Emission Inventory for PFOS in China: Review of Past Methodologies and Suggestions by Theodore Chao Lim, Bin Wang, Jun Huang, Shubo Deng, Gang Yu

“…Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) is a persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic chemical that has the potential for long-range transport in the environment. Its use in a wide variety of consumer products and industrial processes makes a detailed characterization of its emissions sources very challenging. …”
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Optical Energy Transfer Mechanisms: From Naphthalene to Biacetyl in Liquids and from Pyrazine to Biacetyl by Fuat Bayrakceken, Korkut Yegin, Erdal Korkmaz, Yakup Bakis, Bayram Unal

“…The optical excess energy in the biacetyl will be released as light, which is sensitized fluorescence. …”
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Neutrophil extracellular traps in tumor metabolism and microenvironment by Zhanrui Liu, Yuanyao Dou, Conghua Lu, Rui Han, Yong He

“…Abstract Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) are intricate, web-like formations composed of DNA, histones, and antimicrobial proteins, released by neutrophils. These structures participate in a wide array of physiological and pathological activities, including immune rheumatic diseases and damage to target organs. …”
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Design and Analysis of Thinned Array Pattern Reconfigurable Antenna to Enlarge the Scanning Range by Zhangjing Wang, Xing Fan, Haijuan Cui, Shaoqiu Xiao

“…The pattern of the proposed array can be properly adjusted by changing the weighted function and the amplitude of the weighted factor, which obviously releases new degrees of freedom in array design. It has advantages such as low side lobe level (SLL) in the visible region, no grating lobes, and low nearby side lobe level (NSL), which has good potential for wide-angle scanning. …”
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Three-dimensional transport of coral larvae and associated population connectivity in the coastal area of Okinawa Island, Japan by Zhang Tianrui, Uchiyama Yusuke, Takeyasu Kimika

“…In addition, potential source areas of coral larvae were analyzed to determine an island-wide coral network that could support coral conservation efforts in Okinawa.…”
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A Geochemical Model of Fluids and Mineral Interactions for Deep Hydrocarbon Reservoirs by Jun Li, Raheel Ahmed, Qian Zhang, Yongfan Guo, Xiaochun Li

“…The model is validated to be accurate for wide ranges of temperature (0–250°C), pressure (1–1500 bar), and salinity (NaCl molality from 0 to more than 6 mole/KgW). …”
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Calcitonin and Bone Physiology: In Vitro, In Vivo, and Clinical Investigations by Jingbo Xie, Jian Guo, Zaeema Kanwal, Mingzheng Wu, Xiangyang Lv, Nihal Abdalla Ibrahim, Ping Li, Manal Ali Buabeid, El-Shaimaa A. Arafa, Qingshan Sun

“…This is the reason why calcitonin has been used widely in clinics for the treatment of bone disorders such as osteoporosis, hypercalcemia, and Paget’s disease. …”
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Toxicological landscape of Fuzi: a comprehensive study on the spatial distribution of toxicants and regional neurotoxicity variability in zebrafish by Xiaoqi Pan, Xiaoqi Pan, Tianyu Liang, Han Feng, Weiying Liu, Qiaoxin Mou, Xiaoyu Yan

“…Fuzi, a Chinese herb widely used in clinical settings, exhibits varying levels of toxicity depending on its geographical origin. …”
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Therapeutic applications of novel drug delivery systems of liquorice: An updated review on recent advancements by Sanshita, Taneja Ayushi, Sangnim Tanikan, Huanbutta Kampanart, Sindhu Rakesh K., Singh Inderbir

“…Liquorice is one of the widely used Chinese herb since ancient times due to its medicinal properties. …”
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Fish Tank Granuloma Presenting as a Nasal Cavity Mass by Motoki Sekine, Fumiyuki Goto, Kosuke Saito, Shoji Kaneda, Hikaru Yamamoto, Tomoaki Murakami, Takahide Hamano, Kenji Okami

“…Mycobacterium marinum is a free-living nontuberculous mycobacterium that is widely distributed in freshwater and seawater around the world. …”
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Influences of Infrared Dye Content and Laser Energy Density on Laser Propulsion Performance of ADN-Based Liquid Propellants by Lizhi Wu, Jinle Cao, Jingyuan Zhang, Jingwei Zeng, Yue Pan

“…Ammonium dinitramide (ADN) is a new green oxidant, which is a kind of high-energy ionic liquid and has been widely used in the field of liquid propulsion. When it is used in laser plasma propulsion, its poor absorption coefficient significantly limits its application. …”
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Beehive Fireworks Festival Effect on the Nearby Atmospheric PM2.5 Level by Chih-Chung Lin, Jen-Hsiung Tsai, Yi-Chin Hsieh, Shui-Jen Chen

“…Abstract Sudden short-term air pollution episode is now widely considered to harm human health. Previous research has found that firework activities rapidly raise the PM2.5 level in the ambient air. …”
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Genetics polymorphism of poplars from Moscow region based on high-throughput sequencing of ITS by E. V. Borkhert, G. S. Krasnov, N. L. Bolsheva, Р. Kezimana, O. Yu. Yurkevich, O. V. Muravenko, A. V. Kudryavtseva, N. V. Melnikova

“…Poplars are widely used in landscaping of Moscow due to the ability to effectively purify the air from harmful impurities and to release a large amount of oxygen. …”
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The Mechanism of Acupuncture Therapy for Migraine: A Systematic Review of Animal Studies on Rats by An Y, Zhang J, Ren Q, Liu J, Liu Z, Cao K

“…The acupuncture-based comprehensive treatment plan has been widely recognized for migraine prevention and treatment. …”
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Isoproterenol mechanisms in inducing myocardial fibrosis and its application as an experimental model for the evaluation of therapeutic potential of phytochemicals and pharmaceutic... by Lujain Bader Eddin, Mohamed Fizur Nagoor Meeran, Niraj Kumar Jha, Samer N. Goyal, Shreesh Ojha

“…Intraperitoneal or subcutaneous ISP has been widely used in preclinical studies to induce cardiac remodeling manifested by fibrosis and hypertrophy. …”
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Phenomenological kinetic model for biosorption of cesium (Cs) by poly-γ-glutamic acid sodium salt (γ-PGANa) by Misaki Hisada, Shigeki Sakamoto, Kenta Sugiyama, Yoshinori Kawase

“…., Step 1 in which Na+ from the functional group (–COONa) in γ-PGANa is released and Step 2 in which Cs+ and H+ are competitively adsorbed on negatively charged functional group −COO−. …”
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Clinical Holistic Medicine: A Psychological Theory of Dependency to Improve Quality of Life by Søren Ventegodt, Mohammed Morad, Isack Kandel, Joav Merrick

“…The ways in which human beings escape hidden existential pains are multiple. The wide range of dependency states seems to be the most common escape strategy used. …”
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The Role of Natriuretic Peptides for the Diagnosis of Left Ventricular Dysfunction by Alberto Palazzuoli, Matteo Beltrami, Gaetano Ruocco, Marco Pellegrini, Ranuccio Nuti

“…Several promising reports described their potential role; however, the wide cut-off definition, inclusion criteria, and intrinsic measurement biases do not actually consent to their clinical application in these settings. …”
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Enhancing Low-Light Images with Kolmogorov–Arnold Networks in Transformer Attention by Alexandru Brateanu, Raul Balmez, Ciprian Orhei, Cosmin Ancuti, Codruta Ancuti

“…Our comprehensive experiments, both quantitative and qualitative, demonstrate that the proposed method achieves state-of-the-art performance in low-light image enhancement, highlighting its effectiveness and wide-ranging applicability. The code will be released upon publication.…”
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Massive Clusters and OB Associations as Output of Massive Star Formation in <i>Gaia</i> Era by Ignacio Negueruela

“…These structures span a wide range of spatial scales, ultimately leading to the birth of young stars, which distribute in small groups, clusters and OB associations. …”
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