Urine proteomics defines an immune checkpoint-associated nephritis signature by Cassian Yee, Jamie S Lin, James P Long, Shailbala Singh, Yanlan Dong

“…Thus, there is an urgent need for non-invasive biomarkers that can rapidly and accurately distinguish ICI-AIN from other causes of AKI.The urine and plasma proteome contain actively secreted proteins that provide real-time insights into dynamic physiological processes. …”
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Sediment flow connectivity index data for the Apulia region (Italy): An open-source geodatabase and the innovative CONNECTOSED WebGIS platformZenodo by Alok Kushabaha, Domenico Capolongo, Giovanni Scicchitano, Floriana Rizzo, Marina Zingaro

“…The geodatabase maintains the mapping methodology underlying the SfCI algorithm by integrating various Earth datasets from multiple sources through ArcMap™, QGIS® and Matlab® software. …”
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Factors associated with infant mortality in Nigeria: A scoping review. by Loveth Dumebi Nwanze, Alaa Siuliman, Nuha Ibrahim

“…Nigeria recorded an infant mortality rate of 72.2 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2020, in contrast to the global estimate of 27.4 per 1,000 live births. …”
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Assessing the robustness and implications of econometric estimates of climate sensitivity by Trude Storelvmo, Menghan Yuan, Thomas Leirvik, Kari Alterskjær, Peter C B Phillips, Chris Smith

“…Earth’s transient climate response (TCR) quantifies the global mean surface air temperature change due to a doubling of atmospheric $\mathrm{CO_2}$ concentration after 70 years of a compounding 1% per year increase. …”
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Climate response to stratospheric aerosol injection during the Harmattan season in West Africa by Francis Nkrumah, Gandome Mayeul Leger Davy Quenum, Kwesi A Quagraine, Simone Tilmes, Nana Ama Browne Klutse, Atanas Dommo, Hubert A Koffi, Patrick Essien, Rebecca Bediako

“…Stratospheric Aerosol Injection (SAI), a proposed climate intervention, aims to reduce the amount of solar radiation reaching the Earth’s surface by increasing the reflectivity of the atmosphere, thereby offsetting the warming effect of greenhouse gases. …”
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Fetal Deaths in SARS-CoV-2-Infected Pregnant Women: A Portuguese Case Series by Ana Rita Mira, João Pedro Pereira, Catrine Dahlstedt-Ferreira, Margarida Enes, Hélder Oliveira Coelho, Ana Beatriz Godinho

“…Between April 2020 and March 2021, we had 2680 births in our centre, of which 130 (4.95%) involved mothers infected with SARS-CoV-2. …”
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Evaluation of learning from Practical Obstetric Multi-Professional Training and its impact on patient outcomes in Australia using Kirkpatrick’s framework: a mixed methods study by Philip DeKoninck, Euan M Wallace, Debra Nestel, Arunaz Kumar, Sam Sturrock, Donna Lucey, Sally Stoyles, Jenny Morgan, Peter Neil, Michelle Schlipalius

“…We also aimed to assess participants’ perception of usefulness of PROMPT in their clinical practice.Study design Mixed methods approach with a pre-test/post-test design.Setting Healthcare network providing obstetric care in Victoria, Australia.Participants Medical and midwifery staff attending PROMPT between 2013 and 2015 (n=508); clinical outcomes were evaluated in two cohorts: 2011–2012 (n=15 361 births) and 2014–2015 (n=12 388 births).Intervention Attendance of the PROMPT programme, a simulation programme taught in multidisciplinary teams to facilitate teaching emergency obstetric skills.Main outcome measure Clinical outcomes compared before and after embedding PROMPT in educational practice.Secondary outcome measure Assessment of knowledge gained by participants through a qualitative analysis and description of process of embedding PROMPT in educational practice.Results There was a change in the management of postpartum haemorrhage by early recognition and intervention. …”
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Completion of the Central Italy daily precipitation instrumental data series from 1951 to 2019 by Gamal AbdElNasser Allam Abouzied, Guoqiang Tang, Simon Michael Papalexiou, Martyn P. Clark, Eleonora Aruffo, Piero Di Carlo

“…This study seeks to fill the gaps of 201 daily precipitation time series in Central Italy by localizing the approach used to generate the Serially Complete dataset for the Planet Earth (SC‐Earth). This method combines the outcome of 15 strategies based on four various gap‐filling techniques (quantile mapping, spatial interpolation, machine learning, and multi‐strategy merging). …”
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Comparison of microstructures and magnetic properties of Tb-Pr-Cu-Al and Tb-Nd-Cu-Al grain boundary diffused Nd-Fe-B magnets by Zixiang Mo, Qingzheng Jiang, Mengping Kan, Jianming Li, Hang Wang

“…Low melting alloys containing heavy rare earth element Tb have been widely used for grain boundary diffusion (GBD) to increase the coercivity (Hcj) of sintered Nd-Fe-B magnets. …”
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Ocean Acidification: An Introduction by Joshua T. Patterson, Lisa S. Krimsky

“…Other impacts related to climate change (increased sea level rise, coastal flooding and extreme weather events) often receive more attention than OA, but the acidification of the Earth’s oceans is well documented and is a major concern for the marine science community. …”
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Examinando el papel de la educación ambiental en la construcción del buen vivir global: contribuciones de la corriente crítica a la definición de objetivos by Rafael SUÁREZ-LÓPEZ, Marcia EUGENIO, Fernando LARA, David MOLINA-MOTOS

“…Then, critical environmental education is presented, which spurns the uniformity of global capitalism and teaches the old and the new roots to our land and to the Earth, and a plural and diverse sense of collective and individual identity. …”
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Inner Core Rotation Captured by Earthquake Doublets and Twin Stations by Yi Yang, Xiaodong Song

“…Abstract The Earth's solid inner core (IC) is generally believed to rotate relative to the mantle, but the proposal remains controversial. …”
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A Study on L-Asparaginase of Nocardia levis MK-VL_113 by Alapati Kavitha, Muvva Vijayalakshmi

“…Maximal yields of L-asparaginase were recorded from 3-day-old culture grown in modified asparagine-glycerol salts broth with initial pH 7.0 at temperature 30∘C. Glycerol (2%) and yeast extract (1.5%) served as good carbon and nitrogen sources for L-asparaginase production, respectively. …”
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In Vitro Antibacterial and Antibiotic Resistance Modifying Effect of Bioactive Plant Extracts on Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis by Romana Chovanová, Mária Mikulášová, Štefánia Vaverková

“…Using disc diffusion and broth microdilution assays we determined higher antibacterial effect of three Salvia spp. and by evaluating the leakage of 260 nm absorbing material we detected effect of extracts and, namely, of essential oils on the disruption of cytoplasmic membrane. …”
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Will South Africa meet the Sustainable Development Goals target for maternal mortality by 2030? by Y Pillay, J M Moodley

“…The maternal mortality ratio that countries are expected to reach is no more than 70 deaths per 100 000 live births. A range of sources is used to show progress, with an emphasis on the reports of the National Committee on Confidential Enquiries into Maternal deaths, which reports on the number of maternal deaths in health facilities, together with reasons for these deaths and recommendations to reduce preventable mortality. …”
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Bourget et le “nihilisme” de Flaubert by André Guyaux

“…Pendant quarante ans Paul Bourget a beaucoup écrit sur Flaubert dont, adolescent, il avait « dévoré » Madame Bovary. …”
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A Case of Sirenomelia Associated with Hypoplastic Left Heart with a Healthy Co-Twin: A Rare Entity by Houda Nasser Al Yaqoubi, Muna Mubarak Al Badi, Farida Mohsin Ambu Saidi, Nasser Shaikhan Taaeeb Al Shafouri

“…The incidence of sirenomelia, as recorded in the literature, is estimated to be approximately between 1.5 and 4.2 per 1,00,000 births. Around 15% of sirenomelia cases are associated with twin pregnancy, most often in monozygotic cases with an incidence of 7%. …”
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Guidance Stabilization of Satellites Using the Geomagnetic Field by Francisco Miranda

“…Active three-axis magnetic attitude stabilization of a low Earth orbit satellite is considered in this work. …”
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H. Bergson on the Problem of Origin of Life by Pavlo Bartusiak

“…A close reading of his texts reveals the philosopher’s implicit assumption of an origin of life on Earth through natural processes. This paper is concerned with the concept of an élan, and focuses on the evolution of this philosophical concept in Bergson’s thought. …”
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The first application of Re–Os dating on Paleoproterozoic Francevillian sediments (Gabon) by Ikouanga, Julie Ngwal’ghoubou, Reisberg, Laurie, Pierson-Wickmann, Anne-Catherine, El Khoury, Anna, Fontaine, Claude, El Albani, Abderrazak

“…Understanding the age of geological formations is essential to reconstruct Earth’s history. Nevertheless, dating Proterozoic formations is a real challenge because they are often impacted by tectonic, magmatic or metamorphic phenomena. …”
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