Soil moisture partitioning strategies in blowouts in the Hulunbeier grassland and response to rainfall by Zhixin Bao, Limin Yuan, Limin Yuan, Limin Yuan, Zhongju Meng, Ezhen Zhang, Lei Zhu, Jinwang Liu

“…Soil moisture at depths of 20, 40, 60, 100 and 200 cm below the surface was measured along the soil profile using the ECH2O-10HS soil moisture automatic monitoring instrument. …”
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Opposing trends in the peak and low ozone concentrations in eastern China: anthropogenic and meteorological influences by Z. Wang, Z. Wang, C. Shi, C. Shi, H. Zhang, H. Zhang, X. Ji, Y. Zhu, C. Xia, X. Sun, X. Sun, X. Lin, S. Yan, S. Wang, Y. Zhou, Y. Zhou, C. Xing, Y. Chen, Y. Chen, C. Liu, C. Liu, C. Liu, C. Liu

“…Combined with satellite and surface measurements, we evaluated the trends in low (2nd percentile), typical (50th percentile), and peak (98th percentile) ozone concentrations in detail. …”
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4-1BB agonist targeted to fibroblast activation protein α synergizes with radiotherapy to treat murine breast tumor models by Ignacio Melero, Alvaro Teijeira, Christian Klein, Maria E Rodriguez-Ruiz, Christina Claus, Pablo Umana, Tamara Tanos, Carlos E De Andrea, Carlos Luri-Rey, Paloma Sanchez-Mateos, Leticia Fernández-Rubio, María Collantes, Irantzu Serrano-Mendioroz, Celia Barrio-Alonso, Antonio Rullan, Jon Ander Simon, Eneko Garate-Soraluze, Claudia del Pilar Herrero

“…Fibroblast activation protein (FAP) is expressed on the surface of cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAF) in many cancer types and its abundance is associated with the poor immune response to immune-checkpoint-blockade in patients. …”
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Toxic Effects of Hydroxyl- and Amine-functionalized Silica Nanoparticles (SiO2 and NH2-SiO2 NPs) on Caenorhabditis elegans by Danielle E. Que, Wen-Che Hou, Micah Belle Marie Yap Ang, Chih-Chung Lin

“…Overall, bare SiO2 NPs were observed to be more toxic due to the negatively charged surface OH groups, which may have disrupted protein homeostasis, resulting in the observed toxicities. …”
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Mesure de la digestibilité <em>in vivo</em> de résidus de récolte de quatre variétés améliorées de sorgho à double usage sur les moutons de race Djallonké by Souleymane Ouédraogo, Lassina Sanou, Issaka Gnegne, Modou Sere, Myriam Adam, Patrice Savadogo, Chantal Yvette Kaboré Zoungrana

“… Contexte : Avec la réduction de s surfaces de parcours naturels et de leur productivité, l’alimentation des animaux doit se tourner vers d’autres ressources, notamment les coproduits de récolte. …”
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L’agriculture itinérante sur brûlis, une menace sur la forêt tropicale humide ? by Serge Bahuchet, Jean-Marie Betsch

“…(Kleinman et al. 1995).In the context of the announcement of the creation of the National Park of the South of French Guiana, an interdisciplinary program (ecology, pedobiology, ethnology; MNHN-CNRS-IRD) Effects of the traditional cultural practices on soils and forest (French Environment Ministry) studied the effects of the itinerant agriculture on slash-and-burn field from an analysis of the conditions which allow Amerindian communities to satisfy their material and spiritual needs in a forest system.This program set up the following points:– the fine practices of this agriculture, constituting a real strategy, supply efficiently the mineral elements in the cultures, without purchase of fertilizers, and ensure a rapid forest recovery after at least 10 years; the cycles short culture - long fallow allow the self regeneration of an agroforestry system registered since millenniums in the forest dynamics of the river banks;– the adoption of the long fallow limits the spatial extent of every family to 10-15 hectares at most;– the transportation on foot of the harvest towards the village limits the extent of the agriculture to a 3-4 km band from the river; beyond, the forest is protected from an agricultural pressure;– the absence of the market does not lead to an increase of the cultivated surfaces and the pressure on the forest is not increasing thus at present;– the forest of the hinterland includes wide zones restricted by strong social taboos; the conservation of the social organization of the Amerindian ethnic groups is the first condition of the preservation of the forest domain.The real solution for the preservation of the forest heritage in the South of French Guiana, obviously social, was thus already political, before the creation of the “Amazonian Park of Guyana” (2007).…”
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Dispersion modelling of particulate matter concentrations of sand product plants in a mineral complex by Y. Zehtab Yazdi, N. Mansouri, F. Atabi, H. Aghamohammadi

“…The results of this study can help the air pollution experts develop proper strategies for improving the air quality in the vicinity of surface mines.…”
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Canopy structure modulates the sensitivity of subalpine forest stands to interannual snowpack and precipitation variability by M. Berkelhammer, G. F. M. Page, G. F. M. Page, F. Zurek, C. Still, C. Still, M. S. Carbone, M. S. Carbone, W. Talavera, L. Hildebrand, J. Byron, K. Inthabandith, A. Kucinski, M. Carlson, K. Foss, W. Brown, R. W. H. Carroll, A. Simonpietri, M. Worsham, I. Breckheimer, I. Breckheimer, A. Ryken, R. Maxwell, R. Maxwell, D. Gochis, M. S. Raleigh, E. Small, K. H. Williams, K. H. Williams

“…</p></li><li> <p id="d2e400">Interception of summer rain in dense stands reduces the throughfall of summer rain to surface soils, limiting the sensitivity of the dense stands to changes in summer rain.…”
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Structure of mycoses of the skin and its appendices in HIV-infected patients by V.D. Moskaliuk, I.I. Kravchuk, Yu.O. Randiuk, I.V. Balaniuk

“…The purpose of the work is to analyze the structure of the disease on the surface of the skin and its appendages by the nosological forms in HIV-infected persons and to establish a possible correlation between the presence of fungal lesions. …”
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Electromyographic Characteristics of a Single Motion Shoulder Exercise: A Pilot Study Investigating a Novel Shoulder Exercise by Michael J Henehan, Tamar Brand-Perez, Jeffrey C Peng, Masaaki Tsuruike

“…Muscle activity of the rotator cuff and scapular stabilizing muscles (supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor, trapezius \[upper, middle and lower\], serratus anterior, middle deltoid) was measured using surface EMG while subjects performed, in a standing position, several standard shoulder exercises typically included in shoulder rehabilitation protocols (resisted shoulder flexion, abduction in the scapular plane/scaption, external rotation, extension) and a single motion shoulder exercise consisting of a continuous movement creating the shape of "Figure of 8" in the transverse plane. …”
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Nutrient dynamics and discharge in a coastal sandy beach aquifer by Xuejing WANG, Yifan GUO, Shengchao YU, Qianqian WANG, Hailong LI, Chunmiao ZHENG

“…The results show that compared with surface water, coastal groundwater had higher nutrient content. …”
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Natural Product Identification and Molecular Docking Studies of Leishmania Major Pteridine Reductase Inhibitors by Moses N. Arthur, George Hanson, Emmanuel Broni, Patrick O. Sakyi, Henrietta Mensah-Brown, Whelton A. Miller, Samuel K. Kwofie

“…A 100 ns MD combined with molecular mechanics Poisson–Boltzmann surface area (MM/PBSA) calculations confirmed the robust binding interactions and provided insights into the dynamics and stability of the protein–ligand complexes.…”
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Laser Based ¹³C-urea Breath Test in Quantitative Assessment of Bacterial Colonization, Severity of Inflammation and Atrophy in Gastric Mucosa by E. V. Stepanov, V. T. Ivashkin

“…In peptic ulcer of the stomach and duodenum, H. pylori was detected in 93 % and 97 %.A direct linear relationship between the results of the breath test and the quantitative content of H. рylori on the surface of the gastric mucosa was obtained. The parameters of laser 13C-UBT clearly correlate with the degree of severity of mononuclear infiltration of the mucosa (the strength of the connection is 0.78). …”
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From structure prediction to function: defining the domain on the African swine fever virus CD2v protein required for binding to erythrocytes by Ana Luisa Reis, Anusyah Rathakrishnan, Vlad Petrovan, Muneeb Islam, Lynnette Goatley, Katy Moffat, Mai Tuyet Vuong, Yuan Lui, Simon J. Davis, Shinji Ikemizu, Linda K. Dixon

“…The EP402R gene encodes CD2v, a glycoprotein expressed on the surface of infected cells and the only viral protein known to be present in the virus external envelope. …”
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Are thickened cranial bones and equal participation of the three structural bone layers autapomorphic traits of Homo erectus? by Antoine Balzeau

“…Moreover, even if the frontal and sagittal keels in Homo erectus constitute a relief on the external cranial vault surface, they do not necessary correspond to a real thickening of the underlying bone. …”
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Zwitterion Effect of Cow Brain Protein towards Efficiency Improvement of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell (DSSC) by Denny Widhiyanuriyawan, Prihanto Trihutomo, Sudjito Soeparman, Lilis Yuliati

“…Tests carried out on DSSC that have been performed were X-Ray Diffractometer (XRD) testing to determine the crystal structure formed, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) testing to determine the functional groups formed on DSSC, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) testing to determine the surface morphological characteristics of the DSSC layer, and testing the efficiency using AM 1.5 G solar simulator (1000 W/m2) to determine the efficiency changes that occur in DSSC. …”
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A Microflow Chip Technique for Monitoring Platelets in Late Pregnancy: A Possible Risk Factor for Thrombosis by He C, Ma H, Zhang T, Liu Y, Zhang C, Deng S

“…Flow cytometry was used to analyse the effect of shear rate induction on the expression of platelet membrane surface fibrin receptor (PAC-1) and P-selectin (CD62P) in pregnant women.Results: Compared to the non-pregnant healthy control group, the white blood cell count increased and platelet count decreased significantly in late pregnant women (P < 0.05), and platelet reactivity to agonists increased under non-flow conditions (adhesion and aggregation rates, P < 0.05). …”
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Sdd3 regulates the biofilm formation of Candida albicans via the Rho1-PKC-MAPK pathway by Li Mei Pang, Guisheng Zeng, Eve Wai Ling Chow, Xiaoli Xu, Ning Li, Yee Jiun Kok, Shu Chen Chong, Xuezhi Bi, Jiaxin Gao, Chaminda Jayampath Seneviratne, Yue Wang

“…A key virulence attribute of this pathogen is its ability to form biofilms on the surfaces of indwelling medical devices. Fungal cells in biofilms are highly resistant to antifungal drugs and host immunity, leading to treatment failure. …”
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Assessment of Factories on Adherence to COVID-19 Standard Operating Procedures: A Case Study of Wakiso, Mukono, Buikwe, and Jinja Districts, Uganda by Joseph M. Kungu, Edity Namyalo, Angella Musewa, Sarah Nitumusiima, Phiona Keije, Catherine Nakakooza, Osborn Oyirwoth

“…Communication and training of employees (79.5%; 95% CI = 66.8–92.2), wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), and respiratory protection (79.5%; 95% CI = 66.8–92.2) as well as enhanced cleaning and disinfection of surfaces (74.4%; 95% CI = 60.6–88.1) were the most implemented SOPs in the factories. …”
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Experience in the Management of Patients with Chronic Vascular Ulcers of the Lower Limbs Using Negatively Charged Polystyrene Microspheres by María Teresa Cacua Sánchez

“…Wound area mean at the start of treatment was 31.6 cm2, and at the end of treatment was 17.85 cm2, which is equivalent to a wound area surface reduction of 54.2%, with a statistically significant p value. …”
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