lianjun Guo, Lingling Zheng, Tianli Li, Rong Shu, Dongdong Li

“…The findings indicate that the forms of rain erosion damage under MICP treatment vary across different operational conditions. …”
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Fluoride exposure, personal susceptibility and osteoarticular degeneration: Evidence from farmers in the Yellow River Basin of Henan Province by Zichen Feng, Long Sun, Shu Niu, Bin Liu, Ruijie Ba, Guoqing Wang, Qing Sun, Chunxiang Li, Yan Wang, Fangfang Yu, Guoyu Zhou, Yue Ba

“…Excessive fluoride can damage osteoarticular health. Besides, personal susceptibility (including genetic factors, physiological characteristics, and lifestyle) also contributes to osteoarticular development significantly. …”
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Therapeutic Potential of Liraglutide for Diabetes–Periodontitis Comorbidity: Killing Two Birds with One Stone by Man Yang, Yunqing Pang, Minyu Pei, Yuanyuan Li, Xuemin Yuan, Rongbing Tang, Jing Wang

“…LIRA decreased alveolar bone resorption, improved the microstructure of alveolar bone, and reduced periodontal inflammation and damage (P<0.05). LIRA also reduced blood glucose level and inhibited the secretion of serum IL-6, TNF-α, and IL-1β (P<0.05). …”
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Eco-activist imagery in literary texts for children (a case study of English postmodern fairy tales and short stories) by Alla Tsapiv, Mariia Andrieieva

“…Visual components clearly show the child-reader the damage caused to the environment by human activity: polluted air, water bodies and cities, injured animals, and deforestation. …”
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Spermine driven water deficit tolerance in early growth phases of sweet corn genotypes under hydroponic cultivation by Tahoora Batool Zargar, Mawia Sobh, Oqba Basal, Tibor Janda, Magda Pál, Szilvia Veres

“…Spermine also reduced oxidative damage, as indicated by a 48.7% decrease in malondialdehyde levels in Tyson, and increased peroxidase activity, enhancing antioxidant defense in Messenger under severe water deprivation. …”
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Resistance of Chitti bean genotypes of promising to two-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae Koch in greenhouse conditions by Sedigheh Ashtari, Behrouz Asadi, Hamid Reza Dorri

“…According to greenhouse results Sadri variety and genotype KS-21607 were classified as susceptible to TSSM with damage scales of 5.90±0.10 and 4.80±0.12 respectively. …”
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Lats2-Underexpressing Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Ameliorate LPS-Induced Acute Lung Injury in Mice by Liang Dong, Lang Li

“…The pathophysiology of the acute lung injury (ALI) is characterized by the damage of alveolar epithelial cells, which can be repaired by exogenous bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs). …”
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Development of Stacked Long Short-Term Memory Neural Networks with Numerical Solutions for Wind Velocity Predictions by Chih-Chiang Wei

“…The accompanying strong winds and torrential rains make typhoons particularly damaging in Taiwan. Therefore, we aimed to establish an accurate wind speed prediction model for future typhoons, allowing for better preparation to mitigate a typhoon’s toll on life and property. …”
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Assessment of an Existing RC Building before and after Strengthening Using Nonlinear Static Procedure and Incremental Dynamic Analysis by Amir A. Hedayat, Hakan Yalciner

“…Since selected structure represents common existing buildings in Cyprus, probabilistic structural damage estimation fragility curves were also obtained in terms of peak ground acceleration (PGA) for each considered performance level. …”
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Instability Mode and Control Technology of Surrounding Rock in Composite Roof Coal Roadway under Multiple Dynamic Pressure Disturbances by Peng Wang, Nong Zhang, Jiaguang Kan, Xingliang Xu, Guangzhen Cui

“…With the increasing influence of dynamic pressure, the coal roadway with composite roof suffers from greater damage under the superposition of high ground stress, lateral abutment pressure, and advance abutment pressure, which is characterized by significant zonal failure of the roof and asymmetric failure of surrounding rock. …”
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Application of 2D and 3D Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) in Predicting Soil Erodibility in Oredide Village, Auchi in Etsako West LGA of Edo State, Southern Nigeria by D.A. Babaiwa, M.O. Ikponmwen

“… Geoelectrical investigation of the subsurface employing 2D and 3D electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) was carried out to ascertain the soil erodibility in Oredide village, Auchi, Etsako LGA of Edo State with a view to averting imminent colossal damage to land resource and its accompanying infrastructure. …”
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Characteristic of the active substance of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae preparation having radioprotective properties by G. S. Ritter, V. P. Nikolin, N. A. Popova, A. S. Proskurina, P. E. Kisaretova, O. S. Taranov, T. D. Dubatolova, E. V. Dolgova, E. A. Potter, S. S. Kirikovich, Y. R. Efremov, S. I. Bayborodin, M. V. Romanenko, M. I. Meschaninova, A. G. Venyaminova, N. A. Kolchanov, S. S. Bogachev

“…It is supposed that the radioprotective effect of double-stranded RNA is associated with the participation of RNA molecules in the correct repair of radiation-damaged chromatin in blood stem cells. The hematopoietic pluripotent cells that have survived migrate to the periphery, reach the spleen and actively proliferate. …”
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Aloe Emodin Reduces Cardiac Inflammation Induced by a High-Fat Diet through the TLR4 Signaling Pathway by Yingfu Chen, Burong Feng, Ye Yuan, Juan Hu, Wei Zhao, Huiwei Jiang, Wen Li, Ziyi Fan, Zhimin Du

“…Recent evidence suggests that hyperlipidemia is associated with many cardiac pathological alterations and might worsen myocardial damages. Purpose. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the potential roles and mechanisms of AE in hyperlipidemia-induced oxidative stress and inflammation in the heart. …”
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Application of 2D and 3D Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) in Predicting Soil Erodibility in Oredide Village, Auchi in Etsako West LGA of Edo State, Southern Nigeria by D.A. Babaiwa, M.O. Ikponmwen

“… Geoelectrical investigation of the subsurface employing 2D and 3D electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) was carried out to ascertain the soil erodibility in Oredide village, Auchi, Etsako LGA of Edo State with a view to averting imminent colossal damage to land resource and its accompanying infrastructure. …”
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Vibration Signal Analysis of Water Seal Blasting Based on Wavelet Threshold Denoising and HHT Transformation by Jiang-chao Liu, Wen-xue Gao

“…Therefore, when using the water interval charge at both ends, it is necessary to increase the main vibration frequency of the original vibration signals by reducing the single section charge and using frequency shift technology to avoid the natural frequency of the structure and reduce resonance-induced damage.…”
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Assessment of Cellular Responses after Short- and Long-Term Exposure to Silver Nanoparticles in Human Neuroblastoma (SH-SY5Y) and Astrocytoma (D384) Cells by Teresa Coccini, Luigi Manzo, Vittorio Bellotti, Uliana De Simone

“…Short-term data: (i) AgNP produced dose- and time-dependent mitochondrial metabolism changes and cell membrane damage (effects starting at 25 μg/ml after 4 h: EC50s were 40.7 ± 2.0 and 49.5 ± 2.1 μg/ml for SH-SY5Y and D384, respectively). …”
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Study on the Establishment of Efficient Leaf Regeneration System in ‘<i>Yuluxiang</i>’ Pear by Xiaohua Cheng, Weilong Zhang, Yarui Wei, Yuxing Zhang

“…Suitable wounding involved ensuring no damage to leaves while placing the abaxial side facing down on the medium; the ideal duration for dark culture was determined to be 21 days; optimal plantlet age was found to be 20 days; both plantlet line 1 and line 2 demonstrated effectiveness; triangle bottles were identified as appropriate culture containers. …”
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Innovative Solid Lipid Nanoparticle-Enriched Hydrogels for Enhanced Topical Delivery of L-Glutathione: A Novel Approach to Anti-Ageing by Mengyang Liu, Manisha Sharma, Guoliang Lu, Zhiwen Zhang, Wenting Song, Jingyuan Wen

“…<b>Background:</b> Skin ageing, driven predominantly by oxidative stress from reactive oxygen species (ROS) induced by environmental factors like ultraviolet A (UVA) radiation, accounts for approximately 80% of extrinsic skin damage. L-glutathione (GSH), a potent antioxidant, holds promise in combating UVA-induced oxidative stress. …”
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Association of serum neurofilament light chain with cognitive impairment: findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey by Tianjiao Meng, Qinwen Fei, Tian Lv, Shiqin Chen

“…BackgroundSerum Neurofilament Light chain (NfL) is a promising biomarker of neuronal damage, used to assess the extent of neuronal injury and neurodegeneration, and it is widely applied in the diagnosis of neurodegenerative disease and monitoring disease progression. …”
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Countering hostile sabotage and reconnaissance groups by the National Police of Ukraine units in the context of martial law by M. O. Borovyk

“…The article also provides a list of objects of the warring parties which, according to international humanitarian law, may be subject to damage. The organisational features of the basics for defensive combat by the units of the ground forces of certain countries, in particular, the Federal Republic of Germany and the United States of America, are considered. …”
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