Spatial patterns and driving forces of sand-binding shrubs in sand-blown and sand hazard regions of northern China by Dinghai Zhang, Haidi Qi, Yanli Wang, Ting Ning, Ruyun Tang, Yanchen Ye

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Dynamic System Simulation to Improve the Effectiveness and Efficiency of Supply Chain Performance and Behaviour on Waste Bank Resik Becik by Ratih Setyaningrum, Vida Auralita, Dwi Izzhati, Pramudi Arsiwi, Tita Thalitha

“…Waste bank Resik Becik (BSRB) is one of the containers that help with waste management in the city of Semarang. …”
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Gully mitigation and rehabilitation measures have varying effects on soil macrofauna abundance and diversity in semi-arid lands by Harrison Churu, Solomon Kamau, Wilson Ng’etich, Keziah Magiroi, Bonface Alkamoi, James Mutio, Syphyline Kebeney, Fred Wamalwa

“…Beetles also showed similar differences to that of earthworms, with greater abundance in pasturelands than in degraded lands. On the contrary, termites were more abundant in the degraded lands, with an average of 306 individuals m−2 which was more than four times the abundance reported in sand dams and close to 50 % more than that reported in pasturelands. …”
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Comparing social stigma of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder: A quantitative experimental study by Carlye S. Aird, Bennett A. A. Reisinger, Stephanie N. Webb, David H. Gleaves

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Plant AT-rich protein and zinc-binding protein (PLATZ) family in Dendrobium huoshanense: identification, evolution and expression analysis by Fangli Gu, Yanshuang Ren, Muhammad Aamir Manzoor, Tingting Wang, Renshu Huang, Naifu Chen, Cheng Song, Yingyu Zhang

“…Abstract PLATZ (plant A/T-rich protein and zinc-binding protein) transcription factors are essential for plant growth, development, and responses to abiotic stress. …”
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Targeting RGMb interactions: Discovery and preclinical characterization of potent anti-RGMb antibodies blocking multiple ligand bindings by Maria Meira, Aurore Frey, Neila Chekkat, Magda Rybczynska, Zaki Sellam, Joon Seok Park, Francesca Smylie Gazzaniga, Alexia Parmentier, Marianne Le Gall, Gordon James Freeman, Dennis Lee Kasper, Arlene Helen Sharpe, Eric Rambeaux, Abdijapar Shamshiev

“…The PD-L2 binding interface is likely positioned between RGMb’s N-terminal BMP-binding and C-terminal Neo1-binding regions. …”
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BENDING VIBRATION CHARACTERISTICS ANALYSIS OF THE CONVEYOR BELT WITH THE STEEL ROPE CORE BASED ON THE ORTHOGONAL ANISOTROPY SHEET MODEL by CHEN HongYue, LI EnDong, ZHANG Kun, MAO Jun, BAI YangXi, MA Ying

“…The researching results provide the bending vibration response analysis and the resonance avoiding design of the conveyor belt with the basis.…”
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Case report: Transmuscular migration of a solid encircling silicone band through all four rectus muscles by Ruiping Gu, Ruiping Gu, Ruiping Gu, Kaicheng Wu, Kaicheng Wu, Kaicheng Wu, Chunhui Jiang, Chunhui Jiang, Chunhui Jiang

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circ-SIRT1 Promotes Colorectal Cancer Proliferation and EMT by Recruiting and Binding to eIF4A3 by Xiangjie Wang, Shuang Liu, Bin Xu, Yabin Liu, Peng Kong, Changlin Li, Binghui Li

“…We further found that EIF4A3 could bind to circ-SIRT1, and that overexpressing circ-SIRT1 decreased the abundance of EIF4A3 at the mRNAs of the EMT marker proteins N-cadherin and vimentin. …”
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Delayed diagnosis of proximal ureter injury after a blunt abdominal trauma in Korea: a case report by Soon Ki Min, Byungchul Yu, Gil Jae Lee, Min A Lee, Yang Bin Jeon, Youngeun Park, Kang Kook Choi, Hyuk Jun Yang

“…Traumatic ureteral injuries account for fewer than 1% of traumatic urologic injuries, and those caused by blunt trauma are even rarer than those caused by penetrating trauma. …”
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From Loan Sharks to Commercial Banks: Moral Crusades and the Segmentation of the Credit Market in the United States, 1900-1945 by Simon Bittmann

“…The segmentation of the American credit market, between a primary banking market and a secondary “fringe” market, characterized by high-rate services offered by credit agencies ranging from payday lenders to subprime mortgage dealers, is often mentioned and bemoaned, particularly as it would mirror the structure of the dual labor market, and yet very few studies are dedicated to understanding its origins. …”
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Characterization of the Population of Ovarian Preantral Follicles in Juvenile Six-Banded Armadillos Infected or Not by <i>Mycobacterium leprae</i> by Gabriela L. Lima, Andreza V. Brasil, Andreia M. Silva, João Marcelo A. de P. Antunes, Pierre Comizzoli, Alexandre R. Silva

“…The objective of this study was to characterize and estimate the population of ovarian preantral follicles in juvenile six-banded armadillos. Pairs of ovaries from five armadillos were collected during a routine epidemiological survey of leprosis (three healthy and two infected females). …”
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CryoEM structure and small-angle X-ray scattering analyses of porcine retinol-binding protein 3 by Vineeta Kaushik, Luca Gessa, Nelam Kumar, Matyáš Pinkas, Mariusz Czarnocki-Cieciura, Krzysztof Palczewski, Jiří Nováček, Humberto Fernandes

“…The vertebrate visual cycle hinges on enzymatically converting all-trans-retinol (at-ROL) into 11-cis-retinal (11c-RAL), the chromophore that binds to opsins in photoreceptors, forming light-responsive pigments. …”
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Evaluating and Comparing the Bending Performance of RC Beams Fabricated with Lightweight Aggregate Concrete and Normal Concrete of Equivalent Strength by Kamyar Narimanifar, Seyed Arash Mousavi Ghasemi

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Compact MIMO Microstrip Antennas for USB Dongle Operating in 2.5–2.7 GHz Frequency Band by Vladimir Ssorin, Alexey Artemenko, Alexander Maltsev, Alexey Sevastyanov, Roman Maslennikov

“…This paper considers design of microstrip MIMO antennas for an LTE/WiMAX USB dongle operating in the 2.5–2.7 GHz frequency band. The MIMO system includes two antenna elements with an additional requirement of high isolation between them that is especially difficult to realize due to size limitations of a USB dongle. …”
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Multispectral Inversion of Starch Content in Rice Grains from Yingjiang County Based on Feature Band Selection Algorithms by Xiaotong Su, Zhifang Zhao, Min Zeng, Fei Zhao, Ziyang Li, Yu Zheng

“…The results demonstrate that, compared to full-band data, the use of SPA feature selection significantly improved the predictive accuracy of both BP and ELM models, despite a slight increase in the models’ MSE. …”
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Assessment of Radiometric Calibration Consistency of Thermal Emissive Bands Between Terra and Aqua Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometers by Tiejun Chang, Xiaoxiong Xiong, Carlos Perez Diaz, Aisheng Wu, Hanzhi Lin

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High Serum Adipocyte Fatty Acid Binding Protein Is Associated with Metabolic Syndrome in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes by Jer-Chuan Li, Du-An Wu, Jia-Sian Hou, Yi-Maun Subeq, Hsin-Dean Chen, Bang-Gee Hsu

“…Adipocyte fatty acid binding protein (A-FABP) is a key mediator of obesity-related metabolic syndrome (MetS). …”
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Narrow band based and broadband derived vegetation indices using Sentinel-2 Imagery to estimate vegetation biomass by A.B. Imran, K. Khan, N. Ali, N. Ahmad, A. Ali, K. Shah

“…The present study explored the potential of Sentinel-2 bands to estimate biomass and comparatively analyzed of red-edge band based and broadband derived vegetation indices. …”
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Protection against Mitochondrial and Metal Toxicity Depends on Functional Lipid Binding Sites in ATP13A2 by Shaun Martin, Sarah van Veen, Tine Holemans, Seyma Demirsoy, Chris van den Haute, Veerle Baekelandt, Patrizia Agostinis, Jan Eggermont, Peter Vangheluwe

“…Our results indicate that the ATP13A2-mediated protection requires binding of PI(3,5)P2 to LBS2 and PA to LBS3. Thus, targeting the N-terminal lipid binding sites of ATP13A2 might offer a therapeutic approach to reduce cellular toxicity of various PD insults including mitochondrial stress.…”
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