CO2 Adhesion Characteristics on Solid Surfaces under CO2 Geologic Sequestration Environment by Jingyue Sun, Haopo Xu, Cong Chen, Tonglai Li, Weizhong Li, Yan Qin

“…CO2 adhesion characteristics have been revealed for CO2/brine/mica system under a wide range of pressures, temperatures, and salinities by analyzing static and dynamic contact angles. …”
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Exposure to Lead (Pb) influences the outcomes of male-male competition during precopulatory intrasexual selection by Rosemary Patrick, Kim Colyvas, Andrea S. Griffin, Michael Stat, Wayne A. O’Connor, Mohammad Mahmudur Rahman, Mallavarapu Megharaj, Geoff R. MacFarlane

“…Pb, 10 µg/L and 100 µg/L respectively) under laboratory conditions for 96 h and subsequently allowed to compete for burrow ownership in experimental arenas. Exposed crabs (100 µg/L) were less successful than control crabs in chela size-matched paired competitive interactions, spent less time in burrows and predominantly lost burrow ownership. …”
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A Laboratory Approach Considering Salinity to Investigate Archie’s Parameters in Deep Shale: A Case Study in Longmaxi Formation, Southern Sichuan by Yanran Li, Xiangui Liu, Changhong Cai, Zhiming Hu, Bo Wu, Ying Mu, Xianggang Duan, Qingxiu Zhang, Shuti Zeng, Jingshu Guo, Zhijin Pu

“…The results indicate that Archie’s parameters of “a,” “b,” “m,” and “n” under actual brine salinity are assigned to 1.47, 1, 1.26, and 1.6, respectively. …”
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Structural Controls of Uranium Mineralization in the Basement of the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada by Antonio Benedicto, Maher Abdelrazek, Patrick Ledru, Cameron MacKay, Dwayne Kinar

“…In the Athabasca Basin unconformity-related uranium deposits, while basinal brines are commonly accepted as the principal mineralized fluids and graphite and gases (CH4, CO2, and H2S) are well known as the reductants, only few case studies describing structural traps are published. …”
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ANÁLISIS DE LA DIVERSIDAD GENÉTICA DE GANADO BOVINO LECHERO DEL TRÓPICO ALTO DE NARIÑO MEDIANTE MARCADORES MOLECULARES HETERÓLOGOS DE TIPO MICROSATÉLITE by L. G. Mejía, R. A. Hernández, C. Y. Rosero, C. E. Solarte

“…Cinco razas de ganado bovino ( Bos taurus ) del trópico alto de n ariño fueron caracteriza - das usando once loci microsatélites. …”
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Sequences of 6d SCFTs on generic Riemann surfaces by Shlomo S. Razamat, Evyatar Sabag

“…We then use the understanding that collections of minimal punctures might be equivalent to maximal ones to construct trinions with three maximal punctures, and then 4d theories corresponding to arbitrary surfaces, for 6d models described by two M5 branes probing a ℤk singularity. This entails the introduction of a novel type of maximal puncture. …”
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Strengthening National Immunization Technical Advisory Groups: Twelve Years of Progress (2012–2023) by Louise Henaff, Laure Dumolard, Vinod Bura, Gerald Etapelong Sume, Sidy Ndiaye, Jennifer Sanwogou, Heeyoun Cho, Joachim Hombach, Christoph A. Steffen

“…Introduction: Well-functioning National Immunization Technical Advisory Groups (NITAGs) are valuable contributors to decision-making processes in the complex immunization policy arena. This paper describes the progress made globally on the establishment and strengthening of these key advisory groups and discusses some of their strengths, challenges, and opportunities. …”
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Editorial by Jörg Tremmel, Edward Page, Konrad Ott

“…But the reality is that the international climate arena is divided into quarreling nations enjoying differential bargaining power and often pursuing a narrowly defined set of national interests…”
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Advancements in integrating MOFs into micro-arc oxidation coatings on Mg alloys: A perspective on PEO-MOF coatings as innovative corrosion inhibitors by A.G. Ramu, Daejeong Yang, Minjung Song, Dongjin Choi

“…The favorable properties of Mg alloys, such as their lightweight and robust nature, are driving an increase in interest in their development for industrial and biomedical applications. These benefits aren't enough to make them widely used; problems like poor corrosion resistance and no antibacterial qualities call attention to the need for improved coating methods. …”
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PENIAPHOBIA AS A COMPONENT OF THE DESTRUCTIVE DIGITAL MEDIA DISCOURSE IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION by Margarita D. Lagutkina, Zhang Yi, Chang Thi Thu Huong

“…Modern hybrid linguistic-mental and information warfare massively uses the promotion of destruction in the mass media as a tool of negative ‘soft power’ media discourse directed against China, Vietnam and Russia owing to their being the key players in the geopolitical arena of Southeast Asia. The discourse of Western geopolitical opponents promotes peniaphobia (fear of poverty), which is one of the basic human fears since it is associated with ensuring the efficient viability of man and human civilization as a whole. …”
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THE SOCIAL PROTEST «WITH CHINESE PARTICULARITY»: THE SHIFTING VECTOR by V. A. Korsun

“…Such a gigantic socio- cultural laboratory as China, with the processes of modernization and archaization proper to it, gives much material disproving conceptions of unilinear historical progress and brining to light the Chinese particularity. The content of China elite identity and the reasons of its stability and continuity are analyzed on the basis of a profound excursus into history of the evolution of the «Confucians way of governance», that quite differs from the European model. …”
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Sanat Eserleri ve Müze Sigortaları by Feride H. Baştürk, İrini Dimitriyadis, İsmail Yardımcı, Ensar Taçyıldız

“…Eserlerin kaybıveya hasara uğramasıdurumunda hiçbir teminat durumu söz konusu değildir. Türkiye’de de aynen AB ve diğer ülkelerin çoğunda olduğu gibi kamuya ait müzelerde koleksiyonlar müzede iken sigorta kapsamında değildir.…”
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The effect of the <i>Ant25</i>, <i>Ant26</i> and <i>Ant27</i> loci controlling proanthocyanidin synthesis in barley (<i>Hordeum vulgare</i> L.) grain on plant growth and developmen... by I. V. Totsky, R. Li, O. Yu. Shoeva

“…The ant27.2043 mutant had a shorter main shoot, less grain weight, and lower harvest index compared to cv. ‘Arena’, but did not differ from the original cultivar in other characters. …”
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Antioxidant, Antimicrobial, and Protein Kinase Inhibition Profiling of C. ambrosioides Seed Extracts along with RP-HPLC by Saira Bano, Muhammad Waleed Baig, Mohammad K. Okla, Syeda Saniya Zahra, Nosheen Akhtar, Wahidah H. Al-Qahtani, Hamada AbdElgawad, Ihsan-Ul Haq

“…Ethyl acetate extract exhibited highest brine shrimps cytotoxicity (LC50 of 125 μg/ml). A noteworthy protein kinase inhibitory potential was shown by ethanol extract with a 20±1.27 mm bald zone. …”
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Phase Equilibria and Phase Diagrams for the Aqueous Ternary System Containing Sodium, Chloride, and Metaborate Ions at 288.15 and 308.15 K and 0.1 MPa by Wanjing Cui, Hongfang Hou, Jiayin Hu, Yafei Guo, Tianlong Deng

“…Salt-water phase diagram of the ternary system (NaCl + NaBO2 + H2O) is significant in separate boron resources from brine. Solubilities and physicochemical properties bifurcated to density and refractive index for the ternary system at 288.15 and 308.15 K and 0.1 MPa were investigated experimentally by means of isothermal dissolution. …”
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Isolation and Identification of Endophytic Fungi from Syzygium cumini Linn and Investigation of Their Pharmacological Activities by Mst. Mabiya Sultana Samapti, Farhana Afroz, Satyajit Roy Rony, Suriya Sharmin, Fatema Moni, Shammi Akhter, Sheikh Feroz Uddin Ahmed, Md. Hossain Sohrab

“…Antimicrobial, antioxidant, and cytotoxic activities were studied by a disc diffusion method, free radical scavenging DPPH assay, and brine shrimp lethality bioassay, respectively. A total of eight endophytic fungi were isolated and identified up to the genus level based on morphological characteristics and confirmed by molecular identification techniques. …”
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QTL‐Based Evidence of Population Genetic Divergence in Male Territorial Aggressiveness of the Japanese Freshwater Threespine Stickleback by Haruka Yamazaki, Seiichi Mori, Osamu Kishida, Atsushi J. Nagano, Tomoyuki Kokita

“…First, our field survey indicated that the distribution of reproductive territories differed greatly across breeding habitats between the focal populations, and the density of reproductive territories was much greater in the GF population. Second, a one‐on‐one arena aquarium experiment on male–male combat using wild‐caught and common‐garden‐reared males revealed that GF males were genetically more aggressive than TM males. …”
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Free Radical Scavenging, Anti-Infectious, and Toxicity Activities from Stenochlaena palustris (Burm.f.) Bedd. Extracts by Rudi Hendra, Rohimatul Khodijah, Muhammad Almurdani, Yuli Haryani, Ari Satia Nugraha, Neni Frimayanti, Hilwan Yuda Teruna, Rizky Abdulah

“…The antiplasmodial and toxicity assays were conducted using two Plasmodium falciparum strains (3D7 and W2) and the brine shrimp lethality test. In addition, antibacterial activity was determined using the well diffusion method. …”
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Investigating lightweight recycled brick aggregate concrete incorporating EPS beads: Application to masonry units by Samina Hameed, Syed Asad Ali Gillani, Muhammad Tahir, Rashid Hameed, Safeer Abbas, Moncef L. Nehdi, Muhammad Ahmad

“…Durability was assessed through water absorption tests and exposure to severe weathering, including cyclic ponding in 5% sulfuric acid and supersaturated brine solutions. The results show that despite that EPS beads addition and exposure to harsh weathering decreased the mechanical and durability properties, LRBAC specimens satisfied the ASTM C129 criteria for lightweight concrete masonry units. …”
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Phytochemical Profiling, Bioactivity, and Insecticidal Effectiveness of <i>Mammea americana</i> L. Leaf Extracts Against <i>Ferrisia</i> sp. by Mike Vázquez-Torres, Nilka Rivera-Portalatín, Irma Cabrera-Asencio

“…Potential cytotoxicity was assessed using brine shrimp lethality tests, where all extracts displayed high toxicity to <i>Artemia salina</i>. …”
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